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  2. THE WEATHER.

    The weather yesterday presented very litt[?] change from the conditions which prevailed on the previous day, except that, on the whole, it was a little hotter. In Sydney it was very ...

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  3. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 5-16d per ounce standard, being a further recovery of 1-16d on the last quotation. ...

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  4. THE PLAGUE.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--No fresh case of bubonic plague have been reported, and everything continues to work very smoothly at the hospital. Many amusing incidents have occurred in ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--It is stated that General Buller, Commander-in-Chief of the British army in Natal, has some important operations in view. Pending the ...

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  6. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--I see from the recent press news that the two victims to the dreadful disease, the bubonic plague, which occurred in Adelaide have been buried in the quarantine station, Torrens Island. ...

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  7. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The only departure in the mail line to-day is the R.M.S. Alameda, timed to leave the west side of Circular Quay at 1 p.m., bound for San Francisco, via Auckland, Apia, and Honolulu. The ...

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  8. ENGLISH COMMERCIAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The month's imports of lead have amounted to 17,393 tons. including 4020 tons from Australia. The month's exports were 2803 tons. ...

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  9. PROPOSED FEDERAL DELEGATION.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Regarding the appointment of Mr. Deakin by Victoria to represent that colony in England during the passage of the Commonwealth Bill through the Imperial ...

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  10. PERSONAL.

    Yesterday morning his Excellency received official visits from Commander Combe, of H.M.S. Penguin, Commander Parry, of H.M.S. Dart, and Commander Preedy, of H.M.S. Torch. ...

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  11. FUNERAL OF THE LATE WILLIAM NEILLEY.

    The death was announced in our obituary column yesterday of William Robert Samuel Neilley, of Wandella, Balmain-road, Leichhardt, at the age of 62. Mr. Neilley was one of the most ...

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  12. BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    Mr. J. Randal Carey, chairman of the executive committee, bus received the following cable message from Mr. J. G. Davies, Mayor of Hobart:-- "Have been in communication with the ...

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  13. BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The advisableness of employing irregular mounted troops, who will meet the Boers in something approaching their own manner of guerilla fighting, is ...

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  14. WAR NOTES.

    On the issue of the "important operations" General Buller is said to have in view on the Natal side, much will depend. The Commander-in-Chief in the "garden colony" is probably ...

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  15. NEW INTERCOLONIAL STEAMERS.

    Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company contemplate making further additions to their already fine fleet of intercolonial steamers. The superintendent engineer of the company and one of the ...

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  16. MR. DEAKIN'S MISSION.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The question of the Federal delegation cropped up in the Legislative Assembly to-night, and the Premier explained he had telegraphed to all the Premiers last week. ...

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  17. GEN. BULLER'S COLUMN.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--What may fairly be described as "profound anxiety" exists throughout Great Britain owing to the lack of definite official intelligence from the seat ...

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  18. A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.

    Mr. Russell, the Government Astronomer, received a telegram from Beltana yesterday stating that a sharp shock of earthquake was felt there at 3.14 a.m., lasting about 15 seconds. The ...

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  19. ADELAIDE STEAMERS TO BE INSPECTED.

    The Premier had an interview with the President of the Board of Health yesterday. He directed that the department should have steamers arriving from Adelaide Inspected. If they ...

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  20. DEATH OF THE REV. C. S. SMITH.

    We regret to have to announce the death at Strathfield yesterday morning of the Rev. Charles Sidney Smith, in his 43rd year. A native of Sydney, he took his degree at Christ Church, ...

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  21. QUEEN CHRISTINA WRECK.

    TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--Captain Findlay, of the Barratta, reports that he left port on Tuesday night, and arrived at the Queen Christina via the Magnetic Passage at 4 p.m. on Friday. The ...

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  22. A DISLOYAL ATTORNEY.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. Vermootin, a Cape Colony attorney, has been charged with treason. It is alleged that he induced a number of Britishers at Dordrecht ...

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  23. MORE REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, the 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, and 10th, 26th, and 29th Batteries of Royal Field ...

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  24. DEATH OF MR. J. L. THOMPSON.

