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  2. Increased Coal Facilities.

    Opportunity was taken at Parliament House last evening to engage the Minister for Railways in a few minutes' conversation regarding the deputation which ...

    Article : 277 words
  3. Cable Comments.

    The allies are at the gates of Pekin. There is a fine historic ring about these words, which will produce an expectant stir throughout civilisation. This is not the first ...

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  4. TELEGRAMS.

    The proposal to cr[?]t library in connection with the University, at a cost of £70,000, has been referred to the Works Committee by Parliament. ...

    Article : 154 words
  5. The Plague.

    The bulletin from Colmslie this morning stated that Wolff had, during the night suffered a good deal of pain, but afterwards improved. The other patients had shown ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. LATEST SHIPPING.

    August 16.--GABO, s., 2,000 tons, Captain Snewin, for Sydney and Melbourne. Passengers: Mesdames Waite, H. Hudd, Hartwell and child, Misses Beck, M'Intosh, White, c. ...

    Article : 791 words
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  8. Very Latest.

    Information has been received at the War Office to the effect that General Butler's force has advanced to a place about 20 miles south of Wonderfontein, on the railway line ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. VICTORIA.

    The estate of the late Mr. W. R. Wilson is valued at £63,585. ...

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  10. FIRE IN A PLAGUE HOUSE.

    The Central Fire Station received a call at 9.51 p.m. yesterday through the exchange for a fire in Constance street, Fortitude Valley. On arrival it was found that ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Splendid rains have fallen over the colony. Several towns report over [?] inch. The running of the tramcars between Henley Beach and the city had to stop because the ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. Boers at Lake Chrisse.

    News has also been received that there is a force of SOO Boers with six guns at Lake Chrisse, about 40 miles south of Belfast. ...

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  13. TASMANIA.

    The Government has prohibited the introduction into Tasmania of all shrubs and plants liable to be affected with the San Jose scale unless thoroughly fumigated. ...

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  14. Federal Delegates.

    Mr. Deakin asserts that £l,500 each will not repay the federal delegates for the expenses incurred during their embassy to London, considering the professional income ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. Surrender of Standerton Boers.

    The surrender of the Standerton commando to Lieutenant-general Clery has virtually crushed the opposition to the British in the south-eastern part of the Transvaal. ...

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  16. NEW ZEALAND.

    A cable message has been received from South Africa to the effect that a quantity of arms taken from Boers have been shipped to New Zealand. ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. Buller and French.

    It is announced that General Buller, who has reached Wonderfontein, is in touch with the scouts of Lieutenant-general French's cavalry, who were last heard of as having ...

    Article : 33 words
  18. Electric Light Ballot.

    The open-air meeting held by the Citizens' Committee last night at Caxton street, Petrie terrace, to advocate the maintenance of present privileges by the municipal council, was ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. WELCOME TO BARTON.

    The public welcome to Mr. Barton at the Town Hall last evening was largely attended, and was most enthusiastic and cordial. Replying to a resolution of welcome, Mr. Barton ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. Kruger Seeking a Sanctuary.

    Reports now to hand show that President Kruger is sounding the United States Government as to whether the American Consul at Delagoa Bay will accord him a sanctuary. ...

    Article : 33 words
  21. Attorney-General.

    The Hon. A. Rutledge, Q.C., Attorney- General, who was taken suddenly ill in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, was said, this morning, to have considerably improved. Mr. ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. Colonial Contingents Inquiry.

    The Daily News this morning asserts that the treatment of the colonial contingents in South Africa requires a most severe investigation, adding that the British nation will ...

    Article : 44 words
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  24. Ensilage Making.

    As there are very few silos in existence, (says the Australasian), farmers who follow the advice given will direct their attention chiefly to the stack system of ...

    Article : 605 words
  25. Australian Parliaments.

    The Legislative Council has amended the wharves Resumption Bill by providing that actions against the Government for compensation be tried before a Supreme Court judge and ...

    Article : 40 words
  26. Wages Case.

    In the City Summons Court on Thursday afternoon, before Messrs. C. Spry and T. Dean, JJ.P., William Glassey proceeded against Thomas Joseph Mooney and William ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. Olivier, De Wet, and Delarey.

    The Boer commando under Commandant Olivier is near Heilbron, about 20 miles north-east of Kroonstnd, in the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. Muravieff's Tragic End.

    A St. Petersburg telegram to the Daily Mail, dated June 23, says: The death of Count Muravieff is directly [?]raceable to the events in China. ...

    Article : 227 words
  29. VICTORIA.

