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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Boers have derailed and burnt a train at Honingspruit, a few miles north of Kroonstad, although it was flying the national ...

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  3. THIRD EDITION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The United States Secretary of State, Colonel John Hay, regards the refusal of the Tsung-li-Yamen to permit of the interchange of cypher ...

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  4. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday night, Mr. A. J. Balfour, leader of the House, stated that Great Britain had intimated to the ...

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  5. CHINA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Tsung-li-Yamen reports that the foreign Ministers at Pekin were safe on July 30, and that the diplomats are conferring with the Chinese ...

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  6. A MISSIONARY'S LETTER.

    Mr. C. N. Lack, of this colony, writes as follows in the last letter received from him from his station at Slang-Hsien, Honan province:-- "I have been in Slang-Hsien about seven months ...

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  7. THE FRENCH PACIFIC SQUADRON.

    The French protected cruiser Protet has been ordered from the Pacific to China. The Protet was expected to visit Sydney, and she was on a cruise among the Island when she was ordered ...

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  8. THE GUNBOAT PROTECTOR.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The people of Port Adelaide and the Semaphore combined on Saturday in giving a cordial send-off to the officers and men of the gungoat Protector, which leaves for ...

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  9. CHURCH PARADE.

    St. Andrew's Cathedral was densely crowded yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the church parade of the Naval Contingent about to proceed to China. Long before 3 o'clock, when the ...

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  10. THE DELAGOA BAY LINE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Lieutenant-General French's right wing of the British advance column now rests at Komati River, cast of Middelburg, where the Delagoa Bay railway, ...

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  11. THE ATTEMPT ON THE SHAH.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The French police are unable to identify the Shah's assailant. LONDON, Saturday.--The Shah's assailant in the late attempted outrage was Francois Salson, ...

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  12. THE NAVAL CONTINGENT.

    The field and machine gun crows of the New South Wales contingent were told off on Saturday, and were put through some useful drill. The rest of the contingent was exercised in ...

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  13. AT TIEN-TSIN.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Captain A. W. S. Wingate, serving in China with the 14th Bengal Lancers, has discovered in the Imperial offices at Tien-tsin a paper proving ...

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  14. BESIEGED IN PEKIN.

    Couriers who arrived at the seats of Government of the southern Viceroys from their agencies in Pekin (states a cable message to a San Francisco paper on July 4), give vivid but ...

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  15. SIEGE AT RUSTENBURG.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--General Ian Hamilton is marching from the vicinity of Pretoria to Rustenburg, where General Baden-Powell is hard pressed by the ...

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  16. FREMANTLE AS A PORT OF CALL.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Commencing with the Himalaya, the vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines of mall steamers will call at Fremantle, instead of Albany as ...

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  17. THE YANG-TSE VALLEY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Sixteen British and four Japanese warships are stationed in the vicinity of Shanghai. The Viceroy of Nankin and Vice- Admiral ...

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  18. COMMUNICATION WITH THE MINISTERS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Li Hung Chang announced yesterday that no message would be allowed to go to the Legations at Pekin, owing to the allies advancing on the ...

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  19. THE MURDERED KING.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Bressi, who assassinated King Humbert, when arrested, remarked to the police that within two months all men would be free and equal. ...

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  20. PRESENTATION TO COMMANDER CONNOR.

    The officials of the Department of Mines and Agriculture gathered on Saturday morning to bid good-bye to their fellow-officer, Commander E. R. Connor, who is leaving for China with the ...

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

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Viceroy of the province of Sze-Chuen has been warned that he will be held responsible for the safety of the exploring and prospecting ...

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  22. THE LATE DUKE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The municipality of Coburg passed a vote of heartfelt condolence to her Majesty Queen Victoria upon the death of her second son, Prince Alfred, Dake of ...

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  23. FIGHT AT FREDERICKSTAD.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Boer commandant Liebeberg, on July 31 last, sent a flag of truce to Major General Smith-Dorrien, who, with his force, was near ...

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  24. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The large areas that will be covered by the electoral districts under the Commonwealth has suggested that the expense of contesting an election for the Federal Parliament might, under the ...

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  25. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--It is officially announced that the "Free State" leader, Commandant Olivier, who broke through the British cordon near Fouriesberg with ...

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  26. CHINA'S PREPARATIONS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The 'Imperial Chinese Court is sending the Pekin Palace treasures to Chang- tsu, the old capital of the province Shan- se. ...

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  27. HUNTER'S SUCCESS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Lieutenant General Hunter is still reaping the fruits of his success at Fouresberg. Another body of 750 Boers have now ...

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  28. MURDER OF THE GERMAN MINISTER.

    Various accounts of the murder of Baron von Ketteler have reached Shanghai. One correspondent says that Prince Tuan, who is the dictator at the capital, tried by means of ...

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  29. A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN

    The Premier has received the following cable from Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonics:--"Her Majesty the Queen commands me to convey her warm thanks for the kind message ...

