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  2. RECEPTION OF IMPERIAL TROOPS.

    Our-Sydney telegrams show that the Imperial troops: will leave Sydney for Brisbane this morning, and the Orient, with a large party of returning New Zenlanders ...

    Article : 75 words
  3. WRECK OF A STEAMER.

    The Oran '(Algerian) mail steamer Russie, belonging to the Societe General de Transport at Marseilles, was wrecked on the Faraman Rocks, near Marseilles. The ...

    Article : 255 words
  4. FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    Messrs. W. Weddel and Co., in their annual review of the frozen meat trade, state that the imports of mutton into Great Britain during last year were 573,976 ...

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  5. THE LATE SIR JAMES DICKSON.

    The funeral of the late Sir James Dickson, which took place on Saturday afternoon, was one of the largest and most impressive ever seen in Brisbane. It was marked by ...

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  6. THE BOER WAR.

    It is reported that a force of 700 Boers with two guns, under Commandant Hertzog, has crossed the Roggeveld Mountains, fifty miles east of Clanwilliam, which is about ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. OTHER MILITARY OPERATIONS.

    General Bruce Hamilton has reprovisioned the towns of Hoopstad and Bultfontein, in the north-west of the Orange River Colony. The British garrison in the latter ...

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  8. QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK.

    The report and balance-sheet of the Queensland National Bank for the six months ended 31st December appears in our special advertisement column. It will be ...

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  9. THEATRE ROYAL.

    To say that the Royal is not only holding its own, but gaining in public favour, is to utter a simple fact that was patent to every one of the crowded audience which ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. PROTECTING THE RAILWAY LINE.

    All the towns on the main railway line through the Orange River Colony and on to Pretoria are now strengly held by British troops, and there appears to be no ...

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  11. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Heavy snowstorms have occurred in the south and west of England, blocking the railway lines. Eleven trains on the SouthWestern Railway system have been ...

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  12. BOER RAID NEAR PRETORIA.

    The Boers are reported to have made successful cattle raids close to Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. ...

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  13. ATTACK ON MACHADODORP.

    Information is to hand that the Boers made an attack on Machadodorp, on the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay Railway, on Wednesday night last, but were repulsed by the ...

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  14. THE HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" states that the British Government have declined to ratify the Hay-Pauncefote treaty (dealing with the Nicaragua Canal), as amended ...

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  15. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Lord Kitchener has warned the mineowners that as a precautionary measure against the Boers dynamite mines have been laid near the various Rand properties, ...

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  16. THE MARCH TO ALL SAINTS.

    On a signal the Headquarters Band struck up the opening bars of the famous Dead March in "Saul," and the procession moved off at the slow march. This was ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. (FURTHER RAINS IN THE NORTH.

    Encouraging reports continue to be received concerning [?]an in the Northern part of Queensland, but over a great portion of the interior drought conditions still ...

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  18. FLOOD AT MACKAY.

    The heavy rains of the week have caused a flood in the river, which yesterday morning commenced to rise rapidly in the town, bringing down masses of timber. Men ...

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  19. BRITISH BLUEJACKETS LANDED.

    A force of bluejackets and guns has bean landed at Lambert's Bay, on the western coast of Cape Colony (due west of Clanwilliam), from H.M.S. Sibyl. They are ...

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  20. CLEARING JOHANNESBURG OF UNDESIRABLES.

    Lord Kitchener has taken measures to clear Johannesburg of undesirable residents, and a large number of foreigners have been sent to the coast to be shipped ...

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  21. ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, who recently underwent two operations, and appeared to be recovering, but subsequently had a relapse, is now ...

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  22. FURTHER MOVEMENTS.

    Lord Kitchener, in a report to the War Office, states that Commandant Hertzog's commando is now near Sutherland (about 100 miles east of Clanwilliam, and some ...

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  23. THE LAKE VIEW COLLAPSE.

    The losses on the London Stock Exchange through the recent collapse in Lake View shares are stated to greatly exceed anticipations. In the operations of one firm ...

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  24. AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH.

    A large crowd had congregated outside. All Saints' Church an hour or more before the funeral cortege came into sight. It was numerous enough to [?] the ...

