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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    His Excellency the Governor yesterday gave the Royal assent to the Water Supply Advances Relief Bill, which was presented to him by Mr. G. H. Jenkins, Clerk of the ...

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  3. THE NEW MINISTRY.

    The poltical storm has been followed by a calm. Parliament House was practically deserted yesterday. The Conservative party, having affirmed the desirability of the ...

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  4. THE HEAT WAVE.

    The foretaste of midsummer heat experienced in Melbourne yesterday was severe enough to satisfy even a salamander. From early morning the atmosphere was ...

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  5. THE STICKING-UP CASE.

    Detective D. G. O'Donnell and Senior Constable Allwood arrived here to- night, having travelled from New South Wales, a distance of 135 miles, since yesterday at 10 ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Anglophobist feeling in France still continues, and notwithstanding the action of the Government in ordering the seizure of an indecent caricature of Queen ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    Lieutenant-General Sir Cornelius Clery, under the direction of General Sir Redvers Buller, has assumed the command of the British troops at Frcre, midway ...

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  8. THE RETURNED SYDNEY LANCERS.

    About 100 of the passengers by the Nineveh will he released from quarantine on Saturday. It is expected that all the returned New South Wales Lancers will be ...

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  9. NEWS FROM MAKING.

    News has been received from Colonel Baden-Powell, whose gallant defence of Mafeking has been perhaps the most striking feature of the South African ...

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  10. GARRISON TOO WEAK TO ATTACK

    Though the siege of Mafeking is practically raised, tlie bulk of tlie investing Boers having gone south to Kimberley, it is believed that Colonel Baden-Powell's little ...

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  11. NEW ZEALAND OATS FOR THE CAPE.

    The Spithead sailed to-day from Lyttelton with a cargo of 6084 sacks of oats, ordered by the War Office as forage for British cavalry and artillery horses in South ...

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  12. FRENCH ALABAMAS FOR BRITISH COMMERCE.

    Rear-Admiral Dupont, a French naval officer of Anglophobist tendencies, speaking yesterday on the probabilities of a war with England, declared that in the ...

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  13. THE RED CROSS TRICK.

    It appears that the same trick tried by the Boers in the battle of Graspan, where a number of their artillerymen were captured while wearing large red crosses on ...

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  14. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    Lord Methuen is now ready to advance. His big guns and supplies have arrived. But what is meant by "big guns" we are not quite ...

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  15. AMERICAN CURRENCY.

    In his Presidential message to the United States Congress, President M'Kinley definitely opposes the "free silver" proposal, which has lost ground immensely in America ...

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  16. IN CAPE COLONY.

    No fighting has yet taken place between the columns of Generals Gatacre and French and the Free State commandos, in the north of Cape Colony. ...

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  17. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales yesterday, bidding was spirited, and prices were well maintained. The following rates were realised by Australasian brands:--Barrata, 16d.; Aratula, ...

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  18. A CASE OF SUNSTROKE.

    A man, whose name is at present unknown, while working on a haystack at the farm of Mr. Trotman, Broadmeadows; early yesterday afternoon, suddenly commenced ...

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  19. EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE COUNTRY.

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  20. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  21. A REWARD OFFERED.

    The directors of the Great Southern No. 1 Gold Mining Company have decided to offer a reward of £100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the highway ...

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  22. "THE COLONIAL BRIGADE"

    The Imperial military authorities at Capetown have formed the Canadian contingent of 1000 riflemen and the troops from the Australian colonies into a separate ...

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  23. PREMIER'S VISIT TO BAIRNSDALE.

    At the council meeting this evening Cr. Cameron moved that the council take steps to entertain Mr. M'Lean, the Premier, and his colleagues on Tuesday next. ...

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  24. MESSAGE FROM LADYSMITH.

    Communication has been established with Ladysmith by flash signals from Colenso. The answering messages received from ...

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  25. THE BRITISH FORCES.

    It is understood that a seventh division of the British army, six being already mobilised, and either in South Africa or about to be despatched, will ...

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  26. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER

    Shortly before 12 o'clock yesterday Constable Britt was inct by a man named Walter Edwards in View-street, who informed him that a sweep named Alexander ...

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  27. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory:--Weather Chart, Thursday, 7th December, at 9 a.m.--High atmospheric pressure covers the eastern ...

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  28. THE ISSUE OF THE WAR.

    Speaking at the annual banquet of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, one of the leading London guilds, Mr. Walter Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, last ...

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  29. TOWN SURROUNDED BY 26 BOER GUNS.

    The bombardment of Ladysmith has been resumed. The Boers have been actively employed making the fullest preparations for a ...

