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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    Reports are to hand that the invasion of Cape Colony by the Boers under Commandant De Wet is now at an end. His men are precipitately ciossing into the ...

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  3. CHINA.

    It has been ascertained that during the recent massacres of European missionaries in China the total number murdered was 134 adults and 52 children. Of these, 70 ...

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  4. QUEENSLAND.

    The weather here at present is delightful, the nights being cool and the days sufficiently hot to keep vegetation active. Owing to the genial showers lately, the aspect of the whole district has ...

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  5. GREAT BRITAIN.

    King Edward, who has been paying a visit on the Continent to his sister the Empress Frederick at Cronberg, left Flushing on his return to England to-day. ...

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  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Captain Wallington states that [?]adies and gentlemen who may be invited to meet the Duke and Duchess of York, will be expected to wear half-mourning. ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    All the Brisbane branches of the Commonwealth Electoral League have been requested to take steps for the selection of a candidate for the House of ...

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  8. FAREWELL DINNER TO MR. [?] TAIT.

    Last evening in the Cafe Eschenhagen a farewell dinner was tendered to Mr. Charles Tait, of Messrs. Robertson, Tait, and Co., hardware merchants, ...

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  9. PROBATE DUTIES.

    The amount paid in stamp duties on probates and letters of administration last week was £44,612. Of this amount £38,067 was paid on account of the estate ...

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  10. PERSONAL.

    The Portmaster, Captain Almond, is in receipt of a wire from Mr. Lindon Bates, who was expected here from Sydney last night, to the effect that that gentleman has ...

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  11. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    The annual elections to the London County Council have just taken place, and have resulted in a considerable gain to the Progressive (or Liberal) party. ...

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  12. RUSSIAN DEMANDS IN MANCHURIA.

    Prince Ching and the Viceroy Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace plenipotentiaries, who are being pressed by the Russian Government to consent to its demands in ...

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  13. ELECTION NOTES.

    The Federal elections are causing great pressure at the Government Printing Office. People outside the department can form no idea of the amount of work involved. As ...

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  14. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

    A tragedy occurred at Wilberforce, four miles from Windsor, yesterday morning, William Cobcroft, the licensee of a hotel, being stabbed in the back close to the ...

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  15. BLUEJACKETS DROWNED.

    Through the capsizing of a boat seven bluejackets belonging to H.M.S. Resolution, of the Channel Squadron, were drowned yesterday in Bantry Bay, on the ...

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  16. LORD KIMBERLEY SERIOUSLY ILL.

    The Earl of Kimberley, leader of the Liberal party in the House of Lords, is seriously ill, his condition being reported as critical. ...

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  17. WEATHER FORECASTING.

    Mr. Russell, the Government Astronomer, in the course of an interview to-day, said he was in possession of overwhelming evidence that it was quite possible to forecast ...

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  18. SANDGATE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    The usual monthly meeting of the Sandgate Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall on Monday afternoon (writes our correspondent). There were present—Mr. T. Strong (Mayor), in ...

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  19. THE YARMOUTH MURDER.

    The trial of John Henry Bennett, charged with the murder of his wife, who was found strangled on the beach at Great Yarmouth early on the morning of the 23rd September ...

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  20. THE PURSUIT OF DE WET.

    Further particulars of the pursuit of Commandant De Wet which have now been received, state that Colonel Hackman on the 26th February, inflicted considerable ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    The Agent-General has been instructed to advise the Imperial aut[?]orities that if the War Office would regularly purchase a large number of remounts from Victoria, ...

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  22. CLAIMS OF JAPAN.

    Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," telegraphs that the Japanese Government have notified to China that as Russia is receiving territorial and ...

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  23. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The total revenue of Victoria for the past eight month's amounted to £5,056,928, showing an increase of £292,186 over the income of the corresponding eight months ...

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  24. TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.

    It has been semi-officially announced at St. Petersburg that the special treaty recently arranged between Russia and China was solely intended to settle the conditions ...

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  25. ALLEGED ROBBERY.

    John Langdon, who is in the employ of Messrs. MacRow and Son as a house-to-house canvasser for the sale of jewellery, reported to the police that while he was ...

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  26. MORETON.

    A very large and representative gathering attended at the Victoria Hall, Laidley, last Saturday night, to hear an address from Mr. W. Ryott-Maughan, Federal ...

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  27. TEMPE RAILWAY DISASTER.

    The inquest on the body of Herbert Henry Darnly, who was killed in the Tempe raliway disaster, was resumed to-day before the City Coroner. ...

