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  2. IMPERIAL TROOPS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    The Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, who is now visiting Brisbane, has received a communication from the authorities in Great Britain stating that ...

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  3. THE BOER WAR.

    A strong force of town guards has now been enrolled at Capetown, the total number being 6000. ...

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  4. TRANSPORTS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    It is announced that transport steamers now at Durban, in Natal, are preparing to proceed to Australia to convey the new Australian contingents to South Africa. ...

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  5. CHINA.

    It is announced from Peking that Prince Ching and the Viceroy Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace plenipotentiaries, have signed their acceptance of the Joint Note ...

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  6. AUSTRALASIAN INTERESTS.

    It is announced that Earl Carrington, formerly Governor of New South Wales, will preside at the banquet to be held in London by the National Liberal Club to ...

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  7. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    In Federal matters there is practically nothing to chronicle. The Premier, Mr. Barton, has been at his private house all day, preparing his address for Thursday ...

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  8. MONDAY'S HEAVY RAINS.

    A splendid fall of nearly 3[?]n. of rain took place here yesterday, and the ram was more or less general over the whole of the district. P[?] January 15. ...

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  9. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    The Cabinet sat for three hours yesterday, and the political situation received some consideration, but the Premier stated afterwards that nothing definite was done. ...

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  10. A COLONIAL WOUNDED.

    Private E. Bagger, of the New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent, was dangerously wounded at Vontersdorp. ...

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  11. LORD ROBERTS AND THE FREEDOM OF LONDON.

    Lord Roberts, who recently returned from South Africa, and has assumed the duties of Commander-in-Chief at the War Office, has postponed for an indefinite period his ...

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  12. VISIT TO EAGLE FARM MEAT WORKS.

    A visit was paid to the Eagle Farm works of the Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company yesterday by the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand. He ...

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  13. THE CAPE CABLE AGREEMENT.

    With reference to the agreement between the Australian colonies and the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company for the laying of a cable from Cape Colony to Australia, ...

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  14. PRINCE CHUN VISITING BERLIN.

    Reports from Peking state that Count von Waldersee, the allied Commander-inChief, has approved of the proposal that Prince Chun should visit Berlin to formally ...

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  15. THE HARBOUR TRUST.

    Over 200 applications have been received for positions on the Harbour Trust. This matter was before the State Cabinet at its meeting to-day, but no decision was come ...

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  16. AUSTRALASIAN REINFORCE MENTS.

    Offers of service with the troops in South Alfrica continue to come in to[?] military authorities. In fact, it has been difficult to cope with the number of applications. ...

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  17. BURWAH'S DEPARTURE POSTPONED.

    In order that intending passengers for Maryborough and Rockhampton may have a chance of seeing as much as posible of the Imperial troops during their visit to ...

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  18. A COLONIAL MUSICIAN.

    Mr. Arthur Nickson, of Melbourne, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. ...

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  19. FEDERAL LEGISLATION.

    Mr. Deakin, the Federal Attorney-General, stated to-day that he was drafting a bill covering the constitution of an InterState Commission to be created under ...

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  20. A RELIC OF PAARDEBERG.

    The Premier has received from Captain Robert Gordon, who went fiom Queensland with the First Contingent, a Boor ri[?]e of the Mausor pattern. The weapon is a ...

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  21. BOERS IN CAPE COLONY.

    It is estimated that there are now 2000 Boers between Clanwilliam and Sutherland, in the south-west of Cape Colony, and another Boer commando is advancing from ...

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  22. RECONSTRUCTION OF COMPANIES.

    The directors of the various companies associated with the London and Globe Finance Corporation, which was recently in difficulties owing to the collapse of Lake ...

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  23. THE RUSSIAN TROOPS.

    All the Russian troops now in the province of Ch[?], in China, have now been ordered to proceed to Manchuria, with the exception of 1000 men, who are to guard the ...

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  24. SIR GEORGE TURNER'S POSITION.

    As the State Attorney-General has given the opinion that under the Victorian Censtitution it is illegal for the Premier to hold office under the Federal Parliament, ...

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  25. GRAPE CULTURE.

    The dry weather has had a disastrous effect on the grape viues at the West[?] State Farm. Mr. Rainford (the vi[?] turist), who has just returned from a visit ...

