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  2. THE CONTINENT.

    Latest reports regarding the fire which broke out in the Government shipbuilding yards on Galernij Island, near St. Petersburg, a few days ago, state that the fire is ...

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  3. THE FAR EAST.

    The British Government has notified the Foreign Powers interested in the payment of the war indemnity by China of its refusal to accede to the application made by ...

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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    It is stated that Commandant Ben Viljoen commanded the Boers in the affair at Steenkoolspruit, on the 12th instant, when a detachment of Victorians was surprised ...

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  5. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    Bizet, the composer of "Cannan," has, like many modern writers, depended largely for success upon orchestration. Lovers of music in this city are extremely ...

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  6. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the Senate, Mr. DRAKE, in reply to Mr. Walker, stated that the Government intended to take needful steps to have the Commonwealth Government loans ...

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  7. FAREWELL TO THE GOVERNOR.

    In view of his approaching departure for England, his Excellency the Governor was entertained last evening by the Queensland Ministry at Parliament House. The ...

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  8. EXPRESSION OF ROYAL SYMPATHY.

    His Excellency the Governor-General has received the following cablegram from H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York:- "The Duchess of York and myself are ...

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  9. THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.

    M. Delcasse, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has informed the Cabinet that the allied Powers have agreed to the amount of the Indemnity to be paid by China (£60,000,000), ...

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  10. OCCUPATION OF PEKING.

    It is announced from Peking that the foreign Ministers there have decided that it is inadvisable that any Chinese troops should be allowed to return to Peking until ...

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  11. FRENCH RAILWAY PROJECT.

    It is stated that the leading Paris banks have granted heavy subventions to the Government of French Indo-China, in order to provide the sum of £3,000,000 required ...

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  12. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE TSARITZA.

    The birth is announced of another daughter to their Imperial Majesties the Tsar and Tsaritza of Russia. (Nicholas II., Emperor of Russia, was ...

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  13. CABLE MESSAGES.

    A petition embodying the resolution recently passed by the Cretan General Assembly in favour of a union between Crete and Greece has been presented to the four ...

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  14. BRITISH PATROL CAPTURED.

    A force of 150 Boers, under Commandant Maritz, surrounded a British patrol party, killing two, wounding two, and capturing twenty. A British column is now pursuing ...

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  15. CABLE TO THE LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR.

    A cable message was received by the Lieutenant-Governor to-day, giving the names of the Victorians killed and wounded at Wilmanrust, in the Transvaal. The list ...

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  16. OPERATIONS AGAINST BEYERS.

    Commandant Beyers with a force of Boers. is laagered in a deep kloof at Zandriverpoort, to the north-west of Warmbaths, in the Northern Transvaal. Two attempts ...

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  17. A FRENCH SUBMARINE BOAT.

    Further experiments have been made by the French naval authorities with the submarine boat Narval, with a view to testing her efficiency. The Narval remained ...

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  18. BOERS IN A DEPLORABLE STATE.

    The Boer prisoners lately captured by General Elliott's force in the north-east of the Orango River Colony, are reported to have, been in a deplorable condition, ...

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  19. TARIFF WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

    It is announced that, in consequence of the United States authorities having placed an import fax on petroleum, the Russian Government have decided to tax American ...

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  20. FOUNDERING OF A BARGE.

    The following message has been received from Wallaroo:— The barge Gwider, with a crow of three men and a cargo of wheat, left Port Pirie on Sunday morning in tow ...

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  21. OLD-AGE PENSIONS IN FRANCE.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance, explained that a complete scheme of oldage pensions would require a capital fund ...

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  22. BOER ACTIVITY IN CAPE COLONY.

    Information is to hand showing that there are now eight Boer commandows, comprising a total of 1500 men, operating in the Midland province of Cape Colony; and there ...

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  23. APE-LIKE MEN IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Sir Harry H. Johnston, Special Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief, and ConsulGeneral for the Uganda Protectorate and adjoining territories since 1899, has ...

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  24. GREAT BRITAIN.

    The bill embodying the new Civil List to be granted to King Edward passed its third reading in the House of Commons last night by 370 votes to 60. ...

