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  2. THE BOER WAR. LORD KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION.

    Further particulars are published of the proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener with the object of hastening the termination of the war. The proclamation, which ...

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  3. THE EMPRESS FREDERICK. DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN.

    Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra and Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria left England yesterday for Cronberg, where they will attend the ...

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  4. CHINA AND THE POWERS

    A further development of the situation in China has taken place. Great Britain has reoccupied the summer palace at Peking and declines to sign ...

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  5. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The report of Dr. Maxwell, sugar expert of the Queensland Government, compiled at the request of the Federal Premier, is now available. It deals very ...

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  6. VICTORIA-STREET BRIDGE SUICIDE. THE BODY RECOVERED.

    The sensational suicide of Ruth Willston, who threw herself from the parapet of the Victoria-street bridge into the Yarra on Friday afternoon, and sank a ...

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  7. FACTORIES AND SHOPS ACT. THE BOOT TRADE.

    Previously expressed opinions regarding the dangers ahead of Victorian industries are endorsed by Mr. C. Trescowthick, whose boot manufactory is in ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    On Saturday morning the Prime Minister (Mr. Barton), Sir Philip Fysh, Meesrs. Chapman and Tudor, M.H.R.'s, were shown over the places of interest in the ...

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  9. BOER RELIEF FUND.

    The managers of the fund that is being raised for the relief of the Boer women and children declare that they will provide £20,000. They consider that it will be ...

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  10. DEATH OF FATHER TIMONEY.

    The Rev. Francis Timoney, who went to South Africa as Roman Catholic chaplain to the New South Wales citizens' bushmen's contingent, has died in St. Thomas's ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY.

    Private W. Hawes, of the third New South Wales contingent has been severely wounded at Lindley. ...

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  12. THE COMMONWEALTH. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

    The introduction of the federal tariff is not far ahead now. The Minister of Customs, in consultation with his officers, has framed it; the Treasurer has, it is said, ...

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  13. MOURNING AT SYDNEY.

    To-day was set apart by the Government for national mourning over the death of the Empress Frederick and references were made to the late Empress in the various ...

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  14. THE JAMESON RAID.

    The "Spectator" published last Saturday a letter professing to give an explanation of the tenderness shown to Mr. Cecil Rhodes by the Select Committee of the ...

    Article : 163 words
  15. MEMORLAL SERVICE AT ADELAIDE.

    A memorial service in connection with the death of the Empress Frederick was held at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church this morning by Dr. E. J. Eitel. His ...

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  16. EFFECT OF THE PROCLAMATION.

    Consols were quoted yesterday at 93?, being a rise of 1/2 since yesterday. An advance took place in stocks generally as a result of Lord Kitchener's proclamation. ...

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  17. GERMAN MEMORIAL SERVICE.

    In connection with the death of the Dowager Empress of Germany, a memorial service was conducted at the German Lutheran Church yesterday by Pastor ...

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  18. HOW IT ORIGINATED.

    In connection with Lord Kitchener's proclamation, it appears that the Natal Ministry recently adopted resolutions suggesting the banishment of Boers who failed ...

    Article : 98 words
  19. THE MONO-RAILWAY.

    In May last the committee of the House of Lords presided over by Viscount Falk-land approved of the Manchester and Liverpool Electric Express Railway Bill, ...

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  20. THE COACHBUILDING TRADE.

    Mr. Frank Gibney, secretary Victorian Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights' Society, sends a letter, in which amongst other things he says:— ...

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  21. A "LITTLE ENGLAND" VIEW.

    The "Daily News," the chief organ of the pro-Boer and "Little England" party, declares that Lord Kitchener's proclamation is an empty thunderbolt, and the "foolish ...

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  22. EXTENSION TO THE COUNTRY.

    At the monthly meeting of the Kerang Shire Council a letter was received from the I[?]wan Shire asking co-operation in securing the suspension of the Factories ...

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  23. A FOREIGN OUTBURST.

    Lord Kitchener's proclamation has provoked in France and Germany an outburst of unfriendliness to England. Some of the French and German ...

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  24. A FRENCH EXPLORER.

    Prince Henri d'Orleans, eldest son of the Due de Chartres and cousin of the Duc d'Orleans, the head of the French House of Bourbon, has died at Saigon, in French ...

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  25. CHARGE AGAINST THE MOTHER.

    At the Richmond Court on Saturday Rachel Willston, mother of the unfortunate girl who, on the previous evening, committed suicide by throwing herself over ...

