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  2. THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    LONDON, Friday.--Detailed accounts are now to hand dealing with the battle which took place on Tuesday, the 24th inst., at Rietfontein, near Besters, about seven miles ...

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  3. AUSTRALASIAN BANK FRAUDS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The committee of the London Stock Exchange has suspended a broker for a month and one of the clerks for six months for having transactions with Charles Griffen ...

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  4. A STORMY PASSAGE.

    The barque Anna Aleida, flying the Dutch flag, arrived yesterday from New York via Barbadoes, with a general cargo. The voyage since leaving New York has been considerably ...

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  5. THE WARSHIPS.

    The flagship Royal Arthur arrived at Melbourne last evening from Sydney. H.M. ships Karra-katta and Porpoise should reach the Victorian capital today. They are expected to return ...

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  6. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Friday.--The British, who, to the number of about 4000 men, under Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. K[?]kewich (Lancashire Regiment) and Mr. Cecil J. Rhodes, are ...

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  7. FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.

    LONDON, Friday.--"Le Matin," an influential Paris newspaper, declares that "Franco is prepared to favorably consider the suggestion, if Germany proposes ...

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  8. THE LANCERS DETACHMENT.

    Everything in connection with the selection and departure of the detachment of Lancers required to bring those recently in England up to their proper fighting strength has been done in a ...

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  9. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    LONDON, Friday.--The British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, Lord Cromer, reports that the plague, which has been prevalent, more particularly at Alexandria, for some time past, ...

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  10. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    LONDON, Friday.--British newspapers generally endorse the Imperial Government's expressed sense of great gratification at the dispatch of the New Zealand contingent, ...

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  11. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    Although some of the arrangements in connection with the departure of the Kent this afternoon appear to the layman to be a good deal behindhand, it is quite probable that she will get ...

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  12. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Friday.--President M'Kinley has officially received the Agents-General for the Australasian colonies who are attending the International Commercial Congress, which was ...

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  13. BLUEJACKETS SEIZE A BANK.

    LONDON, Friday.--A number of British bluejackets have been landed in Durban, the seaport of Natal, and seized the local branch of the Transvaal National Bank. ...

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  14. SUPPORTING MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    LONDON, Friday.--Sir Edward Grey, a prominent Liberal member of the House of Commons, who occupied the position of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the ...

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  15. A VESSEL IN DISTRESS.

    Our South Head correspondent telegraphed last evening:--"At 9.15 o'clock this evening the signal master at the Heads received a message from the Water Police to the effect that the police had ...

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  16. ITALIAN TRAITORS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Important documents relating to the defences of Italy have been stolen from the army headquarters. Several military officers have been arrested for ...

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  17. OVER-EAGER PURSUERS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The portion of the 18th Hussars, numbering 30, who have arrived at Ladysmith, after being hotly pursued by the Boors, formed part of a force ...

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  18. FRIENDLY FOES.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Boers after their reverse at Elandslaagte remained in force in the vicinity, and upon the dispatch of British burial parties ...

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  19. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Newmarket meeting was continued today, when the Dewhurst Plato resulted:--The Dewhurst Plate, of 300 sovs., added to a ...

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  20. REPORT FROM THE WAVERLEY POLICE.

    The Waverley police, when seen at a late hour, stated that the information of a supposed vessel in distress was brought to the station by Mr. Alexander, a resident of Waverley. A woman ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. TODAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 words
  22. THE IMPATI-HILL FIGHT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--After the reports of the battle at Impati-hill, which occurred on Friday, began to filter through, it was variously stated that of the Boer artillery which ...

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  23. ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--President Steyn, the ruler of the Orange Free State, has issued another proclamation in which he summons the residents in the ...

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  24. RETURN OF THE CAPTAIN COOK. AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH.

    The pilot steamer Captain Cook returned to Watson's Bay shortly after midnight. Captain Creer, when seen by a "Daily Telegraph" reporter, stated that he had seen nothing of the ...

    Article : 92 words
  25. THE MEN IN ENGLAND.

    When seen last night by a "Daily Telegraph representative, Captain Lee said that there had been a good deal of "rush" about the arrangements for the departure, but hard work all ...

