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    MAP SHOWING PRESENT FIELD OF OPERATIONS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--It is officially reported that the City of Johannesburg, the centre of the South African gold-mining industry, has been captured by the British troops under Lord Roberts. LONDON, Wednesday.--The following despatch has been received, by telegraph, ...

    Article : 212 words
  4. LORD SALISBURY ON THE WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- Lord Salisbury, speaking last night at a dinner given by the Conservatives of the city Paraphrased his former no-territory speech, delivered at the ...

    Article : 383 words
  5. PORT KEMBLA HARBOR WORKS.

    A difficultly has arisen in connection with the Kembla Harbor works. The Act authorising the construction of the breakwater and other matters associated with the proposed harbor ...

    Article : 182 words
  6. SECOND EDITION. 4.30 A.M.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  7. THE NEW HEBRIDES MISSION.

    The annual New Hebrides Presbyterian Synod is to be held in the New Hebrides in June, and Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s new steamer Mambare, which leaves Sydney to-morrow ...

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  8. DREYFUS CASE AGAIN.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Nationalists in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday accused the Premier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau, of conniving at a re-opening of the Dreyfus case, and ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. THE WEATHER.

    The southern districts reported dull, cloudy weather yesterday, but up till 3 p.m. no actual rain was advised. It is, however, probable that light showers at least will fall at those districts. ...

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  10. SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOWN.

    Johannesburg, which has now fallen into British hands, is to most people synonymous with the Transvaal. It was expected from the first that the Boers would make some stand at ...

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  11. RELIEF CREWS FOR THE SQUADRON.

    The cruiser Europa is now due at Albany, on route from England to Sydney, with relief crews for the Squadron. She is expected to reach Port Jackson at the end of next week. The Europa, ...

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  12. DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--In the division on the second reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill as brought forward in the House of Lords by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, and ...

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  13. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    At noon to-day the steamer Yawnta Maru, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, will leave Sydney for Manila, China, and Japan via ports. All her passenger accommodation has been booked, and she ...

    Article : 223 words
  14. A FRESH WAR CLOUD.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.-- The American military attaches at Pekin have been sent to Tokyo, the Japanese capital. This is construed to mean that there is an ...

    Article : 243 words
  15. THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.-- Panic and confusion reign throughout the Transvaal, towards the capital of which the British forces are advancing rapidly. ...

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  16. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day 574 casks were offered, and 10 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follow:--Mutton, line 23s ...

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  17. A STEAMER FOR THE INTERCOLONIAL TRADE.

    The steamer Undaunted has been taken up on time charter for the intercolonial trade by Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co. She is, now en route from Natal. The Undaunted is a steel screw ...

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  18. THE GOLDEN RAND.

    "The golden Rand!" "Marvellous Johannesburg!" During the concluding decade of the past century these phrases have re-echoed wheresoever the English language has been written or ...

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  19. WAR NOTES.

    Roberts has now arrived on the outskirts of Johannesburg. On Tuesday evening he was at Germiston, one of the suburbs. This seems to mean that he bad practically control of the city ...

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  20. HERR BORCHGREVINK.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon-- Herr Borchgrevink, the celebrated Antarctic explorer, has arrived in London. ...

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  21. THE TROUBLE IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Chinese rebels known as Boxers are moving rapidly on Pekin. They are now within 29 miles of the capital ...

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  22. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE

    LONDON, Wednesday.--During the recent solar eclipse, the position of the green ray was determined and measured for the first time. ...

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  23. THE WRECK OF THE QUEEN CRISTINA.

    Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co. are in receipt of the following telegram from Captain C. E. Bird, R .N. R., who proceeded from Brisbane by the steamer Lady Musgrave, in company with ...

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  24. COMMITTED FOR LIBEL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Sir Robert Peel has been committed for trial on a charge of libelling Herr Von der Heydt, his sister's husband, a trustee of the Peel Estate. It is alleged that Sir ...

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  25. CATTLE FOR JAPAN.

    A shipment of dairy cattle is being forwarded to Japan to-day by the mail steamer Yawata Maru. They are intended for the Japanese Government, and have been specially selected and ...

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  26. BULK SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN.

    LONDON,Wednesday.--The experimental shipments of grain in bulk from the Argentine Republic have proved a great success. Sixteen steamers have brought 30,000 tons to Liverpool. ...

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  27. THE TROOPS AT THE FRONT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--In answer to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. George Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, stated that there were ...

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  28. THE AGENT-GENERAL AT COURT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Henry Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, attended the Queen's leave at Windsor yesterday. ...

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  29. SIEGE OF KUMASI.

    LONDON,Tuesday Afternoon.--A relief column, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel James, Willcocks is marching on Kumasi, whence the besieged garrison recently made an abortive effort to cut its ...

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  30. LORD ROBERTS AS HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, chairman of the South African Vigilance Committee, writes to the London "Spectator":--"We have read with much interest the article which appears in the "Spectator" ...

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  31. TREATMENT OF REBELS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is announced that the clemency extended to the Natal rebels and those from other parts of South Africa, is entirely provisional, pending the ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. A NAVAL EXPERIMENT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr.. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, commenting on the recent naval experiment, when the first-class battleship Majestic sank the armored ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. COLONIAL SUFFERERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- The following casualties are reported as having occurred during the recent fighting at and near Winburg:-- ...

    Article : 205 words
  34. TO-DAY.

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  35. ADMIRAL DEWEY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The American Prize Court has allotted Admiral Dewey £40,000 as prize-money for his great feat of destroying the Spanish fleet at Manila. ...

    Article : 30 words
  36. TASMANIA.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Western mine to-day, reports showed the prospects of early dividends were good, the heavy machinery expenditure having been overcome. ...

    Article : 29 words
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