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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A force of 22 Boers intercepted Privates Warburton and Brownell, Tasmanians, at Gannahoek. The Tasmanians took shelter behind trees, ...

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  3. PERSONAL.

    Lord Ranfurly, the Governor of New Zealand, arrived in Sydney last evening by the Union S.S. Company's steamer Mokoia from Wellington. ...

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  4. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Duke of Cornwall and York today laid the foundation-stone of the Anglican Cathedral in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering, including the ...

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  5. COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The PRESIDENT (Sir R. Baker) took the chair at 2.30 p.m. The debate on the Address-in-Reply was continued. Senator MILLEN (N.S.W.) had moved an ...

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  6. CHINA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Lord Landsdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking yesterday in the House of Lords, referred to the position in China, and said that ...

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  7. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow today, 2425 casks were offered, and 1300 casks were sold. Prices of all kinds remained unchanged as ...

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  8. MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS.

    All arrangements for the troops which are to take part in the grand State military review have now been completed at the camps on Centennial Park and the old Paddington Rifle Range. The ...

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  9. CONGRATULATING SIR FREDERICK DARLEY.

    At the meeting of the State Executive Council on Tuesday the opportunity was taken by the State Premier to congratulate the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Frederick Darley, G.C.M.G., upon ...

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  10. R.M.S. ARCADIA AT FREMANTLE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 words
  11. DEATH OF MR. A. SHADLER.

    A cable has been received announcing the death at Hanover of Mr. A. Shadler, at the age of 76 years. Mr. Shadler was born in Hamburg in 1825. He arrived in Sydney in 1851, having just ...

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  12. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons last night the debate on the amendment to the second reading of the Finance Bill, embodying the Budget ...

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  13. IN ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Three thousand horses, 20,000 sheep, and 2000 cattle have been captured in the eastern districts of the Orange River Colony. ...

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  14. ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURNED SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS.

    The soldiers who took part in the war in South Africa, and who have already returned to the State, are to be treated with every possible consideration. This resolve on the part of ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. REMOVAL OF THE COURT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--An Imperial decree directs the peace plenipotentiaries Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching to expedite negotiations, since the famine in the ...

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  16. NEWCASTLE DECORATIONS.

    Special decorations are to be made by the Railway Commissioners at Honeysuckle Point and at Newcastle railway stations in honor of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and ...

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  17. CAPE RAIDERS DISORGANISED.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Twelve-hundred Boers have concentrated in the Zuurberg, near Port Elizabeth. LONDON, Wednesday.--Colonel Scobell's ...

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  18. DEATH OF MISS TAPLIN.

    Miss Louise Taplin, who, for many years past, has been the matron of Ashfield Infants' Home, succumbed on Tuesday evening to an attack of pneumonia. Deceased was a great favorite in ...

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  19. COUNT WALDERSEE RETURNING.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Commander-in-Chief of the Allies, Count Von Waldersee, is returning to Germany in June. He will first proceed to Japan as the guest ...

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  20. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The following particulars are to hand relating to Australian soldiers on active service in South Africa:--WEST AUSTRALIAN FORCES. ...

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  21. EXTENDING THE RAILWAY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The British are extending the railway to Tungchau, thereby giving a second line via the Peiho. ...

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  22. FUTURE OF THE YEOMANRY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Lord Roberts, addressing the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars at Badminton, said it was not intended to transfer the Yeomanry into ...

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  23. PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL FUND.

    A special appeal has been made to the Masonic fraternity in New South Wales to subscribe to the fund to equip and furnish the Queen Victoria Memorial Pavilions at the Prince Alfred ...

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  24. CONTINENTAL JEALOUSIES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Metz incident has irritated the French press, although a Russian semi-official statement declares that it had no significance. ...

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  25. AMERICA CUP.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--In the latest trials between the two yachts, the America Cup challenger, Shamrock II., has beaten and outpaced her predecessor, Shamrock I. ...

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  26. ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. JUNO.

    H.M.S. Juno which, with the St. George, is acting as escort to the Royal yacht Ophir, arrived and moored off Woolloomooloo Bay. The Juno rates as a second-class cruiser, and is of ...

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  27. THE VISIT TO THE HAWKESBURY.

    The Royal party are due at Newcastle at noon on Saturday, and they will continue their journey half an hour later. The train is to arrive at the Hawkesbury about 3 p.m. ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    The Bank of New South Wales shipped £100,000 to South Africa by the steamer Sophocles today. The Chief Justice ruled today, in a case under the Factories Act, that an employer was wrong in ...

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  29. RUSSIAN OFFICERS IN JAPAN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--There Russian officers have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment by a Japanese Court at Yokohama. The prisoners were caught drawing plans of the ...

