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  2. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Boers are massing and occupying entrenched positions in the Biggarsberg Mountains, north of Ladysmith. ...

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  3. THE FEDERAL DELEGATES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Australian Federal delegates and their wives and Mr. S. H. Parker, of West Australia, lunched at Windsor, and were afterwards accorded an audience with ...

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  4. THE PLAGUE.

    Only one case of plague was discovered yesterday--a most gratifying piece of information, when compared with the appalling record of the previous few days. The latest victim is Ernest ...

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  5. TROOPER ROBERTS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Trooper J. A. Roberts, who was one of the patrol of New South Wales Lancers which was ambushed near Reusburg in January, has been ...

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  6. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The reply from Russia to the note to the Continental Powers by the two Presidents shows the greatest sympathy with the ...

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  7. CANADIAN BUDGET.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--In his financial statement, Mr. W. S. Fielding, Q.C., Minister for Finance in the Canadian Cabinet, stated that the Budget showed that notwithstanding the ...

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  8. LIEUTENANT J. B. N. OSBORNE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Lieutenant J. B. N. Osborne, of the First Australian Horse, has received a commission in the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers, who are attached to Lord ...

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  9. THE BUSHMEN'S FUND.

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  10. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The telegram from the Victorian Agent-General which had been published in "The Daily Telegraph" regarding the re-constitution of the Imperial Bushmen's ...

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  11. JOUBERT AT PRETORIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--General Joubert, who has been appointed to the supreme command of the Republican forces at Kroonstad, is at Pretoria, evidently with a view ...

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  12. ENGLISH RACING.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The flat-racing season was opened at Lincoln yesterday, and to-day the following event was run:-- Lincolnshire Handicap, of 1000 sovs., added to a ...

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  13. BRITISH SUPREMACY.

    Following is the text of the cable message which has been sent to the Imperial Government at the instance of Mr. Lyne:-- "I have been in communication with the ...

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  14. DRAKENSBERG PASSES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--According to the "Daily Telegraph" 20,000 Free Staters under Commandant De Beers, of the Harrismith district, are guarding nine passes through ...

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  15. PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 171 words
  16. BRITISH SUPREMACY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Referring to the joint Australian cablegram sent by Mr. Lyne to the Imperial Government declaring that the Australian colonies could ...

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  17. AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Colonel Pilcher, with a small mounted force, engaged the Boer outposts at Ladybrand on Monday, and succeeded in driving them back on the main ...

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  18. WAR NOTES.

    Out of the mass of scrappy information that comes along by cable the only sign of a possible engagement is in the news that comes from Natal. The Boers evidently continue to mass ...

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  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Lieutenant Humphries, of the South Australian Second Contingent, in a letter to Major Dean, under date March 2, from Maitland Camp, South Africa, ...

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  20. A TRANSVAAL CONSUL.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Consul Pott, the Transvaal representative at the port at Delagoa Bay, has been fined £210 for indirectly importing heliographs and other ...

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  21. THE SOLDIERS' "KITH AND KIN."

    The secretary of the New South Wales Patriotic Fund reports the receipt of the following letter:-- "Premier's Office, Sydney, New South Wales, 28th March, 1900. Dear Sir,--Referring to interview ...

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  22. SKIRMISH AT BRANDFORT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A detachment of Lord Roberts' cavalry on Monday last made a reconnaissance towards Brandfort, 30 miles north of Bloemfontein. ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 358d per ounce standard, being an advance of 18d per ounce. ...

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  24. JACOBSDAL THREATENED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The "Daily Chronicle" reports that 400 Free Staters threaten the railway near Jacobsdal, on the Riet River, south of Kimberley. ...

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  25. LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. W. N. Tomkins has retired from the secretaryship of the London Bank of Australia, and has been succeeded by Mr. E. J. Curtis, formerly accountant. ...

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  26. ENGLISH RACING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--In the Lincolnshire Handicap, Survivor was favorite at 4 to 1 against, but finished sixth. ...

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  27. COMMANDANT OLIVIER'S COLUMN.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Commandant Olivler's column, which fled northwards from Smithfield upon the advance of the British troops, has, by a series of forced ...

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  28. PARRAMATTA PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.

    The committee of the Parramatta branch of the Patriotic League decided to call a special meeting for Tuesday evening next. Regret was expressed that so many amounts collected ...

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  29. FLAG SHIP ON THE CHINA STATION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The first-class battleship Goliath has been appointed flagship on the China station. ...

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  30. IMPERIAL WAR BUDGET.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The proposal made by the Imperial Government to tax produce contracts has been withdrawn, because it has been realised that the impost would fall ...

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  31. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency, attended by Captain Wilfrid Smith, and Captain Clark, left Sydney for Moss Vale last night. Lady Mary Lygon had been trying to make arrangements to return to Sydney ...

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  32. AUSTRALIANS FROM KIMBERLEY.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Colonel Hoad, in reporting to the Minister for War the death of Lieutenant Powell, of the first South Australian contingent, who was killed in action, says:-- ...

