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  2. VERY LATEST.

    A Japanese commander, while leading a company of barefooted sealers at Taku, was beheaded as he climbed the wall of the city. The Japanese were, so incensed that they ...

    Article : 94 words
  3. BOXER REBELLION

    The London "Daily Express" publishes a telegram from China, stating that Chinese runners reported at Tientsin on Thursday last that a small white force, supposed to have been ...

    Article : 99 words
  4. THE CONVENTION BILL

    In the Assembly this afternoon the Premier. Announced he had received a cablegram from Mr Barlon stating that the Australasian Commonwealth Bill had passed its third ...

    Article : 50 words
  5. The War

    News is to hand that the Boers recently captured a train near the Zand River, which was conveying 2,000 bags of letters to the front, for the troops, and £4,000 worth of ...

    Article : 470 words
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  7. THE PLAGUE.

    Another case of plague has ben reported in Brisbane to-night. The patient is a man named James Gourlay, 33 years of age. He is employed in Elizabeth street, and resides at ...

    Article : 54 words
  8. OUR BOYS.

    A member of our staff has received the following letter from Captain Bailey, of the 1st Queenslanders:— MAITLAND CAMP, May 26th, 1900. ...

    Article : 653 words
  9. RETURNED INVALIDS.

    The invalided soldiers by the steamer Australasian were entertained at Parliament House yesterday. Of the three Queenslanders who have been granted £5 each for expenses ...

    Article : 227 words
  10. FRESH CASES IN SYDNEY.

    Two fresh cases of plague are reported to-day—viz, David Perkins, 29, residing at Redfern, and Geo. Barnes, 18, residing at Ultimo. ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. PREMIER'S TOUR.

    A public reception was given to the Hon R. Philp at the Town Hall to-day, at 10 o'clock, in which 2,000 children participated. The Mayor welcomed the Premier, who ...

    Article : 225 words
  12. FOREIGNERS TO BE EXTERMINATED

    Reuter's agency reports that the Empress Dowager has issued directions for the extermination of all foreigners in China. ...

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  13. A DIVISION OF THE SPOILS.

    The Russians, British, Germans, and French have each retained one of the recently captured torpedo destroyers. ...

    Article : 21 words
  14. AMERICAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    The United States battleship Oregon, which is now at Hongkong, and the armoured cruiser Brooklyn, and the coast defence ironclad Monadnock, which are at the ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. EUORPEAN DIPLOMATS SAFE.

    The Chinese Legation at St. Petersburg received a telegram on Sunday from Prince Li Hung Chang, stating that the European diplomats at Pekin ware safe. ...

    Article : 28 words
  16. RUSSIAN RESERVES BEING CALLED OUT.

    Russia has called out the reserves in the Siberian and Amur military districts and has raised the latter district to a war footing. ...

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  17. BRITISH CONSUL'S REPORT.

    The British Consul at Tientsin on the 20th instant sent a courier to Ci-fu with a message, stating that reinforcements were urgently needed. The casualties on the part of the ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. THE MODEST RUSSIANS.

    A number of the Russian newspapers have assumed a very amusing attitude. They are taking entire credit for the Russians in connection with the battle of Taku, and the reduction ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. Wounded at Brandfort.

    Private F. F. Braithwaite, of the First Queensland Contingent, in a letter dated from No. 9 general hospital, Bloemfontein, May 8, writes as follows: You will be wondering ...

    Article : 391 words
  20. ARRIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS.

    The commander of H.M.S. Terrible cabling from Chi-fu, reports that 800 Sikhs and 200 Welsh Fusiliers from Hongkong have junctioned with the international force, which two ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN AMERICA

    A heavy fall of rain seriously damaged the railway line at McDonough, in Illinois. A train passing over the bridge which spans the river was precipitated into the bed, and some ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. Protest Against Neglect.

    A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Queensland patriotic fund was held on Monday afternoon. There were present Rev T. Nisbet (in the chair), Mr. T. Glassey, ...

    Article : 546 words
  23. MOVEMENT SPREADING.

    The anti-foreign movement is openly supported by large bodies of well armed Chi-li and Hau-su troops. The outbreak is spreading northward as far as Nia-Chwang, at the ...

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  24. CHINESE WEI-HAI-WEI REGIMENT.

    Rear-admiral Bruce cabled on Saturday that 200 men of the Chinese regiment forming part of the British garrison at Wei-hai-Wei had been brought over and landed at Taku on ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. BRITISH TROOPS FOR CHINA.

    As previously stated, General Sir Alfred Gasalee leaves on Monday week for China. The force which is being sent from India comprises eight battalions of infantry, a regiment ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. RETURN TO ROCKHAMPTON.

    The Premier and his party were met on arrival from Mount Morgan at Archer Park by a large number of representative citizens, and accompanied to the ...

    Article : 200 words
  27. VERY LATEST.

    A Boer force attacked a British post at Honingspruit, on the railway line about twenty miles north of Kroonstad, in the Orange Free State, and burnt the culverts on ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. FIGHTING AT TIENTSIN.

    The only runner who has got through from Tientsin for the past five days states that the foreign settlement there had been almost entirely destroyed. The Europeans there were ...

    Article : 34 words
  29. The Dismemberment of China.

    Two years ago or thereabouts the Chinese Empire was the scene of a mighty game of "grab" on the part of the European Powers, and it is interesting at this juncture to recall how ...

    Article : 398 words
  30. RISE IN WHEAT.

