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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRABH.] [Received July 18, 7.30 p.m.] THE BOER WAR.

    Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," deals in today's issue with the statement of Mr. Edgar Wallace that at the battle of ...

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  3. NEEDLES:

    Count Tolstoi seriously ill. Illustrated "Chronicle" Supplement. Steyn escaped in his nightshirt at Reitz. The Governor-General will soon be about ...

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  4. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July 18, 7.30 p.m.] BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The Budget Bill, providing for increased taxation to meet the cost of the war in South Africa, was read a third time in the House of Commons last night. A division ...

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  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The House of Representatives to-day got through most of The Customs Bill. Mr. Kingston withdrew the contentious clause dealing with the collection of duties on a ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The Speaker took the chair at 2.30 p.m. LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MR.GLYNN. Six Langdon Bony then (S.A.) gave notice of his intention to move for a ...

    Article : 590 words
  7. NEWS FROM THE FRONT

    I am lying in bed, therefore please excuse this letter if it is short and disjointed. I have had bad luck mixed with good. I was wery fortunate in being selected by ...

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  8. THE FIRE AT HORDERN'S.

    The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Harry Clegg, one of the victims of the recent fire at Horden's, Was resumed to-day. ...

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  9. REWARDING A BRAVE MAN.

    The medal of the Royal Humane Society has been awarded to Sergeant Cholmondeley, of the New Zealand Contingent, for saving, at great risk to himself, the lives ...

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  10. THE CAPE CABLE.

    Sir John Wolfe Barry, chairman of the Eastern Extension. Telegraph Company, states that the laying of the new cable connecting Australia, with Cape Colony is. ...

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  11. THE CAPTURES AT RETTZ.

    The Pretoria correspondent of the London "Standard," in a telegram dealing with the capture of members of the "Orange Free State Government" at Reitz, ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    THe Persic has gone alongside the grain elevator at Darling Island for the purpose of loading 1,200 tons of wheat. An experiment Was made to-day With, the elevator, ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    An Arctic expedition, fitted out by a New York millionaire,Mr. William Zeigler,and under the command of Captain E. B. Baldwin, has just, started northwards from the ...

    Article : 273 words
  14. A SHARP FIGHT.

    A sharp skirmish took place on Sunday fast near Aliwal Nort, in Cape Colony,between a Beer force and a detachment of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers. ...

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  15. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    A flour-roomed, weatherboard cottage at Mortlake was destroyed by fire early this morning.The building was consumed so rapidly that the inmates had a narrow ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. A LABOR DIFFICULTY OVERCOME.

    A dispute between the proprietors of the steam ferries of Sydney Harbor and the Masters and Engineers' Association, respecting the hours of work and the rate of ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. THE SENATE.

    The President took the chair at 2.30 p.m. PROPERTY ACQUISITION BILL. The Property Acquisition Bill was further considered. Some discussion took place ...

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  18. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

    Lieutenant French, of the New Zealand Bushmen's Contingent; Lieutenant H. F. Robinson, of the New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent; and Captain Wollaston ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. THE LABOR PARTY.

    The State Parliament Labor Party held a caucus to-day, but no business of any consequence was transacted, as several of the members were absent. The appointment of ...

    Article : 37 words
  20. THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Federal Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and Tasmania will hold its final meeting in St.Stephen's Church on Tuesday next, when the ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. PAY FOR QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN.

    The question raised by returned members of file Third Contingent regarding their claim for extra pay for two months' service in Rhodesia, is not yet settled, as ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. EARL RUSSELL.

    Earl Russell, who was charged with having committed bigamy by marrying Mrs. Somerville in the United States after having obtained a Nevada divorce from, his ...

    Article : 153 words
  23. IMPORTANT SALE OF PROPERTY.

    The sale of the Segenhoe estate,Scone, took place to-day. The property belonged to the late Mr. W.R. Wilson, and was judiciously subdivided into farms ranging from ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. A BUSINESS FRAUD.

    Robert and Walter Pattison, the managing directors of the firm of Pattison's (Limited), whisky distillers and blenders, Leith, that failed in 1899, with a deficiency ...

    Article : 165 words
  25. VICTORIA.

    The will of the late Mrs. Eliza Johnston, formerly of Merry Creek, has been lodged for probate. The testatrix left, real estate valued at £12,300,and personalty valued ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    The captain of the barque Minurewa was nominally fined to-day for neglecting to enter in his log the discharge of a seaman at Adelaide. ...

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  27. TARCOOLA GOLDFIELDS.

    A deputation, consisting of the Hons. J. Taverner and J.Sternberg, Messrs. Halketh, Dawson, D.V.Hennessy,and J. Phillips who are interested in the Tarcoola ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. AN ISLAND MYSTERY.

    What appears to be a serious shipping disaster at the islands is reported by Chptain Henry, of the trading steamer Archer, which arrived this morning from a cruise. ...

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  29. FREEMASONRY.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught was yesterday installed as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England in succession to his Majesty King. ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. THE COUNTRY.

    A painful accident occurred this morning at one of the quarries near this town. Two men, John Hatch and Ned O'Brien, were preparing to blast same rocks, when a plug ...

    Article : 158 words
  31. BACK TO THETR GARDENS.

    The proposal of the Federal Government to exclude aliens from the Commonwealth has had the effect of alarming the Chinese residents of Victoria at present visiting ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. NAVAL BOILERS.

    The Admiralty is arranging for a trial of boilers to test the long-disputed point as to whether the Belleville system or the Scotch cylindrical type is the best for use in the ...

    Article : 161 words
  33. FODDER FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The military authorities at Cape Town have cabled to the Department of Agriculture, intimating that in future they only want oaten hay to be shipped for army ...

    Article : 109 words
  34. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    The sensational statement made by Dr. J. G. Paton, the veteran New Hebrides missionary, to the effect that Finance was still anxious to pass, 100,000 low class criminals ...

    Article : 193 words
  35. PROTEST AGAINST COLORED LABOR.

    The Sydney Labor Council to-night passed a resolution "That this council emphatically protests against the employment of lascar crews upon subsidised mail boats, and urges ...

    Article : 137 words
  36. HONORING A DEAD SOLDIER.

    At a meeting of the senate of the Adelaide University, to be held on Wednesday, July 24, the senate will be asked to confirm a determination of the council to ...

    Article : 259 words
  37. CURING INEBRIATES.

    The resolution, passed in the Legislative Assembly last nigh to the effect that a State institute for the cure of inebriates by scientific and humane methods should ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. A CYCLIST'S LAMENT.

    It's ho! for a ride on the flying wheel, With its rubber hoop and its ribs of steel; Silently flashing, Merrily dashing, ...

    Article : 183 words
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  41. THE DEFENCE FORCES.

    The report of the Conference of Military Commandants and their observations on the Federal Defence Bill has been tabled in the House of Representatives.One of ...

    Article : 685 words
  42. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. Peter J.Jonas, an old Barrier resident, died somewhat suddenly to-day. About a fortnight ago he developed bronChitis in an acute form, and pulmonary ...

    Article : 103 words
  43. THE OPHIR.

    Albany reports that the Ophir has been sighted off Breaksea Island. ...

    Article : 23 words
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