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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Further particulars relating to the Boor attacks on Forts Itala and Prospect, on the Zululand frontier, show that the enemy fought, with dogged ...

    Article : 154 words
  3. NEWCASTLE AND THE NEW WOOL RATES.

    The battle of the wool rales has for the moment ended. The Railway Commissioners, who are the supremo arbiters of the freights and passenger fares when once the tables have ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    On Saturday Mr. Reid, leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, speaking to a "Daily Telegraph" representative about Federal politics, said:-- ...

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  6. THE AMERICA CUP.

    LONDON. Friday Afternoon.--Another strong breeze is blowing oft Sandy Hook, where the third race of the series of five for the America Cup will be sailed to-day, ...

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  7. KILLED AND WOUNDED.

    LONDON. Friday Afternoon.--No less than 26 of Coloneh Kekewich's officers were either killed or wounded during the lighting at Mocdwill, near Rustenburg. ...

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  8. MR. BARTON'S REPLY.

    Upon learning the tenor of Mr. Reid's remarks, Mr, Barton said, "The gravamen of Mr. Rett's charges against the Government upon the fourth clause of the Immigration Restriction Bill is that ...

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  9. KITCHENER's COLUMN.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon. --Major-General F. W. Kitchener's column has arrived at Vryheid, the principal British post in the eastern Transvaal. ...

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  10. DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Private N. D. Giles, of the Fifth Victorian Mounted Infantry. was accidentally dangerously wounded at Nqutu, in Zululand. ...

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  11. THE KING.

    LONDON, Saturday.--His Majesty the King has almost recovered. It was announced yesterday that Sir Francis Laking, M.D., Surgeon to the Royal Household. ...

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  12. BATTLEFIELD HORRORS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Dr. T. E. Fielding, who volunteered to accompany the orderlies to succour the wounded at Fort Itala, was compelled by the Boers to attend ...

    Article : 137 words
  13. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTEST.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Pretty yachting tactics were displayed in yesterday's race for the America Cup, the contestants being, apparently, very evenly matched. ...

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  14. ANTARCTIC RESEARCH.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Swedish Antarctic Expedition starts for southern seas on Tuesday, the 8th Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, of Upsala University. ...

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  15. VICTORIA.

    A young man, calling himself "Honorable John Daigby, and said to be the eldest son of Lord Daigby, was arrested at Ararat yesterday on a charge of vagrancy. He informed the ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    LONDON. Saturday'--Their Royal Highnesses. the Duke and Duchess of Cornwail and York have arrived at Banff, on their homeward journey across Canada. ...

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  17. THE KANAKA BILL.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--Upon the receipt of the full text of the Kanaka Bili, Mr. Philp "requested'' Dr. Maxwell to give an expression of opinion on the probable effects of the measure. ...

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  18. PURSUED BY TROOPERS.

    A very exciting pursuit after an alleged horse thief named Murphy took place at Benalla yesterday. Two mounted troopers, who were keeping a look-out for Murphy, espied him riding a ...

    Article : 167 words
  19. TREASON TRIALS AT PRETORIA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.---Evidence adduced during the treason trials at Pretoria shows that many Boors who had sworn neutrality, and who were receiving British ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. BANK NOTE FRAUDS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Forged notes on the National Bank of Greece to the extent of £80,000 have been put in circulation. Largo seizures have been made, and several persons have ...

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  21. RAILWAY MEN CONSIDER THEMSELVES OVERWORKED.

    At the annual conference of the Locomotive Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association yesterday, complaint was made of the insufficiency of drivers, firemen, and cleaners. Engines, it ...

    Article : 390 words
  22. QUEENSLAND.

    The barque Kirkdale, which arrived here on Wednesday from Glasgow, had a very rough time off Cape Leeuwin, meeting six consecutive days of hight seas and gales. One huge sea, sweeping ...

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  23. BOERS RAIDING IN NATAL.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A number of British voluteers aud scouts near Helpmakaar have come into collision with the vanguard of 130 Boers. ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. MORE KANAKAS FOR THE PLANTATIONS.

