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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    It is now stated that De Wet's captured cave, near Reitz, contained forty waggon loads of ammunition, one Krupp, one pom-pom, and one Nordenfeldt gun, ...

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  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Cabinet will debate the question of naval and military defence next week, in order that the Prime Minister may have the benefit of his colleagues ...

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  4. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    There was a considerable amount of preliminary business in the Senate this afternoon. Judging from the number of adverse petitions, Mr. Dobson's Divorce ...

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  5. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. J. G. S. MacNeill, the Nationalist member for South Donegal, who, in the House of Commons on Monday night, was the most enthusiastic in cheering the ...

    Article : 207 words
  6. INTER-STATE.

    The Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Holroyd, and Mr. Justice Hodges, delivered its reserved judgment to-day in the case of Kidney ...

    Article : 229 words
  7. PRO-BOERISM IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Altgeld, an ex-Governor of the State of Illinois (U.S.A.), died yesterday at Joliet, the capital of Will County, in that State, under peculiar circumstances. ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. COUNTRY.

    The transport Manhattan, the last of the three troopships which have been sent to Australia to embark the Second Commonwealth Contingent, put into the ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. BUNBURY.

    A letter has been received by Messrs. Thomas Hayward and Son from Bethel, Gwyn and Co., ship owners, London, advising that a ship has been chartered to ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. COMMERCIAL.

    The March series of colonial wool sales in London were opened to-day. The market was strong. Prices, compared with the closing rates of last series, ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. BOULDER.

    A destructive fire, making the fourth for the past week, occurred in Boulder last night, when two shops next to the Criteriorn Hotel, in Piesse-street, were ...

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  12. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Gerald Parker, private secretary to His Excellency the Governor, who has been in the city for the past week, will return to Rottnest Island to-day. ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. GERMANY AND ENGLAND.

    Baron von Richthofen, the German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has admitted that the Anglo-phile sentiments which he expressed yesterday in ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. KALGOORLIE.

    At the Kalgoorlie Police Court to-day, a man named Raymond Greffiths was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having stolen a pair of boots from the ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. ALLEGED SLANDER.

    An action for alleged slander, in which £1,000 is claimed as compensation, was begun before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury at the Supreme Court to-day ...

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  16. CHILI.

    Chili has placed orders with Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., and Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited, for two 12,000-ton cruisers. The price which ...

    Article : 54 words
  17. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Considering the oppressive weather, there was a good attendance to witness the final performance of "The Bohemian Girl" by the Josephine Stanton ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. COOLGARDIE.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day Cornelius Maybie, who was charged with the larceny of 14 sheep and with receiving, was found not guilty and discharged. ...

    Article : 31 words
  19. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    Mr. H. Arnold-Forster, Secretary to the Admiralty is, it is stated, in favour of Sir George Trevelyan's suggestion that preliminary examinations for naval ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. AN OPINION OF THE TARIFF.

    Mr. J. W. Kirwan, when interviewed to-day, stated that the tariff has undoubtedly improved, especially from a Western Australian point of view, a big ...

    Article : 358 words
  21. THE QUEENSLAND ABORIGINES.

    Lord Lamington yesterday read a paper at the Royal Colonial Institute on the subject of Queensland, of which State he was recently Governor. ...

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  22. INVESTITURE AT ST. JAMES'S.

    The King yesterday held an investiture at St. James's Palace, when His Majesty handed to the colonial nurses, Sisters Bidmead and Nixon, Red Cross badges. ...

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  23. SMALL-POX IN LONDON.

    Eighty fatal cases of small-pox were repcrted in London during last week. ...

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  24. SOCIAL NOTES.

    The concert which took place in Queen's Hall on Wednesday night proved a success. The hall was filled with a large audience, and financially the Home ...

    Article : 442 words
  25. THE SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

    Public concern in connection with the Sydney Water Supply, was intensified to-day, when the Royal Commission inquiring into the matter decided to ...

    Article : 70 words
  26. EIGHT HOURS DAY.

    The House of Commons yesterday, by a majority of 224 to 158, negatived a motion limiting the hours which colliers under 21 years of age shall work ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. A THREATENING LETTER.

    Constable Hamilton, who recently wounded a young Victorian, named Clark, so severely with a revolver that the man died, has received an anonymous letter, ...

    Article : 106 words
  28. THE ADELAIDE OUTER HARBOUR SCHEME.

    A large deputation, representing the commercial interests, asked the Treasurer to-day not to proceed with the outer harbour scheme at Light's Passage ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. THE TURF.

    The New Zealand bred horse Levanter, who was a candidate for the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, has been scratched for the event. ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. THE SECOND FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    At present eleven additional horses are required to complete the number of remounts necessary for the use of the Western Australian section of the Second ...

    Article : 127 words
  31. IRELAND.

    It is officially announced that the King, on the advice of his Minister, has expressed to Earl Cadogan, the Viceroy of Ireland, that his intended visit ...

    Article : 142 words
  32. FIRE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL HOTEL.

    A fire broke out at the Theatre Royal Hotel last night, at 11 o'clock. At that hour the stage hands, having completed their labours, had closed the theatre for ...

    Article : 210 words
  33. THE TASMANIAN BANK ROBBERY.

    At the Criminal Court, at Strahan, to-day, Leeming and Brownrigg pleaded guilty to stealing £5,584 from the Bank of Australasia, at Queenstown. The ...

    Article : 47 words
  34. WITH THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

    Captain Campbell, who is in charge of the Sixth Western Australian Contingent, recently sent a despatch to Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell from ...

    Article : 3,342 words
  35. THE PROPOSED PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    Mr. See says he has submitted two dates to the Premiers of the other States for the holding of the proposed Conference of Premiers. Those dates are the ...

    Article : 64 words
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