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  2. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. & O. liner India, homeward bound, arrived from the eastern colonies on Thursday morning, with a fair complement of passengers, considering that the ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 16, 8.16 p.m.] THE WAR

    It is reported that two squadrons of Victorians, commanded by Captain Baker, of the New South Wales Bushmen, releived a patrol which had been surrounded ...

    Article : 79 words
  4. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 16, 8.16 p.m.] AUSTRALIAN NAVAL STATION.

    It is announced that Commander John Philip Rolleston has been appointed to the command of the third-class cruiser Archer, 1,770 tons, which is to be commissioned on ...

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  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 16, 8.16 p.m.] PEKIN REACHED.

    Latest advices from China state that a detachment of troops from India have now reached Shanghai. The Viceroy of the province has instigated the French and ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    Messrs. Paech, Peake, Livingston, Morris, McGillivray, Coneybeer, Blacker, Cummins, Copley, and Dumas, members of the House of Assembly, together with the ...

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  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 16, 8.16 p.m.]

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  8. VICTORIA.

    Mr. John Phillips, of the firm of Smith, Phillips, & Dawson, steel founders. Brunswick, was to-day knocked down by a passing cyclist on Sydney-road, and seriously ...

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  9. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 16, 8.16 p.m.]

    The Queensland Mounted Rifles, has been wounded in the thigh. In his latest dispatches Lord Roberts reports that Colonel Helyar, of the Imperial ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the Wharfs Resumption Bill was recommitted, and the clause for compensation to be determined in the Land Appeal Court, was ...

    Article : 284 words
  11. CONCILIATION, AND ARBITRATION BILL.

    The Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was circulated to-night. It provides that the Court of Arbitration shall consist of a Supreme Court judge, one person ...

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  12. POSITION OF PEKIN.

    The Hongkong correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus" writes on July 27:— The state of uncertainty as to the safety of the foreigners in Pekin still continues. ...

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  13. INVALIDED QUEENSLANDERS.

    Forty invalided Queenslanders from South Africa arrived in Brisbane on Saturday night. They will be entertained at a picnic at Moreton Bay on Monday. ...

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  14. GOLF.

    The Calcutta Golfing Cup, played for at St. Andrews, was won yesterday by Mr. Spencer Gollan. ...

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  15. AN AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED.

    The Premier received the following cable message from the High Commissioner for South Africa, to-day:—"Cape Town. August 15, Douglas, New South Wales Mounted ...

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  16. VICTORIAN DEFENCES.

    In the annual report on the Victorian defences, presented to Parliament to-day, Major-General Downes states that the material, guns, and carriages of the Victorian ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. FRENCH SUGAR BOUNTIES

    It is announced that the French export bounties on, sugar after August will range from 28½d. to 22¼d. ...

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  18. THE ELANDS RIVER ENGAGEMENT.

    The Agent-General cables to the Government, under date August 15, that Lord Roberts reports that the small force at Elands River, reported as captured, was ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. FINANCIAL NEWS

    British 2¾ per cent. Consols (Goschen's) are quoted at £98 15/. ...

    Article : 16 words
  20. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Mr. Deakin, writing to the "Age" tonight, says:—"With the greatest reluctance, but in simple justice to my colleagues, crave leave to refer to our expenses as ...

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  21. SILVER.

    Silver is now quoted at 2/4 1-16 per oz. ...

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  22. MESSAGES FROM MINISTERS.

    M. Pichon, the French Minister at Pekin, in a cipher message dated August 9, declares that if the negotiations now being conducted by Li Hung Chang for the ...

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  23. RUSTENBURG DISTRICT.

    Active operations are still reported from the Rustenburg district, west of Pretoria, where the Boers are giving a large amount of trouble. ...

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  24. A WONDERFUL GOLD FIND.

    In connection with the sensational find at Messrs. Robinson and Rice's mine, Long Flat, near Gundagai, nothing was done from Saturday last until yesterday, when ...

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  25. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Tallow.—At to-day's auction of tallow 2,825 casks were offered, and 1,475 sold. Prices of all kinds were unchanged. ...

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  26. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

    In the Legislative Council last night the second reading of the Workmen's Compensation Bill was discussed, and the debate adjourned. The Licensing Act Amendment ...

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  27. ATTEMPTED POISONING CASE.

    A married woman, Elizabeth O'Neill, aged 45, was charged at the Redfern Court to-day with administering poison to Frederick Stanfield with intent to murder ...

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  28. BOERS AT BOTHASBURG.

    Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the well-known correspondent of the London "Daily Telegrarph," has paid a visit to Belfast, a town on the Delagoa Bay railway, east of ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Commandant of the Forces in his annual report laments the lack of practical instruction in musketry and field work. [?] urges the necessity for a more extended [?] ...

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  30. UNEXPECTED WEALTH.

    A rather romantic story of unexpected wealth was told in the Probate Court today on an application for letters of administration in the estate of the late Mr. George ...

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  31. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    About the beginning of August Charles H. Rogers sought admission to the Perth Hospital. A doctor, after examining him, gave him a bottle of medicine but refused ...

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  32. THE LATE MR. W. R. WILSON'S WILL.

    The late Mr. W. R. Wilson made no public bequests. His will was lodged for probate to-day, the full estate being valued at £68,585—realty £21,585, and personalty ...

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  33. TRANSVAAL LOSSES.

    Official Transvaal papers show that altogether 7,000 Transvaal Boers have been lost from January to June. This total includes no less than a ...

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  34. TASMANIA.

    Heavy rains have fallen throughtout the colony during the past 24 hours, the record being 87 points. All the rivers are rapidly rising. Some low-lying parts [?] ...

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  35. APPROACHING PEKIN.

    It is announced that the allied forces, who are now approaching Pekin, are well provisioned. General Sir Alfred Gaselee reports that ...

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  36. THE BREELONG MURDERERS.

    A sensational telegram was received by the Inspector-General of Police last night from Mudgee concerning the blacks. A party of civilians and Police out ...

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  37. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

    The political atmosphere during the last few days has been in a greatly disturbed condition. All sorts of statements have been circulated as to what might be ...

    Article : 205 words
  38. EVACUATION OF RUSTENBURG.

    Latest advices with reference to the evacuation of Rustenburg by the British troops state that before leaving the town, which was subsequently reoccupied by the ...

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  39. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Rutledge, the Attorney-General. while in attendance at the Supreme-Court this morning, was taken ill, and obliged to leave the court. ...

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  40. ALLEGED COLLUSION.

    A somewhat remarkable story of alleged collusion between husband and wife came to light, to-day on an application by the Attorney-General to intervene against the ...

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  41. SYDNEY MILITARY DEPARTMENT.

    The Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed to enquire into the military administration of the colony, today further, examined Major-General ...

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  42. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    The Customs returns for Victoria for July show that the imports totalled £1,390,721, and the exports £819,953, There were big decreases in gold, both in exports ...

    Article : 102 words
  43. EMPRESS DOWAGER'S OFFER.

    It is officially announced at St. Petersburg that the Czar of Russia has assented to the appointment of General Count Waldersee as Generalissimo of the allied forces ...

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  44. THE MARINE BOARD.

    On Thursday afternoon the ordinary meeting of the Marine Board was held in the boardroom, Custom-House, Port. There were Present, the president (Mr. T. N. Stephens), Wardens ...

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  45. COMPENSATION TO A MINER.

    On September 20 last year a bucket fell down the shaft of the Great Eldorado mine, at Gaffrey's Creek, and struck a miner, Rudolph Geselins, on the head, ...

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  46. CARRINGTON ORDERED TO ZEERUST.

    General Sir Frederick Carrington, who at the head of 600 Bushmen recently tried unsuccessfully to relieve the British garrison under Colonel Hoare at Elunds River, and ...

    Article : 135 words
  47. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 words
  48. THE WINE INDUSTRY.

    The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the wine industry have presented their report. The first recommendation is that established winery companies ...

    Article : 306 words
  49. THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.

    The Samoan "Herald" of July 28 states:"It is understood that the recent endeavors of the Government to reunite the rival parties, is likely to come to a ...

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  50. THREATENED COLLIERY STRIKE

    A colliery dispute in the Bundama district threatens to become serious, Five mines are now affected, and a general strike [?] threatened. The men demand an incre[?] ...

    Article : 56 words
  51. NEW ARMAMENTS.

    The Government some time ago ordered 8,000 rifles, and 2,000 Martini-Enfield have arrived. Of the remainder 2,000 will be of the same pattern, and 4,000 of the latest ...

    Article : 80 words
  52. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 words
  53. BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking upon the Chinese question at Godalmin, in Surrey, declared that Great Britain was ...

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  54. AN ENGLISH OFFICER MURDERED.

    Major-General Ian Hamilton, who has been, instructed to proceed to the relief of Colonel Hoare's garrison at Elands River, reports that Lieutenant F. G. Newton, of ...

    Article : 39 words
  55. Advertising

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