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  30. THE QUEENSLAND FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--Since the announcement of the result of the referendum in West Australia, it is definitely known that, on a population basis, Queensland sends nine members to the Federal ...

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  31. SOFT- NOSED BULLETS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The 17 Boer prisoners who were captured by Liout General Ian Hamilton's troops during the recent fighting on the Magaliesberg Range, ...

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  32. OTHER FAREWELLS.

    Mr. Georgo Wynne, of the literary staff of "The Daily Telegraph," was entertained at supper on Saturday night at Tollemache's by his colleagues, who wished to bid him farewell before he left for ...

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  33. GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Japan has declined the British Government's offer of financial assistance to carry on operations to restore order in China. ...

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  34. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE M'KINLEY.

    SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.--President M'Kinley is at his home in Canton, Ohio. There he is under, the guard of special detectives, the reason for the unusual precaution being that a plot to ...

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  35. CONTRACTS' COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The commission of inquiry appointed by the British War Office to inquire into the alleged scandals in connection with army contracts ...

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  36. GOULBURN'S MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION.

    GOULBURN, Saturday.--The Mayor to-day received a telegram from Sir John Forrest, in reply to his message of congratulation on the result of the referendum: "I thank you for your kind ...

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  37. RUSSIA'S POSITION.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Russians have captured the fortress of Hunchun, capturing many Chinese cannon. This success relieves the situation in ...

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  38. DEPARTURE' OF NEWCASTLE MEN.

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Lieutenant Gillam and other Newcastle men belonging to the New South Wales Contingent for China had a splendid send off this afternoon. They left by train, and the ...

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  39. PARLIAMENTARY PARTY AT WEE-WAA.

    WEE WAA, Saturday.--The Minister for Justice, accompanied by Messrs. J. Wilson, J. Hepher and Flowers, Ms.L.C., and Messrs. H. Ross (district), J. M'Gowen, J. Norton, N. Nielson, H. ...

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  40. THE COMMONS AND KRUGER

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking last night in the House of Commons, announced that letters which had been found ...

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  41. HONINGSPRUIT WRECKERS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Rundle, commanding a strong mixed force, is pursuing the Honingsprult train wreckers, who recently ...

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  42. THE PLAGUE.

    TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--A man named Ford, a passenger by the steamer Ripple, from Cardwell, went to the hospital on Saturday morning, the vessel haying arrived the previous night. Dr. ...

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  43. THE VICTORIANS.

    It current rumors are to be credited, serious trouble bus developed in connection with the Victorian Naval Contingent. It is said to have begun on the march to the boat at Melbourne, ...

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  44. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Trooper A. SHARPE, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, was slightly wounded during the recent flighting at Zilikatsnck. ...

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  45. CAPE COLONY POLITICS

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the late Premier of Cape Colony, who is strenuously supporting the Cape Colony Treason Bill, which has been made a party ...

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  46. DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Vice Admiral Seymour, in command of the British squadron, has exchanged friendly visits with the Viceroy of Nankin. ...

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  47. BIG FIRE AT GEELONG.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Early this morning the Clyde Fellmongery, at Geelong, the largest of its kind in Australia, was completely destroyed by fire. About 6 o'clock the caretaker of Mundy's ...

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  48. THE MURDERED KING.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The mortal remains of the late King Humbert of Italy will be interred in the Pantheon, at Rome, on Thursday. ...

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  49. FURTHER MASSACRES.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--A refugee who has reached Tien-tsin states that a force of 2000 Imperial Chinese troops have massacred 15,000 native converts at Debaodisee, ...

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  50. BREWARRINA FATALITIES.

    BREWARRINA, Saturday.--Twe fatal accidents have just occurred in connection with vehicles. A cook named W. H. Hunt, employed on Bundabulla station, foll off a cart, and ...

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  51. THE PHILIPPINES.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A force of 250 insurgents in the larger Philippine Island of Luzon has succeeded in ambushing and cutting up an American detachment consisting of a ...

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  52. STRENGTH OF THE CHINESE ARMY.

    "The Times" St. Petersburg correspondent says that on June 30 the grand staff of the Russian army estimated the Chinese army to number 1,720,000 men. He also said that about 900,000 ...

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  53. KHAKI-CLAD GERMANS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The German troops for service in China will wear khaki uniform and felt hats, similar to those worn by the Australian volunteer forces. ...

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  54. KRUGER'S LAST EFFORTS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Router's Agency reports that President Kruger and General Louis Botha, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, have issued a proclamation in ...

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  55. RUSSO-JAPANESE FRICTION.

    The action of the Russian and Japanese at Taku is strongly antagonistic. It seems that the Russians arbitrarily claim one of the captured Chinese torpedo-boats whicli the captain of the ...

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  56. THE ALLIES' CENSORSHIP.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The allies are exercising a rigorous censorship over all messages despatched from China. ...

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