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  26. THE LONDON AND GLOBE CORPORATION.

    The shareholders of the London and Globe Finance Corporation have agreed to the company being placed in voluntary liquidation. Mr. Whittaker Wright, the ...

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  27. (By Telegraph from Our Correspondents.) THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    Over 1500 men presented themselves at the Agricultural Society's ground this morning for enrolment in the South African contingent. Nearly every regiment in the ...

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  28. RAILWAY TO KALGOORLIE.

    Sir John Forrest holds very strong views about the construction of a lino of railway from Port Augusta, in South Australia, to Kalgoorlie, in West Australia. The ...

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  29. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The legislation dealing with religious associations in France, which was foreshadowed by the Premier, M. WaldeckRousseau, in his speech at Toulouse in ...

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  30. BOER ATTACK REPULSED.

    Two hundred Boer raiders in, Cape Colony made an attack on a British convoy at Damslaagte, but were repulsed. ...

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  31. THE PRICKLY PEAR EXPERIMENTS.

    The experiments in the destruction of prickly pears being conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the Westbrook State Farm seem to be arossing a good deal ...

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  32. CAPE CYCLIST CORPS.

    The cyclist corps recently formed in Cape Colony, is now stated to be fighting like mounted infantry, and is found to be the most useful of all the defence corps ...

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  33. STORM AT GATTON.

    The storm at Gatton on Monday evening did a certain amount of damage at the Gatton Agricultural College. Some 6.15in. of rain fell. The wind blew with great force, the college buildings ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sergeant Toomey, who was stabbed recently, still continues to improve in health, though confined to his bed at the Sydney Hospital. If he does not suffer a relapse, ...

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  35. DELAY TO MAILS AND TRAINS.

    The Railway Commissioner has been informed by the Officer in charge of the Normanton-Croydon line that since the 9th instant, the train has been kept on the ...

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  36. FIGHTING IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Later information regarding the attacks made by the Boers on Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein, two stations on the railway line between Johannesburg and Pretoria, ...

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  37. ACCIDENT IN VICTORIA PARK

    Yesterday shortly before noon Bessie Train, aged 4, residing in Gregory-terrace, accidentally fell into a waterhole in Victoria Park. She was rescued in a drowning ...

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  38. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Sommerfeld, s., from Sydney, via Queensland ports; Norfolk, s., from Adelaide, via Australian ports and South Africa. ...

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  39. THE VICTORIAN TROOPS.

    Out of 504 officers and men required for the fifth Victorian contingent, over 400 have been sent into camp at Langwarrin. The full number required, with nearly fifty ...

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  40. ABSCONDING BANK OFFICIAL.

    The man who is alleged to have absconded with over £3000 from the Union Bank at Grenfell has not yet been apprehended. It was suspected that he had gone to ...

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  41. STOCK MOVEMENTS.

    Three hundred and forty-two bullocks from Boondooma to Mooraree, Birt and Co. owners, A. E. Kennedy drover, were trucked at Kilkivan on the 11th, and 700 ...

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  42. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN GERMANY.

    It is reported from Berlin that the Emperor William has placed the military railway between Berlin and Zossen at the disposal of a company which is engaged in ...

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  43. TASMANIA'S CONTRIBUTION.

    Over 170 men will go into camp to-morrow for training, preparatory to leaving for service in South Africa. Later on 140 will be chosen to form a contingent. ...

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  44. GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, who was yesterday reported to be gradually sinking, had a slight rally last night. The improvement, ...

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  45. RACEHORSES FOR BRISBANE.

    The racehorses Ohio and Gozan left forBrisbane to-day by the steamer [?] mineka. ...

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  46. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN QUOTA.

    In connection with the formation of the fifth contingent, 175 men have now been selected, and before the end of the week they will be under canvas. ...

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  47. THE BREELONG MURDERERS.

    Jimmy Governor, the Breelong murderer, is to be hanged on Friday at 9 o'clock. He is being attended by the Church of England chaplain and Miss Dixon, ...

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  48. KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN.

    King Oscar, of Sweden and Norway, who for some time had been seriously ill, has now completely recovered. ...

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  49. TROOPS FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    The men for the next contingent are now in camp, and promise, from their improvement in drill, to be a smart lot. Good horses are not procurable as easily as was ...

