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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    Further details of the defeat, suffered by the Boer raiders near Oudishoorn, in the south of the Cape Colony, show that the enemy had great difficulty in effecting their ...

    Article : 1,951 words
  3. KING EDWARD VII. EARLY CORONATION PROBABLE.

    Hooper and Co. Limited, coachbuilders to His Majesty the King, are preparing a carriage, to be used at His Majesty's coronation. ...

    Article : 73 words
  4. THE QUEE'S FUNERAL. A MAGNIFICENT PAGEANT.

    In accordance with the arrangements already announeed, the coflin containing the remans of Her late Majesty the Queen was on Friday removed from Osborne-house, where Her Majesty died, to Cowes, whence it was conveyed on board the yacht Alberta to Portsmouth. ...

    Article : 608 words
  5. "THE COST OF LIVING."

    Another silly misconception has to be exposed. Mr. T. A. Coghlan in his now much-quoted "Seven Colonies," essays to give the expenditure per head of New South ...

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  6. THE QUEEN'S OLD FRIENDS,

    An intimation has been privately made by King Edward that his his suceession to the Crown will not affect in any way the Queen's old friends and dependents, or the ...

    Article : 57 words
  7. THE COFFIN ON THE DECK.

    Throughout the whole of the crossing the coflin on the deck of the Alberta could be plainly seen. It rested on a dais covered with Imperial ruby velvet, and over the dais a canopy of the same coloured velvet, lined with pure white silk, had been erected. The hanging draperies of this canopy were ...

    Article : 224 words
  8. THE MILITARY PROCESSION.

    The following was the order of the funeral procession from Victoria station to Paddington:— An officer of the headquarters stafi. The band of the Royal Horse Guards (the Blues). ...

    Article : 385 words
  9. CONGRATULATIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Governor-General has forwarded the following cable message to the Secretary of State for the Colanies:— "Will you de me and the Ministers of ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. AT PORTSMOUTH.

    After the Alberta, had been berthed at the Clarence-yard adjoining, a covered way connecting the berth with a private railway station, a night guard, composed of a hundred marines took charge of the Royal remains, and picket-hoats patrolled all round the yacht, barring all approach. Twelve ...

    Article : 225 words
  11. REFERENCE AT SCOTS CHURCH.

    At the morning service at Scots Church yesterday the Rev. Dr. Marshall took, as the text of his sermon, the words in H. Kings xi., 12, "And they clapped their ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. FROM PORTSMOUTH TO LONDON.

    The procession from the Alberta to the railway station included a large number of military oflicers of high rank, the local clergy, the mayors of Portsmouth and Southsea, and the adjoining municipalities, a number of ecelesiastical officials, and Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief. As the ...

    Article : 140 words
  13. THE ROYAL CORTEGE.

    Immediately following the military came the Earl Marshal of England, the Duke of Norfolk, the staff of the Royal household, and 30 mounted didesde-camp. Then followed— The Royal Standard of England. ...

    Article : 234 words
  14. ARRIVAL IN LONDON.

    Yesterday mornning opened cold and gloomy in London, the sky being covered with heavy clouds. Fortunately, the rain held off until the funeral procession was ended. All the shops and hotels were closed, and the mournful occasion was universally observed in a solemn and dignified manner. ...

    Article : 525 words
  15. PROCLAMATION IN THE COUNTRY.

    CASTERTON.—The proclamation of King Edward VII. was made by the president of the shire (Councillor J.M.Scott) The fiage, which had been tiying at half-mast all the week, were ...

    Article : 278 words
  16. FROM OSBORNE TO COWES.

    The collin was borne from Osborne-house on the shoulders of 12 bluejuckets, who assisted Her Majesty's Highland personal attendants in this last office. The bearers carried their burden to the gun-carriage, which, in conformity with the regulation for military funerafs, was used instead of a ...

    Article : 825 words
  17. AT PADDINGTON.

    The funeral cortege reached Paddington Station at 20 minutes past 1. Here several non-commissioned officers of the Guards and the Household Cavalry lifted the coflin off the gun-carriage, and placed it in a saloon carriage, which was draned in purple and white cloth. The engine of the special train was ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. CHINA AND THE POWERS. THE GERMAN EXPEDITION.

    As already reported, a strong German force has left Peking for Shansi, the province adjoining Childi, taking with it a month's supplies, and preceded by a ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. AUSTRALASIAN REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Colonial Office has announced that the representative officials invited to be present at the interment include Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria; Mr. Henry Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales; Sir J. A. Cockburn, Agent-General for South Australia; Sir Horace Tozer, ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. PIRACY IN THE SOUTH.

    In consequence of acts of piracy by the Chinese in the West River, in the south of China, which resulted in a number of Germans being wounded, the German ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. THE PROCESSION.

    Some little time was lost at Victoria Station in marthalling the procession, and it was not until half-past 11 that a start was made. First of all came an officer of the headouarters staff, followed by the bands of the Royal Horse Guards and the Second Life Guards, alternately playing Chopin's funeral ...

    Article : 1,071 words
  22. AT WINDSOR.

    The funeral train reached Windsor at 2 o'clock, and a detachment of the 1st Grenadier Guards bore the collin from the train to a gun-carriage drawn by enght artillery horses. In consequence of the cold weather and the long waiting at the station the ...

    Article : 268 words
  23. STRIKE OF LIGHTERMEN.

    The lightermen on the Thames who went on strike in October last year have resumed work on the employers' terms. ...

    Article : 27 words
  24. THE LONDON WOOL SALES

    At the London wool sales to-day the competition was spirited, and good wools of all prices sold at rates in favour of sellers. The following are the average prices ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. FROM COWES TO PORTSMOUTH.

    When tthe processin arrived at Trinity Pier the petty officers of the Royal yacht Alberta took the cofffin from the gun-carriage, and bore in on board the yacht through an ascort formed of soldiers of the Grenadier Guards, amid the rolling of the mufiled drums. As the coflin was placed in the pavilion which ...

    Article : 269 words
  26. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 28d. per oz. standard, being an advance of 1/8d. since yesterday. ...

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  27. FLORAL EMBLEMS AT WINDSOR.

    The wealth of floral tribetes sent to Windsov is unprecedented, and their cost is esttimated at £50,000. From the people of Mannritius a broken column composed of violets has been received. The officials of Trinify-house have sent a white floral model ...

    Article : 147 words
  28. MINING SHARES.

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  29. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    Mr. G. H. Reid will open the campaign on behalf of the federal Opposition at the Protestant-hall to-marrow night, when he will reply to Mr. Barton's manifesto ...

    Article : 90 words
  30. IMPRESSIVE NAVAL ESCORT.

    The Alberta was escorted by a squadron of eight torpedo-bont destroyers, which steamed alongside it in double colmn of line, four on cach bow of the Royal yacht. All flage were half-masted, with the exception of His Majesty the King's flag, which alone few mast-high on the Victoria and Albert, ...

    Article : 490 words
  31. A TOUGHING INCIDENT.

    A touching incident in connection with the Queen's death is reported from Dublin. NOticing a newspaper contents bill on the ground, with the Queen's mane in large type, a ragged urchia bought a peany bunch of violets, and placed it ...

    Article : 55 words
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  33. FUNERAL SERVICE AT BERME.

    A grand Church ofe England funeral service will be held to-morrow at Berne, the federal capital of Switzerland, in the cathedral, which has been lent for the occasion. The Preaident of the Republic and the federal authorities will attend the service in state. ...

    Article : 50 words
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