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  2. THE FIRST FEDERAL CABINET.

    The leading London papers, including the the Times," "Morning Post," "Daily News," "Standard" and "Daily Mail," all publish to-day articles commenting in eulogistic ...

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  3. THE BOER WAR.

    Lord Kitchener, who lately came from Pretoria to personally superintend operations against the Boer invaders of Cape Colony, has removed his head quarters ...

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  4. THE MANCHESTER ROMANCE.

    Mr. Zimmerman, the Chicago millionaire, whose daughter, Helena, recently married, in defiance of his orders, the young Duke of Manchester, has thoroughly forgiven the ...

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  5. HOLIDAYING IN A SIROCCO.

    In the matter of temperature, yesterday was the record day of the present summer, the thermometer registering a shade reading of over 100 for the first time. The day ...

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  6. CHINA AND THE POWERS.

    The Shanghai correspondent of the London "Standard" reports that news has been received there of the arrest, by order of the Chinese Imperial Court, of Prince ...

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  7. BOXING DAY.

    In one of his whimsical sketches on "Work and Play," the author of "Recreations of a Country Parson" tells us that a liking for work is an acquired taste." It is ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The Premier to-day received a message from the High Commissioner of South Africa, stating that No. 468 (Private Oswald) and No. 1392 (Private Ball), of the ...

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  9. LADY HOPETOUN AT SYDNEY.

    Owing to the heavy traffic, the Melbourne express to-day arrived here in divisions, and between "hot boxes" and delays from country traffic each section arrived considerably ...

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  10. A BOER'S DIARY.

    The asseveration of prisoners that the Boers are all determined to continue the war to the bitter end is scarcely borne out by the entries in the diary found on ...

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  11. STORY OF THE SECRET MARRIAGE.

    Like the rest of the world, the Dowager Duchess of Manchester did not know until Monday, 19th November (says a London contemporary), that her son's marriage had ...

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  12. HEAT IN THE COUNTRY.

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  13. MR. BARTON AT WORK.

    [Owing to the almost complete stoppage of telegraphic communication with Sydney, as fully explained under another heading, our news from Sydney concerning the ...

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  14. THE SYDNEY CELEBRATIONS.

    Centennial Park was the scene of great activity all day. Nearly 500 members of the New Zealand, South Australian and western Australian contingents were ...

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  15. THE JOINT NOTE.

    Reports from Pekin-state that China is offended because the Ministers of the powers, instead of forwarding their joint note to the Chinese plenipotentiaries, ...

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  16. BOER ROUT AT MODDER-FONTEIN.

    Colonel Colvile's column has routed, with heavy loss, a Boer commando near Modder Fontein. The Boers attempted, to outflank the British force, ...

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  17. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

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  18. FIRED BY LIGHTNING.

    The heavy thunderstorm the fringe of which passed over Melbourne about half past 6 last night did considerable damage in the North-Eastern district. A vivid flash ...

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  19. [BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.]

    Questioned this evening as to whether there are any surprises in his Cabinet, Mr. Barton observed with a smile that the only surprises would be because of their ...

    Article : 432 words
  20. ON THE SANDS AT BRIGHTON.

    In the circumstances--and a "brickfielder" is a serious circumstance at any time, and particularly so on a holiday--Boxing day at Brighton was a huge, if ...

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  21. BOER AMMUNITION SUPPLY.

    The scarcity of arms and ammunition among the Boer guerillas is freely confessed by the prisoners whom General French captured in his signal defeat of De la Rey's ...

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  22. THE CHINESE CAPITAL.

    It is reported that Chang-chi-tunsg, the powerful viceroy of Wuchang, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, who is gaining ground in the imperial favor, desires the removal of ...

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  23. PLUCKY SCOTCHMAN IN CHINA.

    A remarkable story has been told by Mr. C. M'Intosh, a Scotsman, who has returned to America from China. Some years ago he went out to start a new woollen mill at ...

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  24. THE SYDNEY DECORATIONS.

    The Commonwealth Arch has been covered with a species of white plaster, and looks like a solid mass of marble, and the bronze plates bearing the allegorical figures ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. THE BOER GUERILLAS.