    The wheat market is very strong. At Mark Lane the price has advanced 45 per quarter during the week owing to the failure of the American Spring crop. It was anticipated ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. RELIEF FORCE REPULSED.

    Rear-admiral Bruce reports that an attempt was made on Friday last to relieve Tientsin, but the relieving force was repulsed with some loss. It is uncertain, however, whether this, ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. IAN HAMILTON BREAKS HIS COLLARBONE.

    Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton has fractured his collarbone, as the result of a fall. ...

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  33. DISTRUST OF LI HUNG CHANG.

    Reports from Washington state that the Chinese Viceroy, Li Hung Chang, is distrusted by the United States Government. ...

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  34. THE CAPTURED YEOMANRY.

    News has been received that the Imperial Yeomanry captured at Lindley were quite unaware that the Boers had reoccupied the town, and while advancing carelessly dropped ...

    Article : 33 words
  35. LEGATIONS AND PASSPORTS.

    Sheng, the director of telegraphs in China, states that a courier from Pekin has reached Vuan-shih-kai, with the news that all the foreign legations in the Chinese capital were ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. SUSPECTED SPY.

    A lady, describing herself as a journalist, who was a passenger by the Australasian, travelled to South Africa in the wake of the army, and had been detained by the Imperial ...

    Article : 112 words
  37. QUEENSLAND INVALIDS.

    When Driver Williams and Privates Mundy, Smith, Rose, and Strong arrived in Brisbane from South Africa, Imperial pay was due to them from January 1. On this ...

    Article : 582 words
  38. AN AUSTRALIAN MARKS MAN.

    Mr Mackintosh has won the Prix Centenaire at Paris, which is a prize worth 5,000 francs, and also a gold medal. ...

    Article : 46 words
  39. BRITISH FORCE FOR CHINA.

    The force of Indian troops which is being sent to China under the command of General Sir Alfred Gaselee has been raised to the strength of a division, This force will sail on ...

    Article : 40 words
  40. Licensing Commission.

    The Licensing Commission examined the police magistrate, the subcollector of customs, and others yesterday. The police magistrate favored the opening of public houses during ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. WITH THE THIRD CONTINGENT

    Bugler G. Hamer, of D company, third Queensland contingent, writing to his brothers and sisters, from Marandellas, South Africa, under date May 3, forwards an interesting ...

    Article : 523 words
  42. WARSHIPS AND TROOPS.

    H.M.S. Victorious, first class battleship, which has arrived at Naples on her homeward voyage, has been ordered to return to China. The first-class battleship Goliath, now at ...

    Article : 94 words
  43. MILLMERRAN RACES.

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  44. BREAK UP OF INDIAN BROUGHT.

    It is reported that the monsoonal rains in India have been heavy, and that the drought, which has caused so much devastation, is in consequence completely broken up in some ...

    Article : 48 words
  45. AMERICANS AMBUSCADED.

    A party of Americans was caught in ambush by the Chinese rebels near Tientsin on Thursday last, four being killed and seven wounded. ...

    Article : 26 words
  46. Railway Material.

    Of the £5,000 to be spent by the Railway Department on locomotive engines and tender tires during the next twelve months, Germany receives £1,800, the balance going to British ...

    Article : 68 words
  47. Later Information.

    Lieutenant Dowling, of New South Wales, who went to South Africa with the Australian Horse, now is staying at Lennon's Hotel. It will be remembered that Lieutenant Dowling ...

    Article : 843 words
  48. Ashanti Revolt.

    News from Gold Coast Colony, West Africa states that Colonel burroughs, with 450 West African (Hausa) troops and a field gun, has reinforced Colonel Willcocks, who was ...

    Article : 86 words
  49. Chess Tournament.

    The international chess tournament, which was arranged to take place in Paris during the progress of the Paris exhibition, has now been completed. Herr E. Lasker, the present ...

    Article : 89 words
  50. Wreckage at Sea

    Captain Heritage, of the ketch Crest of the Wave reports that on Saturday be discovered just south of American River, Kangaroo Island, The body of a man. Near by it were spars ...

    Article : 82 words
  51. CHINA'S MILITARY SYSTEM.

    In his book, "China and the Open Door," published last year, Lieutenant-Colonel Coates, of the 99th Regiment, who both served in China and was attached to the Chinese ...

    Article : 757 words
  52. Italian Ministry.

    A political crisis has arisen in Italy, General Pelloux having resigned in consequence of the continued obstructive tactics of the Extreme Left. The resignation was accepted by the ...

    Article : 157 words
  53. Khedive of Egypt.

    It is announced that the Khedive of Egypt, who is on a visit to England is suffering from septic sore throat, and is consequently being declined at Port Victoria. The Queen, who is ...

    Article : 75 words
  54. Riot at Varna.

    A conflict has taken place in the district of Varna, in Bulgaria, between the Bulgarian troops and bodies of riotous peasantry. In the fighting 90 persons were killed and 372 ...

    Article : 107 words
  55. NEARLY CONVALESCENT.

    Abbas Pasha (Khective of Egypt) who is on a visit to England, but who has been detained at Port Victoria, Suffering from septic sore throat, is according to the latest medical ...

    Article : 39 words
  56. For Pains in the Stomach.

    "I take pleasure in recommending Chum berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to all who suffer from pains in the stomach," says Mr. Milt McKinley, editor of the ...

    Article : 102 words
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