Work on four of the railways under construction in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony has been suspended. ...
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Article : 43 wordsThe Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty replying to Lord Brassey in the House of Lords yesterday, said the strength of the naval reserve three years ...
Article : 96 wordsOne of the matters to which the State Cabinet devoted a great deal of time to day was the question of re-employing some of the men who were retired from ...
Article : 194 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day the debate on the Address-in-Reply was resumed. Mr. W. Webster (N.S.W.) advocated ...
Article : 1,861 wordsMr. J. M. Dickson, Sub-Collector of Customs, has just been appointed to Albany, in place of Mr. Troode, who has been promoted. Mr. Dickson, who has ...
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Article : 41 wordsKing Edward, in the course of an interview with Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, the leader of the Arbitration Parliamentary group in France, ...
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Article : 94 wordsIn the University boat race, on the 26th inst., Mr. S. M. Bruce, of Victoria, and Mr. H. D. Gillies, of New Zealand, will row for Cambridge. ...
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Article : 36 wordsThe students of the Institute of Mining Engineers, at St. Petersburg, by a majority of 215 against 40, have carried a resolution condemning the ...
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Article : 307 wordsThe Russians have entrenched along the hills near Antung, their position being parallel to the river. They intend, it is believed, to adopt a ...
Article : 60 wordsThe colonial wool sales opened in London yesterday. Competition was brisk, and prices ranged from par to 5 per cent. advance for crossbreds, with a similar ...
Article : 211 wordsThe question of ministers and party politics was debated at considerable length by the Methodist Conference to-day on a resolution that ministers ...
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Article : 107 wordsThe Marquis Ito, the most distinguished of Japanese statesmen, is proceeding as a special Ambassador to Seoul. He is the bearer of an autograph ...
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Article : 47 wordsThe "Standard" declares that the Marquis Ito is held in the highest esteem at Seoul. It adds, his mission is connected with internal administrative reforms in ...
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