    We are informed that Mr. J. L. Thompson, Travelling Instructor in Agriculture, died at his residence, Burwood, at 2 o'clock this morning. He had been ill for about a month. The late ...

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  25. ITEMS FROM LADYSMITH.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It was recently staled that fever was prevalent in the British camp at Ladysmith. It is now announced that Mr. Jackson ...

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  26. PERISHED IN THE FLAMES.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The house of a farmer named Vince was destroyed by fire to-day at Wycheproof, his wife perishing in the flames. The man was returning from work at noon, and ...

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  27. STEPS TAKEN BY THE MAYOR.

    Speaking last night at a farewell tea given to the nurses leaving for the war in the Elite-hall, Queen Victoria Markets, the Mayor of Sydney (Sir Matthew Harris) said he was taking all ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 words
  29. TRANSVAAL NATIONAL BANK

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Pretoria board of the Transvaal National Bank has failed in a lawsuit, instituted with the object of ejecting Mr. Lloyd, the manager of ...

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  30. AUSTRALIA FOR OUR YOUNG MEN.

    The Rev. W. H. Fitchett, the well-known author of "Deeds that Won the Empire" and "Fights for the Flag," has been giving a representative of the "Young Man" his view of the prospects of ...

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  31. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--I would be pleased, through the medium of your paper, to offer the following suggestion re the Bushmen's Contingent, viz., that every volunteer should bring his own horse, saddle, and ...

    Article : 244 words
  32. IN NORTH CAPE COLONY.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Further details regarding the recent Boer attempt to cut off General French's line of communication between Colesberg and Rendsburg ...

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  33. THE PACIFIQUE FROM NOUMEA

    The first steamer from Noumea since the outbreak of the plague at New Caledonia is the French mailboat Pacifique, engaged oil the branch service of the M.M. Company. She is due at ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. NEWS FROM MAFEKING.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Very little news has been received from Mafeking for some time past, the difficulties of communication evidently being considerable. It is officially ...

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  35. TRAGEDY OF THE BUSH.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--Mr. James M'Lean, coroner, and Dr. Wigan went to Dangar's Falls on Monday to hold a magisterial inquiry concerning the death of Walter Pitkin, whose ...

    Article : 209 words
  36. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Among other questions asked in the Assembly to-night was one regarding the responsibility for supplying the defective equipment to the Victorian second ...

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  37. THE ATTITUDE OF VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Although the alarm in Melbourne consequent upon the disclosure of the bubonic plague eases in Adelaide has subsided somewhat, the utmost precautions are to ...

    Article : 381 words
  38. BOER LOSSES AT KURUMAN.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--It is reported that the Boer casualties sustained in connection with their recent capture of the town of Kuruman, when the British ...

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  39. AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT

    Our section of the Australian contingent will leave Woolloomooloo Bay at 4 o'clock to-day for South Africa. Last night there was a practical certainty that the Surrey would not be quite ...

    Article : 489 words
  40. WILY BOER SPIES.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Little or no news is being received from General Methuen's camp at Modder River. One report to hand states that a number ...

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  41. ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The only item of interesting news from the western frontier is the report of a skirmish in which some of the colonial troops participated. ...

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  42. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The official return of the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines, published yesterday, shows that the yield of the local mines for December was 66,230oz. of smelted gold from ...

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  43. WEST AUSTRALIAN SEPARATION MOVEMENT.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--The petition to the Queen for separation, as drafted by Messrs. C. C. Kingston, J. H. Symon, and P. M'M. Glynn, will be distributed for signature this week. The ...

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  44. SPANISH SOLDIERS WISH TO SERVE.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Three thousand ex Spanish soldiers have offered themselves for set-vice with Field-Marshal Lord Roberts against the Boers. ...

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  45. THE TUGELA BRIDGE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The new iron bridge over the Tugela River has been built, at the Wednesbury foundries, in Staffordshire. Three weeks were occupied in shipping the ...

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  46. ACTION IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--The Acting-Premier received a telegram from Mr. Holder yesterday describing the outbreak of bubonic plague at Adelaide. Mr. Plesso replied, regretting the ...

    Article : 108 words
  47. SIR FREDERICK CARRINGTON.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington has been ordered to South Africa for active service. Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington, ...

    Article : 427 words
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