M. de Bezaure, the French Consul-General at Shanghai, reports that an Imperial edict has been issued appointing Li Hung Chang (Viceroy of Che-li) to negotiate for peace ...
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Article : 766 wordsLord Hopetoun has cabled to the Premier congratulations on the result of the federal referendum. At the Police Court a woman ' was charged ...
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Article : 72 wordsIt has been ascertained that 500 Boers and, two guns are at Pyramids, near Pretoria. ...
Article : 19 wordsLi Hung Chang (Viceroy of Che-li), it is now reported, has been appointed a plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Powers. ...
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Article : 77 wordsMr. J. H. Forrest reports the following subscriptions and support: Mayor of Brisbane and Ald. J. Nicholls, tickets; Mayor and Town Clerk, South Brisbane, Ald. ...
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Article : 37 wordsFurther details of the capture of Yang-tsun, a place about 18 miles from Tientsin, by the international force which is advancing on Pekin, show that the attack was led by the ...
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Article : 682 wordsViscount Gormanston, Governor of Tasmania, and Lady Gormanston arrived in Brisbane by the Sydney mail train shortly before 11 o'clock on Saturday night. His ...
Article : 149 wordsLatest accounts show that there are 38,000 allied troops, with 114 guns, in the vicinity of Tientsin. These troops include 16,000 Japanese, 10,000 Russians, and 6,000 British. ...
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Article : 62 wordsMr. Conger, the United States Minister, in a telegram lodged at Tsinanfu on the 10th instant, states that the Chinese soldiery still are besieging the legations at Pekin, ...
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Advertising : 69 wordsThe British cruiser Archer will be immediately placed in commission, and on the 30th of this month will proceed to Australia to take the place of the British warships ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Mon 13 Aug 1900, Page 5
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