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  26. MONKS IN ROME.

    The Irish Augustinian monks at Rome have been evicted from the convent of the English Benedictine Sisters, which they purchased some time ago. ...

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  27. LORD KITCHENER.

    It is officially announced that General N. G. Lyttelton will succeed Lord Kitchener as commander-in-chief in South Africa when events permit of the transfer ...

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  28. DEATH OF COUNCILLOR R. A. FORBES.

    The announcement of the death of Councillor R. A. Forbes will be received with the deepest regret, since there have been few men who have done better, service for ...

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  29. THE BALLARAT MYSTERY.

    The police who are engaged in investigating the Invermay mystery have for some inexplicable reason discovered it to be necessary to have the body of Lizzie ...

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  30. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 26?d. per ounce standard, being a decline of 1-16d. since July 29. ...

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  31. MR. MACLAREN'S TEAM.

    Blythe, the Kent professional bowler, has been selected as one of the cricket team that Mr. A. C. Maclaren is taking out to Australia. ...

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  32. GENERAL ELLIOT'S CAPTURES.

    General Elliot, whose columns, which had marched from Bethlehem, Reitz, and Frankfort, in the East of the Orange River Colony, recently arrived at ...

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  33. MINING SHARES.

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  34. FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.

    The adjournment of the Lower House on Thursday last—grievance day—relieved the Ministry of the unpleasant necessity of listening to speeches by its. own ...

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  35. LABOUR DISPUTES. BRISBANE WHARF LABOURERS' STRIKE.

    A strike of wharf labourers occurred on Friday night, when the men employed in discharging the steamer Albany at the Sugar Refining Co.'s Wharf refused to ...

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  36. A BLOCK-HOUSE CAPTURED.

    Lord Kitchener reports that a block-house near Brandfort, in the Orange River Colony, 35 miles north of Bloemfontein, was rushed by a party of Boers on the ...

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  37. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Quotations for frozen meat are as follows:— New Zealand Sheep.—Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes (55lb. to 65lb.)— ...

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  38. HANDLING GRAIN IN BULK.

    At the meeting of the Horsham and Wimmera District Agricultural Society this afternoon a letter was read from Mr. Stanley, M.L.A., intimating that the ...

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  39. THE CAPE RAIDERS.

    A brutal murder by Commandant Scheepers, the Boer raider, is reported. He shot an interpreter in cold blood at Steytlerville, in the Willowmore division of ...

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  40. THE IRON TRADE DIFFICULTY.

    The award of the umpire in connection with the recent dispute between the iron trade employers and the Ironworkers' Assistants' Union, fixing the minimum wage ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    The Home Secretary has communicated with the Premier of New South Wales, asking that gentleman and his Ministry to indicate which sites they think ...

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  42. TRAIN WRECKING.

    A British patrol has captured a Boer belonging to Theron's commando. He had two horses, a quantity of detonators, and a contrivance for blowing up trains. ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The indirect taxation raised in France last month was 9,000,000 francs (£300,000) below the estimate, and 20,000,000 francs (£800,000) below the amount raised in July ...

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  44. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10 a.m.—Montgomerie's Brewery Co. Limited v. Blyth (part heard), Pault v. Charlotte Plains Ploneer Mining Co. First Civil Court. ...

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  45. TROUBLE IN THE BAKING TRADE.

    At a mass meeting of operative bakers yesterday, delegates were appointed to meet the delegates chosen by the master bakers, with a view to arriving at an ...

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  46. ELECTORAL LAW.

    A Federal Parliamentary Elections Bill in now taking definite shape. The Home Secretary, assisted by Mr. Lewis (N.S.W.), chairman of the recent conference of ...

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  47. BOER SUPPLIES.

    Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," states that the enemy is receiving supplies through Basutoland. ...

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  48. COAL TRIMMERS THREATENING.

    A strike of coal trimmers at Newcastle is expected to-morrow morning. A special meeting of the men was held yesterday, at which it was decided not to modify their ...

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  49. THE QUIRINDI ACCIDENT,

    The latest particulars regarding the balcony disaster at Quirindi show that of the 150 persons who were carried to the ground only about 30 escaped without ...

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  50. GRANT TO LORD ROBERTS.

    In the House of Commons last night the grant of £100,000 to Earl Roberts for his distinguished services in South Africa was carried after the closure had been applied ...

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  54. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Rowland Richard Rimer, 368 Little Collns-street, Melbourne, manufacturing jeweller. Causes of insolvency—Want of capital, trading on borrowed money, and ...

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