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  2. THE INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

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  3. THE CHINESE WAR.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- The Boxers are attacking the Russian railway (the Chinese-Eastern line) in Manchuria. ...

    Article : 23 words
  4. FEDERATION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- Captain Freeman Thomas, of Lord Brassey's suite, has written a letter to "The Times," in which he declares that Mr. N. C. Richards, ...

    Article : 161 words
  5. FIRE IN NEW YORK.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- A great fire has broken out in Hoboken Dock, New York. The full extent of the damage is not yet returned, but it is estimated that not less than ...

    Article : 82 words
  6. ELSIE HALL CONCERT.

    A meeting of the general committee of the Elsie Hall Indian Famine Concert was held at the Town-hall yesterday afternoon, the Mayoress (Lady Harris) presiding. There was a very ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. THANKS FROM THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.

    The Governor has received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies the following cable: -- "Her Majesty's Government desire, to express to the Premier their cordial thanks for the ...

    Article : 108 words
  8. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- The French Chamber of Deputies has approved of the Government scheme for the construction of six new ironclads, and five [?]rmored cruisers, to be ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. PROPOSED EFFORT AT WATERLOO.

    Alderman Danks (of the Waterloo Council) intends, with the assistance of the Mayor and Mr. W. Allen (council clerk) to organise an entertainment at Waterloo on a large scale in aid of the ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. PROPOSAL TO SEND TROOPS.

    The Government has had an offer from Colonel Neild, M.P., to raise 300 men for service in China and expressing his willingness to go himself. Some of the Naval Brigade are also anxious to ...

    Article : 185 words
  11. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

    A report has been received by the Premier from the commissioners appointed to arrange the boundaries for the electoral districts for the Federal House of Representatives. Some ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. IN THE COUNTRY.

    BINGARA, Monday. -- A fancy dress football match between Town and Country was held here on Saturday, in aid of the Indian Famine Relief Fund, in which the Town was victorious by three ...

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  13. THE SLOUGH DISASTER.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- In connection with the recent railway disaster at Slough, near Windsor, a coroner's jury acquitted the engine-driver of the Plymouth express, who dashed into ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. PERILS OF THE SEA.

    Considerable surprise was occasioned in naval circles yesterday by the arrival of H.M.S. Porpoise. The vessel left here over a week ago for Jervis Bay for the usual quarterly shot practice, ...

    Article : 359 words
  15. DATE OF ELECTIONS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The Premier says he is still in communication with Sir William Lyne regarding the date of the establishment of the Commonwealth, and the holding of the Federal ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. THE P. AND O. LASCARS.

    LONDON, May 18. -- One of the recurring subjects of debate in the House of Commons is the treatment by the P. and O. Company of its Lascars. ...

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  17. PARRAMATTA VOLUNTEERS.

    In the event of Australian troops being required for China, Parramatta will probably be well to the front again in the matter of furnishing volunteers. In any case a detachment of Lancers would ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. OPINION IN ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Monday. -- In political circles it is considered probable that, as the West Australian referendum on the Commonwealth Bill is to take place on July 31, the Imperial proclamation ...

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  19. MEETING AT BURWOOD.

    A meeting was held at the Council-chambers, Burwood, last night, to take the necessary steps to form a committee to collect subscriptions on behalf of the Indian famine relief fund. ...

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  20. ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR.

    The tables of expenditure for the financial year ended on June 30 were issued in a "Gazette" last night. On the accounts as they stand, there is a ...

    Article : 306 words
  21. NAVAL BRIGADE VOLUNTEERING.

    In the opinion of a prominent naval officer in Sydney men will be wanted in China to replace those who have already been injured. Up to the present between 200 and 300 men from the vessels ...

    Article : 131 words
  22. THE BARQUE OIMARA IN HEAVY WEATHER.

    Among the arrivals at Sydney yesterday was the barque Oimara, from Pascamayo, Peru. The O[?]mara was not expected at the port, advices having been received to the effect that she left ...

    Article : 401 words
  23. THE WAR AND NEW SOUTH WALES PRODUCE.

    The Premier yesterday had a strong cable sent to the Agent-General directing him to represent to the military and naval authorities in England the ability of this colony prompty to ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. H.M.S. WALLAROO LEAVES.

    H.M.S. Wallaroo, one of the ships ordered to China, left Jervis Bay at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. ...

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  25. NEWS FROM PEKIN.

    The friends in Sydney of the Rev. J. and Mrs. Howard Smith, missionaries of the London Missionary Society at Pekin, received letters from them by the last mail, dated May 14. It was ...

    Article : 148 words
  26. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency and Lady Mary Lygon entertained the following guests at dinner last night: -- Sir William and Lady Lyne, Dr. and Mrs. MacLaurin, Sir Matthew, Lady, and Miss Harris, Mr. ...

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  27. THE GIANTS OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO.

    The homes of the Onas are on the main island of Tierra del Fuego. . . . Like all the American aborigines, the Onas feed principally upon meat and this meat was in former years obtained ...

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  28. DEATH OF MR. E. T. PENFOLD.

    Mr. E. T. Penfold, an old colonist and a well-known citizen of Sydney, died on Sunday at his residence, Ventnor, Gordon, at the advanced age of 72 years, leaving a large circle of friends to ...

    Article : 129 words
  29. TROOPS FROM INDIA TO CHINA

    Mr. F. White, the acting agent at Sydney of the P. and O. Company, has received a telegram stating that the steamers Ballaarat and Carthage have been chartered by the Imperial Government ...

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  30. A MAILBOAT IN A GALE.

    The R.M.S. Ophir, homeward bound, had a lively time on the voyage from Melbourne to Adelaide, encountering some of the worst of the weather. The passengers say the vessel behaved very well. ...

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  31. THE SECRET CABLE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Mr. McLean has been unjustly charged, both in Adelaide and Sydney, with making public a secret cable. He did no such thing. Whatever may have been marked on ...

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  32. THE LATE MR. WILLIAM ROBERTS.

    Mr. William Roberts, who died on Sunday at Bowral at the age of 79 years, was one of the best known, and, at the same time, one of the oldest solicitors in Sydney, and, in fact, with the ...

    Article : 498 words
  33. ASSISTANCE BY THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

    A large and very representative meeting of the staff of the Railway Department was held in the Railway institute last evening, to consider what steps should be taken to assist the starving poor ...

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  34. GUNBOAT OFFERED BY SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday. -- As a result of a meeting of the Cabinet to-day, the Premier has cabled through the medium of the Governor to Mr. Chamberlain, placing at the disposal of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. QUEENSLAND.

    News has been received of the death by drowning at Butcher's Creek, near Goldsboro, on Saturday, of Mr. Edmund Alexander Delleser, aged about 75, who has been acting for some time as ...

    Article : 231 words
  36. PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

    The Russians are being assailed on a vulnerable point. The Boxers, says a cable message, are attacking the Russian railway lines in Manchuria." The Russian-Manchuria line proper, a ...

    Article : 2,149 words
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