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  2. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Reports are to band that circular edicts, which are attributed to the Empress Dowager, have been distributed broadeast in China. These edicts state that since the Taku forts have been captured by ...

    Article : 865 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    A report has been received that the Boers made a desperate attempt to regain possession of the town of Ficksburg, near the Basutoland border of the Orange Free State, at midnight on Wednesday, ...

    Article : 268 words
  4. THE CREAM OF THE CABLE.

    The Australian Commonwealth Bill has been finally passed by the House of Lords. The Duke of Argyll, and Lords Selborne, Jersey, and Hopetoun have each been ...

    Article : 1,060 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE.

    His Excellency the Governor is in receip of a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in which it is stated that the British Admiralty, after full con ...

    Article : 55 words
  6. QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    Tenders for the Queensland Government loan of £1,400,000, bearing 3 per cent interest, were opened to-day. The total amount tendered was £1,411,000. ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. LOAN ACT OF LAST SESSION.

    The amount which the Treasurer was authorised by Parliament last session to borrow was £2,725,680. To a large extent this covered works which had already ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. THE TRANSVAAL.

    Lieutenant-General Sir C. F. Clery, with the second army division (which formed part of General Buller's force), who has been advancing along the railway line from Natal, has now effected a ...

    Article : 191 words
  9. AUSTRALIAN MISCELLANY.

    In response to inquiry by the New Zealand Government, Sir Alfred Milner wires that an advance of a month's pay to soldiers invalided, and a supply of warm clothing, ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. THE MILITARY HOSPITALS.

    The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, has announced that a commission of three persons has been appointed by the Government to inquire into the question of the treatment of ...

    Article : 201 words
  11. DISPOSAL OF THE LOAN.

    Of the total amount which the Government were authorised to borrow, as above, there have been:— Sold to Government Savings Bank ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.

    The Earl of Halsbury (Lord High Chancellor) and the Earls of Hopetoun and Kintore, acting as the Queen's Commissioners, formally gave her Majesty's assent ...

    Article : 356 words
  13. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    The following casualties among the Australian troops in South Africa are announced:—Private W. G. Taylor (New South Wales), died of wounds at Pretoria; Private J. Waite (New South Wales). ...

    Article : 310 words
  14. THE MAIL-BAG.

    Under no circumstances are questions replied to by post. Correspondents sending manuscripts on approval must enclose stamps for postage if they wish the ...

    Article : 222 words
  15. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have had the farmhouse at Sandringham (the Prince's home in Norfolk) equipped for the use of officers invalided home from South Africa. ...

    Article : 651 words
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