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  2. NEWS FROM NEW GUINEA.

    Advices from New Guinea yesterday state that the steamer Moresby, of Burns, Philp, and Company's line, was to leave Samarai on September 29. Captain Williams expected to reach Sydney ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--It is reported at the War Office that Major-General Sir William Penn Symons, commanding the British forces at Glencoe has been wounded ...

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  4. THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The United States authorities at Washington report that no further progress has been made towards the ultimate settlement of the Samoan difficulty. ...

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  5. THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    On the western frontier an estimated force of 16,000 Free Staters, under General M. Prinsloo, have occupied and fortified the Drakenberg Passes, and subsequently advanced along the railway line through Van Ree[?]en's Pass to Besters, within about 12 miles of Ladysmith, which is held by 9000 Britishers. From the north, the Transvaalers have advanced to Dannhauser, within 12 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 157 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Dr. Cockburn, Agent-General for South Australia, now attending the International Commercial Congress being hold at Philadelphia, U.S.A., has delivered ...

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  7. THE GAY GORDONS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Her Majesty the Queen, who is at present at Ballater, in Aberdeenshire, wished "God-speed" to the 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, ...

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  8. IMPERIAL AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The National Agricultural Union is forwarding invitations to the colonics to attend an Imperial Agricultural Congress in London next summer. ...

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  9. TODAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE.

    LONDON, Friday.--On the resumption of the debate on the Address-in-Reply, Mr. A. J. Stanhope, Liberal member for Burnley, moved an amendment condemning the ...

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  11. THE PERILS OF THE ALPS.

    COOMA, Friday.--A rough time has been experienced by Mr. C. E. Wragge, one of the observers at Mount Kosciusko. He was discovered three miles from the observatory in a ...

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  12. ENGLISH RACING.

    LONDON, Friday.--Of the horses which have accepted for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, to be run on Wednesday, the 25th instant, Mazella is quoted at 9 to 1, Oban 10 to 1, and Erc[?]ldoune 14 to 1 ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Shaw, Saville, and Albion Company has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. ...

    Article : 30 words
  14. SUNDAY SERVICES.

    The Rev. George Walters will preach tomorrow, morning and evening, in the I.O.O.F. Temple, the evening subject being "The Sign of the Cross." ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAND AND MORTGAGE COMPANY.

    LONDON, Friday.--The annual balance-sheet of the South Australian Land and Mortgage Company shows a profit for the year of £11,424. The sum of £26,650 has been carried forward. ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. PERSONAL.

    To-night the members of the League of Wheelmen will tender a complimentary dinner to their president, Mr. T. H. Hassall (Minister for Lands). Mr. Hassall has been president of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. THE AMERICA CUP.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the third of the series of the five contests for the America Cup, the challenger, Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht, the Shamrock, promised well, when the wind once again died ...

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  18. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Additional particulars from the seat of war in Natal are to the effect that 9000 Boers attacked Glencoe at daybreak, shelling the British ...

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  19. NOTES ON THE EVENT.

    Two out of the series of five races between the Columbia and Shamrock have at last been decided, and, unfortunately enough from our point of view, have resulted disastrously to the ...

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  20. PRESENTATION TO A PRECENTOR.

    At the Chapter House yesterday afternoon presentations were made to the Rev. P. J. Simpson (precentor of St. Andrew's Cathedral), in view of his departure for England next week on a six ...

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  21. DEATH OF CAPTAIN CAMPBELL.

    Another of those old identities who had seen the hardy pioneer days of Sydney 50 years ago gradually give place, as old age crept on, to the rush and bustle of the present days passed ...

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  22. A MAFEKING MAN[?]UVRE.

    LONDON, Friday.--Although not, as yet, officially confirmed owing to the fact that the Boers have isolated all Bechuanaland border towns, the report of a sensational ...

    Article : 200 words
  23. BOER MAN[?]UVRES.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Reports from the seat of war in Natal state that the Boers are manoeuvring in order to make a simultaneous attack on Ladysmith and ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. MR. O'SULLIVAN AT GOSFORD.

    GOSFORD, Friday.--Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, accompanied by Mr. John Norton, member for Northumberland, paid Gosford and various paris of the district, an official ...

    Article : 535 words
  25. THE FREE STATERS ENGAGED.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--To the west of Ladysmith the Orange Free Staters are present at Besters to the number of 2000. These were gallantly engaged this ...

