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  2. CHINA.

    A French Yellow-book has been published in Paris containing a picturesque description by M. Pichon, the French Minister at Peking, of the recent s[?]ege of the ...

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  3. TYPHOON AT HONGKONG.

    A disastrous typhoon has occurred at Hongkong. The British gunboat Sandpiper was sunk, but the crew were all saved. Immense damage was caused among the ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The holiday in connection with the Prince of Wales's Birthday was observed to-day under the authority of the Act passed last year. Although somewhat ...

    Article : 138 words
  5. MEAT AND BUTTER SUBSIDY.

    The quarterly meeting of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, had before it the report of the committee of the Chamber which embodied a report of ...

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  6. South African War.

    Details are to hand concerning the recent engagement at Frederickstad (on the railway line to the south-west of Johannesburg), some sixteen days since, when ...

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  7. IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE.

    Mr. H. L. E. Ruthning, of the solicitors' firm of Messrs. Ruthning and Jensen, and a director of the Brisbane Newspaper Company, who has just returned from a ...

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  8. THE FRENCH CONSULATE.

    M. Blard d'Aunet, Consul-General for France, has returned to Sydney after a visit to Paris. He states that in future the official representation of French ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. SELECTORS' CONFERENCE.

    The Grazing Farmers and Selectors' Conference was continued yesterday at the Pastoralists' Union rooms, Courier Building Mr. John Cameron being in the chair, and ...

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  10. SUCCESS BY COLONEL PLUMER.

    Colonel Plumer has repulsed an attack made by 400 Boers under Commandant Delarey, near Rustenburg, to the westward of Pretoria. ...

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  11. SOUTHERN SPORTING.

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  12. OTHER ITEMS.

    General Baden-Powell, who was recently appointed to the command of the Military Police in the late Boer Republic, is reported to be suffering from an attack of ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. DEATH OF CANON CORLETTE.

    The death is announced of the Rev. Canon Corlette, incumbent of St. John's, Ashfield. The deceased gentleman, who had been for nearly thirty-five years in ...

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  14. PUNISHMENT OF CHINESE OFFICIALS.

    With reference to the demand of the Powers for the punishment of the high officials who were the prime movers in the anti-foreign outrages in China, it is ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. THE BOTHAVILLE PRISONERS.

    The prisoners taken by the British force in the recent engagement near Bothaville, in the north-west of the Orange River Colony, where De Wet's force was ...

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  16. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    A labourer named John Rolph, aged 69 years, made a most determined attempt to end his life in the Domain to-night. He fired four shots at his head, and three took ...

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  17. PROTEST AGAINST ENGLISH "BARBARITIES."

    Eight hundred women at Paarl, in Cape Colony, near Capetown, have signed a protest against the alleged barbarities of the British troops in the Transvaal and the ...

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  18. THE PAO-TING-FU EXECUTIONS.

    The execution by the allied military authorities at Pao-ting-fu of the officials who were concerned in the atrocities committed on the missionaries at that place, ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    Mr. D. W. Brown, accountant to Lord Hopetoun, together with thirteen of his lordship's household attendants, arrived here from London to-day in the R.M.S. ...

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  20. BOER COMMANDERS KILLED.

    Reports are to hand that Commandant Prinsioo and General Fourie, two of the Boer leaders, were killed, and Commandant Grobelaar was wounded, in the recent ...

    Article : 43 words
  21. GENERAL BULLER ON THE WAR.

    General Sir Redvers Buller, who has just returned to England from SouthAfrica, was presented with the freedom of the city of Southampton. In accepting ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. EXECUTIONS BY THE DOWAGEREMPRESS.

    Reports received from Chinese sources state that fifteen eunuchs connected with the Imperial Court have been executed by the orders of the Empress Dowager for ...

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  23. COMMANDANT SNYMAN SURPRISED.

    General Lord Methuen surprised a Boer force under Commandant Snyman near Lichtenburg, in the Western Transvaal, and inflicted some loss on the enemy. ...

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  24. THE HOLIDAY.

    The holiday in celebration of the Prince of Wales's Birthday was observed to-day. The holiday traffic in the city and suburbs was very heavy. ...

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  25. LIGHT-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

    A lot of interest was taken to-night in the boxing match between T. Hegarty and J. M'Gowan for the light-weight championship of Australia and a wager of £100. ...

