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  2. Queensland Soldiers.

    Volunteers still continue to arrive at the camp in the Exhibition ground, and there are now about 320 men under canvas. A party of 47 northern men ...

    Article : 787 words
  3. Speed of Tramcars.

    A meeting of the Metropolitan Transit Commission was held this morning, when there were present Commissioners F. W. Curnow (chairman), S. W. Jones, L. E. Walker, ...

    Article : 430 words
  4. Boer Invasion.

    A Naauwpoort correspondent of the London Daily Mail, who was present when the Free State Boers invaded and annexed British territory within the northern border of Cape ...

    Article : 1,555 words
  5. TELEGRAMS.

    A seaman when returning to the ship Lord Kinnaird on Wednesday night, fell over the side of the breakwater. He dislocated a shoulder and received severe injuries to his ...

    Article : 242 words
  6. Very Latest.

    News by signalling has been received at the British camp at Modder River from Kimberley. Colonel Kekewich, the commanding officer, reports that the besieged town has ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 556 words
  8. News from Mafeking.

    MAFEKING, December 10.--[By telegraph, via Beira and Lourenco Marques.--Router's Special Service].--Lady Sarah Wilson, who has been exchanged for Viljoen, a Boer ...

    Article : 695 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A labourer was killed yesterday morning at the Federal wharf. He was pulling a fly wheel round in the endeavour to start a gas engine, when the wheel revolved suddenly, ...

    Article : 368 words
  10. Mafeking "All Well."

    A report has been received from Colonel Baden-Powell, dated prior to the reported relief of the place by Colonel Plumer's force. In it Colonel Baden-Powell states that ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. Fort at Strormberg.

    Intelligence is to hand that the Boers are Strengthening their position at Stormberg, in the north of Cape Colony, by the construction of a fort. ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. LATEST SHIPPING.

    February 1.-- HARPORT. s., 2,000 tons, from Cairns. Adelaide Steamship Company, Limited, agents. Departure. ...

    Article : 842 words
  13. Victorian Infantry Mounted.

    News is to hand that in response to inquiries from Enslin, near the Modder River, Colonel J. C. Hoad, commanding the first Victorian infantry contingent, offered to ...

    Article : 46 words
  14. Australian Medical Officer.

    Colonel Williams, of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, has been appointed principal medical officer for the whole of the Australian troops. ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. Barkly British Commandeered.

    The Transvaal landdrost at Barkly East, in the north of Cape Colony, has "commandeered" 300 of the British residents for service with the Boers. ...

    Article : 30 words
  16. VICTORIA.

    The man charged with the Broadford murder has selected Sir Bryan O'Loghlen as his counsel. The accused is without means, and the Crown accordingly will supply the ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. General Buller's Position.

    News from the front in Natal states that General Buller still holds Potgieter's and Trichardt's drifts at the Tugela River. ...

    Article : 24 words
  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Men are applying in great numbers to be enrolled in the bushmen's contingent, and money is being freely contributed. Mr. Kingston has asked and been granted ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. Railway Bridge Rebuilt.

    Lieutenant-general Kelly-Kenny, commander of the sixth division, reports that a railway bridge near Rosmead, which had been destroyed by the Boers, has been rebuilt. ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. Italy and Turkey.

    The Italian young lady Sylvia Gemili, who was placed an a Turkish officer's harem, a circumstance which rendered it necessary for the Government of Italy to ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. Foreigners at Delagoa Bay.

    As the result of pressure from the British Government the Portuguese authorities at Delagoa Bay have issued more stringent regulations relative to the admission of ...

    Article : 41 words
  22. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Sir John Forrest says that West Australia will not join the Commonwealth until her demands for five years' fiscal freedom after federation are conceded. ...

    Article : 31 words
  23. TASMANIA.

    A man who had been released from the lunatic asylum committed suicide yesterday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. ...

    Article : 25 words
  24. Prieska Occupied.

    News is to hand that the town of Prieska, in town in Griqualand, situate on the Orange River, to the west of Hopetoun, has been occupied by a force of British troops, with a ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. Charge Against Three Youths

    A great deal of the time of the City Police Court was occupied on Thursday in hearing a case in which three young men of youthful age, named Ernest ...

    Article : 279 words
  26. Bushmen's Contingent.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier proposes next session to introduce a bill by which the hours of working women and children will be reduced to 45 per week. ...

    Article : 29 words
  28. Patriotic Contributions.

    The men employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company have each contributed half a day's pay to the patriotic fund. The amount is 20,000 dollars (£4,000). ...

    Article : 47 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 50 words
  30. Woollen Khaki Suits.

    Mindful of the approach of cold weather in South Africa, the Imperial Government have ordered 100,000 woollen suits of the now recognised khaki colour for the troops ...

    Article : 44 words
  31. Defence of New Caledonia.

    Considerable activity in the direction of constructing forts is being exhibited at New Caledonia. ...

    Article : 21 words
  32. Bubonic Plague.

    Since the outbreak of the plague at Noumea 5 Europeans and 30 to 40 kanakas and Asiatics have died of the disease. ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. Farmers Joining Colonial Forces.

    The farmers in the district around Thebus, a town which was recently occupied by the British-colonial forces, are joining the Cape Colony forces. ...

    Article : 31 words
  34. New Guinea Officials.

    The Hon. F. P. Winter, C.M.G., chief judicial officer of British New Guinea, and the Hon. A. Musgrave, Government Secretary, reached Brisbane this ...

    Article : 60 words
  35. Queensland Patriotic Fund.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  36. Obeying Orders.

    The following dialogue, current at the time, between one of Stonewall Jackson's soldiers and the provost guard, illustrates Jackson's tact at eluding his enemy, and also the ...

    Article : 339 words
  37. Offer of Ambulance Goods.

    Mr. Lyne has received from Mr. H. B. Simms, the well known merchant of Hamburg, an offer to provide for the Australian contingent a quantity of valuable ...

    Article : 61 words
  38. Female Aboriginals.

    It is understood that the vacancies caused by the resignations of Mrs. Meston and Mrs. Vowles as protectress of aboriginals and matron of the home at Hill End respectively, have ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. Queensland Commandant.

    A cablegram has been received by the Chief Secretary from the Agent-General notifying that Lieutenant-colonel Hurry Finn, the recently appointed Commandant of ...

    Article : 50 words
  40. More Lancers for South Africa.

    The Government have accepted the services of 40 more New South Wales Lancers, to replace those lost in the recent ambush in the Colesberg district, South Africa. They will ...

    Article : 46 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 95 words
  42. Cheque for £100.

    The Mayor of Brisbane has this morning received a cheque for £100 from a contributor who shelters himself under the letter X. ...

    Article : 28 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 190 words
  44. N.S.W. Trooper Sick.

    The following cable message was received by the Premier yesterday from Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa: "Regret to report that Trooper J. H. ...

    Article : 55 words
  45. Patriotic Race Meeting.

    The race meeting in aid of the patriotic fund, which was talked of at the annual meeting of Tattersall's Club, has been fixed to take place at Sandgate on Saturday, ...

    Article : 131 words
  46. Law Almanac.

    The Queensland law almanac for 1900, compiled in the Crown law offices, Brisbane, was issued this morning. It shows the whole of the Supreme and District Court Sittings for ...

    Article : 71 words
  47. More New Zealand Troops.

    At a meeting at Feilding it was resolved to risk the Premier to call a special session of Parliament to provide the means for despatching 5,000 men from New Zealand, and ...

    Article : 60 words
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