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  2. MINING. [BY TELEGRAPH.] A Rich Gold Find.

    A rich find of gold was made near Bega yesterday, one dish of rubble yielding lOOoz. of metal. ...

    Article : 31 words
  3. THE WAR. ROBERTS AND BOTHA.

    Lord Roberts has left Wonderfontein, and is now at Belfast. His troops have reconnoitred the enemy's position, and has found the ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. SPORTING. [REUTER'S MESSAGE.] English Cricket.

    The English cricket season is over, and Yorkshire once again holds the premiership with an unbeaten record for the season. Yorkshire was the champion county in 1898 ...

    Article : 42 words
  5. OMINOUS PREPARATIONS.

    The Admiralty has ordered 100,000 tons of Cardiff steam coal, and is paying the highest prices for it. Russia is negotiating for the purchase ...

    Article : 40 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 123 words
  7. THE FAR EAST. FURTHER FIGHTING AROUND PEKIN.

    Reuter's correspondent at Tientsin advises that the Japanese on August 23 held the wall round the innermost part of the Forbidden City in Pekin. ...

    Article : 55 words
  8. The British.

    The mill did good service last week, treating; 2250 tons crudes, which returned 420 tons concentrates of satisfactory grade. All surface machinery is in thorough order, and stoppages ...

    Article : 294 words
  9. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Cup Betting.

    Vocalist was backed for the Caulfield Cup last night to win £5000 from 100 to 1½ to 100 to 4. He was also coupled in doubles with Lancaster to win £20.000. L[?] C[?]rabine was ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] The British Railways.

    The British railway companies have threatened to combine against the Amalgamated Servants' Society, owing to the society's interference with the ...

    Article : 33 words
  11. Championship Billiards.

    Roberts passed Smith in the billiard match last night, and the scores at the close of play were:—Roberts, 12,252; Smith (6000 in), 11,863. The best breaks of the evening were: ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. The Trouble in Ashanti.

    The two punitive British columns in Ashanti, in their operations against the rebellions tribesmen, have so far destroyed 30 villages. ...

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  13. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Buggy Accident at Port Augusts.

    Mr. and Mrs. Sykes and a party of friends were driving into Port August[?] when the horses bolted. Mr. Sykes was thrown out, and as he fell the reins, leaving his hands, ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club.

    The annual general meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club was held last night at M'Laughlin's Exchange Hotel. Mr. P. Quinn, president, occupied the chair, ...

    Article : 562 words
  15. The Price of Silver.

    Bar silver (standard) is improving and is now quoted at 2s. 4 5-16d. per ounce. ...

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  16. METEOROLOGICAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  17. Chassing the Dowager Empress.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that 1000 Russians, Germans, and Japanese have left Pekin in pursuit of the Dowager ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. A MINE FATALITY.

    John Tisdale and James Patton were killed in the Great Eldorado mine, Gaffney's Greek, on July 31, while working in a rise under stopes containing water. After a shot was ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. Block 14.

    The plant had a very heavy and most satisfactory run for the past week. The quantity of crudes treated—all weighed—was 2905 tons, which yielded 778 tons ...

    Article : 226 words
  20. A Boy Kicked to Death.

    William Anderson, a boy, was returning from church at Boucaut, when his leg atruck against a gate through which he was passing; and he was dragged off his horse. ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. Food Supply Short.

    The allies report having only a month's food supply at Tientsin, their base in China. ...

    Article : 20 words
  22. AMUSEMENTS. The Broken Hill Orchestra.

    AFTER an interval of some months the Broken Hill Orchestra was welcomed by a large and enthusiastic audience at the Town Hall last night, when the third concert of the ...

    Article : 669 words
  23. A Station Manager's Death.

    Further particulars have now been received of the finding of the body of Mr. Clark, manager of Chatsworth station. Close to the body was a matchbox, on which had been ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. Forbidden to Attack Li Hung Chaug.

    The Russian newspapers have been forbidden by the Government to attack Li Hung Chang, as he is "the particular friend of Russia." ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. Preparing for the Future.

    The Times' correspondent at Shanghai states that Germany has engaged certain residents of Shanghai and Hankow as intelligence officers for 12 months. ...

    Article : 45 words
  26. A Miner's Suicide.

    Thomas Edwards, 45, a well-known tinminer of Townsville, committed suicide yesterday by blowing out his brains with a rifle. ...

    Article : 27 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
  28. The South Blocks.

    The announcement of the appointment of Mr. Sam Mayne, the underground manager of the South mine, to a similar position on these blocks has been confirmed, and operations ...

    Article : 258 words
  29. DESTROYING THE RAILWAY.

    The railway in the Transvaal near Krugersdorp has been destroyed by the Boers with explosives. ...

    Article : 20 words
  30. FEDERATION.

