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  2. SIR WILLIAM M'MILLAN.

    Sip William M'Millan opened his campaign for the Wentworth electorate by addressing a large and enthusiastic audience in the Paddington Town-hall. ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICA.

    DE WET ELUDES SEVEN COLUMNS. LONDON, Monday. -- Colonel T. D. Pilcher and Major Crewe, on opposite sides of the Tabaksberg Range, close to the Basutoland frontier, engaged a large force of Boers, ...

    Article : 305 words
  4. CHINA.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- Twenty thousand Mahommedans are gradually returning to Pekin. The Allies have adopted precautions to prevent disturbances. ...

    Article : 75 words
  5. ROBERTS' DESPATCHES.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Included in the despatches published by the War Office is one dated March 18 by Lord Roberts, in which he drew special attention to the good ...

    Article : 246 words
  6. NEWCASTLE.

    The determination of the coal-trimmers not to work between 6 p.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m on Monday was adhered to last week end, and there was quite a ferment in shipping circles yesterday. ...

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  7. PLAGUE AT THE CAPE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- The first, symptoms of plague were at the South Arm Docks at Capetown, where the military transports discharged. The rats have since ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. RATES OF PAY.

    The State Premier, Sir William Dyne, has received a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, stating that the pay and allowances to the men who form the Federal ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. SELECTING DOCTORS.

    The State Premier, Sir William Lyne, has been informed that those States and New Zealand which are sending men have to provide three doctors, and that the selection lies with ...

    Article : 39 words
  10. THE LATE QUEEN.

    LONDON, Monday. -- His Majesty King Edward VII. has warmly thanked President M'Kinley and the United States Cabinet for attending the memorial service which was ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. IN THE COUNTRY.

    BOMBALA, Monday. -- Messrs. Arthur Thomas and Donald Lightbody, of this town have volunteered for service in South Africa with the outgoing contingent. ...

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  12. CAPETOWN DEFENCE FORCES.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- Field Cornet Steynberg, a loyalist of the Graaf Reinet district, offers to bring 50 landowners to join the defence forces of Cape Colony to resist ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. MORE NEW ZEALANDERS GOING.

    WELLINGTON, Monday. -- Another draft of 300 New Zealanders will be sent to the Cape in about a month. Others will follow at short intervals, for the purpose of relieving those who ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. SHIPPING ITEMS.

    Last week's loading of coal at Carrington Dyke, amounted to 57,842 tons, as against 56,648 tons in the corresponding week of 1900, an increase of 1194 tons. Only 52 tons of coke were shipped for ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. PLEADING FOR PEACE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Commandant Piet De Wet, President of the Orange River Colony Peace Committee, has appealed to his brother, General Christian De Wet, to use his ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. TRANSPORT BRITISH PRINCESS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  17. DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, and York is now convalescent, after the attack of German measles, which prostrated him at the ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. WALLSEND JOCKEY CLUB.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 words
  19. DE WET'S BARBARITY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- The burghers of the Orange River Colony are everywhere indignant at De Wet's barbarity in shooting the envoys sent by the Kroonstad ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. MILTON REPRESENTATIVES.

    MILTON, Monday. -- On Saturday, night, Sergeant Rex Smith and Private J. Blackwood were presented with a gold medal each by their friends on their return, from the South African war. ...

    Article : 49 words
  21. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Mr. John Kenslt, the well-known anti-ritualist, acting on behalf of the Protestant Truth Society has appealed to his Majesty the King to appoint a Bishop of London ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. SERGEANT HAWKEY WELCOMED.

    On Saturday night, last the School of Arts at Menangle was crowded with friends who had gathered from far and near to welcome home Sergeant Hawkey from South Africa, where he ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. CATTLE CAPTURED.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- The British destroyed a quantity of supplies at Petrusberg, between Kimberley and Bloemfotein, and collected 3500 horses and cattle. ...