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  50. A STRANGE SUICIDE.

    Early this morning a man mas found hanging to a post in Birtley-street, Marrick[?]lle. He had hanged himself with his braces, which had appereatly str[?] ...

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  52. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

    President M'Kinley, who was one of the sufferers from the widespread epidemic of influenza in the United States, has now improved in health. ...

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  53. UNEMPLOYED IN THE WEST.

    A deputation consisting of forty-two unemployed bushmen waited upon the Police Magistrate yesterday, asking for work[?]-rations. It was pointed out that stations were now ceasing helping the ...

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  54. COLLIERY TROUBLES AT NEWCASTLE.

    Work at the Burwood Colliery, at Nowcastle, has not been resumed, as was expected after the satisfactory negotiations which were concluded with the miners and ...

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  55. RUSTENBURG REPROVISIONED.

    News is to hand that Rustenburg, an important centre about 100 miles weet of Pretoria, has been provided wiph a fresh supply of provisions, after the British ...

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  56. MR. KRUGER'S HEALTH.

    Ex-President Kruger, who has been unwell for some time past, and was lately stated to be suffering from increased weakness of the heart, is now reported to have ...

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  57. THE BELFAST ENGAGEMENT.

    Further details of the engagement which took place at Belfast, on the PretoriaDelagoa Bay railway line, on the 7th instant, state that seventy-two men of the ...

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  58. GOVERNMENT IN THE SOUDAN.

    Information is to hand that Sir Rudolph Slatin has arranged with the Sheikh Alydinar to administer the province of Darfur under Anglo-Egyptian control. ...

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  59. FATAL GUN[?]CCIDENT.

    A fatal gun accident, occurred at Ivanhoe to-night. Two lads, named Alfred. Stead and Mark Smith were returning from a shooting excursion when the latter, who ...

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  61. BOER RAIDS NEAR JOHANNESBURG.

    The Boers are now raiding farms within five miles of Johannesburg. ...

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  62. THE COMMERCIAL BANK.

    Mr. George-Cohen has been elected chairman of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, in succession to the late Sir Edward Knox. ...

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  63. A VANDERBILT MARRIAGE.

    Mr. Alfred Vanderbilt, [?] recently inherited £9,000,000 from his father, the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, has been married at Newport, near New York, to Miss Elsie ...

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  64. A CONVOY ATTACKED.

    A determined attack was made by the Boers on a British convoy which was proceeding to Vryheld, in the south-east of the Transvaal, but the attack was repulsed. ...

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  65. A RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY.

    The Evangelical Council of New South Wales has passed resolutions declaring that as under the Commonwealth Constitution all Churches are free and equal, the ...

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  66. EAST WARD ELECTION.

    It is announced by advertisement that Alderman Nicholis has resigned his seat for the East Ward, and nominations to fill the vacancy will be received on Friday, ...

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  67. A WOUNDED COLONIAL OFICER.

    Lieutenant Wylly, who was dangerously wounded in the recent engagement at Nooitgedacht, is reported to be doi[?] well. ...

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  70. A DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

    An explosion occurred yesterday in Wilson's hat factory at Denton, near Manchester, with most disastrous results. Twelve persons who were working in the ...

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  71. OTHER ITEMS.

    The War Office authorities deny the truth of the report that recruiting in England for General Baden Powell's South African Police Force has been stopped. ...

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  72. ROYAL BANK OF QUEENSLAND.

    The report and balance-sheet of the Royal Bank of Queensland, Limited, for the half-year ended 31st December, appears elsewhere. A report of proceedings at the ...

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  73. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

    A young married woman named Emily Macdonald, residing at Redfern, poisoned her child, aged 18 months, and then made determine[?]tempts to end her own ...

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  74. THE UNITED IRISH LEAGUE.

    It is reported from Ireland that the North Sligo executive of the United Irish League has stopped hunting over the whole of the County of Sligo until Colonel Campbell, the ...

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  77. FURTHER RECRUITING FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    With regard to the requirements of additional mounted troops for the war in South Africa, it is stated that the war Office authorities hope to raise 10,000 fresh ...

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  78. BRITISH SOLDIERS DETAINED IN INDIA.

    Fifteen thousand British soldiers whose time of service in India has expired are still detained there owing to the suspension of reliefs, which is due to the ...

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