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  30. COLONEL MAXWELL KILLED.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Colonel R. C. Maxwell of the Engineers, was thrown from his horse and rendered unconscious at Rouxville. He is in a critical condition. ...

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  31. WHAT SYDNEY IS DOING.

    Little by little patches of color are making their appearance in the streets along the line of route for the Royal procession on Monday. No idea can yet be formed as to the exact shape that ...

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  32. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

    {No abstract available}

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  33. AUSTRALIAN JAM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The War Office has purchased 1678 tons of Australian jam for the use of the troops on active service in South Africa. ...

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  34. IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The population of Ireland, according to the census, is 4,456,546, and that of Scotland 4,471,957. ...

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  35. VISITING WARSHIPS.

    The assurance that the Russian cruiser Gromobol will visit Sydney during the stay of the Duke and Duchess of York is a matter of much interest. The cruiser leaves Melbourne ...

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  36. DEVELOPING THE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.

    The State Minister for Agriculture has embarked upon a scheme of reorganising his department. A Director of Agriculture will be appointed, and the department divided into sections, ...

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  37. RAND LABOR SUPPLY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The mining and financial houses on the Rand have combined to regulate and control upon a great scale a steady, economical supply of native labor. ...

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  38. POPULATION OF UNITED KINGDOM.

    {No abstract available}

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  39. VICE-REGAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

    The Governor-General will go to Newcastle on Saturday to meet the Royal party there, and will probably return to Sydney the same night, so as to supervise the final arrangements for the ...

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  40. AUSTRALIANS WHO HAVE FOUGHT.

    ADELONG, Wednesday.--Trooper N. W. Smith, a native of Adelong, who has just returned from South Africa, after seeing 15 months' service with Brabant's Horse, was entertained at a social last ...

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  41. THE FALL IN LEAD.

    An exemplification of the effect of the fall in the price of lead upon the earnings of the Broken-hill companies is furnished by the financial statement of Block 10, which shows that the net profit ...

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  42. DEATH OF ADMIRAL COMMERELL.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The death is announced of Vice-Admiral Sir John E. Commerell. Vice-Admiral Sir. John Edmund Commerell, ...

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  43. A SORT OF POPULAR DELUSION.

    An application by the executors of the will of Mr. James Currell, late of Albert Park, cab proprietor, for probate to be granted, was heard today. The application was opposed by Mr. ...

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  44. THE NEWCASTLE STOP.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the citizens, held this morning, under the presidency of the Mayor, the programme for Saturday's reception of the Duke and Duchess of York ...

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  45. A HARE DRIVE ARRANGED.

    BUNGENDORE, Wednesday.--The members of the Royal party are to be entertained at a hare drive on Gidleigh Estate on Friday next. ...

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  46. THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING.

    A correspondent writes telling us that today (May 23) is the first anniversary of the relief of Mafeking. Probably most people will be surprised to learn that a year has passed since that ...

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  47. PRESENTS FOR THE DUKE.

    The album which is being prepared for presentation to the Duke of Cornwall and York is now completed, and will be on view in Messrs. Hardy Brothers' show-rooms for the next two or ...

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  48. STATE POLITICS.

    The State Cabinet [?]at to-night, and carefully calculated the Government's chances at the June elections. Mr. Peacock expects to add to his present majority. Furthermore, he anticipates ...

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  49. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    George H. Stone committed suicide in a determined manner at his residence, Adelaide-terrace, yesterday morning. His wife was away, and deceased was the only person in the house. ...

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  50. SMALLPOX ON THE ORMUZ.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--There is nothing fresh to report from the quarantine ground, where the passengers by the Ormuz and the other contacts are detained owing to the ...

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  51. PATRIOTIC ALDERMEN.

    At the last meeting of the Willoughby Council a letter was received from the Sydney Citizens' Committee, asking the municipality to contribute a wreath, not exceeding 2ft. 4in. in ...

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  52. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Sir Eilis Ashmead Bartlett, Conservative member for Ecclesfield, has filed his schedule in bankruptcy. The deficiency in his estates amounts to £50,000. ...

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  53. LORD HOPETOUN'S INTEREST.

    The Mayor, Sir James Graham, has had an interview with the Governor-General with reference to the arrangements in connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York ...

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  54. FOR BRISBANE ART GALLERY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. F. B. Dicksee, R.A., and Mr. Darcy have selected for the Brisbane Art Gallery Mr. Charles Napier Hemy's seascape, "The Home Wind," which has been ...

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  55. THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

    Arrangements were made yesterday for the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Frederick Darley, to open the Young People's Industrial Exhibition at Moore Park, on May 28. The Royal party will ...

    Article : 36 words
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