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  26. MUTINY OF A RIFLE CORPS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Mounted Rifle Corps in Umvoti, a district in the northeastern part of Natal, has mutinied. The corps was largely recruited among ...

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  27. AN APPEAL TO THE IRISH.

    LONDON, Friday.--An appeal was recently made to the Irish Local Government bodies to pass resolutions of sympathy with the Boers in the war between the Dutch ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. BORDER TOWNS ABANDONED

    LONDON, Friday.--Owing to the near approach of strong Boer commandos the British forces have been withdrawn from the towns of Vryburg and Fourteen ...

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  29. THE MAYOR OF REDFERN.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, M.P., has notified his intention of being present at the banquet to be tendered to the Mayor of Redfern, Alderman Clarke, M.P., in the Redfern Town-hall, on ...

    Article : 90 words
  30. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The authorities at Durban have seized as contraband of war the steamer Rollo's cargo of Jarrahdale sleepers, which had been consigned to ...

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  31. ATTACK ON GLENCOE.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Boers have advanced on Glencoe, and are attacking the British position with great vigor. The main body of the enemy, under the ...

    Article : 166 words
  32. DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES.

    Two ladies, Miss Beatrice Hassall and Miss I. M'Callum, leave Sydney by the P. and O. steamer Himalaya today for Port Said en route to Jerusalem, whither they are proceeding, as ...

    Article : 509 words
  33. KIMBERLEY AND MAFEKING

    LONDON, Friday.--The latest official intelligence from Kimberley is dated the 17th inst., and from Mafeking, the 15th inst. On those dates both towns reported all ...

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  34. "OLD SCOTCH" IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    A unique function took place in the vaults of the House of Commons the other day. It would appear that up till now the members of the Kitchen Committee of St. Stephen's have purchased ...

    Article : 310 words
  35. GOLD IMPOUNDED.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Cape Customs has impounded £150,000 worth of minted gold on board the Kinfauns Castle, consigned to the Transvaal. ...

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  36. BOERS CAPTURE A TRAIN.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Boers have captured a train running between Ladysmith and Glencoe, a distance of 42 miles. The train was conveying several British ...

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  37. THE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND RACE.

    A fact worthy of being recorded is that a weakness in the Shamrock's gear was foretold before the racing for the America Cup began. A wire dated, New York, September 13, to the ...

    Article : 310 words
  38. LORD EDWARD CECIL.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Major Lord Edward Cecil (Grenadier Guards), Lord Salisbury's fourth son, is at Mafeking serving under Colonel R. S. S. Baden-Powell, ...

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  39. A MINER CRUSHED AT HELENSBURGH.

    Oliver Hickman (41), a coal-miner, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital last night suffering from injuries received in a mine at Helensburch, and from which he is not likely to ...

    Article : 156 words
  40. TRANSVAAL INDEPENDENCE

    LONDON, Friday.--A Russian officer named Colonel Stakhovitch will accompany Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter, chief of General Buller's staff, to the front. ...

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  41. ANOTHER TRAIN FIGHT.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--An armored British train reconnoitring to the north of Kimberley, towards Fourteen Streams, on Saturday, the 14th inst., ...

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  42. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    The debate in the Legislative Assembly on the Transvaal contingent proposal lasted until after 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The following concludes our report of the ...

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  43. CONVICTED FOR PIRACY--RELEASED A HERO.

    A case which at one time created immense sensation in France has just been ended by the pardon of a man who. If he was a murderer, was, at the same time, a hero. In 1892 a man named ...

    Article : 169 words
  44. THE HUMORS OF LESE-MAJESTE.

    Some time ago the inside sheet of the "Vorwaeris" was confiscated by the police. No one know why, but it was generally supposed to be for reasons of "lese-majeste." When, however, it ...

    Article : 153 words
  45. A SUSPECTED SPY.

    LONDON, Friday.--A well-known eccentric identity in the person of "Baron" Gainsberg has been court-martialled at Pretoria, and shot as an English spy. ...

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  46. THE MAJOR-GENERAL'S VIEWS.

    Major-General French, who has not yet recovered from his attack of influenza, was seen yesterday at his residence, Dawes' Point. His original recommendations to the Government as ...

    Article : 287 words
  47. THE AFFAIR AT KRAAPAN.

    LONDON, Friday.--President Kruger reports that Lieutenant Nesbitt and seven of his men, who had been prisoners in the hands of the Boers since the armored train ...

    Article : 50 words
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