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  24. THE BOER RAIDERS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- Commandant Kruitzinger, who led the Midland Boer raiding column into Cape Colony, is still retiring to the north-east. ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. MORE TROUBLE AT STOCKTON.

    The miners employed at the Stockton Colliery refused to turn to yesterday morning, and the pit, which affords employment to 380 men, was laid idle for the day. There will be no work to-day, ...

    Article : 334 words
  26. A NEW ZEALANDER RECOVERED.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- Colonel R. Davies, of the New Zealand Rough-Riders, has recovered from his wounds, and resumed duty. ...

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  27. A SOLDIER REMEMBERED.

    BURROWA, Monday. -- A meeting was held here on Saturday night to initiate a movement to perpetuate the memory of Thomas Granville Cooper, a Burrowa native, who died in action ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The State Premier Sir William Lyne, has received the following cable message from the High Commissioner at Capetown, dated February 8: -- Referring to your telegram of 28th January, 85 ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The "Sportsman" announces that the Duke of Devonshire is arranging to lease his Majesty the King's racehorses for the season. ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. WELL DONE AUSTRALIA!

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Australian, South African, and Imperial mounted infantry forces operating, against the western column of Boer raiders, have achieved a ...

    Article : 194 words
  31. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- The Grand Prize at the Sandown meeting on Saturday was won by Mr. S. H. Goblin's Australian Star, by Australian Peer from Colors, by eight lengths from ...

    Article : 58 words
  32. BUYING HORSES.

    QUEANBEYAN, Monday. -- Mr. Grainger is here busy buying horses for remounts for South Africa. Already a large number of useful animals have been purchased at very low prices ...

    Article : 40 words
  33. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    Yesterday 121 recruits were medically, examined, out of which 33 were returned as unfit. Lieutenant Grace took out 77 men for the firing test, and returned 57 efficients. The riding was ...

    Article : 873 words
  34. WOOLLAHRA FINANCES.

    At last night's meeting of the Woollahra Council the Mayor (Alderman W. F. Latimer), submitted his report on the finances and affaire, of the borough generally. It showed that on ...

    Article : 434 words
  35. SYDNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  36. NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 words
  37. RETURNED SOLDIERS WELCOMED.

    Sergeant Burden and Privates T. Blackall and Stratten, members of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, who have just returned from South Africa, received an enthusiastic ...

    Article : 136 words
  38. DROWNED IN A WATERHOLE.

    Another addition to the fairly long list of deaths by drowning in waterholes was reported to the Pymble police yesterday afternoon. The victim was a 12-year-old boy named Arthur ...

    Article : 110 words
  39. IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Fuller particulars are now to hand relating to the fighting at Bothwell, near Plot Retief, on the Swaziland frontier of the Eastern Transvaal. ...

    Article : 134 words
  40. VICTORIA.

    The railway revenue for the last week showed a decrease of £1180, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. This is the first comparative decrease for some months. ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. ELECTION OF MAYOR FOR WOOLLAHRA.

    At last night's meeting or the Woollahra Council Alderman W. F. Lattmer was re-elected Mayor for the ensuing 12 months. Alderman W. J. Trickett, M.L.C., who moved the resolution, said ...

    Article : 212 words
  42. TRAM AND WAGGON IN COLLISION.

    About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon a collision occurred at the corner of King and Castlereagh streets between a cable tram and a salvage waggon belonging to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. ...

    Article : 150 words
  43. THE ST. KILDA SEAT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 words
  44. ELECTORS' RIGHTS.

    The electors of Waverley are requested to call at the local police station for their rights as early as possible. They may be obtained daily until 11 p.m. ...

    Article : 81 words
  45. BOER PLANS UPSET.

    LONDON, Monday. -- General Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's forces in South Africa, reports that the British movement eastward through the Transvaal thoroughly upset the calculations of the enemy, in fact created a regular panic. ...

    Article : 67 words
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