    The recruiting vessel Lochiel, Captain Pearn in command, arrived at Bundaberg from the Islands yesterday, bringing 69 Pacific Island laborers for plantation work. The vessel was out ...

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  25. IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Small Boor bands Continue to raid in various parts of the new colonies. A few head of cattle were recently looted ...

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  26. DEPLETED CATTLE RUNS.

    A meeting of the Stock Board was held yesterday, when further consideration was given to the question of altering or otherwise dealing with the northern quarantine lines. It was finally ...

    Article : 186 words
  27. HUNGARIAN POLITICS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A Kossuthite has defeated the Hungarian veteran politician M. Tisza, in the contest for the representation of the municipality of Grosswardein, ...

    Article : 181 words
  28. "FOR VALOR."

    LONDON, Saturday.--Victoria Grosses have been awarded to Lieutenant Bell, of the West Australian Mounted Infantry, and to Farrier-sergeant W. J. Hardham, of the ...

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  29. BISHOPRIC OF MELBOURNE.

    With regard to the appointment of a successor to Bishop Goo who has resigned from the Melbourne See, nothing definite has been done, although what was thought one probable candidate, ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. THE SHEARING SEASON.

    ALBURY, Saturday.--Shearing is being greatly delayed on stations hereabouts owing to the scarcity of shearers. Tabletop, with a hoard for 30, started with 12 men; and at other stations where ...

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  31. COMMANDANT SCHEEPERS ILL.

    LONDON. Friday Afternoon.--Commandant Seheepers is ill, and had to be conveyed in a buggy southwards towards Riversdale, in southern Cape Colony. ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Cape Borda at 4.40 p.m. reported:--"The steamer Ismaila, with the steamer Paroo in tow, with a broken shaft, is passing inward." The Taroo was coming from west Australia with passengers ...

    Article : 41 words
  33. GREECE AND CRETE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The French and Russian Consuls-General have been withdrawn from Crete. There are Indications that Greece is ...

    Article : 116 words
  34. A CHANGE OF GENERALS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Brigadier-General Stephenson has succeeded Brigadier-General Beatson in command of the British columns opening in south cape ...

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  35. WATER IN THE PARCHED INTERIOR.

    The deep well bore at Mirramitta, on the Hergott-Birdsville route, struck fresh water at 3480ft., gradually increasing till at 3500ft. 100,000 gallons per day are flowing over the surface. This is ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 words
  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    On Saturday morning the wreckage of a boat, painted white, came ashore between Koran and Penguin Points, near Fremantle; also a white cap, similar to those worn by the officers of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. NOTES FROM MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Distillation, Excise, and Excise on Beer Bills received tho Govvernor-Generai's assent on Saturday, and will come into operation to-morrow. ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Lieutenant Evelyn Milnes Goskel, of the Yorkshire Dragoons (Queen's Own). Imperial Yeomanry Gavalry, has been appointed an extra aide-de-camp on the staff of Sir Arthur ...

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  40. BEATING THE TARIFF.

    The ship Natuna, of New York, has just arrived at Fremantle with 30,000 cases of kerosene, just avoiding the new Customs duties. When crossing the Indian Ocean, the Natuna met a ...

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  41. REMOVAL OF THE STOCK TAN.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Leading butchers here concur that the removal of the stock tax, which is expected next, week when lite Federal tariff is proposed, will lower the price of meat. ...

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  42. THE STRIKE AT GENOWLAN.

    LITHGOW, Friday.--On Tuesday evening the manager, Mr. Edwards, informed the men's representatives that his directors had declined to arbitrate, and the only terms on which the men ...

    Article : 152 words
  43. THE HARDWOOD QUESTION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--At a meeting of the ratepayers of the city of Westminster, resolutions have been passed advocating that the American redgum contract for a supply of wood suitable for ...

    Article : 38 words
  44. MURDER OF AN INFANT.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--A young woman was arrested at Rockhampton yesterday on a charge of murdering her illegitimate infant, the body of which was found in the river at Brisbane. ...

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  45. BRITISH TOBACCO TRUST.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A British Tobacco Trust, with a capital of £15,000,000, is being,formed. It embraces the leading British manufacturers. ...

    Article : 33 words
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