    The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail" in the Transvaal reports that in consequence of the perpetual sniping and guerilla raiding in the Heidelberg district ...

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  26. THE PRIZE FEDERAL ODE.

    The prize of 50 guineas given by the New South Wales Government for the best Commonwealth day ode has been secured by Mr. Geo. Essex Evans, of Toowoomba, ...

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  27. AN AUTOMATIC POSTMAN.

    After the holidays Mr. Gurr propones to inquire into the merits of an ingenious automatic post box, some 70 samples of which the Imperial Postmaster-General has ...

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  28. CAVALRY REINFORCEMENTS.

    The War Office is hurrying up reinforcements of mounted troops for South Africa. All the available cavalry quartered in the Belfast district, Ireland, have been warned ...

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  29. MR. BARTON AND SIR WILLIAM LYNE CONFER.

    A conference which took place between Sir William Lyne and Mr. Barton to-night is believed to have been as to the capacity in which Sir William Lyne should join the ...

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  30. BADEN-POWELLS POLICE.

    Recruiting for Major-General Baden-Powell's Transvaal Mounted Police Force of 25,000 men is going on briskly. Over 1000 Canadians have already been enrolled. ...

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  31. CHRISTIAN JOURNALISM.

    The Rev. Dr. Parker, the well-known pastor of the (Congregational) City Temple, recently undertook, in imitation of the press experiment undertaken by the ...

    Article : 140 words
  32. THE ARBITRATION DREAM.

    The Legislatures of Belgium, Switzerland, and the German State of Hesse, have quietly shelved resolutions brought forward by pro-Boers in favor of asking England to ...

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  33. MR. BRYN ROBERTS'S CHARGES.

    Mr. J. Bryn Roberts, Radical. M.P. for Carnarvonshire, who lately withdrew and apologised for his statement in the House that Australian soldiers, when disappointed ...

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  34. BUSH AND GRASS FIRES.

    A number of bush fires and extensive grass fires have broken out in the district. The weather has been terribly hot to-day; a fierce north wind blowing. A fire broke ...

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  35. THE ANTWERP STRIKE.

    The great strike of dock laborers at Antwerp, which has brought about such serious riots, has effectively paralysed the trade of Belgium, which is being transferred to ...

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  36. THE CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY.

    As far as Melbourne is concerned, the Federal situation remains unchanged. Sir George Turner has not yet received any further communication from Mr. Barton, but ...

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  37. VICTORIAN TROOPS AT ALBANY.

    Sir,--We have read in the newspapers, with some surprise and indignation, the accounts of several interviews with Colonel Tom Price, on his return from the Cape, in ...

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  38. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE INCIDENT.

    In relation to the recent allegations made by Mr. Bryn Roberts, M.P., in the House of Commons as to the refusal of certain colonial troops to continue duty, the following ...

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  39. SOUDAN CIVIL SERVICE.

    At the formal opening of the Cairo to Khartoum railway, Lord Cromer, the British Minister in Egypt, in addressing the gathering of Soudanese sheikhs at ...

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  40. A SALVATIONIST DINNER.

    In the Madison-square Gardens, at New York, 25,000 of the poor of that city were yesterday entertained at a Christmas dinner by the Salvation Army authorities. ...

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  43. THE DREYFUS AMNESTY.

    The Parisian Journal "L'Aurore" yesterday published an "open letter" by the celebrated novelist Zola, addressed to M. Loubet, President of the French Republic, ...

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  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The new mail steamer Sicilia, built at Glasgow for the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, was launched on the Clyde to-day. ...

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  45. THE DEMAND FOR MORE TROOPS.

    Although the New Zealand Government has been asked by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to allow its troops to remain in South Africa for the present, and ...

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  46. MR. KINGSTON INVITED TO SYDNEY.

    Mr. Kingston received a telegram from Mr. Barton on Tuesday night asking him to go to Sydney in connection with the formation of the Federal Ministry. Mr. ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND'S REPRESENTATIVE.

    Mr. Dickson to-day received a communication from Mr. Barton, but as it is strictly confidential in nature he is unable to disclose the contents. It may, however, be ...

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