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  2. CHINA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- Li Hung Cluing, who at latest was reported to have arrived at Shanghai, en route to Pekin, declares that the allies' advance would ...

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  3. UNHAPPY SERVIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- Great excitement and some confusion have arisen in Servia over the recent announcement of King Alexander's betrothal to Mme. Maschlu, a ...

    Article : 325 words
  4. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Boors under ex-President. Steyn and the two De Wets crossed the railway line south of Serfontein (six miles north of Honingspruit) on ...

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  5. SPECIAL EDITION

    LONDON. Wednesday. -- On Saturday last Mr. W. K. Carles, the British Consul at Tientsin, received a letter front Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister at Pekin, dated ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- In the House of Commons last, night Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question by Mr. J. F. Hogtcn, member for Tipperary, said that the Northern Territory's relation ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. SEVERE HEAT WAVE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- A severe heat wave in the British Isles has had the effect of causing the metals to spread on the railway lines, with the result that several trains in ...

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  8. GERMAN MEAT BILL.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The bill, recently passed by the Reichstag, prohibiting the Importation of tinned meat becomes operative on the first of Octobor next. ...

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  9. ENGLISH RACING.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- "Mr. Jersey's" Australian racehorse Malunia has been backed at 3 to 1 for the Liverpool Cup. "Tod" Sloauo has been engaged to ride Maluma. ...

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  10. AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- While reconnoitring on Saturday at Pinaarspoort, east of Pretoria, a number of South Australians had a warm skirmish with a Boer force ...

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  11. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- The Right Rev. Mandcll Creighton, Bishop of London, recommends legislation for the establishment of a representative Church Synod, consisting of clergy ...

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  12. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day 1550 casks were offered, and 825 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follow: -- Mutton, fine 27s ...

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  13. MILITARY CONTINGENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Sir WILLIAM LYNE moved, "That as a matter of urgency the House forthwith consider the expediency of equipping and despatching a military ...

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  14. CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- Renter's Agency reports that the Russians at Tien-tsln seek to control the Taku-Pekin railway. ...

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  15. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3¾d per ounce standard. ...

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  16. FEDERATION.

    Sir William Lyne said, in reply to a question asked by Mr. Haynes in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, that he was at present in consultation with the law officers of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 206 words
  18. A CONCILIATORY EDICT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- An Imperial Chinese edict has been issued, which promises that the murderers of Baron de Ketteler, the German Minister at Pekin, ...

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  19. THE BOER RETREAT.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- The Boers have evacuated all their positions in the Middelburg district, and have moved in a north-eastward direction towards ...

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  20. THE GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir WILLIAM LYNE, replying to a request by Mr. Norton in the Legislative Assembly, yesterday that any communication received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies ...

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  21. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- Three thousand Russian troops have arrived at Niu-Chwang, in Manchuria. The advance of the Russian force is ...

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  22. THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Major-General T. Stephenson, commanding the 18th Brigade, has occupied Eland's River, on the Delngoa Bay line, close to Hatherley. ...

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  23. UNEASINESS IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- There is a feeling of public uneasiness in England at the excessive purchases of British smokeless steam coal by France and Russia. ...

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  24. DISPUTE IN THE COAL TRADE.

    Yesterday Mr. James Curloy, miners' general secretary, arrived in Sydney from Newcastle in connection with the compromise which the northern colliery proprietors are willing to accept ...

    Article : 305 words
  25. THE NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.

    Thanks to an efficient staff and Gunnery instructor and Warrant-officer Rickwood, the whole of the details for the despatch of a contingent from the naval forces of the colony to participate in the ...

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  26. THE BREELONG MURDERS.

    On the motion for adjournment a discussion took place with rogard to the murders by the blacks. Sir WILLIAM LYNE announced that £200 per ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. WHEN THE ALLIES WILL ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- The allies hope to advance on Pekin from Tientsin early in August. ...

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  28. SIEGE OF RUSTENBURG.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- The silence which the censors maintained when Lieut-General Baden-Powell was besieged in Rnsteiiburg until relieved by the 1st ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. THE NEW LAND BALLOT SYSTEM.

    PARKES, Wednesday. -- The local land board has been engnged all the afternoon considering nine applications for a forfeited homestead, selection near Fifield. Eight of the applicants were ...

    Article : 185 words
  30. CHINA'S' GAME OF BLUFF[?]

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Shanghai press declares that China is plainly bluffing in the Powers to gain time. Interviewed at Shanghai, Li Hung Chang ...

    Article : 125 words
  31. RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- Major-General T. Porter, eoniumndiug the First Cavalry Brigade, has broken his collar-bone. He is to be succeeded in the command by ...

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  32. A MAN CUT TO PIECES.

    ROCKHAMPTON. Wednesday. -- Josoph Martin, 50, shearers' cook, was cut to pieces last night on the railway line at Tanby Crossing. It is not known how the accident occurred, but it is ...

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  33. FEELING AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Opinions here upon the latest developments in connection with the conl-mining crisis are not yet defined enough to ebable a conclusion to be come to as to whether ...

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  34. BOER LEADERS CARTERED.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The British scouts in Swaziland have captured Field-Cornet. Lombard and GoinmandiuiL von Dam, the leader of the Johannesburg Zarps. ...

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  35. QUESTION OF MEDIATION.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Baron voa Billow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, refuses to submit the Emperor of China's appeal for mediation to the Kaiser until the ...

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  36. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. R.M.S. India, from London, was last reported as passing Wilson's Promontory, 426 miles distant, at 12.50 a.m. yesterday. She should, therefore, enter Sydney Heads this ...

    Article : 226 words
  37. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The following casualties have been reported among the Australian troops engaged in South Africa: -- Trooper A. FIRTH, of the Tasmanian forces, ...

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  38. COMMISSION FOR A COLONIAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- Lieut. E. O. Anderson, of the Victorian forces, has received a commission in the Royal Artillery. ...

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  39. WRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF INDIA.

    FORSTER, Wednesday. -- The inquest on the body of John Oloeson, which was recovered from the wrecked sohoonor Empress ot India, was held here to-day by the coroner from Turee. A ...

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  40. COST OF THE WARS.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Sir Michael HicksBeach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has submitted supplementary estimates amounting to £11,500,000 to cover the expenditure ...

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  41. FIRE BRIGADES BOARD.

    The Colonial Secretary laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoou the 16th annual report of the Fire Brigades Board, Sydney. It was stated that the number of ...

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  42. MR. R. L. JACK'S PARTY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The exploring and prospecting party led by Mr. R. L. Jack, late Queensland Government Geologist, is reported to have reached Mien-uing. on the 11th ...

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  43. THE INSURANCE ON THE VESSEL.

    A telegram was received yesterday by the underwriters stating that the wreck or the schooner Empress of India was fast sinking in the sand, and that she was considered a total loss. The ...

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  44. THE ASHANTI TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Particulars to hand relating to the stage of Kumasst show that the Inhabitants Butlercd terribly before being relieved by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Wllleoeks' column. One ...

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  45. THE TROOPSHIP SALAMIS.

    The coaling operations of the troopship Salamls have been completed, and this morning the vessel will be taken to moorings off Garden Island. The arrangomonla for the accommodation of the ...

    Article : 153 words
  46. ACTION BY THE SHIPWRECK SOCIETY.

    Immediately the news of the wreck of the schooner Empress of India was received. Captain Webber, secretary of the National Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society, telegraphed to the ...

    Article : 93 words
  47. THIS BABEL OF TONGUES.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The language difficulty is Seriously hampering concerted action by [?] allies at Tien-tsin. ...

    Article : 29 words
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