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  2. THE BOER WAR. DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the debate on the Address in Reply (which has already been carried in the Lords) was resumed. ...

    Article : 324 words
  3. THE LATE QUEEN. MR. CHAMBERLAIN LIBELLED.

    An extraordinary illustration of party rancour has been furnished by Mr. William Randal Cremer, the Liberal member for the Haggerston Division of Shoreditch. ...

    Article : 230 words
  4. THE ROYAL VISIT. PREPARING GOVERNMENTHOUSE.

    For weeks past the cleaners and painters have had possession of Government-house. The place is being renovated and arranged for the accommodation of the ...

    Article : 398 words
  5. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1901.

    High Tariffists in this state indulge in much contemptuous reference to the condition of the masses in free-trade Great Britain. For half a ...

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  6. THE QUEEN VICTORIA STATUE.

    The committee appointed to arrange for the erection of a memorial statue to her late Majesty Queen Victoria meets this afternoon. It has a somewhat unexpected ...

    Article : 475 words
  7. PERSONAL.

    Sir John Forrest, Federal Minister of Defence, and Lady Forrest, and Mr. C. C. Kingston, Minister of Trade and Customs, arrived in Melbourne by the Adelaide ...

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  8. FIFTEEN PER CENTS.

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  9. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The following casualties are reported in connection with the fighting with De Wet at Grasfontein, near Philipstown, on the 13th inst.:— ...

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  10. QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN.

    At Sobwartz Kopje on the 13th inst. a number of casualties occurred among the Queensland Bushmen. Corporal W. Buchanan was severely ...

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  11. SMALL-POX IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    In his address to the Toronto Clinical Socicty, Dr. G. Sterling Nyerson, lately British and Canadian Red Cross Commissioner with Lord Roberts's headquarters, ...

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  12. SHOCKING BOER INHUMANITY

    The commando of Boers which, under Commandant Hertzog, occupied Calvinia, in the Cape Colony, for some days, until driven out by Colonel De Lisle's force last ...

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  13. HOW TO INCREASE THE REVENUE.

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  14. VETERINARY-CAPTAIN RUDDUCK.

    Colonel Price has received the following from General Alderson, who relieved him at Doornkop, when Captain Rudduck was with General Alderson:— ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. KING MILAN'S BURIAL.

    The place of burial of ex-King Milan of Servia, who died of influenza at Vienna a few days ago, has given great offence to his former subjects. ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. THE PEACE DELEGATES.

    The Boer peace mission, which, last year, left South Africa to present to the European Governments, the Boer view of the war, and to urge that the powers should ...

    Article : 237 words
  17. HIGH TARIFF MILLIONAIRISM.

    A New York correspondent of the "Scotsman" writes (December 29, 1900) thus on the millionaires (mostly tariff-created) of America:— ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. THE LATE PRIVATE JONES.

    A donation of £25 by a resident of Camperdown has been given to the fund for the erection of a memorial to the late Private Arthur Jones, of the first Victorian ...

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  19. MR. M'CULLOCH GOES TO SYDNEY.

    Mr. M'Culloch, the chairman of the ceremonial committee of the Victorian Cabinet, left Melbourne for Sydney by the express train yesterday afternoon. He is ...

    Article : 235 words
  20. COUNTRY MOVEMENTS.

    A public meeting was held this evening at the town-hall Mr. A. A. Billson, the shire president, in the chair, to consider and adopt measures for the erection of a ...

    Article : 98 words
  21. DEATH OF A NATHALIA RESIDENT.

    News of the death of Private Alexander Draper, of the First Brabant's Horse, at Woodstock, South Africa, was received last night. The deceased's wife and mother ...

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  22. "THE ARGUS" FUND.

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  23. THE HIGH TARIFF FOLLY.

    Another tremendous leak in our revenue is caused by the differential duties by which the distillation of spirits in Victoria is encouraged and protected. This loss may ...

    Article : 731 words
  24. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    An impression prevails in business circles that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach) will, when delivering his Budget statement, propose several ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY.

    The Government are receiving applications from men to join the South African constabulary. ...

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  26. THE MAYOR'S LIST.

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  27. QUEENSLAND SIXTH CONTINGENT

    His Excellency the Governor has received a cable message from Mr. Chamberlain accepting the offer of Queensland of a sixth contingent for South Africa. Inquiries ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    An interesting debate, involving the conduct of the Foreign Office, took place in the House of Commons yesterday. When the House met, Mr. John Dillon, ...

    Article : 175 words
  29. ENTERTAINING VISITORS.

    The Victorian Government will not follow the example of the New South Wales authorities at the inauguration of the Commonwealth by obtaining accommodation at ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. AFFAIRS IN CHINA. THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA.