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  26. PHILIPPOLIS REOCCUPIED.

    A British force has again reoccupied Phillppolls, in the south-west of the Orange River Colony, near the border of Cape Colony, after four, hours' fighting. ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. CLAIM BY BELGIUM.

    The Belgian Government are now seeking to obtain possession of a strip of territory in the foreign settlement at Tientsin. ...

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  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The holiday in honour of the Prince of Wales's Birthday was observed to-day. The intercolonial cricket match was the principal attraction. Some interesting ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. GERMAN VOTE FOR THE CHINA WAR.

    News from Berlin states that the German Government have asked the Reichstag to vote a sum of £7,634,500 for the purpose of defraying the cost of the war in China. ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. COMPLAINTS BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPERS.

    Several Australian troopers who have been serving in South Africa have written to the newspapars, complaining that they are being sent home us steerage ...

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  31. BOERS ROUTED AT MIDDLEBURG.

    A sharp engagement has taken place near Middleburg, on the Delagoa Bay Railway line, about ninety-five miles east of Pretoria, where a body of Hussars under ...

    Article : 66 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN HORSES IN CHINA.

    The German military authorities in China have pronounced the horses recently obtained from Australia to be of very serviceable quality. ...

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  33. CABLE MESSAGES.

    A disastrous railway accident has occurred near Frankfort, in Germany. Two trains came into collision, causing a gas reservoir to explode, with the result that the carriage ...

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  34. GREAT BRITAIN.

    It is announced that Earl Cadogan will retain the position of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. John Grant Lawson has been ...

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  35. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET AT ADELAIDE.

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  36. COLONIAL INTERESTS.

    It is notified that Messrs. W. H. Groom and A. S. Cowley, ex-Speakers of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, are to be allowed to retain the title of Honourable. ...

    Article : 87 words
  37. THE WILLIAMSTOWN CUP.

    The Williamstown Racing Club continued their Cup meeting to-day under favourable conditions. The following is the result of THE WILLIAMSTOWN CUP, of 500 Sovs.; ...

    Article : 205 words
  38. A STEAMER FOUNDERED.

    Information has been received that the Canadian passenger steamer City of Montecillo foundered during a gale in the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and the ...

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  39. CALLED TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

    It is announced that the Earl of Clarendon (one of the Lords-in-waiting to the Queen), the Earl of Selborne (now First Lord of the Admiralty), Mr. Gerald Balfour (President ...

    Article : 63 words
  40. CANADIAN TROOPS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    It is considered likely that the Canadian Government will send a small contingent of troops to take part in the ceremonies in connection with the inauguration of the ...

    Article : 77 words
  41. THE NEW FRENCH FIELD GUN.

    It is reported that the United States authorities have secured plans of the now French field gun, which was used at the recent army manoeuvres in France, and is ...

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  42. LORD SALISBURY'S GUILDHALL SPEECH.

    The criticisms by the German Press of Lord Salisbury's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet on Friday evening are generally of a reserved character, and the comments of ...

    Article : 44 words
  43. ENTERTAINING THE COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Great preparations are being made to entertain the colonial troops who are about [?] visit England after their term of service in South Africa, and arrangements are being ...

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  44. CANADIAN POLITICS.

    News received from Ottawa states that the Hon. G. E. Foster, formerly Minister of Finance, has succeeded Sir Charles Tupper as leader of the Conservative party ...

    Article : 54 words
  45. THE ALDERSHOT COMMAND.

    General Sir Redvers H. Buller, who was in command at Aldershot, England, prior to the outbreak of hostilites in South Africa, has now resumed his command. ...

    Article : 33 words
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  47. MATCH AT SYDNEY.

    The match between a New South Wales eleven and fifteen colts was continued on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. The New South Wales Eleven concluded their innings ...

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  48. ELECTIONS IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

    The general elections have taken place in Newfoundland, and [?]esulted in a large majority for the Ministry, of which Mr. R. Bond is Premier, and which came into office ...

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  49. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    The Post Office Commission recently appointed to consider the new system of wireless telegraphy, is" stated to be favourably inclined towards the adoption of the system ...

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  50. THE ORMEROD PLATE.

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  51. NEW MISSION SHIP REQUIRED.

    Lord Brassey, late Governor of Victoria, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, late Governor of South Australia, and other prominent persons have addressed a letter to the ...

    Article : 55 words
  52. Advertising

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