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  2. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday. Noon.--A battle is raging between the Boer forces at Magersfontein and Lord Methuen's advance column. The battle started with a hot artillery duel ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--On the motion for the adjournment of the Assembly to-night the Premier, replying to a question, said that he heard with regret of the serious British reverses in ...

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  4. THE STORMBERG EPISODE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Further accounts of the Stormberg episode on Sunday come slowly to hand. The Boer losses are reported to have been ...

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  5. LORD METHUEN'S REVERSE.

    The receipt of news of the reverse to Lord Methuen's force in Cape colony caused a sensation last night in Parliament House. A consultation of Ministers was at once held, but the ...

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  6. MORE MEN FROM THE COLONIES.

    The receipt of the cablegram giving the comments of "The Times" on recent developments in the Transvaal, occasioned some excitement in military circles last evening, and all sorts of ...

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  7. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The debentureholders of the Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia have approved of the scheme for amalgamation with the Australian Estate and ...

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  8. RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The latest information from Natal is to the effect that a general advance of the British column which is marching to the relief of Ladysmith, has ...

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  9. THE POLICE AND THE WAR.

    Sergeant Parkinson, of No. 5 Police Division speaking on Thursday night at the Dacey presentation in the Redfern Town-hall, said the police force were not lacking in valor, and if they ...

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  10. MR. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Sir Charles Bigham, Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court, has granted to Lloyds' Bank £10,826 as damages against Mr. Horatio Bottomley ...

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  11. STATEMENT IN THE ASSEMBLY

    During the debate on the Military Estimates, Mr. Lyne said: I will take this opportunity of saying a few words on what has taken place tonight. Cables which we have seen to-night ...

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  12. OFFICERS FOR THE CAFE.

    By the steamer Nineveh, which sails for the Cape to-day, Major Thompson, the Imperial officer who has been engaged in selecting remounts for the troops on service, will leave for the Cape, ...

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  13. THE QUEENSLAND COMMAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Colonel James Foord Hilton has been appointed commandant of the Queensland Defence Forces. Colonel Hilton served with the Hazara ...

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  14. THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Military experts in South Africa advise that the Australian troops would have proved more useful if they had been all mounted men. ...

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  15. THE BATTLES AT LADYSMITH.

    MARITZBURG, November 18.--The "Times of Natal" publishes news from Ladysmith received per Kaffir runner from its own correspondent, dated Wednesday, 15th inst., and authenticated. ...

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  16. THE LANGTON GRANGE AT DURBAN.

    Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited, received a cable yesterday, informing them that the s.s. Langton Grange arrived at Durban on the 13th instant, having only lost six horses, two ...

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  17. A TRANSPORT ASHORE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The war transport Denton Grange has gone ashore at Las Palmas. The Denton Grange has on board for the ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In the appeal case, Falkingham v. the Victorian Railway Department, the Privy Council has concluded the taking of evidence, and has reserved judgment. ...

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  19. THE DISASTER AT NICHOLSON'S NEK.

    The disaster at Nicholson's Nek, where six companies of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, four and a half companies of the Gloucesters, and the 10th Mountain Battery, the whole under the command ...

    Article : 489 words
  20. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 417 words
  21. LADY SARAH WILSON.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A Boer report states that Lady Sarah Wilson, the special war correspondent of the "Daily Mail," who was a prisoner in the hands of the Boors at ...

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  22. MILITARY ESTIMATES PASSED WITHOUT DEBATE.

    Soon after the news was circulated in the Legislative Assembly, the Military Estimates came up for consideration. A suggestion was made that the vote should be ...

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  23. LIEUTENANT-COL. UMPHELBY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lieut-Colonel C. E. Umphelby, of the Victorian contingent, has been attached to the Howitzer Division, and left Capetown for the front on Monday last. ...

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  24. AMBULANCE MEN ENROLLED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--There have been enrolled at Durban 700 men for ambulance work. ...

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  25. WAR NOTES.

    Unless a very great change comes over the position of affairs within a few days, the Christmas will not be a merry one in South Africa. A week ago it was possible to look on the ...

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  26. HOW A DRAGON IS MADE.

    Many people, if not all that have seen and heard Wagner's "Rhinegold," have wondered about the inner workings of the dragon, thirty feet long, that plays a conspicuous part in that ...

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  27. COMMENTS BY THE "'TIMES."

    LONDON, Thursday--The "Times," in commenting upon the result of the British attack upon the Boers at Magersfontein, states that Lord Methuen's repulse is the ...

    Article : 192 words
  28. MEETING AT WOLLONGONG.

    WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--A well-attended and representative meeting was held in the council-chambers last night, presided over by Alderman W. J. Wiseman, at which it was ...

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  29. WOMAN'S WORK FOR THE WAR.

    The second case of bedwraps, old linen, and gauze lint for the use of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps in South Africa was dispatched from Parramatta by Mrs. F. J. Waller ...

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  30. A PRETTY STORY OF THE QUEEN.

    The Queen's farewell to the Highlanders ordered to the Cape from Balmoral, reminds me (writes T. P. O'Connor) of a story I have been told of how her Majesty saw the Guards off 45 years ago, ...

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  31. FURTHER PARTICULARS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Particulars relating to the battle at Magersfontein go to show that it was a desperate contest, in which both sides suffered heavily. ...

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  32. IN NORTH CAPE COLONY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--General Gatacre has definitely abandoned Molteno in favor of the positions at Bushman's Hock and Cyphergat. ...

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