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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    His Excellency the Governor-General has received the following telegram from her Majesty the Queen:-- "Accept my heartfelt Congratulations for the New Year and for the welfare of my New Australian Commonwealth." ...

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  3. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Federal Government will probably make arrangements this week for the date for the issue of the writs for the general elections. A Cabinet is to be held in Wednesday, and it may ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A strong force of bluejackets, with several guns, has been landed at Capetown, from H.M.S. Monarch. The naval force will be used in order ...

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  5. CHINA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Dr. George Morrison, "The Times" correspondent at Pekin, states that the complacency displayed by Great Britain led Russia to claim possession ...

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  6. THE EMPIRE IN UNIFORM.

    From the point of view of the spectacular, as also of the enthusiasm which characterised it, the naval and military banquet held in the Town-hall on Saturday night was one of the most ...

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  7. BADEN-POWELL'S POLICE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Recruiting for the South African police, commanded by Inspector-General R. S. S. Baden-Powell, is proceeding apace. ...

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  8. DEATH OF A VICTORIAN.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Trooper Eugene Bolingbroke St. John, of the Victorian Bushmen, has died at Buluwayo of malarial coma. ...

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  9. SATURDAY'S PROCESSION.

    The procession by the united friendly societies and trades unions on Saturday presented a noble and inspiriting sight. The dense crowds that lined the route of the procession through the ...

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  10. COMMISSIONS FOR COLONIALS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The following gentlemen, at present serving in the Australasian forces, have been given commissions in the Imperial Army, as ...

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  11. ANOTHER PUNITIVE PARTY.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Major-General J. W. G. Tulloch, with whom is associated General Baluchi, and companies of Australian and Japanese troops, is ...

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  12. THE ALLEGED MUTINY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The first report of the alleged mutiny on board the battleship Barfleur, at Hongkong, as a result of which it was stated that 50 of the crew had been ...

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  13. CABLES TO SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Postmaster-General has received the following notification:--"In view of possible changes in the control of telgraphic business in South Africa, the British Government desires ...

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  14. SPEECHES BY TWO MINISTERS FOR WORKS.

    While the committee and officials were making a hasty meal on sandwiches and other light refreshments, Mr. M'Gowen, M.P., took the opportunity to propose the toast of "The Ministry," ...

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  15. NAVAL CHANGES.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The first-class twin-screw cruiser Blenheim (9000 tons) has been ordered to relieve the cruiser Undaunted (5600 tons) on the China station. ...

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  16. IN BECHUANALAND.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Boer forces which recently appeared in British Bechuanaland, across the western frontier of the new colonies, have attracted a number of ...

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  17. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Nearly 700 officers and men have volunteered for service in South Africa, and it is expected that the selection of the 200 men required will be made shortly. ...

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  18. PRECAUTIONS AT PORTSMOUTH.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Portsmouth forts are being rapidly re-armed with modern quick-firers. ...

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  19. TRAGEDY IN TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Sunday.--The customary serenity of the little mining township of Mathinna was disturbed yesterday morning by a shocking tragedy, which resulted in the loss of three ...

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  20. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--It is officially notified that Sir Alfred Milner has been appointed Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. He retains his ...

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  21. FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--M. Urussof, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, has been given indefinite leave of absence for identifying himself with the Nationalists, and thus creating ...

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  22. SIR WILLIAM LYNE'S POSITION.

    Sir William Lyne claims that there cannot be any constitutional objection to his occupying the dual position of State Premier and a portfolio in the Commonwealth Ministry. On the ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. LORD ROBERTS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has assumed the duties of his new rank at the War Office, as Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces, in succession to Lord ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. BOER MEETING AT PRETORIA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A spontaneous meeting of Boers who had surrendered has been held at Pretoria, when a committee was formed to appeal to the men still ...

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  25. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    BULLI, Saturday.--A deputation of Woonona miners, accompanied by Mr. Ritchie, miners' general secretary, had an interview with Mr. Waley and his manager to-day in Sydney ...

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  26. THE SPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 553 words
  27. ARMY REFORM.

    LONDON, Saturday.--"The Times" has a reference to the instructions which have been given to the select committee appointed by Mr. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. ILLNESS OF SIR JAMES DICKSON.

    Sir James Dickson, who is confirmed to his rooms at the Australian Club, was still very ill yesterday. Up to midnight he had shown no improvement. ...

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  29. PICNIC TO NATIONAL PARK.

    SUTHERLAND, Saturday.--The picnic at National Park on Friday was a pronounced success. A special arch greeted the visitors when soaring Audley, surmounted by a beautiful picture of ...

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  30. CANDIDATE FOR COWPER.

    GRAFTON, Sunday.--In all probability Sir William Lyne will contest Cowper electorate in the Federal Parliament. The news has been received here with every satisfaction. ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The year's transactions of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company have enabled the directors to declare a dividend of 6 per cent. ...

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  32. DESTRUCTION OF MINES.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Commandant Ben Viljoen (formerly the Second Raad member for the Johannesburg goldfields) was the author of the recent burning of ...

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  33. AN OBJECTIONABLE SCHEDULE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--That fearful and wonderful schedule which the Minister of State for Trade and Customs has issued for the guidance of the Customs authorities in the various States ...

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  34. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--It has been arranged that Messrs. George Thompson and Co.'s Aberdeen liner Moravian will take the place of the Orient liner Ormuz on February 8, and convey the mails ...

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  35. SALE OF PICTURES.

    An opportunity of securing a number of pictures of the South Sea Islands, English and Scotch scenery, will be afforded art lovers to-morrow afternoon, when Messrs. Lawson, Caro, and Co., ...

    Article : 142 words
  36. LOPSIDED EDUCATION.

    Probably the average Englishman of to-day would wish that as a boy he had mastered one or two modern languages and the elements of natural science, that his geography had helped ...

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  37. REBELS AT THE PAARL.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The authorities at the Paarl, within 30 miles of Capetown, have seized a quantity of ammunition which they discovered in the hands of local Afrikanders. ...

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  38. THE BALMAIN SHOOTING CASE

    The man Maurice Purtill who was admitted to the Balmain Collage Hospital early en Friday morning last suffering from a bullet wound inflicted by a constable, died last night. He ...

    Article : 37 words
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