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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    Telegrams from Pretoria report that the division under command of General Sir Archibald Hunter, which marched through the Transvaal from the west, has reached ...

    Article : 127 words
  3. CHINA'S PROBABLE FATE.

    A highly important official statement was made lust night in the House of Commons concerning the positron in China, by Mr. St. John Brodrick, Under Secretary for Foreign ...

    Article : 325 words
  4. HOBOKEN DOCK FIRE.

    American telegrams report some terribly gruesome stories of the great fire in Hoboken docks, at New York, in which 500 persons perished. ...

    Article : 81 words
  5. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    In the House of Lords yesterday, the Australian Commonwealth Bill was passed through committee mid reported to the House without any amendment in the ...

    Article : 37 words
  6. PARLIAMENT

    The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE NO CONFIDENCE DEBATE. The debate on Sir George Turner's want of confidence motion was resumed by ...

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  7. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Council held a short sitting to-day. Mr. S. H. Hyam was elected to the vacancy on the Public Works Committee. Mr. Suttor moved the second reading ...

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  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    In the Assembly to-day the Premier announced that the Government would endeavor to have the Commonwealth brought into being on, 1st October, in order that the ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. THE INSURANCES.

    The North German Lloyd wharves, which were destroyed by fire in New York Harbor, were built at a cost of £200,000. They are described as being amongst the finest at ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. FEDERAL LABOR CANDIDATES.

    This being the last "sovereign" Parliament of New South Wales, the suggestion has been made that members should be presented with a memento in the shape of a ...

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  11. FOOD SCARCITY AT PRETORIA.

    Great suffering as reported among the population of Pretoria owing to the scarcity of provisions, hut Lord Roberts's troops are on full rations supplies having been ...

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  12. THE WINE GROWERS' CONFERENCE.

    Sir,--Permit me, as the original proposer of the Parliamentary commission on the wine industry, to suggest a way out of the difficulty, almost amounting to an impasse, ...

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  13. PRINCE TUAN'S ORDERS.

    It is also reported by the runners that, when two other foreign Ministers besides Baron de Ketteler had been killed. Prince Tuan ordered a massacre of all foreigners. ...

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  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Miss Stella Esdale, the young Australian vocalist, has been engaged by a London music hall syndicate to appear at the Tivoli and Oxford music halls. ...

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  15. TYPHOID AT BLOEMFONTEIN.

    Common]ting upon the charges made by Mr. Burdett Courts, M.P., of terrible deficiencies for the treatment of disease patients in the field hospitals in South ...

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  16. HOW TO IMPRESS PEKIN.

    The European consuls at Tien Tsin have proposed to their respective Governments that the Chinese veneration for the dead--their ancestor worship--should be utilised ...

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  17. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  18. THE OROTAVA AGAIN AT SEA.

    The well known steamer Orotava, which was recently chartered by the Imperial Government as a transport for South Africa, hut which collided, with, and sank off ...

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  19. DECISION OF THE POWERS.

    The ambassadors of the European powers at Berlin have by direction of their respective Government, held a conference with Baron von Bulow, the German Foreign ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. ANOTHER VICTORIAN CASUALTY.

    The Lieutenant-Governor has received a cablegram from Sir Alfred Milner, reporting that Farrier Rose, of the Mounted Infantry unit, First Victorian Contingent, ...

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  21. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPINION.

    In view of the fears expressed in the Sydney Parliament that the Australian contingents may practically become disintegrated in South Africa as soon as the war is over, ...

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  22. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The July series of wool sales opened today be a dull market Prices show a decline of from 5 to 15 per cent, on the closing rates of the last series of sales. ...

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  23. ENGLAND AND CHINA.

    Mr. Brodrick, defining Great Britain's attitude towards China, said that before the legations were isolated in Pekin, the British Minister, Sir Claude Macdonald, was ...

    Article : 81 words
  24. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S NAVAL GUN.

    The special carriage invented by Captain-Scott, of the Terrible, for the naval guns used, in the Ladysmith siege was used for similar purposes during the, recent siege of ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. FEVER MORTALITY.

    Private R. Coustley, of the Second Victorian Contingent, writes, from Kroonstad under date 17th May that he, with several more wounded Australians, was to be ...