    Article : 454 words
  26. SUNDAY SERVICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  27. THE AUSTRALIAN STARTING MACHINE.

    LONDON, Friday:--The Jockey Club has chosen the starting machine invented by Mr. Gray, an Australian, for use on the racecourses under its control. ...

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  28. THE BOER INVADERS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Orange Free State troops are again massing near Elandslaagte. There is also a commando, numbering ...

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  29. DAWSON CITY.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Dawson City, the chief town of the Klondyke gold region in north-west Canada, has offered to send 100 marksmen at the town's expense to ...

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  30. FIRE IN WILLIAM-STREET.

    The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 1 a.m. yesterday for a fire at 104 William-street, a building of three floors, occupied by Mr. F. Pollard, who conducts a ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Scottish-Australian Mining Company's report shows a profit for the year of £4671. A dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum has been declared and £2141 ...

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  32. A BRAVE DOCTOR.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A most extraordinary incident occurred immediately after the engagement at Elandslaagte. Dr. Hornabrook, advancing quite alone, ...

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  33. THE DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SYMONS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Commandant-General Joubert, commanding the Boer forces at present invading Natal, has informed Lieutenant-General Sir George Stewart White, ...

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  34. ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS

    LONDON, Friday.--The transport Zayathla, of the British India Company's fleet, has landed a battery and a half battery of field artillery at Capetown. ...

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  35. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor drove to Victoria Barracks yesterday afternoon to see the preparations being made by the troops who are going to South Africa. His Excellency then drove to ...

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  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Adelaide directors of the South Australian Land, Mortgage, and Agency Company have received a cable from London, stating that at the meeting of shareholders the amount carried ...

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  37. HELLINGS' MEMORIAL FUND.

    A large and representative meeting of the friends and admirers of the late Mr. George Holdings was held at the Oxford Hotel last evening for the purpose of organising a benefit for his ...

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  38. MAFEKING IN PERIL.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Although it was reported a day or two ago that Commandant Cronje had left only a small commando to guard Mafeking while ...

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  39. MARINE INSURANCES.

    Messrs. A. B. Pursell and Co., insurance brokers, of 105 Pitt-street, received a cable yesterday afternoon from their London agents to the effect that on account of the possible serious ...

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  40. A LIFE FOR A HAT.

    Joseph Pribaniez, aged 36, of Hoeflein, a man who has always been considered to be in a normal state of mind, was travelling by train, when his hat was blown off and carried out of the ...

    Article : 154 words
  41. INFANTRY UNIT.

    Yesterday the members of the infantry unit, who are encamped at the Agricultural Ground, were paraded early, and Captain Legge, the officer commanding, decided to take the men for a ...

    Article : 310 words
  42. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRIC.

    The steamer Afric, on which an outbreak of smallpox occurred, arrived in Sydney early yesterday, and immediately proceeded to quarantine. She brought 123 passengers, all in the ...

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  43. THE CHOSEN FOUR.

    Yesterday the Government received a cable from the War Office stating that only four attached officers could be taken, and during the day Major-General French selected the ...

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  44. THE HIGHER CULTURE AND[?] POTATOES.

    Really, if one had not an appetite, it would be very difficult not to become a vegetarian. Here is a professor assuring us that vegetarianism and the higher culture are convertible terms, ...

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  45. CLOSING ON KIMBERLEY.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Boer forces in the neighborhood of Kimberley are particularly active. They have occupied Windsorton and ...

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  46. THE POSITION IN NATAL.

    LONDON, Friday.--A battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps (formerly the 60th), with nine [?]eld guns, has arrived at Ladysmith from Pietermaritzburg, to reinforce ...

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  47. THE MOUNTED RIFLES.

    Rather more than a week has yet to be spent in camp by the Mounted Brigade before its departure for the seat of war. The men are beginning to feel at home, and their friends--lady friends, ...

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  48. THE SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district continued brisk during the week, all the collieries having been well employed. Loading operations at this port wore confined principally ...

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  49. BASUTOS WANT TO FIGHT.

    LONDON, Friday.--The [?]asutos, under their paramount chief Lerothodi, have applied for permission to fight against the Boers for "the Great White Queen." ...

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