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  2. STEYN DEFEATED.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has cabled to the War Office an account of a heavy Boer defeat, following upon a fierce engagement. The report is as follows:-- ...

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  4. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR.

    A sensational affair has occurred at Spanhal-kwan, where, as was recently reported, there has been considerable friction between the allies for some time past. So acute did ...

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  5. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    The French Chamber of Deputies had a warm debate upon the action of the Waldeck-Rousseau Government in extraditing to Brussels the youth Sipldo, who escaped to paris, ...

    Article : 111 words
  6. A CYCLING ACCIDENT.

    This morning a lad named John Sinclair, 16, was admitted into the Ralmain Cottage Hospital for injuries to the head. It seems he was riding a bicycle, and collided with a cart, ...

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  7. ASHFIELD ELECTION.

    The Ashfield election is taking place today, and from all appearances the voting will be heavy and The result very close. The poll was opened at 8 o'clock this morning, and will ...

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  8. INCORRIGIBLES.

    A week ago Sergeant Jeffes produced two young women, named Ettle Donovan and Agnes Denlff, before the Central Bench, on charges of vagrancy, and gave a deplorable ...

    Article : 203 words
  9. FEDERAL CELEBRATIONS.

    A joint meeting of the Government committee and the citizens' committee was held yesterday, for the purpose of discussing matters in connection with decorations along tho route ...

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  11. Round the Booths.

    The returning-officer (Mr. H. P. Falser) has[?]engaged to ensure the arranging out of the results this evening—all other things being equal—at the earnest possible ...

    Article : 338 words
  12. De Wet's Previous Rout.

    Details have now been received at Commandant de Wet's rout at Rensburg Drift, on the Vaal, at the end of last month. It transpires that the Boers were caught between two fires. ...

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  13. Further Friction.

    Reutsr's agency states that the French claimed to have the command of the military police at Pao-ting-fu as being the first comers in the city, but that Sir A. Gaselee, the ...

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  14. A Thrilling Siege.

    The siege of Koffyfontein by the Boers was coped with by a fine display of British valour. For a month the siege Was persistently maintained. ...

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  15. HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.

    Under the law recently passed by the Legislature Prince of Wales' Birthday will be celebrated on Monday next. Caterers for the enjoyment of holiday-makers, have made ...

    Article : 594 words
  16. The Imperial Tombs.

    It transpires that M. Pichon the French Minister at Pekin,' initiated the proposal for the occupation of the, Imperial Tombs at Slling. ...

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  17. THE DEFEATED DEMOCRATS.

    A movement is afoot in the United States, having for its, object the reorganisation of the defeated Democratic party, by means of a strong conservative, element, which hitherto ...

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  18. Boers Shooting Natives.

    The Boers are shooting down natives whole sale. In one Instance at Commando Nek. near Ficksburg, they threw a,dead dog on the top, of the bodies of eight natives whom they had ...

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  19. THE CYCLING DEADLOCK.

    The deadlock respecting the control of cycling in Victoria has been overcome. The committees of the League of Wheelmen and the Melbourne Bicycle Club, appointed to ...

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  20. Queenslanders Returning.

    A portion of the Queensland Mounted Infantry left Pretoria on Thursday, en route to the Cape, thence to Australia, ...

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  21. PACIFIC CABLE TENDER.

    It has been officially announced that the tender of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., for the construction of the Pacific cable, is £1,895,000., There is a supplementary ...

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  22. Australian Casualties.

    Private R. Gerald, of the Tasmanian forces, is reported missing at Jacobsdal. Private Roscoe, of the West Australian forced, died at Johannesburg. ...

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  23. ANGRY SELECTORS.

    On Thursday there were fifty-nine applicants for three blocks near Boggabri, and the board reduced them to three batches of 12, 11, and 10, each batch balloting only once, ...

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  24. General Affairs.

    Major-General Lord Kitchener is at Johannesburg. The "Times'' foreshadows that the British will take stern measures to crush the ...

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  25. FRANCE ON INVASION.

    The "Temps," commenting recently on Admiral Seymour's letter commending the action of the French forces in China to Admiral Courrejolles, takes occasion to refer to ...

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  26. Cable Rate Reduction.

    Sir J. Woolfe Barry, speaking yesterday at a meeting of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.. of which he is a director, stated that the standard revenue (average receipts of 3 ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The latest returns in connection with the Canadian elections show that Sir Wilfrid Laurier's majority is upwards of 54. ...

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  28. Due to Losses.

    The report of the Scottish-Australian Investment Association shows as the result of operations a debit balance of £59,321, The losses of stock amounted to 123,425 head. ...

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  29. A CARTER'S INJURY.

    This morning a carter in the employ of the Warren Brick Co, took a load of bricks to a building in course of erection in Sussex-street, near Market- street. On arrival there he ...

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  30. Leaves the Government.

    It is announced by Mr. T. W. Russell, the Unionist member for Tyrone, Parliamentary Secretary for the Local Government Board, that he Ceases to he a member of the ...

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  31. THE IRISH GUARDS.

    The uniform of the new regiment of Irish Guards has at last been approved. To be uniform with the other regiments of the brigade the tunic of the Irish Guards will be of ...

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  33. A Lost Colonial Empire.

    The Spanish Government has sold her last possessions in Oceania, namely, the Islands of Cagayan and Slbutu, to the United States for 100.000 dollars (£20,000), ...

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  34. LATEST FROM NEW YORK.

    The horror of being buried alive has resulted in the formation of a society in the City of New York known as the "American Society for the Prevention of Premature ...

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  35. Zeppelin's Air Ship.

    The German War Office. has bought Count Zeppelin's air ship, which recently made a most successful trial trip. ...

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  36. SOUTH ANNANDALE ESTATE.

    The vendors of this estate are offering it on special terms, as they feel satisfied that the land will greatly increase in value. The terms are 5 per cent, deposit,' and the balance can ...

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  37. THE WEATHER.

    Rainfall.--Armldale 50, Bowral 5, Bateman's Bay 2, Blackheath 28, Gunnedah 5, Olen Innes 2, Kempsey 53, Lawson 27. Manilla 1, Moss Vale 4, Mount Victoria 13. Port ...

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