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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--Ex-President Kruger has fled from the Transvaal. He arrived at Lorenzo Marques (Delagoa Bay) on Tuesday. ...

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  3. CHINA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. J. Goodnow, American Vice-Consul at Shanghai, has ascertained that 93 British and American missionaries were massacred ...

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  4. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency Lord Beauchamp, attended by Captain Clark, A.D.C., was present at the Liedertafel concert last evening. The Governor has made arrangements to leave ...

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  5. WITH THE NAVAL CONTINGENT.

    The following letter from the special representative of "The Daily Telegraph" with the Australian Naval Contingent reached Thursday Island by the Tsinan, and has ...

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  6. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, who is now at Pretoria, in his report on the victory of the British troops at Spitzkop, states that the road towards the ...

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  7. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--During Government business hours in the Legislative Assembly to-night, the question of referring the construction of the railway to Mildura to a standing ...

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  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Curiously; the House of Assembly, with the galleries well tenanted with farmers who had come to visit the show, devoted its sitting to-day largely to the consideration ...

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  9. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day 1125 casks were offered, and 825 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follow:--Mutton, fine 27s ...

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  10. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    After the first edition was published the Assembly continued to sit, and succeeded in getting through a good deal of business. COAL MINES REGULATION. ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In the Legislative Assembly to-day on the resumption of the debate on the second reading of the Albert River-Lily-dale Tramway Bill, the Speaker said that when ...

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  12. ILLNESS OF THE PREMIER'S FATHER.

    Sir William Ly[?]e was in Melbourne yesterday for a few hours en route for Sydney. He saw Mr. M'Lean for a little time, and also addressed a few words to a deputation, who urged reform ...

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  13. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Li Hung Chang has addressed an urgent memorial to the Imperial Court, begging, its members to return to Pekin. ...

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  14. BARBERTON RE-VICTUALLED.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Portuguese authorities at Delagoa Bay have allowed the Boers at Barberton to receive a cargo of flour. They were, before the ...

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  15. COMPLIMENTARY GATHERINGS.

    CAMDEN, Wednesday.--A complimentary smoke concert was tendered to Lieutenant J. M. Onslow last night at the School of Arts, the hall being well filled. The Mayor presided, and the ...

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  16. FASHIONABLE WEDDING.

    At St. James' Church yesterday afternoon the marriage of Mr. Alexander Hay, of Coolangatta, brother of Dr. Hay, Crow's-nest, North Sydney, to Miss Florence Burdckin, second daughter of the ...

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  17. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--In the Legislative Assembly the Public Service Bill was discussed in committee. It was decided that no pay for overtime be given except in special cases, when the ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. THE CHARGES OF COWARDICE.

    WYALONG, Wednesday.--Troopers Dalgetty, G. Campbell, and Henry Symons, members of the contingent which left here for South Africa, and who have return invalided, were publicly ...

    Article : 360 words
  19. ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The British garrisons which were stationed at Ladybrand, Ficksburg, and Senekal, in the eastern part of the Orange River Colony, have been ...

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  20. CHRISTIAN MARTYRS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Particulars of one of the recent massacres show that on June 29 the Boxers at Hseuwen-hsien, in the Yang-tse province of Kwei-chow, attacked ...

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  21. MINISTERIAL VISIT TO PARRAMATTA.

    An avenue of trees was planted and named in Parramatta, Park yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of residents of the town and district, the first trees being planted ...

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  22. A TIGHT CORNER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Major-General Dalgety's mixed brigade of Gape, colonial, and Imperial troops were hard pressed by the enemy in a tight corner at ...

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  23. LYING PROCLAMATIONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The people inhabiting the interior provinces have by lying proclamations been convinced that the Empress Dowager has won great victories. ...

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  24. THE TEXAS TIDAL WAVE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--By the tidal wave which destroyed Galveston steam launches and schooners were carried 10 miles inland. The dead bodies in the Galveston Cemetery were ...

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  25. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    The Medic, with another contingent of invalided soldiers from South Africa, is expected this afternoon. A guard, consisting of two officers, two ...

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  26. THE GALLANT INDIANS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Sir Claude Macdonald, British Minister at Pekin, in thanking Lord Curzou, Viceroy of India, for his message of congratulation on the relief of ...

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  27. DE WET'S CHIVALRY.

    Commandants De Wet and Botha have proved themselves foemen worthy of our steel by their daring and their resource. Their courteous and considerate treatment of our wounded and ...

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  28. AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Colonel Henry, commanding a mixed force largely consisting of Australian troops, has had a sharp engagement at Weltervreden with a force ...

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  29. FRENCH AND RUSSIANS AT PEKIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The French and Russian Ambassadors, and the military contingents of these Powers now at Pekin, have been ordered to leave the city for ...

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  30. ANOTHER BOER DEFEAT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, who is operating in the vicinity of Mafeking, has attacked and routed a force of Boers on the Molopo River. ...

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  31. THE ASHANTI WAR.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Captains George C. Benson, of the King's (Shropshire) Light Infantry, and W. T. Willcox, of the Gold Coast Constabulary, with some Akim (native) levies, ...

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  32. AN ALLIED MOVEMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Four thousand allied troops have started from Tien-tsin for Pao-ting-fu, 135 miles further west. The corps comprises British, American, Russian, ...

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  33. NATAL VOLUNTEERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It has been arranged that the Natal Volunteers will remain on active service until November 11, thirteen months from the date of the ...

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  34. THE PROTECTOR.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The South Australian gunboat Protector, which is now at Hongkong, has been commisisoned for active service in Chinese waters. ...

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  35. MILITARY.

    It having been decided to form a local half-squadron of Lancers at Galston, to be attached to the Parramatta squadron on Tuesday, a deputation interviewed the Colonial Secretary, ...

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  36. SCULLING.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--George Towns, the New South Wales sculler, victor in the recent race for the English championship, now challenges the world's rowing men to race him for £500 ...

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  37. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENTS.

    In answer to a question by Dr. Ross in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Colonial Secretary supplied the following information about the various contingents serving in South Africa. The ...

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  38. A RETURNED CHINA MISSIONARY.

    Among the passengers by the Japanese mail-boat Kasuga Maru, which reached Sydney yesterday, was Miss Moore, a lady missionary from China, who is on her way home to New Zealand. ...

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  39. INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

    The party of 12 Indian boys, under Adjutant Daja, Ralna, who arrived in Sydney a few days ago to tour the colony under the auspices of the Salvation Army, and in the interests of the ...

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  40. THE PLAGUE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Government off Switzerland has declared all Australian harbors to be "infected." Persons travelling through Switzerland from Australia will be subjected to supervision. ...

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  41. LANCERS' INSTRUCTION CAMP.

    A week's instruction camp for members of the New South Wales Lancer Regiment will commence on Saturday at headquarters. All who wish to qualify for commissions or the position ...

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  42. INVALIDED HOME.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Aberdeen White Star steamer Nineveh, which arrived from Capetown this afternoon and berthed at the Yarra Wharf, brought back another lot of ...

    Article : 525 words
  43. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

    The following dates have been gazetted to be observed as public holidays in the localities mentioned:--Henry and Germanton, Thursday, 13th inst.; Albury, Friday, 14th inst.: Tamworth, ...

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  44. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Playing for an English eleven again the Rest of England. R. Abel, the Surrey professional, has scored his twelfth century in first-class cricket for the present season, ...

    Article : 39 words
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