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  2. A FREE-TRADE RALLY.

    The eighth annual free-trade dinner was held at the Masonic Hall last night. Mr. T. R. Ashworth presided, and amongst those present were the Attorney-General. Mr. ...

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  3. THE POSITION IN CHINA.

    The diplomatic position with respect to the Russian proposal that the allies should evacuate Pekin forthwith remains still unsettled and undecided. ...

    Article : 205 words
  4. AN INDIAN GOVERNOR.

    Lord Ampthill, private secretary to Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies, has been appointed Governor of the Madras province of India, in succession to Sir ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. THE TEMPERANCE PLATFORM.

    Special interest attached to annual conferences and meetings held yesterday in connection with the Victorian Alliance. The fact that an influential body of ...

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  6. THE BOER FIGHT.

    The position at Lydenburg, where General Sir Redvers Buller's forces are confronted by several thousand Boers under General Louis Botha, who has 10 guns, including ...

    Article : 260 words
  7. THE CONTRABAND SEIZURES.

    The Hamburg report that the British Government has agreed to pay £87,000 indemnity to the German East African Company, for the seizure and detention in January ...

    Article : 175 words
  8. A ROYAL ARCTIC EXPLORER.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of the young King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, who started on an Arctic exploring expedition in his vessel Stella Polare (the ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office reports that in Colonel Plumer's recent engagement with Boer commandos in the bush veldt, near Rooikop, north of Pretoria, the following members ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. A MEAT SHIPPING EXPERIMENT

    An interesting experiment in beef exportation from Argentina to England has been made, and has resulted unsuccessfully. The experiment was to show whether beef ...

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  11. PRO-BOER TRADES UNIONISTS.

    At the Trades Union Congress at Huddersfield yesterday, a resolution was carried by a small majority characterising the South African war as cruel and unjust. ...

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  12. FRENCH SENEGAMBIA.

    Yellow fever is very prevalent in French Senegambia among the European troops. At the military station of Dakar, close to Cape Verda and near the notoriously ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. BRITISH ACTION.

    In England public opinion is against withdrawal from Pekin, and the significant action of the Government in directing the immediate despatch of the 4th Indian ...

    Article : 39 words
  14. THE LADYBRAND SIEGE.

    The little British garrison at Ladybrand, which was besieged for several days by 3000 Boers with artillery, is safe. The British, who were only 350 strong, had taken up an ...

    Article : 261 words
  15. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    Commandant Botha is making a strong stand at Lydenburg, which is to be expected, for the position had been carefully selected, and one may take it that ...

    Article : 475 words
  16. THE INDIAN BRIGADES.

    A Fourth Brigade (writes the "Times of India" on 11th August) is to go to China from India. It will consist of the 28th Maddras Infantry; Madras; 6th Burmah ...

    Article : 268 words
  17. ZOOLOGICAL PURCHASES.

    A hippopotamus has been purchased in Hamburg for the Adelaide Zoological Gardens. It will be shipped for Adelaide in a fortnight. ...

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  18. CHINO-MANCHURIAN CABLE.

    The International Telegraph authorities at Berne report that the Russian Government announces that the Great Northern Telegraph Company has laid a cable ...

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  19. BRITISH COAST DEFENCES.

    Field Marshal Lord Wolseley has commenced a tour of close and rigid inspection into the condition of the coast defences of the United Kingdom. Lord Wolseley, after ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. MISSIONARY EXPERIENCE AT HANKOW.

    Miss E. Wylie, of the London Missionary Society, writing from Hankow to relatives in Sydney, states that one story which led to a great deal of trouble and rioting ...

    Article : 221 words
  21. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATORS

    Mr. Grover Cleveland and Mr. Harrison, ex-Presidents of the United States, have been appointed international arbitrators at The Hague tribunal, in accordance with the ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. DE LA REY DEAD.

    Persistent reports are in circulation in the Transvaal that the Boer General, De la Rey, who had charge of the force which invaded Cape Colony, and who has been for ...

    Article : 169 words
  23. THE CHINESE NEGOTIATIONS.

    A decree of the Emperor of China has appointed Li Hung Chang viceroy of Pechi-li and Grand Secretary; Prince Ching, president of the Tsung-li-yamen; Yung-lu, ...

    Article : 134 words
  24. SCULLING.

    The race between James Wray and George Towns, the Australian scullers, on the Thames championship course, for the "Sportsman's" Challenge Cup (now held ...

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  25. BURGLARY IN COLLINS-STREET

    Burglars operated in a very daring manner last night on the premises of Mr. D. Zukerman, tobacconist, of Collins-street, west of Elizabeth-street. Mr. Zukernian ...

    Article : 201 words
  26. INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

    The Liverpool liner Medic arrived in the Bay yesterday afternoon, and was met by a large crowd on the Port Melbourne railway pier, who offered a hearty welcome to ...

    Article : 212 words
  27. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  28. A BOER SURRENDER.

    Near Eastifabriken, 10 miles east of Pretoria, on the Delagoa Bay line, 10 Boers, who had probably been coerced into joining a raiding commando, recently came into tlie ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. THE FORBIDDEN CITY.

    In accordance with the arrangements made by the generals of the allied troops at Pekin, a military march through the "Forbidden" or "Pink" city of the Chinese ...

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  30. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    I.G.M.S. Karlsruhe left Suez for Australia morning 4th. ...

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  31. THE WINE COMMISSION'S REPORT.

    At the annual conference of the Victorian Alliance yesterday, reference was made to the report of the Cool Storage and Wine Commission. ...

    Article : 476 words
  32. THERON'S RAILWAY RAID.

    Particulars of the railway raid recently made by Commandant Theron on the railway line south of Johannesburg, near Klip River station, show that the Boers behaved ...

    Article : 117 words
  33. CHARGE OF HOSPITAL NEGLECT.

    The finance committee of the Caulfield council on Wednesday evening recommended the following charity vote:-- Caulfield Ladies' Benevolent Society, £12 10; Alfred ...

    Article : 383 words
  34. A QUESTION OF LUNACY.

    There was a remarkable conflict of testimony between medical men at the local court to-day, when Mr. Barnet, P.M., held an inquiry into the condition of a young ...

    Article : 348 words
  35. ENGLAND'S POSITION IN CHINA

    It is just as well that a fourth brigade has been despatched from India to China, and this announcement has been bailed with satisfaction throughout England. Lord Nelson ...

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  36. A SEVERE SKIRMISH.

    A severe skirmish between a Boer commando and the Kaffrarian Rifles, a Cape corps commanded by Major H. W. Cuming, took place recently at Quaggafontein. The ...

    Article : 44 words
  37. THE TRAIN OUTRAGES.

    Further progress towards clearing up the mystery which has surrounded the series of suburban train outrages was made yesterday by Detective Sergeant Dungey and ...

    Article : 190 words
  38. TRANSVAAL ANNEXATION.

    Mr. Kruger, ex-president of the Transvaal Republic, has sent a message to the British Premier, Lord Salisbury, and to each of the powers entering a formal ...

    Article : 48 words
  39. SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION.

    The South African Federation League of Natal has sent delegates to England to urge the claim of the "loyal colony" to the site of the capital of the future South African ...

    Article : 95 words
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