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  2. METROPOLITAN PROVIN[?]

    SIR,—As an elector in the Metropo[?] Province, and as I have not been ab[?] attend any of the public meetings w[?] the candidates have addressed, I w[?] ...

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  3. THE WAR.

    Colonel Plumer has communicated with Mafeking from the north by means of pigeon post. He is endeavouring similarly to communicate ...

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  4. CABLEGRAMS.

    The House of Lords yesterday, by a majority of 45 to 42, negatived a resolution submitted by Lord Temple having reference to the report of ...

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  5. TELEGRAMS.

    Mr. David Forrest's nomination was the only nomination received for the Ashburton seat in the Legislative Assembly. He was declared duly elected. ...

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  6. COMFORTS FOR BOER PRISONERS.

    The Dutch colonial friends of the Boers have raised £9,000 to provide comforts for the Boer prisoners. ...

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  7. CABLEGRAMS.

    The Australian Federal Delegates had an interview yesterday with Mr. Chamberlain at the Colonial Office. It appears from what transpired ...

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  8. PURSUING THE BOERS.

    General Rundle's division, which, when last heard of, was pursuing the Boers north of Thabanchu, has been joined by General Brabant's column ...

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  9. ESCAPED COLONIAL PRISONERS.

    Some particulars have been published of the experiences of Troopers George Whittington and Milverton Ford, of the New South Wales ...

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  10. WYNDHAM.

    The Tangier left here on the morning of April 13 with 461 prime fat bullocks. Fully thirty horses are in training for the ensuing race meeting and good fields ...

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  11. COMFORTS FOR THE CONTINGENTS.

    Miss Marie Boucicault's concert, promoted to provide comforts for the colonial contingents, was held last evening. ...

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  12. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS.

    Private Gazzard, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, was slightly wounded during the fighting at Brandfort. Private G. Bristowe, of the same ...

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  13. COMMERCIAL.

    The May series of colonial wool sales in London was opened to-day. There was a brisk sale. Prices, however, declined from 7½ to 12½ per ...

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  14. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The revival of W. G. Wills' historical drama, "A Royal Divorce," in the Theatre Royal last evening, after an interval of nearly 18 months since its ...

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  15. INTERCOLONIAL.

    Messrs. Elder, Smith, and Co. report having sold for shipment to Western Australia the following fat sheep :—100 Lincoln wethers, 30s. a head; 100 ...

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  16. PERSONAL.

    Miss Ada Crossley, the Australian vocalist, is engaged to sing at five great musical festivals during the year. ...

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  17. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREE STATE.

    In response to Lord Roberts' request, many Imperial and Colonial officers are applying for appointments as District Commissioners in the ...

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  18. FINDING OF A SKELETON.

    While kangaroo hunting in that monotonous and somewhat dreary country abounding to the eastward of the Avon Valley, and at a spot from thirty-five to ...

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  19. THE BOER PEACE MISSION.

    The municipality of New York has decided to tender to the Boer peace delegates an official welcome. A resolution to this effect was carried with ...

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  20. THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

    The War Office has received the following despatch from Lord Roberts :— "The railway line between ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. NATAL.

    General Buller's cavalry have been scouring the country in the north, and west of Natal. As a result of these operations the ...

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  22. VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION

    Mt. Vesuvius is in eruption. One day last week four English-men, disregarding the warning of their guide, ventured too near the ...

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  23. FINANCIAL.

    Quotations compare with those of a fortnight ago as under (the figures for the earlier period are given in parentheses) :—Bank of Australasia ...

    Article : 66 words
  24. A NEW ZEALAND TROOPSHIP.

    The New Zealand troopship Maori has arrived at Beira. ...

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  25. THE MAFEKING TRAGEDY.

    A Court-martial recently tried and sentenced to death Lieutenant Murchison for having murdered the war correspondent, Mr. Parslow, at ...

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  26. THE PLAGUE.

    The bubonic plague has reappeared at Alexandria. ...

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  27. THREE WESTERN AUSTRALIANS WOUNDED.

    A report from Bloemfontein states that a party of Boers from a farm house, where a white flag was flying, fired upon and wounded three Western ...

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  28. A DESERTING GUNNER.

    General Buller has reduced the death sentence passed upon one of his gunners for desertion to the enemy to imprisonment for life. ...

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  29. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The bacteriological examination of the specimens taken from the glands of the children Green, at Coolgardie, and Grainger, at Golden Gate, were concluded ...

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  30. LATE MINING.

    The result of the April operations at the Hill End mine was—Stone crushed, 770 tons for 641oz. 19dwt.; average yield per ton, 16dwt. 16gr.; estimated value of ...

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  31. A MELBOURNE DIVORCE SUIT.

    In the Diverce Court, to-day, Walter Horace Ladyman was granted a decre[?]nisi for the dissolution of his marriage with Jane Ladyman on the ground of ...

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  32. HAMILTON'S MOVEMENTS.

    General Hamilton is reported to have advanced north of Winburg for a distance of about ten miles. ...

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  33. INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

    The s.s. Moravian has sailed from Capetown for Australia with fifty invalided colonial soldiers on board. ...

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  34. HUNTER'S OBJECTIVE.

    General Hunter's Division, now operating north of the Vaal, and which is understood to be making its way to Mafeking, includes Colonel ...

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  35. THE TRANSVAAL VOLKSRAAD.

    The Transvaal Volksraad was opened last week. Laurel wreaths were placed on the chairs last occupied by the late ...

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  36. HELENA VALE AND GUILDFORD WATER SUPPLY.

    Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the municipal councils and residents of Helena Vale and Guildford waited on the Minister of Works in reference to the ...

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  37. GENERAL FRENCH'S WHEREABOUTS.

    A good deal of mystery attaches to the movements of General French. All news as to this officer's whereabouts is being strictly withheld from ...

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  38. GENERAL HUTTON'S MOVEMENTS.

    General Hutton, who was last heard of at the Vet River, has with his mounted division pushed on to Welgelegen. ...

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  39. THE DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY.

    Several despatches from Lord Roberts and Colonel Kekewich, dealing with the defence of Kimberley, have been published. ...

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  40. MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.

    Sir J. A. Co[?]kburn, the South Australian Agent-General, has been instructed by Mr. Holder to represent the views of the Government in favour of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  41. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

    The death sentence recently passed at the Bathurst Circuit Court on Alfred Alladine Schnavol, who was convicted of the murder of his wife by shooting her at ...

    Article : 47 words
  42. RECENT SUCCESSES.

    The splendid behaviour of General Hutton's Mounted Canadians and Australians during the operations north of [?]loemfontein and Brandfort ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. VESSEL ASHORE ON VICTORIAN COAST.

    Information has been received from Leougatha that a vessel in ballast, bound from Capetown to Newcastle, had gone ashore between—Cape ...

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  44. ST. HELENA.

    No more Boer prisoners will, it is announced, be sent to St. Helena. ...

    Article : 25 words
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