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  2. THE BOER WAR. A RAILWAY RAID REPULSED.

    Lord Kitchener reports than on Wednesday night, the 26th inst., the Boers attacked two block-houses on the PretoriaDelagoa Bay railway, near Brugspruit, 28 ...

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  3. THE FAR EAST.

    According to the Shanghai correspondent of "The Times," refugees from Manchuria who have arrived at the treaty port of Chefoo, in the province of Shunting, ...

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  4. KING'S DECLARATION.

    On the 13th inst. the House of Lords agreed to a motion bv the Mtrquis of Salisbury nominating a select committee to consider and report upon the advisability ...

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  5. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, held a levee on Saturday at Government-house. The function was largely attended, and was marked rather ...

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  6. THE IRONWORKERS' STRIKE. NEW TERMS OF THE EMPLOYERS.

    As the result of an interview between the Rev. J. F. Blair and Mr. W. C. MacDougall, as representing the citizens of Balmain who signed the petition urging ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH. ROTATION OF SENATORS.

    By far the most interesting item on the notice-paper for the Senate to members of that Chamber is Senator O'Connor's motion to be moved on Thursday providing ...

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  8. ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    During the past few weeks we have intimated each day that the subscription opened by Mr. Marcus Beresford, with a contribution of £1,000, for the St. ...

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  9. THE REVENUE RETURNS.

    A highly satisfactory state of affairs is disclosed by the revenue returns for the year, which the Treasury officials issued with commendable promptness on ...

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  10. THE NORTHERN TRANSVAAL.

    Field-Cornet Depriez and 44 Boers have surrendered to the British at Pietersburg, in the Transvaal, about 140 miles north-east of Pretoria. ...

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  11. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    During a debate in the House of Lords last night on the army proposals of the Government, it was evident that there is considerable anxiety in official ...

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  12. MR. BARTON AT HEALESVILLE.

    Healesville was honoured to-day with the presence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Barton), who was accompanied by the state Attorney-General (Sir Samuel Gillott), the ...

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  13. GIBRALTAR.

    Sir Andrew Clarke, the Agent-General for Victoria, forerly Inspector-General of Fortifications, has been interviewed with reference to the report of the committee ...

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  14. THE HOME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

    After all it is the Postmaster-General who is to have the new building in Spring-street, to be leased by the Federal Government, in addition to its offices at the corner of Spring ...

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  15. THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    The columns under General Campbell and Colonel G. E. Harley, which have been sweeping the country between Bethlehem and Harrismith, in the west of the Orange ...

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  16. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

    The Senate does not resume until Wednesday. When it meets Senator M'Gregor, leader of the Labour party in this House, will question the Ministry as to whether it ...

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  17. THE ATTACK ON RICHMOND.

    In the attack on Richmond, in the Cape Colony, on Tuesday last by Commandant Malan and 400 Boer raiders, the town guard, who defended the village until the ...

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  18. STRIKE OF HARVESTERS.

    A strike of men cmployed in harvesting has occurred at Ferrara, in Northern Italy Several hundred peasants from Piedmont were engaged to replace the strikers, ...

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  19. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    Federal Ministers recognise that it would be of little use organising a tour of the suggested sites for the Commonswealth capital during the recess. Members will, they ...

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  20. THE LEIPZIGER BANK.

    Dr. Gentsch, the second managing director of the Leipziger Bank, which has suspended payment, with liabilities amounting (on December 31, 1899) to 114,566,535 ...

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  21. EDUCATION IN AMERICA.

    Following upon the benefactions by Mr. Andrew Carnegie and Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan in the cause of education, other large gifts by American millionaires are ...

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  22. BOER IGNORANCE.

    Sir Henry Rawlinson, wbo was recently operating in the South-Western Transvaal, has visited a difficult part of the Magaliesberg range, west of Pretoria. There he ...

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  23. SUBSCRIPTION BY THEIR EXCELLENCIES.

    "Dear Sir,— "I am directed by their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Hopetoun to enclose a sum of £25, which ...

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  24. INTERNATIONAL BOWLS.

    The Australian bowls team played their third game ni Scotland yesterday their opponents being the Braid Club, Edinburgh. The contest proved very close all through, ...

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  25. MR. O'SULLIVAN' ACTION.

    With reference to the position assumed by the Minister of Works in connection with the strike, as explained by him to a deputation from the Ironworkers' Assistants' ...

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  26. ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING.

    A dastardly attempt at train-wrecking has been made near Crewe, in Cheshire, the central manufacturing depot of the London and North-Western railway. ...

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  27. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    At a banquet given in London last night, General Sir Frederick Carrington, who was in command of the Rhodesia Field Force, which included the Victorian Bushmen ...

