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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    A party of 400 Boers attacked, a small British column at Nqutu, in Zululand, but were repulsed with some loss. The British casualties were four killed, ...

    Article : 164 words
  3. IN THE GALLERY.

    During the formal business in the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Annear gave notice that he would ask on the following day if the Government intended to place a sum ...

    Article : 1,573 words
  4. GREAT BRITAIN.

    In connection with the bill to amend the King's titles, which has passed its second reading in the House of Lords, the Radicals in the House of Commons ...

    Article : 167 words
  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    There was little life in the Senate to-day, business being confined to the Audit Bill. This measure, which, as Mr. Drake explained in moving the second reading, ...

    Article : 491 words
  6. AUSTRALASIAN INTERESTS.

    Lord Hawke, captain of the Yorkshire County Club, states that the wish of the County Committee (which is equal to a command) that Rhodes should not join the ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. QUEENSLAND TROOPS AT THE FRONT.

    A telegram has been received by the Chief Secretary from the authorities in Capetown, dated 29th July, stating that Private John Johnson (No. 424), of the ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    Through the courtesy of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir S. W. Griffith), we have received a copy of the following letter addressed to the ...

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  9. HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.

    Mr. H. Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, has forwarded to his Government elaborate reports on the various schemes adopted in England for the ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. RICH GOLD DISCOVERY AT MAYTOWN.

    About five weeks ago Messrs. T. Furse, T. Graham, J. Jenkins, and A. Dunes took up the King of the Ranges reef. They cleaned out an old shaft sunk on a lode at ...

    Article : 366 words
  11. PROVIDING FOR THE PAICIFIC CABLE.

    A resolution in Committee of Ways and Means, sanctioning the expenditure of £2,000,000 on the construction and laying of the Pacific cable, was adopted in the House ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. THE UNITED STATES.

    Further information with regard to the settlement of the strike of ironworkers in the United States states that under the agreement arrived at the Steel Trust ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

    Supplementary estimates to the amount of £7,000,000 were laid before the House of Commons yesterday. These estimates chiefly cover the expenditure on the Civil ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. GREAT DOCK STRIKE AT SAN FRANCISCO.

    News is to hand of another serious industrial dispute in the United States. A general strike of dock workers has taken place at San Francisco, and 55,000 men are ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. THE WAR OFFICE AND THE "DAILY MAIL."

    The Right Hon. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, has stated in the House of Commons that leakages of official documents led him recently to ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. LATEST BOER LOSSES.

    Lord Kitchener has reported to the War Office that since the 22nd instant thirty-four Boers have been killed in action, twenty-five wounded, 223 taken prisoners, ...

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  17. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    Information received from Peking states that the Emperor of China has issued an edict which assigns to the new Foreign Office the highest rank among the Chinese ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. OTHER BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    News has been received that General Gilbert Hamilton surprised Potger's laager at Wolmaranstad, capturing all the Boer waggons, and causing twenty-one casualties. ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    Probate duty to the amount of £25,679 was paid to-day in respect of the estate of the late Edward Keep, wholesale iron-monger. The amount paid represents 10 ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. PUNISHMENT OF CHINESE CULPRITS.

    It is stated that the number of culprits specially designated for punishment in connection with the Boxer and other outrages has now dwindled from 160 to fifty-four. ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. THE PENTRIDGE GAOL BREAKERS.

    The police have obtained no clue to the whereabouts of the prisoners who escaped from Pentridge, but the proceeds of the robbery for which one of them was ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. OTHER ITEMS.

    Private J. Johnson, of the Fifth Queensland Bushmen's Contingent, has been severely wounded at Palmlesfontein. ...

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  23. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. E. S. HOULDER.

    Messrs. Houlder Bros., Limited, are advised by cable from London that at the annual meeting of the Houlder Line, Limited, which was held yesterday, the ...

    Article : 143 words
  24. ANOTHER IRISH MEMBER SUSPENDED.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. O'Shea was suspended for referring to what he termed the "blackguardly conduct" of the Irish Judges. ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. FIRE ON A CARGO STEAMER.

    News has been received that the cargo steamer Dunbar caught fire at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and that the fire was of a serious nature. The Dunbar left ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    On entering the House of Representatives this afternoon, attention was attracted to an enormous package that was lying on the table, but curiosity with regard to ...

    Article : 2,163 words
  27. SAILED FOR ENGLAND.

    Lieutenant M. W. Thompson, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, has sailed Irom South Africa for England. ...

    Article : 25 words
  28. COUNTESS COWLEY'S TITLE.

    In connection with the action brought by Earl Cowley to restrain his late wife (who obtained a divorce from him in 1897) from continuing to style herself Countess ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. THE BOER PRISONERS.

    The total number of Boer prisoners of war, and those who have voluntarily surrendered to the British authorities, is now 30,000. ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor of Fiji, Sir George O'Brien, will remain in Queensland only a few days, and will then proceed to England by the French mail boat, ...

    Article : 206 words
  31. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The harvest now commencing in Canada and Manitoba is stated to be unprecedented as regards the quantity of grain, the yield of wheat being estimated to exceed ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. CHOICE NEW SPRING SUITINGS

    Charles Gilbert, the Leading Tailor, is opening his first shipments, including a splendid range of Fine, Pure Indigo-blue Serges, for which his name is famous. ...

    Article : 71 words
  33. FLOGGING OF NATIVES ABOLISHED.

    A proclamation has been issued at Pretoria abolishing the flogging of natives, as enacted toy the late Transvaal Volksraad By-law 22 of 1895, and also repealing the ...

    Article : 48 words
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  35. PRESENTATION OF MEDALS.

    The South African soldiers to whom medals were presented by King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Marlborough House on Monday included, as already ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. THE ADEN EXPEDITION.

    News is to hand that the British force recently despatched from Aden has destroyed the Turkish fort that had been erected at a place seventy miles inland, ...

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  37. SOUTHERN SPORTING.

    Lowland Chief received further support for the V.A.T.C. Grand National Hurdle Race to-day. All money offered at 6 to 1 was accepted, and at the finish 5 to 1 was ...

    Article : 97 words
  38. RUSSIAN EXPEDITION ATTACKED BY THIBETANS.

    Information has been received that the Russian expedition under Major Kasloff, which has been exploring in Thibet, in Central Asia, was attacked by a force of 2000 ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. THE NETHERLANDS RAILWAY COMPANY EMPLOYEES.

    The committee appointed by Lord Lansdowne to investigate the claims to compensation made by persons, the subjects of friendly Powers, in consequence of their ...

    Article : 246 words
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  41. THE VACANCY FOR BRISBANE NORTH.

    Consequent upon the resignation by Mr. Macdonald-Paterson of his seat for Brisbane North in the State Legislature, a requisition signed by a very large ...

    Article : 65 words
  42. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, July 31.—Arrival: (Adelaide, s., from Brisbane. Departures: Hauroto, for Fiji; Bancoora, s., for Bombay; Nithsdale, for Valparaiso. ...

    Article : 49 words
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  44. FACTORIES AND SHOPS ACT.

    Mr. S. Grimes, M.L.A., has given notice that he will to-day move in the Legislative Assembly for a return showing the districts in which polls have been taken under ...

    Article : 48 words
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