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  33. LOYALTY OF THE WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD.

    At the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday, Alderman J. G. Griffin referred to a resolution which was passed the previous day by the Metropolitan Board of Works in ...

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  34. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

    It was quite a sensational interview--that which took place yesterday between a deputation of business people, headed by several Ms.P., and the Premier. The object of the deputation, on ...

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  35. THE MYSTERY OF AN HOTEL.

    At an early hour this morning further light was thrown on the mysterious death of an elderly woman named Mary Murphy, whose body, as reported in an earlier edition, was found by two ...

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  36. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

    Additional naval appointments have been announced as follows:--To the Wallaroo: Paymaster, F. Belling; previous appointment as assistant paymaster is cancelled. To the Ringarooma: ...

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  37. IN RAPID FLIGHT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Commandant Olivier's column, which was last reported to have rested for two days at Clocolan in its northward flight, is reported to be at ...

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  38. A DIPLOMATIC ORDER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--With a diplomatic regard for the racial susceptibilities of the Free Staters, Lord Roberts has ordered the Cape Mounted Police to remain south of ...

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  39. FEDERATION.

    Mr. Lyne yesterday received the following cable message from Mr. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand:--"I am pleased to hear that the misunder-standing which has arisen has been removed. ...

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  40. CONDOLENCE WITH THE GOVERNOR.

    The Water and Sewerage Board yesterday, on the motion of Mr. David Davis, M.P., seconded by Alderman W. Taylor, unanimously passed a vote of condolence with the Governor in his ...

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  41. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--The remains of Colonel Phillips were buried at East Perth Cemetery this afternoon with military honors. A large concourse of people attended, and also squads ...

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  42. BLACK LABOR.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Many Basutos are being employed repairing the railway north of Bloemfontein. LONDON, Wednesday.--The Transvaalers ...

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  43. WOUNDED WHILE ON SERVICE

    BUNGENDORE, Wednesday.--Mr. Owen Taylor father of Trooper O. A. Taylor, of the Bungendore troop, received the following official intimation to-day:--"It is presumed that your son ...

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  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The Premier stales that, in consequence of the dispatch of the troops to South Africa being unauthorised, the expenditure has been encroached upon to the ...

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  45. A NEW WAR MAP.

    The most complete single-sheet war map that has reached Sydney has been brought from Capetown by Mr. James H. Tee. It is entitled "Briton or Boer," and was complied by Wood and Ortlepp ...

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  46. MAFEKING.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Colonel Baden-Powell reports that on the 13th last, he captured a Boer trench, and killed 12 of the enemy. ...

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  47. MINING ACCIDENT.

    BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--One of those unaccountable occurrences which render the occupation of a miner risky happened in the South Mine about 1 o'clock this morning. An ...

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  48. A LATTER-DAY OPHELIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A sensation was caused at the Adelaide Police Court to-day by a prepossessing woman, aged 19, arranged in a flowing robe of pale blue, with golden hair ...

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  49. THE LATE PRIVATE BUDD.

    The Manly Council on Tuesday evening resolved to place on its records an expression of sympathy with the relatives and friends of the late Private H. Budd, who died of enteric fever at ...

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  50. IMPERIAL BUSHMEN.

    Wednesday, on account of the Kensington Club holding their weekly race meeting on that day, is almost a half-holiday in camp. Still, the men and officers do their best to mako up for it in ...

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  51. RAINS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--As a consequence of heavy rains throughout South Africa many of the British camps have become practically swamps, and a train ...

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  52. THE WEATHER.

    The weather yesterday was generally unsettled, and showers occurred at Sydney along the southern coast, and on the central highlands. In ad some 11 stations advised rain, comprising ...

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  53. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    The following letter has been received by Mr. G. Carpenter, of Ryde, from his son George from the front:--"We have had a hard time si[?]ce we have been mounted. We have had so much ...

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  54. SICKNESS AT SIMONSTOWN.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--It is reported that 100 of the Boer prisoners at Simonstown are [?] With typhoid. ...

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  55. WRECK OF THE SARAH FENWICK.

    BALLINA, Wednesday.--The steamer Sarah Fenwick, owned by the firm of Thos. Fenwick of this town, and in charge of Captain Loutit, whilst attempting to cross the bar laden with ...

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  56. COUNTRY PATRIOTISM.

    NYNGAN, Wednesday.--Captain G. B. Newman, of the reserve of officers, formerly captain of the Liverpool Company Mounted Infantry, left here to-day, having been called upon for service ...

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  57. ROBERTS VISITS CAPETOWN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The "Daily News" states that Lord Roberts will shortly go to Capetown to meet his wife and daughters, who are en route from England to South ...

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  58. BOER AMMUNITION FOUND.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A large quantity of shrapnel machine gun ammunition was found by the British in farm houses surrounding Springfontcin. ...

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