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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    On Friday next (Good Friday) there will be no publication of ''The Age," and the business departments of the office will remain closed until 6 p.m. As far as ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    Commenting on the proposed amendment of the Australian Commonwealth Bill by the Imperial Parliament in respect to the clause limiting the colonial rights of appeal, the ...

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  4. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The quarantining of the Wexford-street locality came as a great surprise to the inhabitants within that area: The block is now barricaded, and a large staff of men, ...

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  5. BLOWING UP JOHANNESBURG.

    The Transvaal Government now thoroughly understands that its efforts to secure European intervention are utterly discounted by the repeated threats made by high ...

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  6. SIEGE OF MAFEKING

    News has been received from Mafeking via Rhodesia to 1st April, on which date Colonel Baden-Powell reported the garrison all well and cheerful. ...

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  7. RAT KILLING AT GEELONG.

    The destruction of rats is being steadily persevered with by the boys for the reward of 2d. per head offered by the municipal authorities. Since the campaign started ...

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  8. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    The establishment of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent has been definitely fixed at 742. Rumors have been current that the contingent will embark at Newcastle in ...

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  9. THE INSURANCE QUESTION.

    The lives of the members of the first South Australian Contingent were insured with the Citizens' Life Company, but no similar provision was made with respect to the ...

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  10. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VIEWS.

    The Premier has not received any decisive reply with regard to his suggestion for a conference of Premiers to consider the proposed amendments in the ...

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  11. THE CAPE REBELS.

    Further arrests of Cape Colonists who took rebellious part with the Boer invaders have been made in the Barkly East district, south-east of Aliwal North. Among ...

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  12. NEW ZEALAND ROUGH RIDERS AT ALBANY.

    The steamer Maori, with the New Zealand rough riders on board, arrived at Albany this afternoon. She had a splendid passage, with no sickness of horses or men. ...

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  13. MAIL NEWS.

    The Maniposa brings war news, describing the surrender of the Free State capital as under:--"Lord Roberts entered Bloemfontein practically unopposed. He lay at ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.

    The New Zealand contingent, which arrived at Durban in the Knight Templar, and was ordered thence to Capetown, whence it was to be despatched to Rhodesia ...

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  15. THE PLAGUE AT HONOLULU.

    News by the R.M.S. Mariposa, which arrived to-day states that Honolulu reports 64 deaths from the plague to date, being 10 deaths since the last mail left. ...

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  16. THE CITY COUNCIL TIP.

    Asked yesterday if he desired to make, any observations on the remarks of members of the City Council at the meeting on Monday relative to his attitude in ...

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  17. FINANCING THE FREE STATE.

    Mr. Steyn, who, notwithstanding that he has been deposed at Bloemfontein, is endeavoring to carry on the administration of the Orange Free State Republic at ...

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  18. GENERAL BUTTON'S BRIGADE.

    The brigade to the command of which Major-General Hutton, the Canadian commandant, has been appointed, comprising 2000 colonial and 3000 Imperial troops, ...

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  19. GREATER MELBOURNE.

    In view of the proposal now being discussed for the creation of a Melbourne County Council the following table is interesting as showing the sources from ...

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  20. ARTFUL BOER RUSE.

    Colonel Powell reports that on 23rd March the Boer's made an elaborate and carefully prepared attempt to lure him into a mined ambush. On the day mentioned the Boers ...

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  21. THE FREMANTLE CASE.

    No fresh case of plague was reported to-day in Perth, although many rumors are going about. The city council has decided to thoroughly cleanse the city, and ...

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  22. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    Examination of the saloon railway carriage in which the Prince of Wales was seated when he was twice fired at with a revolver by the young Belgian tinsmith, ...

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  23. A PEACE ENVOY.

    It is announced that Mr. A. Fischer, a member of the Orange Free State Executive, who took a prominent part in the negotiations between the two republics with ...

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  24. THE DESTRUCTOR ERA NEAR.

    Sir Malcolm M'Eacharn was obviously in earnest when in the course of his reply to Dr. Gresswell's. denunciation of the Corporation tip, he announced that the extension ...

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  25. DISTANCES OF BOER POSITIONS.

    The distances from Ladysmith are, along the railway line to Elands Laagte, 15 miles; to Wassel's Nek, 8 miles further, and Glencoe, 13 miles more. From Ladysmith cast to Pomeroy is 40 miles; from Pomeroy to Helpmakaar, 5 miles; and Dundee is 30 miles further on. From Elands Laagte to Pomeroy, about 35 miles. The alternative ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. THE TWO KAISERS.

    The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, accompanied by Count Golochowski, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, will it is announced, pay a visit to Berlin in honor ...

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  27. CONGRATULATIONS FROM KRUGER.

    Following suit,of Dr. Leyds in his anxiety to dissociate the Transvaal from complicity in the attempted assassination of the Prince of Wales by a pro-Boer Belgian youth, ...

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  28. DURATION OF THE WAR.

    It is regarded as a significant indication of official anticipations as to the duration of the South African campaign that the War Office has signed contracts for the supply of ...

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  29. QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

    Her Majesty the Queen yesterday reviewed a gathering of 52,000 children at Dublin provided them with luncheon and presented to each a tin of chocolate. The ...

