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  2. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. [REUTER'S MESSAGES.] Denmark and the States.

    The Government of Denmark has offered the West Indian possessions of the Kingdom (the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, covering an ...

    Article : 53 words
  3. POLITICAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Victoria.

    The Premier (Mr. H'Lean), speaking at Bairnsdale last night, explained the Government policy. He said the financial proposals of the late Government were to be retained. ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. THE BOER WAR. THE REVERSE AT MOLTENO.

    Further particulars have been received concerning the British reverse between Molteno and Stormsberg, on the East London railway, in northern Cape ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 94 words
  6. THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

    A MEETING of the Caledonian Society was held last night at Strachan's Centennial Hotel. Mr. J. Linton (Chief) was in the chair. ...

    Article : 415 words
  7. A Canal Collision.

    An official inquiry has been held into the circumstances of the collision in the Suez Canal in Angust last year between the R.M.S. Orizaba and the steamer ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. METEOROLOGICAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  9. South Australia.

    In the Assembly Yesterday afternoon Mr. Holder reappeared as Premier, and to some extent unfolded the new Government policy. He was euthualastically received. First the ...

    Article : 419 words
  10. The German Navy.

    Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, introduced in the Reichstag yesterday a bill providing for a large increase in the strength of the German ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. THE NEW SOUTH WALES PATRIOTIC FUND.

    The New South Wales Patriotic War Fund now amounts to £5613. ...

    Article : 19 words
  12. A SYMONS MEMORIAL.

    Mr. Justice Boucaut has started a fund for contributing towards a memorial to the late General Sir William Penn Symons, who was killed at Glencoe. He is appealing specially ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. THE ADVANCE ON LADYSMITH.

    General Schalk Burger, who is now commanding the Boer forces in Natal, vice Joubert, is, it is said, being advised by German officers in the siege of ...

    Article : 119 words
  14. PRESIDENT STEYN.

    President Steyn, who occupies the highest position in the Orange Free State, has risen (says M. A. P.), through his own determination of character and his untaintable honesty, ...

    Article : 398 words
  15. CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 words
  16. The Price of Silver.

    Bar silver (standard) is now quoted at 2s. 3¼d. per ounce. ...

    Article : 18 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 75 words
  18. THE PARLIAMENT.

    Both Houses sat last night. ...

    Article : 12 words
  19. A SUNKEN STEAMER IN THE DARLING.

    A MESSAGE from Wilcannia states:—"The Christmas Rocks are situated in the river bed of the Darling, about halfway between Wilcannia and Menindle. They have for ...

    Article : 235 words
  20. THE COUNCIL.

    In the Council, the Goulburn to Crookwell Railway Bill was read a second time; the voting was 23 to 10. The bill authorising the Tweed harbor ...

    Article : 49 words
  21. A NOVELTY IN WARFARE.

    The horses of the 2nd Dragoons (the Royal Scots Greys), on their arrival at Cape Town from Southampton, presented a peculiar appearance. The ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. Barrier Miner.

    THE successive reverses which the British troops are sustaining at the hands of the Boers and the still greater number of British disappointments make it all the ...

    Article : 1,067 words
  23. THE ASSEMBLY.

    Mr. Lyne, in reply to Dr. Ross, said the question of dealing with the unemployed difficulty would shortly be considered by the Government. The question of bringing into ...

    Article : 261 words
  24. Queensland.

    In the Assembly last night a debate arose on a question rained by Mr, Fisher whether certain documents essential to the proper understanding of the papers referring to the ...

    Article : 218 words
  25. THE QUEEN'S INQUIRIES.

    The Queen sent her private secretary to the War Office yesterday to specially inquire as to the details of the British reverse at Stormberg. ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. STRAY NOTES.

    A NEWS item says that Mr. R. P. Browne is to be transferred to Casino. Then Casino is to be congratulated; for you don't find Mr. Browne's superior as a public servant, a ...

    Article : 669 words
  27. ENGINEDRIVERS' WAGES.

    REPORTING a matter briefly referred to in Melbourne telegrams to the MINER, the Bendigo Indeptndent says:— The agitation amongst the enginedrivers ...

    Article : 656 words
  28. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    By the promotion immediately after the battle of Glencoe of the late Sir W. Penn Symon to the rank of major-general for distinguished service in the field, Lady Symons will now ...

    Article : 458 words
  29. A LONG-RANGE DUEL.

    The report that fighting occurred close to Spytfontein, on the western frontier, on Saturday, has been confirmed. The fighting, however, was ...

    Article : 97 words
  30. A MATTER OF COURTESY.

    The Government of Great Britain has, through the Netherlands Government, agreed to furnish the Transvaal with lists of the Boers taken prisoners, ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM.

    In course of a speech last night Earl Grey drew a comparison between the burgher principle in the Transvaal and the volunteer system in force in Great ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. REPORTED FRICTION.

    A report is current in South Africa that much friction at present exists between President Stern, of the Orange Free State, who is with the Boer troops ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.] New South Wales.

    The Pablic Works Committee has resolved to recommend that the Cobar-Wilcannia railway line be constructed to a point on the eastern side of the Darling. ...

    Article : 46 words
  34. SPORTING. [BY TELEGRAPH.] Intercolonial Cricket.

    The following team has been picked to represent Victoria against New South Wales: —Rosa, C. M'Leod, trumble, Bruce, Graham, Stuckey, Laver, Collins, M'Allister, M'Michael, ...

    Article : 40 words
  35. [BY TELEGRAPH.] THE RETURNED LANCERS.

    The report of the board of inquiry into the conduct of certain Lancers who declined to join the troop for service in South Africa has been furnished to Major-General French. The ...

    Article : 551 words
  36. Victoria.

    The explosion under a tram on the St. Kilda line has been explained satisfactorily, some gelignite having been thrown out of the sewerage works on to the tracks. ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. The Turf.

    Considerable difficulty appears to have been experienced by the committees of the Broken Hill Jockey Club and Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club in fixing upon ...

    Article : 455 words
  38. MAFEKING STILL SAFE.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Baden-Powell has reported that Mafeking was "all well" on November 30. He added to his dispatch that a 100-pounder Boer gun had ...

    Article : 36 words
  39. South Australia.

    With a view to winding up the estate of Harrold-Brothers, arrangements have been made for an early audit meeting, after which a small dividend will be declared. ...

    Article : 116 words
  40. SKIRMISHES NEAR COLESBERG.

    Several small skirmishes have taken place in the vicinity of Colesberg, in northern Cape Colony, between the troops under Major-General French and ...

    Article : 188 words
  41. THE WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 words
  42. West Australia.

    William P. Murdoch, charged with the attempted murder of Ralph Clarke by throwing him down a mine at Coolgardie, has been committed for trial. He reserved his ...

    Article : 66 words
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