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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Mr. Barton addressed a crowded meeting in the Newtown Town Hall on Wednesday night, the object being the formation of a branch of the Australian Liberal ...

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  3. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    Sir Arthur J. Bigge, who was private, secretary to the late Queen Victoria, will accompany their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York in their tour round ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. THE BOER WAR.

    It is reported that when the British, under General Frencb, threatened Ermelo, in the Transvaal, about fifty miles northeast of Standerton, General Louis Botha ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. MARINE DEFENCE.

    Sir John Hopkins, in his lecture recently, deliverea at the United Service Institute, said that new ideas do not originate with the Admiralty. The department is too busy ...

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  6. PACIFIC CABLE BOARD.

    The Pacific Cable Board met on Monday last, to consider whether it was desirable to enter into any negotiations with the Eastern Extension Company, and whether ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. ELECTION NOTES.

    Mr. H. Turley, M.L.A., candidate for the Oxley Federal seat, and Mr. W. G. Higgs, M.L.A., Senatorial candidate, had a successful meeting at the West End School of Arts ...

    Article : 279 words
  8. A FIERY PROCLAMATION.

    Ex-President Steyn and Commandant De Wet issued a fiery proclamation on the 14th instant, in which they denied that the war was at an end, and urged the Boers ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. THE ROYAL SUITE.

    It is arinounced that the suite of tha Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will include Lady Mary Lygon (sister of Earl Beauchamp, and lady-in-waiting to the ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. OTHER ITEMS.

    At the request of General Lord Kitchener, Colonel the Earl of Dundonald and Colonel Ward, who served with distinction in the earlier portion of the campaign, are ...

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  11. CHINA.

    In connection with the demands of the Powers for the adequate punishment of the high Chinese officials who instigated the late anti-foreign outbreak, the ...

    Article : 243 words
  12. SIR ALFRED MILNER'S SALARY.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Chamberlain stated that Sir Alfred Milner's salary as Administrator of the new colonies in South ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. VISIT [?]TO NEWFOUNDLAND.

    The Duke and Duchess of York, after visiting Canada, will land in Newfoundland on the 2lst October, and will remain in the colony for three days. ...

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  14. THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR.

    The following are the dates which have been submitted by the Governor-General to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of ...

    Article : 177 words
  15. ITEMS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    The Commonwealth Electoral League here has nominated Mr. J. Hamilton and Dr. Ahearne for the Senate. HUGHENDEN, February 22. ...

    Article : 307 words
  16. SHOOTING A NATIVE.

    Replying to a question by Mr. F. A. Channing, member for East Northamptonshire, in the House of iComimons last night, Mr. Chamberlain stated that the ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. OPERATIONS IN EASTERN TRANSVAAL.

    Though small bodies of the enemy are breaking through the enveloping British lines engaged in the operations against the Boers in the castern portion of the ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. THE FIFTH CONTINGENT.

    The strength of the camp yesterday was as follows:—Twenty-five officers, 527 other ranks, 557 horses. Lieutenant Tacker, the Veterinary officer, was added to the strength ...

    Article : 392 words
  19. THE CAPE COLONY INVADERS.

    Reports are to hand that Colonel Plumer is compelling Commandant De Wet to turn northward, in the direction of Griqualand West (the territory in Cape Colony to the ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. J. E. Redmond, Leader of the Irish Parliamentary party, moved an amendment on the Address in Reply, asking that the credit ...

    Article : 237 words
  21. FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH-WEST TRANSVAAL.

    Lord Kitchener has telegraphed to the War Office from Klorksdorp, in the southwest of the Transvaal, as follows:—General Methuen has cleared the country ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. THE PROPOSED EXPEDITION.

    Japanese troops now hold Hou-chen-yl and Chih-siu, and the arrangements made by Count von Waldersee, the allied Commander-in-Chlef, for the expedition to ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Three new warships which have been built by private firms for the British Government were launched yesterday. These were the Good Hope, which it is stated ...

    Article : 245 words
  24. CHINESE REFORMER MURDERED.

    News has been received that Yeungkwan, a Chinese reformer, and coadjutor of the well-known reformer Kang-yu-wei, has been murdered at Hongkong, after a ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. THE ATTACK ON KITCHENER'S BAGGAGE TRAIN.

    In connection with the attack by the Boers on Lord Kitchener's baggage train near Johannesburg, which was reported yesterday, further information states that ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. GERMAN EXPEDITION ON THE YANGTSZE.

    It was recently announced that the German naval authorities were engaging Chinese pilots for an expedition up the Yang-tsze River, which is regarded as ...

    Article : 61 words
  27. TRAIN CAPTURED BY BOERS.

    News is to hand of another successful attack on the railway line by the Boers who destroyed ia culvert between Natal Spruit and Klip River, about twenty miles ...

    Article : 50 words
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  29. AUSTRALASIAN INTERESTS.

    H.M.S. Blake, first-class twin screw cruiser, 9000 tons, 13,000 i.h.p., has sailed for Australia with the relief crew for H.M.S. Royal Arthur, the flagship of the ...

    Article : 46 words
  30. DE WET DEPRESSED.

    The war correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" states tnat Commandant De Wet is much depressed at the present condition of affairs. The country which he is ...

    Article : 128 words
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  32. AN AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSE.

    The famous racing stallion Bill of Portland, by St. Simon from Electric Light, who was purchased at the sale of the late W. R. Wilson's St. Albans stud in ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. ADMIRAL HARRIS PROMOTED.

    Rear-Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris, who has for some time past been commander-in-chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa station, has been ...

    Article : 40 words
  34. CHECKING BOTHA'S RETREAT.

    The " Standard's" correspondent states that a strong British force, including the Naval Volunteers and the Composite Regiment, is operating in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    The Berlin Press is manifesting some uneasiness on account of Russia threatening severe reprisals if the German Government, in the hope of satisfying the ...

    Article : 48 words
  36. SOUTHERN ITEMS.

    Mr. Barton, the Federal Premier, stated to-day, in reply to a question, that the Victorian Government desired to get 1000 men each from Canada and New Zealand to take ...

    Article : 259 words
  37. SHIPPING NTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Rippingham Grange, s., from Melbourne and Sydney, via South Africa; Sophocles, s., from Sydney, via ports; Basuto, s., from Port Pirie, via ports; ...

    Article : 63 words
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  39. ATTITUDE OF THE BOERS.

    There is accumulating evidence to show that the Boer leaders are representing to the burghers that the conciliatory assurances of the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain ...

    Article : 56 words
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  41. NO SURRENDER.

    It is stated that on the 10th instant General Louis Botha addressed his followers, and recommended them never to surrender, declaring that he would ...

    Article : 84 words
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