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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 205 words
  3. THE WEATHER. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Broiling Weather in Adelaide.

    Yesterday afternoon, while the people in the city were broiling under the oppressive heat, the residents of the hillside suburb of Mitcham were treated to a storm of ...

    Article : 177 words
  4. COMPLICATIONS. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] RUSSIA MOVING.

    The Odessa correspondent of the London Standard states that 60,000 Russian troops will shortly be pushed forward to the Russo-Afghan frontier. ...

    Article : 57 words
  5. THE BOER WAR. FIGHTING AT COLESBERG.

    Major-General French, commanding a section of the British troops in northern Cape Colony, near Na[?]uwpoort, made a rapid nocturnal advance ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. THE AUSTRALASIAN SQUADRON.

    Four torpedo-boat destroyers are being commissioned in England for service on the Australasian naval station. ...

    Article : 26 words
  7. MR. A. B. PATERSON IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    "Banjo" Paterson has "gone to the war" as a special correspondent of the S. M. Herald. He has sent out his first letter, from which one or two extracts are made:— ...

    Article : 388 words
  8. Deaths from Heat in Victoria.

    Several deaths occurred yesterday in and about Melbourne from the heat. Three babies, named respectively Heffernan, Sullivan, and O'Sullivan, died at Collingwood. ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. ANOTHER FENIAN SCARE.

    The United States newspapers again contain extravagant statements with regard to preparations alleged to have been made by the Fenians of the United ...

    Article : 32 words
  10. [BY TELEGRAPH.] THE N. S. W. CONTINGENT.

    The next draft of the second contingent from New South Wales will consist of 500 men and 600 horses. As nearly as can at present be specified, these will be shipped ...

    Article : 223 words
  11. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 31 words
  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] A Steamer Ashore.

    The Hamburg and South American liner Pelotas went ashore at Dungeness, but was refloated after a quantity of cargo had been jettisoned. ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. Barrier Miner.

    THE more news we have from South Africa, and the further we are permitted to get behind the scenes, the more certain may we be that, if war is not a ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  14. The Bush Fires in Tasmania.

    The intense heat at present prevailing has caused a spread of bush fires throughout the colony. Many reports of disasters have come to hand. The principal districts affected ...

    Article : 401 words
  15. PECULIAR ROBBERY FROM A HOTEL

    A CASE of robbery possessing some very peculiar features is at present engaging the attention of the police. It was committed about the middle of last week at the Oxford ...

    Article : 266 words
  16. WINSTON CHURCHILL.

    Several portraits of Mr. Winston Churchill, whose name is now upon every lip, have appeared in the evening papers, but none of them (writes a correspondent) are in the ...

    Article : 304 words
  17. The Price of Silver.

    Bar silver (standard) is now quoted at 2s. 3?d. per ounce. ...

    Article : 17 words
  18. The Siberian Railway.

    The trans-Balkan section of the Siberian railway has been completed, and direct communication between St. Petersburg, the Russian capital, and the Pacific ...

    Article : 32 words
  19. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The Western Rifle Association's annual meeting has just been concluded. The prize for the champion aggregate was won by Captain Cork, of Milton, with a total of 295. ...

    Article : 32 words
  20. THE EARLY CLOSING ACT.

    The Early Closing Act was last night rigidly observed in the city and suburbs, but outside a good deal of latitude appears to have been allowed. ...

    Article : 648 words
  21. ABOUT IN THE RIDING SCHOOL.

    Outside of the Mounted Rifles there were 14 officers who wanted to go to Africa (says Saturday's Argus). The General said he would like to have their horsemanship tested, ...

    Article : 757 words
  22. RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 340 words
  23. THE DORDRECHT AFFAIR.

    During the British cavalry reconnaisance from Dordrecht, in the Sterkstroom district, the advance of 40 scouts under Captain De Montmorency was ...

    Article : 116 words
  24. HOSPITAL CHRISTMAS CHEER.

    DURING the month of December the matron received, and now gratefully acknowledges, the following gifts:—Mr. Delprat, £1 ls.; Mr. Whitehead, £1 ls.; Mr. W. Harry, £2; ...

