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  2. ANARCHIST ASSASSINS.

    Though the police were for some time unable to ascertain the identity of the man who on Thursday attempted the life of the Shah of Persia, being disarmed ...

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  3. PRINCE ALFRED'S DEATH.

    The obsequies of the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Alfred of Great Britain took place yesterday at Coburg, the ceremonial being ...

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  4. THE ADVANCE ON PEKIN.

    Intelligence has been received that in view of the advance of the allies on Pekin having been actually commenced the Imperial court is making preparations for flight ...

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  5. THE BOER WAR

    Although General Ian Hamilton's Division has been diverted from the eastern advance from Pretoria to deal with the rising in the Western Transvaal, Lord Roberts ...

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  6. THE CAPE TREASON BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembly of Cape Colony, Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the late Premier, who heartily supports Sir Gordon Sprigg's Treason Bill, providing for the ...

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  7. THE VICTORIAN BLUEJACKETS.

    The trouble that has risen among the members of the Victorian Naval Contingent on board the Salamis was far more serious than was at first supposed. Several of the ...

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  8. CAPTAIN G. F. THORN RETURNING.

    Intimation has been received in Shepparton that Captain G. F. Thorn, who went from here to South Africa with the first contingent, has been wounded and invalided ...

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  9. RETURNED INVALIDS.

    A large crowd assembled at the railway station on Saturday afternoon, together with the members of the 4th Battalion Militia and their band, to welcome home from ...

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  10. BRITISH POLITICAL PRO-BOERS.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies, was asked a question with respect to the press report that Lord Roberts's staff had ...

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  11. THE RELIEF OF RUSTENBURG.

    General Ian Hamilton's division, which includes the Colonial Mounted Infantry, has been sent back from Middleburg, and has passed through Pretoria on route for ...

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  12. VICTORIA'S SYMPATHY ACKNOWLEDGED.

    On Saturday the Lieutenant-Governor received the following cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in reply to the resolution passed by the Legislative ...

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  13. BRESSl'S ADMISSIONS.

    The America-Italian Anarchist Bressi, who murdered King Humbert, has made further admissions to the Italian police. When first arrested he declared that he had ...

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  14. ENGLAND AND JAPAN.

    The Japanese Government was urged by the powers to take immediate military action for the rescue of the Pekin legations, and it demanded a reasonable financial ...

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  15. A VICTORY BY HAMILTON.

    Lord Roberts has reported to the War Office that General Ian Hamilton has encountered a force of Boers at Magaliesberg, about 25 miles east of Rustenburg, and has ...

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  16. A MESSAGE FROM PEKIN.

    A resident of Weston-Super-Mare, a maritime town in the county of Somerset, has received a cable message from a nephew in Pekin, who reports that the British ...

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  17. A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT.

    It has transpired that the Monza murder was not the first of recent Anarchist attempts to murder King Humbert of Italy. On 19th July an abortive attempt ...

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  18. BRITISH ARMY CONTRACTORS.

    The official commission appointed by the Imperial Government to investigate the complaints received from South Africa with respect to the quality of the boots and other ...

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  19. KITCHENER TAKES DE WET IN HAND.

    Lord Kitchener, who was recently sent by Lord Roberts from Pretoria to Krugersdorp to organise the British movements against the Boers who after surrendering, rose ...

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  20. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    So far no arrangement has been made in connection with the embarkation of the New South Wales Naval Contingent, except that it has been fixed to take place ...

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  21. THE RELEASE OF SIPIDO.

    The Belgian Government has now replied to the British protest against the release of the Anarchist youth Sipido, who was discharged from custody because a Brussels ...

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  22. RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.

    Reports to hand concerning the progress of hostilities between the Russians and the Chinese in Manchuria state that the Russian forces have been successful in two ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. A WHOLESALE MASSACRE.

    A fearful story of wholesale massacre of Chinese converts to Christianity has been told at Tien Tsin, by a refugee, who has succeeded in getting into that city. This man ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The death is reported from dysentery at Bloemfontein of Private J. Kirkland, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles. Privates S. Reid and J. B. Campbell, of ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    The most interesting point at present is Rustenburg, where General Baden-Powell is besieged. General Ian Hamilton already cleared the Magaliesberg Range of the ...

    Article : 334 words
  26. THE ADVANCE ON PEKIN.

    Li Hung Chang has again assured the European consuls at Shanghai that if the advance of the allied troops at Tien Tsin upon Pekin is abandoned the powers will ...

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  27. ARMY COMMISSIONS.

    The following additional nominations of Australian officers to commissions in the Imperial army are announced:-- To be second lieutenants on the ...

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  28. BOER REPULSE AT FREDERICKSTAD.

    A portion of Major-General Smith-Dorrien's brigade, which has cleared away the Boers from Krugersdorp, south-west to Frederickstad, 14 miles north-east of ...

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  29. PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    In proceeding to Coburg to attend the funeral of his late brother the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the last moment changed the route ...

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  30. SEND OFF TO THE PROTECTOR.

