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  2. PROTECTIONIST MOUSETRAP.

    We foresaw, when publishing. Mr. Coghlan's tables showing the relative "Cost of Living" in the several States of Australasia, that foreign traders would be terribly cut ...

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  3. "THE AGE" SHILLING FUND FOR A NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  4. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    The announcement that the visit arranged to be paid to Australia by the Duke and Duchess of York is not to be abandoned in consequence of the death of ...

    Article : 102 words
  5. THE BOER WAR.

    Small bodies of Boers continue to enter Cape Colony. Some of these commandos have recently appeared at Colesberg, a few miles south of the Modder River, and at ...

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  6. THE BUSH FIRES.

    The Lieutenant-Governor has received the following telegram from the Governor-General:--I am shocked to read of terrible bush fires in ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. MOUNTED REINFORCEMENTS.

    Of the 7000 regular troops, consisting of cavalry and mounted infantry, which the Government will contribute from the home establishment to make up the total of the ...

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  8. WAR DESPATCHES.

    The War Office has published two interesting volumes, containing the military despatches received from South Africa during the period for which Lord Roberts held ...

    Article : 248 words
  9. BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF MARTIAL LAW.

    The Capetown correspondent of the "Times" states that the operation of martial law in Capetown is proving very successful, and is agreeably disappointing those ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. A MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY.

    In connection with the bush fires which have devastated a lot of country throughout the surrounding districts, the mayor (Cr. G. Mitchell) on Saturday evening received ...

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  11. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    It is announced officially that H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York will be created Prince of Wales only after his visit to Australia and Canada. ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Mr. Deakin the Federal Attorney-General, and Sir George Turner, Federal Treasurer, both returned to Melbourne on Saturday from Sydney, where they attended the ...

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  13. DE WET'S LAST DASH.

    General De Wet who on 5th inst. made a descent upon Pompey's Siding, on the Bloemfontein railway, and damaged a transport train, was on Thursday last to the ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

    Thursday will live in local annals as the most disastrous day since the ever memorable Black Thursday. The whole countryside for a radius of many miles was swept ...

    Article : 1,135 words
  15. TULLIBARDINE'S HORSE.

    The whole of the 250 men to constitute the Victorian contribution to the Marquis of Tullibardine's Scottish Horse have not yet been chosen. Some 230 have, however, ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. KING AND KAISER.

    Although in the first instance the German press showed a disposition to tacitly accept the friendly feeling manifested by the Kaiser towards Great Britain during ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. MESSAGE FROM THE KING.

    His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has received the following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies through the Governor-General in ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. A BOER REPULSE.

    A detachment of De Wet's force of raiders, which is pushing south towards Cape Colony by various routes, has been met by a British force at Reddersburg, ...

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  19. THE LADYSMITH RELIEF.

    The despatches of General Buller show that he doubted the possibility of relieving Ladysmith, and that on 6th February ... telegraphed to Lord Roberts, asking ...

    Article : 118 words
  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.

    The members of the Fifth Contingent marched through the principal streets of the city on Friday. Although no public holiday had been proclaimed, the streets ...

    Article : 230 words
  21. A SHARP ENGAGEMENT.

    A violent attack was made by the enemy upon the outposts of Major-General Smith-Dorien at Bothwell, near Rietrief, in the eastern Transvaal. The British suffered ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. KING EDWARD VISITS GERMANY.

    It is officially announced that his Majesty King Edward will, after Parliament has assembled, proceed to Germany in order to see his sister, the Empress Frederick, ...

    Article : 98 words
  23. GENERAL FRENCH'S OPERATIONS.

    Lieutenant-General French, who with a strong mounted force has been clearing the Boers from the east of the Pretoria-Johannesburg country, between the ...

    Article : 54 words
  24. THE VICTORIAN REPLY.

    The following reply to the Royal message has been telegraphed by the Lieutenant-Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies: ...

    Article : 197 words
  25. GENERAL HUNTER'S OPINIONS.

    Despatches from General Sir Archibald Hunter, who was chief of staff to General Sir George White at Ladysmith, and a divisional leader under Lord Roberts, states ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. GUERILLA ROBBERS.

    A number of Boers made a successful descent upon a train near Greylingstad. The passengers were robbed of their money and valuables. Amongst those who were ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. THE LATE QUEEN.

    The sarcophagus at Frogmore, where the [?]ns of the late Queen Victoria have has deposited alongside those of the Prince Consort, has been resealed. A ...

    Article : 107 words
  28. ANOTHER NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    Mr. Chamberlain has cabled to the Premier of New Zealand, inquiring whether the colony intends sending a further contingent to South Africa. The Cabinet will ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. BRITISH EXCHEQUER BONDS.

    The British Government is issuing Exchequer bonds, bearing 3 per cent. interest, to the amount of £11,000,000. The bonds will be repayable in 1905, and will rank with ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. THE SYDNEY CONTINGENT.

    The enrolment of 2000 men for the Federal Contingent is still proceeding. The men in camp go out each day to the scrub covered sand hills near Randwick, and ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS.

    The programme arranged for the reception of the Duke and Duchess of York prior to the death of her Majesty Queen Victoria was republished by a Melbourne ...