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  30. TRAMWAY RATING QUESTION.

    The tramway rating question was before the Richmond council last night, when the finance committee recommended that an offer by the Tramway company, of £146 51, in settlement of last year's ...

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  31. THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY.

    News received by Lord Methuen, whose main force is at Modder River, 24 miles south of the town, shows that the garrison under Colonel Kekewich has not been idle ...

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  32. A CYCLING SCANDAL.

    The Austral meeting--the most popular and fashionable cycling fixture of the year--seems fated to produce a "spectre." Last years meeting gave birth to the Scharp inbroglio, which cost the ...

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  33. BRIGADIER-GENERAL YULE.

    Brigadier-General Yule, who took command of the force at Glencoe, after Major-General Sir William Symons was mortally wounded, and who made a masterly retreat ...

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  34. HEAT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

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  35. HOMEWARD FLYING BOERS.

    It is reported that large bodies of Boers are moving westward, in the direction of the Drakensberg mountains, through the passes of which they invaded ...

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  36. MR. WATT CONGRATULATED.

    At the meeting of the North Melbourne branch of the A.N.A. last evening Mr. Watt was heartily congratulated by the members on his being selected as Postmaster-General ...

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  37. AN ADELAIDE RECORD.

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  38. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS.

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  39. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    Mr. Andrew Collie, aged 78, a well known pioneer farmer, died at Harrisons last, evening from influenza. He came here amongst the early selectors from the Wallan Wallan ...

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  40. THE BOERS WEAKENING.

    Mr. J. B. Robinson, a well-known Rand millionaire, who is himself a Transvaal burgher and on friendly terms with the Boer Government, but who took good care ...

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  41. THE CASTLEMAINE SEAT.

    Mr. J. W. M'Cay, Minister of Education and Customs, arrived by the 10 a.m. train, and at once commenced to interview both his friends and foes. The former warmly ...

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  42. CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT M.U.I.O.O.F

    The grand annual committee of the Castlemaine district assembled to-day. Prov. G.M. Crawford presided. There were delegates present from the two Castlemaine lodges, Chewton, Daylesford (2), ...

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  43. PRETORIA PROVISIONED.

    It is reported that the Boer Government, which has been making preparations for a siege at its capital, Pretoria, has accumulated sufficient provisions to last a six ...

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  44. "METHUEN'S BIG GUNS ARRIVE.

    General Lord Methuen, who started with his Kimberley relief column with a very light equipment, has now received by the restored railway to Modder River the big ...

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  45. JOUBERT RETIRES ILL.

    General Joubert, the Transvaal Commandant-General, has left the front and gone back to Volksrust, on the Transvaal frontier, opposite Charleston, in Natal, where ...

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  46. KIMBERLEY MAKING SHELLS.

    The work shops of the famous De Beers diamond mines have been converted into an arsenal for the manufacture and storage of arms and ammunition. A number of ...

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  47. WAR RELIEF FUND.

    The subscriptions to the Mansion House war relief fund, for the families of the soldiers killed or disabled in South Africa, now totals £375,000. ...

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  48. THE BIRTHDAY BATTLE.

    The following account of the Ladysmith "Birthday Battle" was published "The Age" of 21st November, in a London cablegram of 20th:--News has been received ...

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  49. PUBLIC TENDERS.

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  50. FROSTS IN THE COUNTRY.

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  51. THE NORMANBY ELECTORATE.

    Ther is no opposition to Mr. Shiels anticipated, although the news of the construction of the new Ministry was received very quietly. ...

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  52. THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Neild asked whether it was true that the Imperial Government had requested that no officer of higher rank than a major ...

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  53. W.A. TATTERSALL'S SWEEPS.

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  54. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

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  55. MR. ISAACS ON THE LATE MINISTRY.

    Mr. I. A. Isaacs, Attorney-General in the late Turner Cabinet, left by the R.M.S. India to-day for London to appear before the Privy Council as counsel in the Melbourne ...

    Article : 131 words
  56. COMMANDEERED BRITISH.

    At Ladybrand, a small town, in the Orange Free State, 72 miles east of Bloem-fontein, and on the Bosuto border, 11 English settlers, who had been ...

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  58. THE BIRTHDAY BATTLE.

    General Buffer has reported to the War Office that, according to information which has reached him from reliable sources, the Boers lost very heavily in the general ...

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  59. THE LAKE VIEW CONSOLS.

    An important cablegram from London was received by a Sydney gentleman to-day, in which it was stated that the directors of the Lake View. Consols, West Australia, had issued a circular in ...

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  61. Advertising

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