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  25. CAPTURE BY VOLUNTEERS.

    The local volunteers at Heidelberg, in the south of the Transvaal, have captured a Boer laager, together with nine Boers and 4500 sheep and cattle. ...

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  26. DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

    The Australian Agricultural Company has declared a dividend of £2 per share. The South Australian Company has declared a dividend of £2 4s. per share. ...

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  27. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. BARTON, in reply to Sir William M'Millan, plated that Queensland had obtained all the advantages arising cut of ...

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  28. NEWS FROM NEW GUINEA.

    The Moresby arrived this afternoon from New Guinea, bringing news of the murder of a man named Jack M Lean, a storekeeper for Mr. Whitten at M.lne Bay. ...

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  29. THE COLCHESTER MURDER CASE.

    In connection with the case of Charles Lillywhite (or Arthur Blatch), who was arrested in New Zealand charged with the murder of Alfred Welch, a military tailor, ...

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  30. OTHER ITEMS.

    The transport steamer Bavarian has sailed from England for Capetown with 850 men of the Manchester Regiment and 600 men of the South Staffordshire Militia. ...

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  31. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following pasnengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Miss Golch, Mrs. Crystal, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Cowl shaw, Miss Marsh, Messrs. 11. ...

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  32. VICTORIAN TROOPS RETURNING.

    Squadrons A and B of the Victorian Mounted Rifles have left Tarkastad, in the east of Cape Colony, for the port of East London, where they will embark for ...

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  33. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The third trial of Mrs. Smith on the charge of having murdered. Patrick Conway on board the steamer Tahine was advanced a further stage to-day, when about ...

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  34. THE TOWERS J.C. MEETING.

    The town is now crowded for the races which take place on Thursday and Friday. For the Flying Handicap, Archer and Frenzy are equal favourites at 4 to 1. For ...

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  36. NUMBER OF BOER PRISONERS.

    The total number of Boar prisoners of war now in the hands of the British is stated to be 19,242. ...

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  37. BIG CRICKET SCORES.

    Two fine and remarkable scores have just been made in English county cricket. Mr. A. O. Jones, playing for Nottinghamshire against Sussex, made 249, while Captain ...

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  38. KRUGER'S INVESTMENTS.

    It is reported that ex-President Kruger is selling the Transvaal and South African securities which he took with him to Europe, and is reinvesting the proceeds ...

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  39. THE IRONWORKERS' STRIKE.

    No fresh developments took place to-day in connection with the strike of ironworkers' assistants. Several donations from unions in sympathy with the strikers ...

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  41. ASCOT BIENNIAL STAKES.

    The race for the Ascot Biennial Stakes was run at the Royal Ascot Meeting yes terday, and was won by Mr. R. S. Sievier's b.c. Lavengro, by Lada:— Avilion. ...

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  42. KEROSENE IN BULK—WHARFAGE RATES.

    Our Sydney correspondent advises by wire that under a decision arrived at by the Harbour Trust Commissioners, the proprietors of the Shell Transport and ...

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  43. THE VICTORIAN LOSSES.

    The following list has been received of the casualties sustained by the Victorian Mounted Rifles in the engagement at Steenkoolsprulf on the morning of the 12th ...

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  44. ACTION AGAINST THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    Another action against the Railway commissioners for compensation was decided in the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury. The plaintiffs, John ...

    Article : 93 words
  45. THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS.

    The Australian bowlers played a match against the Leicester club yesterday, and were defeated. The following were the Australian scores:— Hannigan, 15 to 26; ...

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  46. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Bent asked what position members held with regard to Parliament House. He said he had found it turned into a ...

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  48. A LIBEL ACTION.

    An action for alleged libel, arising out of an advertisement in the personal column of the "S. M. Herald," was begun in the Supreme Court to-day. The advertisement ...

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  50. THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

    It is most reassuring to be able to record again to-day that there is nothing fresh in the way of plague developments, and that the three patients who are still under ...

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  51. SNOWSTORM IN VTCTORIA.

    Our Melbourne correspondent wires under date 19th Instant:— Snow has fallen during the last two days in many parts of the highlands, and is over 6in. deep in ...

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