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  30. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.--Pellegrinao, ship, from Fremantle 29th November; J. H. Nikolai, barque, from Fremantle 25th November; Erin's Isle, ship, from Albany 2nd December; Gulf ...

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  31. THE KOORN SPRUIT DISASTER.

    The Boer general, De Wet, has given a remarkable, version of the Koorn Spruit ambuscade. He stales that when he followed up Colonel Broadwood's ...

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  32. LORD BRASSEY AT THE CAPE.

    The yacht Sunbeam, with Lord Brassey, on board, has arrived in Simon's Bay, south of Capetown, from Fremantle, via Singa pore. ...

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  33. THE PATIENT AT PORTSEA.

    The bacteriological investigations of Dr. .Bull have determined beyond a doubt that James Brown, the fireman, who was removed from the steamer South Australian ...

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  34. THE EIGHTH DIVISION.

    A cablegram received from the Cape by Reuter's London agency states that the portion of the eighth infantry division, under command of General Sir Henry Rundle, sent ...

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  35. MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY.

    To-morrow, at 2'o'clock, the Melbourne City Council will sit as a committee of the whole to decide as to acceptance of the tenders arranged, for by Mr. Arnot in ...

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  36. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Wheat.--The cargo of the barque Dunfermline, which left Port Germein, South Australia, with wheat, 19th February, has been sold at 294½ per quarter. ...

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  37. IN THE FREE STATE.

    No further fighting is reported from Wepener, on the Basuto border, 63 miles south-east of Bloemfontein, where Brigadier General Brabant,with 3200 men, two 15 ...

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  38. THE ASHANTEE TROUBLE.

    Telegrams from the Gold Coast report that the trouble in Ashantee, which has caused the isolation at Coomassic of Mr. F. M. ...

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  39. THE MAIL STEAMERS

    Oceana arrived Plymouth, 7th. Britannia arrived Suez, homewards, 9th. ...

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  40. THE STEAMER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN.

    It was reported to the Footscray council last night by Cr. Fraser, that it was intended that the collier South Australian, which brought the first case of the bubonic ...

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  41. THE RIFLE MOVEMENT.

    BOROONDARA.--The adjourned meeting in connection with the Boroondara Rifle Club was held in the shire hall on Monday evening; Mr. A. J. Smith, J.P., in the chair. It was decided that ...

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  42. THE BRITISH PRISONERS.

    Mr. Steyn, ex-president of the Orange Free State, declares that the action of the British in sending Boer prisoners to St. Helena justifies the Boers in placing the ...

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  43. THE IMPERIAL CONTINGENT

    The visit of the selection committee to Langwarrin yesterday could hardly have been made in less favorable circumstances, The rain, which held off during the ...

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  44. SEWAGE PUMPING ENGINES.

    A decision arrived at by the Board of works yesterday will add another to the list of pumping engines in use at the Spottiwoode station. In accordance with the ...

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  45. BOERS IN NATAL

    The rigidity of the press censorship in Natal remains unrelaxed, no news of General Buller's movements or designs having been allowed to transpire for nearly ...

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  46. KILLED AT BOSHOF.

    In the action at Boshof, in which a force of Imperial Yeomanry, under Lord Methuen's orders, obliterated a detachment of Boer mercenaries under Colonel Villebois de ...

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  47. CHINESE REGALIA.

    The Chinese of Melbourne had determined to hold a festival with the object of raising funds for the Melbourne Hospital. A quantity of regalia, which it was intended to use ...

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  48. THE INDIAN FAMINE.

    Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, has assured the Lord Mayor of London, who some time ago initiated a fund for the relief of the Indian famine, ...

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  49. THE PACIFIC CABLE QUESTION

    The position of the Pacific cable question is unchanged so far as this colony is concerned. The Postmaster-General has not received a request from the other ...

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  50. DR. CHERRY'S VISIT TO SYDNEY.

    Dr. Cherry, who has been on a visit to Sydney, where he made personal observations upon matters connected with the plague, returned to Melbourne yesterday. ...

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  51. REDDERSBURG SURRENDER.

    Details of the disaster to the British reconnaissance, detachment of 600 men without guns, which was forced on Thursday last to surrender at Reddersburg, 12 miles east of ...

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  52. THE MAYOR OF ST. KILDA AND LOCAL JUSTICES.

    A private meeting of St. Kilda justices was held yesterday for the purpose of electing a chairman for Friday's bench, the recently elected chairman, Mr. F. R. Godfrey, having resigned in consequence ...

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  53. THE PRESENT POSITION

    In Natal there appears to be some prospects of an early resumption of hostilities. The Boers are standing on the defensive in an extremely strong position, with a front ...

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  54. GIPPSLAND COAL MINERS AND THE RAILWAY.

    In the absence of any other track from their homes to the Jumbunna and Outtrim collieries, a number of miners working in the pits have been in the habit of walking along the railway line. ...

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  55. "THE AGE" LIST.

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  56. THE RAILWAY EXCURSION TO SYDNEY.

    The railway excursion to Sydney was run yesterday, as arranged by the department. The Premier stated yesterday that the commissioner had been urged to stop the ...

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  57. ROSEBERY ON ARMY REFORM.

    The Earl of Rosebery, ex-leader of the Liberal party, has announced his intention of taking up and pushing on unremittingly the question of reform in the British army ...

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