    The debate on the Address in Reply was resumed in the House of Commons yesterday by Viscount Cranbourne, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign ...

    Article : 225 words
  31. DE WET'S RAID ON THE CAPE

    It now transpires that no effort was made by Lord Kitchener to prevent the entry of General De Wet into the Cape Colony. All the drifts on the Orange River had been ...

    Article : 174 words
  32. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

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  33. ILLUMINATIONS AND DECORATIONS.

    At their meeting on Monday the Celebrations Committee of the Cabinet appointed Mr. G. B. H. Austen, architect, of the Public Works department, and Mr. ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. GERMAN TRADE.

    The condition of German trade, which for some time past has been causing concern to economists, is shown by statistics now published to have fallen off ...

    Article : 81 words
  35. CITY COUNCIL ARRANGEMENTS.

    Until the Government had decided on the principal street decorations to be undertaken by the state the Melbourne City Council was unable to take any very definite ...

    Article : 303 words
  36. LORD ARMSTRONG'S WILL.

    The will of the late Lord Armstrong, the head of the great shipbuilding and engineering firm of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., of Elswick, Newcastle, has ...

    Article : 82 words
  37. DE WET'S PRESENT WHEREABOUTS.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that Colonel Plumer's force, which pursued De Wet across the railway after the battle at Philipitown, has overtaken ...

    Article : 49 words
  38. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Consols are quoted at 97¾, or an advance of 1/2 since the 14th inst. ...

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  39. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Beet Sugar.—Mr. F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the production of beet sugar in Europe for the first five months of the campaign ...

    Article : 140 words
  40. DE WET AND HIS MEN.

    According to the latest reports the barbarities of De Wet have out been confined to his enemies, and the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that a serious ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. A PRO-FOREIGN VICEROY.

    Chang Chih Tung, the viceroy of the province of Hupch and Hunan, whose headquarters are at Wuchang, on the Yangtse, opposite Hankow, is taking ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    As a result of a conference of captains of county cricket clubs recently held to consider the question of what constitutes fair bowling, the Marylebone Cricket Club, ...

    Article : 186 words
  43. THE CABLE SCHEME. MESSAGE TO SIR ANDREW CLARKE.

    On the 19th of last month the Victorian Government sent a cable message to the Agent-General, asking him to inquire whether the Pacific Cable Board would ...

    Article : 284 words
  44. THE ENTRY TO THE CITY.

    At the meeting of the Brighton Council on Monday a communication was received from the Prahran Council requesting support to a proposal that their Royal ...

    Article : 98 words
  45. A BARBAROUS ACT.

    A brutal act is reported from Harrismith, in the Orange River Colony. A resident, named Nademan, declares that his own brother, having been ...

    Article : 95 words
  46. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Vazf (?); Loftus, ship, from Melbourne October 1; South Australia, ...

    Article : 59 words
  47. VICTORIAN CONVERSION LOAN.

    Owing to the depression in Imperial securities caused through the further borrowing necessary for the conduct of the war in South Africa, leading London financiers ...

    Article : 80 words
  48. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The suggested route of procession through Melbourne seems defective, in so far as it excludes the finest part of the city. i.e., Collins-street from William-street ...

    Article : 148 words
  49. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.

    The correspondent of the "Standard" states that Captain Malcolm Clark, after a daring cross-country journey at Leydsdorp, in the Zoutsanberg district of the ...

    Article : 53 words
  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The New Waitckauri Extended Company has been floated to work a property in the Waitckauri district of New Zealand, with a capital of £100,000. The company is ...

    Article : 67 words
  51. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10 a.m.—Wallace v. the King; Palmer v. Ford. Practice Court. Mr. Justice Hood will take chamber business at ...

    Article : 114 words
  52. THE BUTTER TRADE.

    A meeting of those interested in the butter trade was held to-day. It was attended by Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, and Mr. Henry Copeland, ...

    Article : 85 words
  53. DR. LEYDS.

    Dr. J. W. Leyds, who formerly represented the Transvaal Government in Europe, and who has since the annexation of the republics acted as an unofficial delegate ...

    Article : 66 words
  54. MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. R. M. S. Britannia left Colombo for Australia on the 18th inst. The I.G.M.S. Prinz Regent Luitpold left Suez for Australia on the 18th inst. ...

    Article : 34 words
  55. FIREWORKS FOR BRISBANE.

    The Government has received information that 80 cases of fireworks have been shipped from London in connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchess of ...

    Article : 38 words
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  58. ATTITUDE OF QUEENSLAND.

    The Premier, in referring to the Victorian proposal to divide the cable traffic between the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company and the Pacific Cable Board, said ...

    Article : 84 words
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