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  28. VALUING THE SERVICES TRANSFERRED.

    Valuations are now being made of all the services (land, buildings, fittings, &c.), postal, Customs, and defence, recently transferred from the states to the ...

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  29. THE HUNGARIAN HORSES.

    Sir J. Blundell Maple, M.P., the wellknown owner of racehorses, recently complained of the worthless quality of the Huncarian horses purchased by tho War Office ...

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  30. SUBMARINE BOATS.

    The Admiralty has made some successful experiments at Portsmouth with submarine torpedo-boat destroyers. ...

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  31. NEW SOUTH WALES REVENUE.

    The consolidated revenue for June amounted to £1,026,432, an increase on the corresponding mongth of last year of £69,563, principally due to railways and ...

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  32. FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS.

    The several Federal departments have lost no time in preferring requests for large public works. The Victorian Postal authorities want to extend the General ...

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  33. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  34. A GOLD-MINING COMPANY

    Many of the shareholders in the Londdon Valley Gold-fields Limited are agitating for the return of their money. [This Company, which was issued in ...

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  35. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    Saturday was the last day of the first financial half-year of the Commonwealth. The actual new expenditure consequent upon federation was £125,043. Of this ...

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  36. CONVALESCENT OFFICERS.

    Captain A. F. Thunder, of the West Australian Contingent, Lieutenants Clerk and C. E. W. Hyde, of the Queensland Bushmen, and Lieutenant J. R. Matthews, of ...

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  37. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

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  38. FALL OVER A BRIDGE.

    A sensational accident occurred at the bridge crossing the Woady yalloak Creek, by which a wood waggon and team of eight horses, with their driver, were ...

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  39. THE AUCKLAND FIRE.

    The evidence taken at the inquest concerning the cause of the fire at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, in which several lives were lost, indicates possible remarkable ...

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  40. CASUALTIES.

    The following casualties are reported:— Private P. J. M'Namara, of the third New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent, accidentally killed at Holfontein; Private ...

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  41. POST-OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.

    To lessen the consternation felt by first-class officers in the Australian postal service at the promotion by Senator Drake of his private secretary, Mr. Justinian ...

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  42. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales, which opened on Tuesday last, closed yesterday, prices being unchaged. Of the La Plata wool offered, 1,571 bales, half was sold Of ...

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  43. RETURNING SOLDLERS.

    The following Australian soldiers arrived here at a late hour last night from Cape Town in the steamer Damascus:— VICTORIANS. ...

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  44. JUDGING AT SHEEP SHOWS.

    The annual meeting of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association was held last night, The financial statement showed that, altough£900 had been offered in ...

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  45. BALLARAT RAILWAY FATALITY.

    An inquest was held yesterday beforo Mr. J.W.Graham, J.P., and a jury concernnig the collision which toolk place at Bungared on the prvious day, between the 7.45 ...

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  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The French Chamber of Deputies has adopted the amendments made by the Scnate in the Religious Associations Bill. His Majesty the King has instituted a ...

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  47. FOUNDERING OF A RIVER STEAMER.

    Considerable excitement was occasioned last night by the arrival of Captain Sinclair with the news that the steamer Shannon had foundered. The shannon had just been ...

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  48. ROWDY FOOTBALLERS.

    A dusgracefyk [?] was witnessed at the Estern Oval yesterday afternoon, during the football match between the Ballarat and Ballarat Imperial clubs. The game ...

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  49. MEMORIAL SERVICE AT BRUNSWICK.

    As a last act of respect for the memory of their late fellow-employe, Trooper S. J. Barnard, who fell with others of the Victorian troops at Wilmansrust, nearly 300 ...

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  50. LILYDALE-WARBURTON RAILWAY.

    The proceedings in the case of E. A. Janson v. the Lilydale-Warburton Railway Construction Trust. were commenced in the Court of Arbitration on Friday, and ...

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  51. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    Mr. Justice A'Beekett will take urgent chamber business at balf-past 10 a.m. CRIMINAL, COURT. (Before Judge Chomley.) ...

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  52. PUBLIC SERVICE BILL.

    On clause 44 of the Public Service Bill, which provides that members of the federal service must assure their lives, Mr. Hume Cook (V.) moved as an amendment ...

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  53. TUE LATE CORPORAL MOORE.

    A public meeting was held in the South Melbourne Town-hall on Friday evening to take steps to provide a memorial to the memory of the late Corporal Charles ...

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  54. NEW ZEALAND POLITICS.

    There are signs that the forthcoming session of Parliament will be a lively one. some of the progressive Liberals in the Government party being dissat[?] with the ...

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