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  2. THE ORMOND CHAIR OF MUSIC

    Sir,--We all thought that the appointment to the Ormond Chair of Music was finally settled, and that the bitter controversy which has raged over this question for ...

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  3. CHINA AND THE POWERS.

    When the terms of the joint note to the Chinese Government had been agreed upon by the ambassadors, it was handed by Senor Cologan, the Spanish ...

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  4. THE BOERS.

    Official messages from South Africa announce that the invasion of Cape Colony by the Boer commandos under Hertzog, Philip Botha, and Haasbrock has been checked. ...

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  5. THE FIRST FEDERAL CABINET.

    Sir William Lyne has been unable to form a Federal Government sufficiently strong, in his opinion, to inaugurate the Commonwealth. Last night he waited upon the ...

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  6. THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

    President M'Kinley is forwarding to the Marquis of Salisbury, without comment, the Pauncefote-Hay treaty with respect to the Nicaragua Canal proposals, as amended ...

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  7. MR. STEAD'S PRAYERS.

    Mr. Stead, editor of the "Review of Reviews," One of the most consistent and embittered pro-Boers in the United Kingdom, who recently had an interview with Mr. ...

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  8. "THE LEADER" SPECIAL CENTURY NUMBER.

    An excellent idea, admirably, carried out, is presented in "The Leader" Special Century Number. The close of the century is synonymous with the termination of the ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office reports Private A. J. Baker, New Zealand Rough Rider, severely wounded at Kockmoer. Privates E. Oswald and H. Ball, missing at Verman's Drift. ...

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  10. KITCHENER IN CAPE COLONY.

    Lord Kitchener, who was at Pretoria when the Boer guerillas invaded Cape Colony, is now at De Aar, personally directing the operations against the invaders. ...

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  11. AMERICAN REMOUNTS.

    The War Office, which recently informed the New South Wales Agent-General that All the horses required for the army in South Africa had been obtained, has, it is ...

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  12. STATEMENT BY SIR W. J. LYNE.

    Sir William Lyne, who visited Government House at 9.45 o'clock on Monday evening, observed upon his return: "I have recommended his Excellency to send for Mr. ...

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  13. THE CONSTRUCTION CONCESSIONS.

    Considerable excitement has been caused in America by the discovery that the American Secretary of State, Colonel John Hay, made an agreement in October last with ...

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  14. THE KAISER'S CHANCELLOR.

    The Emperor William o Germany has practically replied to the condemnation which German pro-Boers, and especially Hamburgers, have so freely bestowed upon ...

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  15. THE RAILWAYS AND BANKS.

    The bands of Boer guerillas, three columns of which invaded Cape Colony at three points, have in the west cut the Kimberley railway line at three places between ...

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  16. THE AMERICAN VIEW.

    The American newspapers declare that the country is now bitterly disillusionised with respect to President M'Kinley's supposed influence over the powers in respect ...

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  17. A SCENE AT ST. PAUL'S.

    A sensational scene occurred to-day in St. Paul's Cathedral. Mr. J.Kensit, the well-known anti-ritualist agitator, attended, with a number of his followers, to protest ...

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  18. RUSSIAN CONTENTION.

    The "Novoe Vremya," a leading St. Petersburg journal, declares that the stipulation introduced at the instance of England, that the allied troops will remain in ...

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  19. GENERAL FRENCH'S SUCCESSES

    General French, commanding the cavalry division, who moved out from Pretoria and joined Major-General Clements at Commando Nek, after the Magaliesburg ...

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  20. THE LONDON CHEQUE BANK.

    The directors of the Chaque Bank, London, propose to place it in voluntary liquidation, as they believe that the system upon which the institution was established has ...

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  21. AMERICA AND CUBA.

    Germany has presented to the American Government claims made by certain German residents in Cuba for an indemnity for losses suffered by them during the Cuban ...

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  22. A VETERAN GERMAN GENERAL.

    The death is announced of Field Marshal Count Leonard von Blumenthal, a veteran general of the German army, at the age of 90 years. ...

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  23. CONCERT OF THE ALLIES.

    The representatives of the allies at Pekin have mutually agreed that the concert between the powers on the Chinese question shall not be affected should any one of the ...

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  24. THE MAGALIESBURG LOSSES.

    The full list of the casualties of Major-General Clements's force in the surprise Attack of General de la Rey and Commandant Bever on his camp at Nooitgedacht farm ...

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  25. AN AMBASSADORIAL SPY.

    It has transpired of Pekin that though the Ministers of the powers are pledged to absolute secrecy as to what passes at their meetings to discuss joint action towards ...

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  26. CONTROLLING RAINFALL.

    Mr. Clement Wragge, the Queensland meteorologist, now on a visit to Europe, has gone to the sub-Alpine districts of Styria and Northern Italy, with the view ...