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  28. CABLE MESSAGES.

    At the request of Lord Hopetoun, one of the semi-state landaus belonging to his Majesty King Edward, and which is to be used by the Duke and Duchess of York ...

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  29. A MUNIFICENT DONATION.

    The committee of the Alfred Hospital have received from Mr. F. D. Michaeli, of St. Kilda, a cheque for £1000 as a contribution from Mr. Michaeli's family for ...

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  30. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    Mr. Mathieson, the Railway Commissioner, has accepted the position of general manager of the Midland Railway Company, in England, which he will take over on the ...

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  31. GENERAL BETHUNE'S OPERATIONS.

    The war correspondent of the "Times" states that General Bethune has occupied Ruckhoof, and he will be able to deal with the Boer commandoes in that vicinity. ...

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  32. IRISH REBELLION ADVOCATED.

    Mr. John Daly, Major of Limerick, who is now visiting America, delivered an address to 2000 Irishmen at Chicago yesterday. In the course of his speech he ...

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  33. WEATHER TELEGRAMS.

    All last week the weather was dull and threatening, with occasional showers, the total rainfall for the week being twenty-one points. ISISFORD, March 4. ...

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  34. HERTZOG'S COMMANDO DISPERSED.

    Information is to hand that Colonel Thornycroft's force was engaged for two days with Hertzog's commando in the north of Cape Colony. Colonel Thornycroft's ...

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  35. REPORTS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    Mr. J. T. Annear, Federal candidate for Wide, Bay, has been here all day, and met with the heartiest reception. During the afternoon he inspected the Minerva mine, ...

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  36. OTHER ITEMS.

    Reports have been received that fifteen Victorian mounted infantry under Captain Ballimore, surrounded a body of thirty Boers on Friday last, and captured the ...

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  37. THE MACEDONIAN AGITATION.

    Owing to the coquetting of the Bulgarian Radicals in connection with the agitation in Macedonia, the Russian Government has urged the Sultan of Turkey to undertake ...

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  38. SOUTHERN VIEW OF BLACK LABOUR.

    The "Australasian" says:—At Toowoomba, on 20th February, Mr. W. H. Groom, M.L.A., who is standing for the Federal Parliament in Queensland, ...

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  39. NATIVE MURDERED BY BOERS.

    It is reported that a native who was the principal witness against twenty prisoners, who were indicted for treason at Water-kloof, has been murdered by three Boers. ...

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  40. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER TAMBO.

    The steamer Tambo, which left for Sydney last night, ran on the Hen and Chickens rocks, near the Schaeton Islands, during a dense fog. Her stem was much damaged, ...

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  41. NEW ZEALANDERS DEAD.

    Privates A. A. Dualey, of the New Zealand Mounted Infantiy, and J. P. Roberts, a New Zealand rough-rider, have died of enteric fever at Pretoria. ...

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  42. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mrs. Tooze, Mr. and Mrs. Percy O'Mahoney, Messrs. H. D. Box, J. C. Hendry, B. ...

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  43. FIFTH QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    The full strength of the Fif[?]h Queensland South African Contingent is now given at 501 men, of whom twenty-two [?] officers and 479 of other ranks, and 450 ...

    Article : 419 words
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  45. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, March 4.—Arrivals: Era, s., from Melboure; Australien, s., from Marseilies; Adderly, Tacoma, and British Princess, from South Africa; Austral, R.M.S., from London; ...

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  46. BOXING IN SYDNEY.

    The Golden Gate Athletic Club was we[?] filled on Saturday night, when Albert Conion and Rollo met in a twenty-round contest. Both lads weighed about 9st. 6lb., ...

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  47. HEAVY RAINFALLS.

    Our Sydney correspondent, wiring last night, states that funther heavy rain has fallen at Broken Hill, and all the dams are now overflowing; at one place the plain for ...

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  48. POSITION OF FEDERAL OFFICERS.

    Mr. Wollaston, secretary for Customs, and Mr. Outtrim, Deputy Postmaster-General, hold the view that the Commonwealth Executive has plenary powers in respect to ...

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  49. A CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL.

    The committee for the erection of the above memorial met last Saturday afternoon. Subscription-lists and circulars have been forwarded to most of the towns throughout ...

    Article : 74 words
  50. Advertising

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  53. MR. BARTON AT NEWCASTLE.

    Mr. Barton, the Federal Premier, arrived at Newcastle from Brisbane this afternoon. He had an enthusiastic reception, and was banqueted there this evening. ...

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