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  2. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    Thirty-three men left by the steamer Barcoo to-night to join the Commonwealth Contingent for South Africa, twenty-one being from Charters Towers, one from ...

    Article : 109 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    General Elliott's column has captured twelve Boers in an action with the rearguard of General De Wet's force north of Reitz, in the north-east of the Orange River ...

    Article : 65 words
  4. ARRIVAL OF SIR MALCOLM M'EACHARN.

    Sir Malcolm M'Eacharn, member of the House of Representatives, and ex-Mayor of Melbourne, arrived in Brisbane last night by mail train. Sir Malco[?]m is on a [?]ying ...

    Article : 1,778 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Reuter's correspondent at Ottawa has reported that Sir Sandford Fleming, the noted Canadian engineer, has written a letter to the Hon. William Mulock, ...

    Article : 100 words
  6. GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Webber, Bishop of Brisbane, by command of the King preached in Sandringham Church yesterday. The service was specially in aid of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  7. NEW GUINEA MISSIONS.

    At the Centennial Hall last night. Bishop Stone-Wigg, of New Guinea, gave a farewell address on New Guinea mission work, prior to his departure from Brisbane on a ...

    Article : 1,694 words
  8. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    Mr. Drake has been asked by the Eastern Extension Company to fix the Press rates for messages to China, as Chinese papers wish to secure more Australian news. ...

    Article : 379 words
  9. SOUTHERN SPORTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 349 words
  10. QUEEN ALEXANDRA AND THE POOR.

    Her Majesty Queen Alexandra has forwarded to the Salvation Army a Christmas gift for the poor, together with a sympathetic letter. ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. ARRANGEMENTS AT LYTTON.

    The numbers of men and horses in camp yesterday were thirty-two and thirty-three respectively. The examination and enrolling of men is now going on steadily. ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. OIL FUEL FOR THE NAVY.

    The British Admiralty is having a series of tests made with oil fuel on two of the battleships and one cruiser belonging to the Channel Squadron. ...

    Article : 32 words
  13. THE NEW CALEDONIA SUBSIDY.

    The annual subsidy to New Caledonia provided by the French Government has this year been reduced from 660,000 francs (£26,400) to 500,000 francs (£20,000). ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. GIFT TO ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY.

    Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, High Commissioner for Canada, has given a sum of £25,000 towards the extension of the University of Aberdeen. ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. CHILI AND ARGENTINA.

    In connection with the boundary dispute between Chili and the Argentine Republic, the Argentine Press accuse Chili of having been conducting underhand negotiations, ...

    Article : 52 words
  16. JESUIT INVASION OF ENGLAND.

    Replying to a deputation from the Protestant Alliance, the Marquis of Salisbury stated that it was not the intention of the Government to introduce legislation against ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,026 words
  18. PERSONAL.

    The Premier and party, as we learn by wire, left Cairns on Sunday, and reached Geraldton overland yesterday, afternoon. They will proceed to Ingham to-night at 12 ...

    Article : 1,072 words
  19. THE CRUISER BAN RIGH.

    The steamer Ban Righ (now the Colombian cruiser Libertador), which was recently reported to have arrived at the French Island of Martinique, in the West ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. THE STRIKE AT BETHESDA.

    In connection with the strike at Lord Penrhyn's qiarries at Bethesda, in Wales, latest reports state that the sending of a military force to that place is strongly ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. THE SYDNEY CUP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  22. A BOER REPULSE.

    Whilst engaged in reconnoitring at Vryheid, in the south-east of the Transvaal, near the Natal border, Colonel Garrett's advance guard was charged by a force of 500 ...

    Article : 42 words
  23. NEW ZEALAND.

    More gold was won in New Zealand in 1901 than in any other year since 1871. The export returns show a total of 455,559oz., this being an increase of ...

    Article : 49 words
  24. THE CONTINENT.

    The aunual report of the Chamber of Commerce at Bremen, one of the principal ports of Germany, has been issued. The report deprecates the manifestations of ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. THE TWEEFONTEIN ENGAGEMENT.

    Further particulars of the affair at Tweefontein, where Colonel Firman's camp was rushed early on Christmas Morning, show that General Rundle was at the time three ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    The Chinese authorities have requested the foreign legations at Peking to keep all foreigners from the streets on Tuesday next, on the occasion of the re-entry of ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. THE ARBITRATION COURT.

    A deputation from the T[?]mes Miners' Association waited upon the Minister for Mines and urged the removal of Mr. Justice Cooper from the position of President of ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. ENCOUNTER AT BRONKHURST SPRUIT.

    Reports are to hand that a party of Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) had a sharp encounter with the Boers at Brokhurst Spruit, forty miles east of Pretoria. The ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. SELLING MOBILISATION PLANS.

    At Mannheim, in Germany, Sergeantmajor Fisslier has been tried on a charge of selling a plan of mobilisation of the German army to a French spy. The ...

    Article : 48 words
  30. SYDNEY TURF CLUB ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 572 words
  31. PROMISES BY THE EMPRESS

    News from Peking states that the Empress Dowa[?]er has undertaken that the Chinese Emperor will give audience to the foreign Ministers, and she herself will ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY.