    THE platform of the Labor party at the forthcoming Federal elections for the House of Representatives will include:—One adult one vote, the total exclusion of colored and ...

    Article : 840 words
  31. KRUGER'S HOPE.

    President Kruger has promised the burghers that the establishment of a Radical Ministry in England, which he seems to look forward to, will be the ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 98 words
  33. Belgium's Neutrality.

    Owing to Belgium's position of neutrality, Germany objected to the proposed sending of a Belgian corps to China, and the idea was abandoned. ...

    Article : 28 words
  34. RUSSIA AND THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Czar has given an audience to Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal agent in Europe. A Russian has been arrested in ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. Proposed Terms of Settlement.

    The Daily Mail correspondent at St. Petersburg states that the Russian Government will insist on a status quo ante in China and the payment of an ...

    Article : 140 words
  36. Barrier Miner.

    HOWEVER much we might like to do it, it is quite impossible to get far away from the fact that a very large proportion of the French people cordially ...

    Article : 1,207 words
  37. THE EXECUTION OF LIEUTENANT CARDUA.

    The Continental Press has adopted a savage tone at the execution of Lieutenant Hans Cardua for conspiracy in Pretoria. ...

    Article : 30 words
  38. The Little Broken Hill.

    The directors speak most hopefully of the prospects of this mine. They say the winze sunk from the south drive at the 70ft. has been deepened to 10ft, and carries a full ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. The Turf.

    The Pony Syndicate will hold a race meeting on the-Recreation Ground to-morrow afternoon. The Novelty Race is post entry. There is a programme of half a dozen events, ...

    Article : 600 words
  40. STATION HAND AND ABORIGINAL.

    At the Roeburn police court John Harper, a station hand, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a native on Cooyapooya station. The evidence showed ...

    Article : 79 words
  41. The North Central.

    The 18th half-yearly report of the North Central S. M. Company has been issued. The directors slate:—"Although nothing payable has been discovered, the present appearance ...

    Article : 152 words
  42. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] New South Wales.

    Forty-eight country municipal councils have decided to take action to suppress Sunday footballing. The shearers' pickets at Brookong station ...

    Article : 88 words
  43. BURGLARY AT THE SOUTH.

    A DISCOVERY that was made yesterday in Gladstone Park shows that a determined gang of burglars are at present in Broken Hill. On Sunday night the South Broken ...

    Article : 149 words
  44. THE PREMIER BANQUETTED.

    Sir W. J. Lyne was banquetted by his constituents at The Rock yesterday. In reply to the toast of "The Ministry," the Premier said he wished to close Parliament ...

    Article : 135 words
  45. Mill and Furnace Returns.

    Block 10, week ending, August 22.— Treated 3076 tons crude ore, producing 480½ tons concentrates. South, week ending August 24.—Treated ...

    Article : 118 words
  46. Victoria.

    The wesleyan Sunday School committee at Bendigo has promised not to hold a picnic on the miners' holiday if the miners promise not to permit the sale of intoxicants at their ...

    Article : 140 words
  47. FIRE AT THE NORTH.

    THE British mine whistle sounded a fire alarm about 10 o'clock this morning, and at the same time the brigade was called by telephone to the neighborhood of the ...

    Article : 148 words
  48. Anderson Dramatic Season.

    "The Ladder of Life," to be produced at the Theatre by the Andersen Dramatic Company on Saturday night, is a drama in four acts and ten scenes. The scenes include a ...

    Article : 303 words
  49. The London Market.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 562 words
  50. THE GILGANDRA BLACKS.

    The five aboriginals arrested at the Wollar camp on a charge of being vagrants were again before the Mudgee court yesterday and remanded for eight days. ...

    Article : 33 words
  51. MINERS' EIGHT HOURS.

    MR. ALEXANDER BROWN, himself a Newcastle mineowner, is attempting to kill the Miners' Night Hours Bill by ridiculing it—a pretty sale thing for a man to do who is not ...

    Article : 181 words
  52. Queensland.

    Commandant Booth addressed a large Salvation Army meeting in the Town Hall last night. The Premier presided. ...

    Article : 23 words
  53. ROBBERY OF GOLD.

    A telegram from Kalgoorlie states that an armed man bailed up the watchman on the Brown Hill gold mine last night and at the end of a revolver compelled him to lie down. ...

    Article : 139 words
  54. West Australia.

    Burglars entered Parer's restaurant. Kalgoorlie last night, and stole tue cashbox. A safe token from M'Manns' hotel was also fonnd this morning a mile and a half away, ...

    Article : 43 words
  55. New Zealand.

    The steamer Mapourika has been floated off Mabel Island. Trifling damage only has been, done to the vessel. After a four weeks' trial the system of ...

    Article : 66 words
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