    By a majority of six in Committee the Assembly carried Mr, Mackenzie amendment to the Federal Electorates Bill, thus reversing the decision of about a week ago. ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. Latest from China.

    It is reported that the Japanese vanguard of the allied forces occupied Tung-chow, 10 miles from Pekin, on Sunday last. ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. City Police Court.

    At the City Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. P. M. Murray, P.M., and Messrs. J. O'Rourke and C. Spry, JJ.P., Henry Walters was fined 5s.,in default six ...

    Article : 110 words
  32. TASMANIA.

    The Legislative Council has rejected a bill providing for the reduction of the tax on imported cattle and sheep. ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. Traction Engines.

    Queensland has been somewhat slow to adopt steam traction for the carriage of are, timber, &c., from far inland places to the coast. Doubtless the nature of the country in ...

    Article : 369 words
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  35. New Tabernacle.

    When the Metropolitan Tabernacle reopens on September 19 (says the London Daily Telegraph) it will be the handsomest Nonconformist place worship in London. A large ...

    Article : 248 words
  36. Lectures on the War.

    Mr. Donald Macdonald is due here to-morrow to recount the experiences he met with during the siege of Ladysmith and the desperate scenes which took place on the surrounding heights. ...

    Article : 50 words
  37. Cotton Growing.

    For a number of years past, in various parts of New South Wales between Sydney and the Clarence River in the north, individual attempts have been made to ...

    Article : 325 words
  38. Position at Shanghai.

    It is reported that the Viceroy Liuhuniji is ready to welcome British troops at Shanghai, but he objects to an international occupation of the town. Many of the native merchants ...

    Article : 47 words
  39. Federal Electorates.

    In consequence of the general dissatisfaction at the nomenclature of the federal electorates, a select committee has been appointed by Parliament to inquire into and report upon ...

    Article : 55 words
  40. Indians Ordered Not to Land.

    Vice-admiral Seymour has ordered the commanders of the three transports now in the river at Shanghai not to land the troops from India, pending a reference of the question to ...

    Article : 39 words
  41. Defences at Canton.

    News conies from Canton to the effect that the Chinese defences of the town are very formidable, and mines have been laid in the river. The British torpedo boat destroyers at ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. Boers Like St. Helena.

    A Router's Agency telegram says: The life of the Boer prisoners at St. Helena--apart from the influenza raging there--seems to be a fairly happy one. All the officers are on ...

    Article : 120 words
  43. Back from War.

    The arrangements being made for the reception of the 40 Queenslanders who will reach Brisbane by the mail train on Saturday night are in the hands of the military ...

    Article : 166 words
  44. Mushroom Culture.

    Very useful pamphlets on mushroom culture can he had, free of cost, by addressing the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., United States. The ...

    Article : 396 words
  45. Bicycle Grindstone.

    Some years ago (says the Rural New Yorker) we visited a farm of Isaac Hicks, of Long Island, and took a fide on his bicycle grindstone. The machine worked ...

    Article : 83 words
  46. Japan as Trade Rival.

    Russia will not reap the first fruits of her railway invasion of Asia (remarks Engineering). She is not the rival in the construction of her railways to bo feared by the ...

    Article : 95 words
  47. Asiatic Triple Alliance.

    The Daily Mail of July 6 says: We learn that the inquiry addressed by the British .Government to the Japanese Government was intended to ascertain whether the latter was ...

    Article : 174 words
  48. Changed their Religion.

    Soldiers take a sensible matter-of-fact view of [?]lesiastical problems. This is proved by an incident which has taken place in connection with the work which the Wesleyan ...

    Article : 143 words
  49. Prince "Eddy."

    A correspondent writes to a London paper: An amusing incident occurred in the Mall the other morning, when a police constable on duty near St. James's Palace suddenly became ...

    Article : 153 words
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  51. New President.

    The Marquis of Northampton has, at the unanimous request of the committee, accepted the presidency of the British and Foreign Bible Society, in succession to the late Earl of ...

    Article : 87 words
  52. Best Animals Kept.

    Nothing contributes so much to the deterioration of horses, cattle, and other classes of stock kept throughout the country as the practice which so largely prevails among ...

    Article : 115 words
  53. Robbery by Accident.

    General Martinez Campos, the Spanish general,returning from his club not long ago, was bustled by an unknown man. Clapping his hand to his waistcoat, the general ...

    Article : 127 words
  54. Jamant's Sensation.

    General Jamant has created a sensation in France (says a London paper) by resigning his position as Commander-in-chief of the army. This step follows very closely on the ...

    Article : 96 words
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