    Article : 557 words
  25. THE DELAGOA BAY TRAINS.

    The London " Daily Mail" states that the English railway staffs in the Transvaal are now bringing the trains through from Proteria to Delagoa Bay direct, the trains ...

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  26. FURTHER DAMAGE DONE.

    The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's high-level tram way bridge at Sandy Creek had the centre span swept away, and the other spans on each side were much ...

    Article : 210 words
  27. COMMONWEALTH ELECTIONS LEAGUE.

    A meeting of electors of South Brisbane and Woolloongabba will be hold in the Alliance Hall, Stanley-street, this evening, for the purpose of initiating measures to ...

    Article : 61 words
  28. PEEL RIVER COMPANY.

    The balance-sheet of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company for the past year shows a profit of £73,777. It is intended to place £10,000 to the reserve fund, ...

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  29. DEATH OF A COLONIAL.

    Private Reggatt, of the Victorian Bushmen's Contingent, has died from enteric fever at Pretoria. ...

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  30. VISIT OF IMPERIAL TROOPS.

    A special notice is issued by the Town Clerk relative to the use of awnings, balconies, &c., for the purpose of viewing the Imperial troops. The use of ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. RUSSIA AND THE NORTHERN CHINA RAILWAY.

    In connection with the seizure of the China Northern Raliway by the Russians, several reports are to hand to the effect that the Russian Government yielded to the ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. THE CITY IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS.

    A number of the City of London Imperial Volunteers, who recently returned from South Africa, and have since been disbanded, are offering to return to the front. ...

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  33. ACCIDENT AT THE GLASS MOUNTAINS.

    On Saturday afternoon the Ambulance Brigade were in attendance at Brunswickstreet Station to receive Robert Lewis, aged 14, in the employ of Hugh Robert, ...

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  34. THE AFRIKANDER MISSION TO ENGLAND.

    It was reported a few days since that the Afrikander Bond members of the Cape House of Assembly had decided to send Messrs. Merriman, Sauer, and Hofmeyr ...

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  35. STARVING STOCK.

    Several leading pastoralists of the district this morning wired to the Premier, asking the Government to grant free railage for sheep to the country made available by ...

    Article : 270 words
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  37. DEFENCE OPERATIONS.

    The British to garrisons are protecting the chief towns in the disturbed districts of Cape Colony, and a portion of the mounted troops have moved southward to protect ...

    Article : 89 words
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  39. RECRUITING IN HOLLAND.

    The London "Daily Express" states that the Government of the Netherlands have taken measures to prevent Dr. Leyds engaging for service a number of Boer exiles ...

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  40. DEFENCE MEASURES AT CAPETOWN.

    There is now at Capetown a Naval Brigade numbering 2000 men, with six Hotchkiss guns, in readiness for any defensive operations. The town guard now numbers ...

    Article : 77 words
  41. TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA

    Nearly 1000 volunteers for service in South Africa have passed the medical test, while 485 have passed the shooting test. To-morrow about 400 will go into camp at ...

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  43. VOLUNTEERS AT ADELAIDE.

    The first parade for the selection of volunteers for the Fifth Contingent for South Africa took place yesterday morning. About 200 men were present, the ...

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  44. IN THE CITY.

    The route of the procession through the city lay by way of Turbot and Albert streets to Queen-street, and thence via George-street to Roma-street Station. ...

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  45. ANOTHER INVADING COMMANDO.

    News is to [?] that a body of 100 Boers crossed the Orange River, and proceeded in the direction of Barkly East, in the north-east of Cape Colony, but they ...

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  48. BOERS IN BECHUANALAND.

    News has been received that several thousand Boers in Bochuanaland, who were supposed to be trekking across the country into German South-west African territory, ...

    Article : 51 words
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  51. NEWSPAPERS SUPPRESSED.

    The circulation of "Onsland," the leading Dutch paper, and the "South African News," which have lately been publishing inflammatory articles against the British, ...

    Article : 52 words
  52. THE MILITARY FORCES.

    Owing to the early hour at which the parade was called, many of the troops in Brisbane were unable to be present to pay a tribute to the memory of the late Chief ...

    Article : 384 words
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