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  27. A KIDNAPPING CASE.

    A sensational kidnapping case is reported from Omaha, a large city in the State of Nebraska, on the Missouri. The 15-year-old son of Mr. Cadahy, an Omaha ...

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  28. STANDERTON BOERS ROUTED.

    In the south-east of the Transvaal, on the Johannesburg-Natal railway line, the British are harrying the Boer guerillas severely. A small but very mobile British column ...

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  29. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    The Italian Government has announced itself in favor of a suggestion that the various countries of Europe shall co-operate with England and Germany in undertaking ...

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  30. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    There can be no doubt whatever that the attitude taken up by the Premiers of Victoria and South Australia at the Sydney conference on Saturday led to Sir William ...

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  31. A NEW TREATY PORT.

    The Emperor Kwang-su has, without any pressure, or even application from the powers, issued an edict spontaneously opening to foreign trade Wu-chang, a great city on ...

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  32. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

    It is announced that an anonymous donation of £50,000 is ready for bestowal-upon the Warwick Agricultural College at Reading, in Essex, where the British Dairy ...

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  33. DE WET'S MOVEMENTS.

    The Boer guerilla leader, De Wet, after his escape by a brilliant dash through Springhaan Nek from General Knox, made for Ficksburg, in the mountainous country ...

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  34. A ROMAN JUBILEE CEREMONY.

    His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. yesterday performed the jubilee ceremonial of closing the Porta Sancta, or Holy Door, one of the five entrances to the Church of St. John ...

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  35. HEAVY STORMS IN BRITAIN.

    Heavy storms from the west prevailed yesterday in Great Britain. Many vessels on the western coasts have been driven ashore, and a number of houses hove been ...

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  36. A SUGGESTIVE DISCLOSURE.

    Although it is eight years since the Metropolitan Board of Works purchased from Messrs. Chirnside 8500 acres of the Werribee Estate for use as a sewage farm, ...

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  37. MR. BARTON INTERVIEWED.

    After being sent for by Lord Hopetoun and having visited Government House, Mr. Barton drove to the Athenæum Club, where for the next hour or two he received ...

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  38. MORE AUSTRALASIAN TROOPS

    The newspapers of Great Britain express great gratification at the prospect of the troops in South Africa being favored with the invaluable services of further ...

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  39. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Mr. Worsley Taylor, a Conservative, was yesterday elected M.P. for the Blackpool division of Lancashire, in place of Sir Matthew White Ridley, late Home Secretary, ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The report of the North British Australasian Company Limited shows a profit for the year of £3096, which will be carried forward. ...

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  41. ANTWERP DOCK RIOTS.

    Very serious riots have occurred at Antwerp, in Belgium, in connection with the strike of dock laborers for double pay for Sunday and night work. The employers ...

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  42. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.

    New York telegrams report the sensational murder of Mr. Morris, an auditor in the United States War department at Washington. Mr. Morris had for some ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS.

    The Secretory of State for the Colonies has sent an important communication to the New Zealand Government in reference to the position of affairs in the Transvaal ...

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  44. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Silver.--Bar silver is to-day quoted at 25¾ per oz. standard. Wheat.--The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,430,000 ...

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  45. THE GNEISENAU DISASTER.

    The German Marine department has held an official inquiry into the loss of the training frigate Gneisenau, which was recently wrecked outside Malaga Harbor, and went ...

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  47. THE UNIVERSITY CONSERVATORIUM.

    Sir,--I am glad to be in a position to announce that there is no longer any cause for anxiety about the University Conservatorium. A gentleman, who until the matter ...

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  48. BY RAIL TO KHARTOUM.

    It is announced at Cairo that the railway from Wady Haifa, of the northern border of Egypt through the Soudan to Khartoum, a work undertaken under Lord Kitchener's ...

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  49. DRAGOON GUARDS FOR THE CAPE.

    The First (King's) Dragoon Guards, now quartered at Aldershot under command of Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Owen, have been ordered to embark for Cape Colony on 8th ...

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  50. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.--Gulf of Taranto, steamer, from Melbourne 3rd October. Sailed.--Far Sydney: Mount Stewart, Ocean and Star of Australia. For ...

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  51. THE DREYFUS AMNESTY.

    The Senate of the French Republic has adopted by 201 votes to 11, the Dreyfus Amnesty Bill, which has already been passed by the Chamber of Deputies. The measure ...

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  52. AUSTRALIAN BOUND SHIPS IN TROUBLE.

    The ship Wiscombe Park, 2075 tons, which left Hamburg for Sydney 10th December, has been towed into Hamburg leaking, through a collision with the ...

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  53. THE RAND SCOTTISH HORSE.

    In addition to the Rand Rifles, another volunteer military organisation is being formed at Johannesburg. The Scottish residents have formed a mounted corps styled ...

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