    The people of Port Adelaide and the Semaphore combined on Saturday in giving a cordial send off to the officers and men of the gunboat Projector, which leaves for ...

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  31. "THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD."

    Mr. J. R. Couglan, of Numurkah, has received a letter from his brother, Trooper A. Couglan, of the Second Victorian Contingent, dated Pretoria, 29th June, the ...

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  32. GERMAN TROOPS IN KHAKEE.

    The military force which Germany is sending to China, it appears, is uniformed in khakee, the head covering being a slouch hat similar to that worn by the Australian ...

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  33. AMERICA'S PRESIDENT THREATENED.

    San Francisco files state that President M'Kinley is at home in Canton Ohio, under a guard of special detectives the reason for the unusual precaution being that a plot to ...

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  34. FEDERATION.

    The latest referendum returns are as follow:--Yes, 44,462; No, 19,696. Still incomplete. Sir Gerard Smith, late Governor of the ...

    Article : 340 words
  35. A THIRD INDIAN DIVISION.

    The Indian military authorities, who have already shipped two army divisions to China, the first, under General Sir Alfred Gaselee, being now at Wei-hai-Wei,. is ...

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  36. FREE STATE SUBMISSIONS

    General Sir Archibald Hunter reports that more of the Free State burghers penned in the valleys north-east of Fouriesburg are coming in and surrendering in terms of ...

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  37. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    The latest news from Pekin reports that the legations were safe on 1st August, the Chinese official account coming down only to 30th July. Another official ...

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  38. FREMANTLE A MAIL PORT.

    The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Shipping and of the Orient S.N. Company, which have the contracts for the Australian mails, have decided that their ...

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  39. AMERICAN TROOPS FOR CHINA.

    According to news by the San Francisco mail, much difficulty is being experienced by the United States Government in placing in China a military force at all adequate to ...

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  40. BOER TREATMENT OF WOUNDED.

    Private W. J. Burrows, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Rensburg, has written to his relatives in this district, describing his experiences at Pretoria. In the course ...

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  41. LORD BRASSEY IN NATAL.

    Sir,--I send you copy of an address, received from Australians serving in Bethune's mounted infantry. It is a composite force, raised in Natal by Colonel Bethune, ...

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  42. THREE GUNS TAKEN.

    In accordance with General Hunter's expectations the number of Boers coming in to surrender as promised by General Prinzloo has now considerably increased. The ...

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  43. THE JAPANESE TROOPS.

    Great secrecy is maintained with respect to the movements of the Japanese troops at Shan-hai-kwan, who, according to a rumor lately current in Tokio, won a great victory ...

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  44. DEATH OF A VICTORIAN OFFICER.

    The death of Captain Edgar Quartus Robertson, of the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, a Victorian by birth, was notified yesterday by a private cable ...

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  45. THE FITZROY SUICIDE.

    The death of Gertrude Anne Goodliffe, who cut her throat between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Friday, at her residence, in Hanover-street, Fitzroy, was inquired into by Mr. ...

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  46. A TRAIN DERAILED AND BURNT

    Another railway raiding dash has been made by Boers near Honing's Spruit, between Kroonstadt and the Vaal River. By shifting the rails the Boers succeeded in ...

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  47. ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKER.

    On Friday afternoon Wm. Howitt, residing with his mother at 22 City-road, was having a nap in the parlor when he was disturbed by the entry of a stranger. On seeing Howitt the stranger ...

    Article : 136 words
  48. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN.

    Questioned this evening as to the truth or otherwise of a rumor to the effect that the Bushmen's Contingent despatched from South Australia had been ordered home in ...

    Article : 168 words
  49. A CHINESE OUTPOST CAPTURED.

    The Russian troops at Tien Tsin have captured one of the Chinese outposts at Peisang, about 12 miles north of Taku. LONDON, 5th August. ...

    Article : 127 words
  50. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  51. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    George Edwin Lea, of Euroa, painter. Filed at Benalla. ...

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  52. KRUGER'S PROMISES.

    A Reuter's message via Delagoa Bay states that President Kruger and Commandant-General Botha are endeavoring to induce the Transvaal burghers on commando ...

    Article : 60 words
  53. LAW LIST.--(THIS DAY.)

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  54. WAGES DISPUTE AT BROKEN HILL.

    The truckers employed on contract at the Central mine, who on Friday morning left work suddenly on account of a disagreement over the weighing of ore, held a mass ...

    Article : 191 words
  55. DEFENCE OF THE YANG-TSE.

    Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Seymour, commanding the British squadron on the Chinese station has induced the viceroy of the province of Nankin to consent to an ...

    Article : 187 words
  56. DELAGOA BAY SMUGGLERS.

    The new Governor of Portuguese East Africa has dismissed all the chief customs and railway officials at Lorenzo Marquez and on the Delagoa Bay line to the Transvaal, ...

    Article : 67 words
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  59. THE PERSIC'S INVALIDS.

    Seventy-seven invalided troops from the New South Wales, Victorian, New Zealand, Queensland and South Australian Contingents in South Africa arrived on Saturday, ...

    Article : 138 words
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