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  2. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Sir W. A. Zeal has now been returned seven times unopposed for the North-Central Province. When first elected, he was engineer to Messrs. Cornisll and Bruce, ...

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  3. THE BLACK MURDERERS.

    Details of the latest hut robberies by the outlawed blades show that all the Hamilton family were absent when their house was raided, but that as they were coming ...

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  4. THE TRANSVAAL ANNEXED.

    Both the Boer Republics are now blotted off the map of South Africa. Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief in South Africa, has issued at ...

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  5. FACTORIES ACT EXTENSION.

    After several postponements rendered unavoidale by the accident to the Premier the monster deputation organised as the outcome of a conference between the Trades ...

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  6. THE POWERS AND CHINA

    The "Times," in a leading article to-day, vehemently opposes the acceptance by England of the Russian proposals, made through America, to withdraw the allied ...

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  7. MAFEKING TORNADO.

    Details of the cyclone which recently passed over Mafeking, levelling the British camp, show that the force of the wind was terrific. Most of the buildings in the town ...

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  8. BULLER'S ADVANCE.

    General Sir Redvers Buller is pushing on slowly, his progress being retarded greatly by the heavy rains which are falling, northwards towards Lydenburg, as well as east ...

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  9. ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    In the north-east of the Orange River Colony Colonel Bethune, of the 16th Lancers, commanding Bethune's Horse, has occupied the town of Vrede, lying about 60 ...

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  10. THE BOERS' "LAST STAND."

    News received at Delagoa Bay from Boer sources, states that since the Bergendal rout and the Machadodorp flight, the Transvaal burghers on commando under General ...

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  11. BOER RAILWAY RAIDS.

    The scouts of the Boer commandant The rons, who is making raids in the south district of the Transvaal, have succeeded in capturing a supply train for Johannesburg ...

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  12. RETURNED INVALIDS.

    The invalided soldiers were welcomed back at Parliament House to-day by the Premier and a large number of members of Parliament and other prominent men. Mr. ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. BOER LOSSES AT BERGENDAL.

    The Boer losses were severe in the fighting at Bergendal, where General Buller carried the key of their position by a bayonet charge after shelling it heavily for ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.

    Count Lamsdorff, the new Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has assured the powers, in reply to their comments on the Russian proposal that the allies should ...

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  15. ANOTHER RUSSIAN CONQUEST.

    The military operations of the Russians in Manchuria have boon so successful that they have now driven off the Chinese from and regained possession of the whole of the ...

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  16. MORE RETURNING INVALIDS.

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  17. THE DELAG0A LINE.

    It is reported from Delagoa Bay that a force of 1500 Boers, has been hurriedly sent by President Kruger to Komati Poort, the station on the Portuguese border, where the ...

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  18. THE QUEEN.

    Her Majesty the Queen has left. Osborne House, in the Isle of Wight, for her Highland residence, Balmoral Castle. ...

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  19. THANKSGIVING SERVICE.

    After the ordinary services last evening the Wesleyan and Presbyterian congregations joined in a service of thanks giving in, the former church for the deliverance of ...

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  20. THE GERMAN GENERALISSIMO.

    Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, the German officer appointed to act as generalisimo of the allied forces in China, yesterday arrived at Aden, en route for Taku. ...

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  21. THE FRENCH SOUDAN.

    M. Fourean, leader of a French expedition which has been exploring in the Western Soudan for two years past, has returned to France, landing at Marseilles. He states ...

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  22. BADEN-POWELL'S STRATEGY.

    Detailed accounts of the operations of General Baden-Powell in his endeavor of a fortnight ago to bring the Free State General De Wet to a decisive action in the ...

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  23. A MISSIONARY'S ESCAPE.

    Mr. Percy Ambler, formerly of Sydney, a Chinese missionary, states that, with Dr. Judd, he escaped from their residence at Rao Cheo by the back door while the ...

    Article : 66 words
  24. THE BRITISH PRISONERS.

    It appears from the accounts of the British prisoners at Nooitgedacht, who were released by the Boers, when the flight from Machadodorp commenced, after General ...

    Article : 268 words
  25. GUNBOAT PROTECTOR AT ILO ILO.

    The following cablegram was received by the Governor to-day from Captain Creswell, in command of the South Australian gunboat Protector:--"ILO ILO. 3rd ...

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  26. PLAGUE AND CREMATION.

    The health authorities of Glasgow have forbidden the burying of the persons succumbing to the bubonic plague, which has lately made its appearance in that city. The ...