    The balance-sheet of the New Zealand Insurance Company for the year ended 30th November last shows a net revenue of £391,045. The credit balance on the year's ...

    Article : 104 words
  33. BRUCE HAMILTON'S OPERATIONS.

    Further reports of the operations of General Bruce Hamilton, in the south-east of the Transvaal, state that his columns crossed the Vaal River, which was in flood, ...

    Article : 77 words
  34. RIOTING AT BARCELONA.

    A serious disturbance and conflict with the military has occurred at Barcelona, in Spain. A mob of strikers numbering several thousand began stoning ...

    Article : 58 words
  35. CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW IN AMERICA.

    A large number of Chinese merchants in America have signed a petition to the Emperor of China praying him to oppose the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. WELLINGTON, JANUARY 6.

    Mumford, late captain of the yacht Ariadne, who is charged with attempting to dissuade a Crown witness, Annie Downing, from giving evidence by means of a ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. MILITARY REVOLT IN PORTUGAL.

    Information has been received of a military revolt having broken out at Torres Novas, in Portugal, the soldiers having plundered the town and killed several of ...

    Article : 46 words
  38. COMMENTS OF THE "TIMES."

    The "Times," commenting upon the operations, says that the continuous wearing-down process ought to be maintained by keeping the advance depots well ...

    Article : 71 words
  39. IMPORTATION OF MUNITIONS OF WAR IN CHINA.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" states that some of the European Powers have made representations at Washington, charging the United States Government ...

    Article : 84 words
  40. THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF.

    [?] at a public meeting, said the Federal tariff affected the people of New Zealand to some extent, but they would easily find an outlet for the ...

    Article : 80 words
  41. POLITICAL CRISIS IN BULGARIA.

    News from Bulgaria states that, after a political crisis extending over eleven days, a strongly Russophile Ministry has been formed by M. Danff. ...

    Article : 49 words
  42. BRITISH CASUALTIES IN DECEMBER.

    A report has been received at the War Office giving the total British casualties during the month of December. There were 30 officers and 190 men killed, 49 ...

    Article : 53 words
  43. THE CYCLONE AT NARRABRI.

    Further particulars to hand show that the cyclone which passed over Narrabri on Saturday also caused much damage outside the township. A vineyard belonging to Mr. ...

    Article : 140 words
  44. AN ABSCONDING MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL.

    A man named Keehkemethy, a municipal official at Buda-Pesth, the capital of Hungary, is reported to have absconded to America with a sum of 500,000 crowns. He ...

    Article : 52 words
  45. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    This afternoon, while a boat's company were comings ashore from the ship Mariborough Hill, the craft capsized in rough water, and the seven men who were in the ...

    Article : 85 words
  46. OTHER ITEMS.

    A representative of the London "Daily Mail" has interviewed the Boer delegates in Holland with regard to the war in South Africa, and found that they would be ...

    Article : 128 words
  47. COUNTRY VISITORS BE WARNED.

    Before leaving Brisbane call and register your measure for future use with Charles Gilbert, the Leading Tailor and Outfitter, Queen-street (near Bridge), and compare ...

    Article : 60 words
  48. V.R.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 words
  49. A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.

    A Framed Enlargement given free of cost with each Dozen Cabinets at the Tosca Studio for one month only.* ...

    Article : 25 words
  50. THE WEATHER.

    A moderate southerly wind has been blowing along the coast this afternoon. The weather has been showery in Sydney since Saturday afternoon, and it was still ...

    Article : 32 words
  51. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, January 6.—Arrived: Ormuz, R.M.S., from London; Fortunatus, from London; Runic, s., from Liverpool[?]; St. George, from New York; Cimba, from ...

    Article : 234 words
  52. FLORA DORA WINDOW.

    "Neath the shade of the palms." Specially artistic display of Gents' Fashionable Shaped Straw Hats, Palms, Brazilians, Manilas, Tuscans, Pedals, Sennets, ...

    Article : 66 words
  53. THE WESTERN LANDS BOARD.

    Mr. Hugh Langwell, M.L.C., who was formerly representative for Bourke in the Labour interest, has been appointed the third member of the Western Lands Board. ...

    Article : 30 words
  54. THE PENTRIDGE ESCAPEES.

    A warder from Pentridge has failed to identify a prisoner now in Darlinghurst Gaol as the man Sparks, who escaped from Pentridge Gaol in July last, but said there ...

    Article : 50 words
  55. TOSCA FRAMING WORKS.

    Corner of Queen and George streets, wish to call the attention of their customers, also the public in general, to their extensive framing department. We have the largest ...

    Article : 56 words
  56. THE CALUMNIES ON THE BRITISH TROOPS.

    The Italian and Austrian military attaches in South Africa have declared that the outrages on Boer women and girls attributed to the British army are incredible. ...

    Article : 96 words
  57. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

    The Government are insisting upon the concentration camps in South Africa being supplied only with the best brands of imported foods, and also with fresh ...

    Article : 49 words
  58. Advertising

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    Advertising : 330 words
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