    Article : 92 words
  26. THE FUTURE OF CHINA.

    Nevertheless, continued Mr. Brodrick, China's chief present danger .was' internal, and it was possible that the country was on the eve of complete disintegration from ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. REDUCTION OF ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATION.

    Gossip in the lobbies of the Assembly tends to indicate that any proposal to decreasethe numerical strength of Parliament will be opposed, and members urge that it ...

    Article : 59 words
  28. THE IMPERIAL TOMBS.

    The proposal of the consuls at Tien Tsin to threaten to destroy the tombs of the Imperial family in tho event of harm being done to the foreigners in Pekin is a practical ...

    Article : 335 words
  29. BRITISH AMBULANCE SYSTEM.

    Corporal Hennessy, of Glenrowan, who is now on his way homo from South Africa, in a letter to his relatives says:--"I was shot at Rensburg in the left ankle by a ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A petition was presented to the Legislative Council by the Adelaide city council today, praying the Upper House would reject or defer consideration of the private bill ...

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  31. ENGLAND AND PARTITION.

    During a discussion which followed Mr. Brodrick's official, statement, Sir Edward, Grey, who was Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Lord Rosetery's Ministry ...

    Article : 49 words
  32. NEW SOUTH WALES PATRIOTISM.

    A deputation from the Stock Owners' Convention waited on the Premier to-day, had presented a resolution congratulating Sir William Lyme on his patriotic action in ...

    Article : 157 words
  33. JAPAN MOBILISES 30,000 TROOPS.

    The Japanese Government, which had previously mobilised a full division of troops (10,000 men) to send to China, is now mobilising 30,000 to be despatched immediately ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Workers' Compensation for Accidents Bill, introduced by the Minister of Education, was read a second time in the Legislative Council to-day. The Minister stated ...

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  35. BARON KETTELER'S MURDER.

    Chinese runners from Pekin who have reached the foreign settlements on the coasts report that Prince Tuan, who has since proclaimed his young son, the ...

    Article : 164 words
  36. A PRISONER ESCAPES FROM THE DOCK.

    Shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday, whilst the magistrates at the Fitzroy court were investigating a case, it was noticed that one of two men who had been kept in the ...

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  37. A QUEENSLANDER WELCOMED

    Sergeant Johnson, the invalided Queenslander, arrived to-night, and was welcomed by a large crowd at the station, including a number of members of the defence force. ...

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  38. VOLUNTEERS FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.

    Captain Russell, R.N., a retired naval officer and a well known resident of Melbourne, has volunteered for active service in China, and has requested the Minister ...

    Article : 73 words
  39. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    Mr. Glassey, the ex-Premier, addressed the electors last night. He denounced the night. He denounced of the Trades Hall and labor opposition, and read lengthy correspondence ...

    Article : 183 words
  40. ASSASSIN SIPIDO'S REVOLVER.

    Some extraordinary experiments have been mode by the Belgian police with the view of minimising the attempt made by the young tinsmith Sipido, under Anarchist ...

    Article : 124 words
  41. QUEENSLAND'S OFFER

    Mr. Philp supports Sir William Lyme's opinion that 'there is no necessity to send colonial troops to China, as the powers are quite 'able to cope with the difficulty. Mr. ...

    Article : 134 words
  42. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The F.M.S. Australien, outwards, left Colombo 3rd inst. The F.M.S. Polynesien, homewards, left Colombo 30th June. ...

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  43. AFFAIRS AT THE PHILIP PINES.

    The American transport Culgoa arrived from Manila last night. As regards affairs at the Philippine Islands, the officers state that nothing startling has occurred. The ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. GERMAN VENGEANCE.

    The brutal murder of the German ambassador at' Pekin, Baron de Ketteler, has caused great excitement and furious indignation throughout Germany. ...

    Article : 118 words
  45. AN AIR SHIP TRIAL.

    A successful trial was yesterday made in the south of Germany of the aerial ship invented by Count Deppelin. The air ship, which is cigar shaped, and 420 feet in ...

    Article : 76 words
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  47. PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

    The Railway department yesterday accepted the tender of A. C. Bravet mid Co. for the supply of red ironbark and grey box piles, for improvements at the Williamstown pier, the timber to be supplied ...

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