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  27. POSITION AT AM0Y.

    A wholesale exodus of the Chinese inhabitants of Amoy, n treaty port opposite the west coast of tho Japanese island of Formosa, has taken place since Japanese troops ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    The Minister of Defence received a cablegram on Friday from Commander Hixson, in charge of the Now South Wales Naval Contingent at Hong Kong, as ...

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  29. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Received by Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Limited:-- London, 31st August.--Frozen Meat: The market remains steady at last quotations. Rabbit Skin Sales: At the auction Sales to-day. there was a ...

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  30. COLLIERY STRIKES.

    Four Newcastle collieries have been laid idle as the result of labor disputes between the managers and miners. At Wallarah and Catherine Hill Bay the men went out for ...

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  31. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    With respect to the suggestion that the inauguration of the Commonwealth should take place on 26th January, Sir William Lyne agrees with other Premiers who have ...

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  32. FUNG-SHUI.

    What has prevented, and will prevent, the. material development of China by means of railways and "the opening up oi mineral resources is the superstition, if ...

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  33. A PRISONER OF WAR RELEASED.

    The Lieutenant-Governor received a cablegram yesterday from Sir Alfred Milner reporting that Private Thomas de Loris Grace, a member of the Victorian Bush ...

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  34. THE CHINESE HEIR APPARENT.

    Router's special correspondent in China reports that Li Hung Chang, whom the Dowager Empress appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to negotiate for peace, ...

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  35. A COOK'S VIOLENT LOVE.

    Thomas Homes, a cook, was arrested in the city yesterday by Plain Clothes Constable Appleby, and charged with threatening the life of Amy Bolger, a waitress. Holmes works at the Colonial Bank ...

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  36. DISTRIBUTION OF WAR TROPHIES.

    The British military authorities in South Africa having notified the Ballarat city council that arrangements are being made for sending trophies of the war to the ...

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  37. PLUMER AGAIN ENGAGED.

    Colonel Plumer, commanding the Rhodesian Horse, has brought the Transvaal commandant Pretorius to an engagement in the country east of Penaar's River, ...

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  38. CONTRACTS FOB MEAT SUPPLY

    The Premier has received a cablegram from the Agent-General to the effect that the War Office has accepted an offer to supply a large quantity of corned beef and ...

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  39. FATAL FALL FROM A TRAM GAR

    Mr. Sidney Augustus Black, whose death on Saturday night, at the Melbourne Hospital, as the result of a fall from a tram car was mentioned yesterday, was brother to ...

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  40. DIED OF ENTERIC.

    The war One reports the death of Private W. Poole, of the Queensland Bushmen's Contingent, from enteric fever, at Pretoria. ...

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  41. DISCHARGES FOR AUSTRALIAN, TROOPS.

    The Premier has sent another cable to the Imperial authorities protesting against the troops from New South Wales being granted their discharge until they returned ...

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  42. PAGET AT NYLSTR00M.

    Major-General Paget, commanding the 20th brigade in Lord Methuen's division, which took part in the recent chase of De Wet, west and north-west of Pretoria, has ...

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  43. LATE MINING NEWS.

    KALGOORLIE.--At the South Kalgurli the machinery for the installation of the Reicken process is on the mine. The Reicken trial is to extend over 60 days, and the plant will not be ...

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  44. SUICIDE EPIDEMIC AT PEKIN.

    From some unexplained cause, but connected no doubt with the capture of Pekin by the allies, an epidemic of suicide is prevalent in the Chinese capital. Whale ...

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  45. THE PRESENT IP0SITI0N.

    The South African Republic, founded in 1840 by Boer emigrants dissatisfied with British rule, has followed the Orange Free State to the tomb, and has ceased to exist. ...

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  46. DANDENONG, Monday.

    Private Harold Ordish, of this town, who left with the first contingent, has been advanced to the rank of sergeant-major, as the result of his service with the troops in ...

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  47. THE FITZROY ELECTION.

    In connection with the recent election for the Clifton ward of the Fitzroy council, some bitterness of feeling was imported into tho contest on account of the question of religion being dragged ...

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  48. BOERS THREATEN RHODESIA.

    General Sir Frederick Carrington, commanding the Rhodesian division, which includes the Australasian Imperial Bushmen, is returning by railway (now completely ...

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  50. RUSSIA'S "WHEN" AND "IF."

    Russia continues to hedge in the most diplomatic way. She is always willing to conform to the wishes of other powers provided circumstances permit. The ...

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