    Article : 163 words
  25. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Mr. Robert Christian, of Lammermoor station, Northern Queensland, has written from London to a friend in Townsville to the effect that the war in South Africa will pretty ...

    Article : 524 words
  26. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Eating Poisoned Sandwiches.

    John Damon, his wife, and their six children were poisoned through eating poisoned sandwiches at an Ashburton picnic. They are now all recovering. ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. THE POSITION IN NATAL.

    It is reported that General Joubert's headquarters in northern Natal are ensconsed in the hills towards Springfield, about 20 miles west of Colenso. ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. AMUSEMENTS.

    LAST night's duststorm interfered greatly with the attendance at the Theatre, when "The Dangers of London" was produced for the second time by the Wilson Forbes' ...

    Article : 189 words
  29. Drowned in a Well.

    The 2-year-old daughter of T. H. Dyer, of Uraidla, wandered 50 yards from home and fell down a well and was drowned. ...

    Article : 30 words
  30. Wife of a Blocker Killed.

    On Saturday afternoon the wife of a blocker named Kerwin, at Deep Creek, was returning home on horseback, and when going down a hill the horse became ...

    Article : 69 words
  31. IS AUSTRALIA DOING WELL?

    Sir,—This contingent business ought to stop dead. The martial spirit, mainly fostered by Rudyard the Irrepressible, has helped to make this war possible; and ...

    Article : 234 words
  32. TROOPER BRADFORD, OF NEW ZEALAND.

    Trooper Bradford, of Ohinemuri, near Auckland, of the New Zealand contingent, who was wrongly reported killed near Arundel recently, has died in the ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. A. S. A. Trooper Hurt.

    Yesterday evening a runaway horse at the contingent camp knocked down Trooper E. J. Hancock, inflicting a scalp wound, which necessitated treatment at the Hospital, ...

    Article : 39 words
  34. DIVIDED WESTRALIA.

    A message from Kalzoorlie states that in view of Sir John Forrest's visit to the eastern colonies the executive committee of the Goldfields Separation League has deemed it ...

    Article : 135 words
  35. PROTECTING LINES OF COMMUNICATION.

    About 1200 railway pioneers from England have been embodied in the Cape Railway Corps organised for the protection of the British lines of ...

    Article : 51 words
  36. Thrown from a Horse.

    George Mattie, a boy 13 years of age, was thrown from a horse on the Glenelg road yesterday and received a fracture of the base of the skull. ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. THE ENGINEDRIVERS' STRIKE.

    Matters are unaltered in connection with the enginedrivers' strike at Bendigo. The majority favor a general calling out, but it is understood that this will not be done until all ...

    Article : 197 words
  38. MESSAGE FROM KIMBERLEY.

    A heliograph message has been received in Lord Methuen's camp at Modder River from the defenders of Kimberley, conveying New Year's ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. THE PRISONERS AT PRETORIA.

    A Reuter's message from Maritzburg on December 2 said:— Two gentlemen, named W. H. [?]dey, the manager of the Royal Hotel, Heidelberg, and ...

    Article : 440 words
  40. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] New South Wales.

    A proposal has been laid before the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners to ask for an increase of a shilling per diem in wages. The matter has not yet been ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The New South Wales revenue returns for the half-year show an increase of £86,726 by comparison with those for the corresponding half ot last year. ...

    Article : 121 words
  42. A YEAR AT THE POST-OFFICE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 words
  43. BOER SPIES IN LONDON.

    The officers of the special branch of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard are (says the Daily Mail of a recent date), and have been for some time past, ...

    Article : 597 words
  44. NEARLY A SAD ERROR.

    Owing to the fact that the Australian troops forming portion of the British army in northern Cape Colony, were mistaken for the enemy at Arundel ...

    Article : 66 words
  45. Victoria.

    Ellen M'Kay, 30, has been arrested in Lonsdale-street, charged with stabbing her paramour, William Ham, a half-caste Chinese. ...

    Article : 23 words
  46. South Australia.

    Mrs. James Batt attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat at West Hindmarsh last evening, but no serious results are anticipated. ...

    Article : 27 words
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