    Article : 161 words
  32. A BARBAROUS MURDER.

    A revolting case, illustrative of the coldblooded brutality of some of the Boer implacables, has just come to light. During the recent fighting at Modderfontein, where ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. AUSTRALASIAN CONVALESCENTS.

    The following members of the Australasian Bushmen's contingents are officially reported to have recovered from illness or from wounds:--Colonel E. Wallack, of ...

    Article : 58 words
  34. CHINA AND THE POWERS

    A Japanese syndicate has undertaken the construction of a railway from Seoul, the capital of Corea, to Fusan, the port on the south-eastern coast, nearly 200 miles ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. INVALIDED HOME.

    The Karamea arrived from London via the Cape to-day, and brought invalided troops for the various colonies. Sergeant Challis and Private Searle, of New ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. BOER IMPLACABLES.

    Another instance of the ruthless determination which characterises the Boer commandants still remaining in the field comes from Standerton, in the Transvaal Colony. ...

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  37. THE DUTCH DELAGOA CONSUL.

    In November last the Portuguese Government, which had previously withdrawn from Mr. G. Pott, consul at Lorenzo Marquez, his consular right for the late ...

    Article : 77 words
  38. NORTHERN CHINESE RAILWAY

    Dr. E. G. Morrison, the Pekin correspondent fo the "Times," states that Russia is offering to purchase the Northern Chinese railway, north of the Great Wall, ...

    Article : 103 words
  39. A GEELONG COMPLAINT.

    The action of the sub-committee of the Cabinet in arranging that the Duke and Duchess of York should only visit Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo has caused ...

    Article : 112 words
  40. PLAGUE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Two cases of bubonic plague are reported at Capetown. Major Yarra, a plague expert, and Colonel Kenneth Mackay, in command of the New South Wales ...

    Article : 102 words
  41. MEN FOR THE FRONT.

    To-morrow another detachment of 50 men will embark on hoard the steamer Argus for South Africa with the remainder of the horses of the Fifth Contingent to the ...

    Article : 189 words
  42. DAMAGING THE RAND MINES.

    Strong protests have been made by French holders of Transvaal bonds to Dr. Leyds, Mr. Kruger's envoy in Europe, against the wanton destruction of Rand mines by the ...

    Article : 42 words
  43. THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP.

    Since the last general elections Lord Rosebery, ex-Prime Minister, has been frequently pressed to resume the leadership of the Liberal party, a step with which the ...

    Article : 91 words
  44. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 301 words
  45. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The Board of Trade returns for January show an increase in the value of imports to the United Kingdom of £1,431,602, and an increase in exports of £1,169,849, as ...

    Article : 57 words
  46. BOER VINDICATION OF BRITISH SOLDIERS.

    Further convincing proof has been afforded of the mendacity which is at the bottom of the charges of shameful ill-treatment of Boer women which was lately ...

    Article : 138 words
  47. DROWNED WHILST BATHING.

    A sad drowning accident, which resulted in the death of William Farquhar, aged 13, son of James Farquhar, engineer, of Wood-street, East Brunswick, occurred in the Merri Creek, near Moreland. ...

    Article : 184 words
  48. THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN.

    Official medical bulletins have been published, stating that her Majesty Queen Sophia, consort of King Oscar II. of Sweden and Norway, is seriously ill. ...

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  49. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the Wool auctions yesterday, the sale was brisk, but prices were unchanged. Australasian brands realised as follow:--Totara, 6¾d.; Berida, 7⅝d.; Marathon, 7⅞d. ...

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  50. A COOL REQUEST.

    The Minister of Defence was astonished on Saturday at receiving the following telegram from Captain Cameron, of Cameron's Scouts, who went to South Africa with the ...

    Article : 124 words
  51. A MEXICAN MINE EXPLOSION.

    A terrific explosion of dynamite, resulting a great loss of life, has occurred at the San Andres Silver Mine, in the Durango district, Western Mexico. By some ...

    Article : 85 words
  52. BOERS UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION.

    There are now 60,000 Boers, who disapprove of the continuance of the war, living under the protection of the British in order to avoid being coerced by the Boer ...

    Article : 51 words
  53. CLOSE OF THE SERIES.

    The series of sales closed yesterday with a firm market. In all classes the average rates of the previous series were maintained. Fine-haired, shafty, scoured ...

    Article : 136 words
  54. LOSSES IN THE ANAKIE DISTRICT.

    The bush fire that swept through the Anakie district on Thursday, when the wood cutter William Northfield sustained fatal injuries, was of a very ...

    Article : 440 words
  55. SUICIDE VERSUS SICKNESS.

    Thomas Millane, aged 65, attempted to commit suicide at his house, No. 3 Cross-street south, Richmond, on Saturday morning. He had been ill, and sought relief from his pain with the knife, Left ...

    Article : 156 words
  56. Advertising

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  57. AT LANGWARRIN CAMP.

    There were over 4000 visitors at the camp to-day, most of which attended the church parade conducted by Chaplain Macdonnell, the service being similar to that of last ...

    Article : 355 words
  58. Advertising

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    Advertising : 64 words
  59. Advertising

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