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  2. A MYSTERIOUS BOX.

    Confidence men have been particularly active in Sydney lately, and they have been successful in swindling several people. A scheme which three of the fraternity had ...

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  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    On Saturday evening His Excellency the Governor attended the concert by Mr. Bryceson Treharne at the Elder Conservatorium. This afternoon Lady Tennyson will ...

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  4. WAR NOTES.

    Sir Redvers Buller has occupied Spitzkop; General Pole-Carew has taken possession of Godwaan; and General French has captured the important ...

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  5. TROUBLED CHINA.

    Reports from various inland towns in China give circumstantial accounts of unspeakable barbarities inflicted by the fanatical Boxers upon Christian ...

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  6. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Advices from Machadodorp that General Pole-Carew's force, who include some Australasian mounted contingents, are continuing their ...

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  7. UNFORTUNATE HUSSARS.

    A party of Royal Engineers, while engaged in the work of repairing the Lydenburg telegraph line were attacked by a Boer force near the Crocodile ...

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  8. THE TIDAL WAVE CATASTROPHE.

    Cable messages from Texas state that 4,100 bodies have been recovered at Galveston, and that the fatalities from the tidal wave and hurricane total ...

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  9. GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA.

    In a despatch to the War Office Lord Roberts remarks that he has heard that General Louis Botha resigned the post of Transvaal Commander-in-Chief ...

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  10. IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION BY LORD ROBERTS.

    In connection with the proclamation of martial law throughout the whole of the Transvaal. Lord Roberts has published for the information of the ...

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  11. BOER APPEAL TO THE NATIONS.

    Messrs. Fischer. Wolmarans, and Wessles, the Boer "peace envoys," who have been visiting the Continent and America, are appealing to the Powers ...

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  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The judges of the International Bakers and Confectioners' Exhibition have awarded the Government of New South Wales a grand diploma of honour ...

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  13. THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

    The expedition to Paoting-fu have en route looted and burnt a Chinese town. Prince Ching is conducting negotiators for an armistice. To the ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. GERMANY AND THE YANG-TSZE PROVINCES.

    A semi-official statement has been published in Berlin to the effect that Germany's action on the Yang-tsze-kiang will be restricted to keeping two ...

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  15. GERMAN PRESS OPINIONS.

    Leading German newspapers, referring to the South African situation, commend Lord Roberts for having issued his "humane warning" to the Boers to ...

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  16. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of bar silver to-day is 2s. 4 15-16d. per oz., a rise of 1-16d. since yesterday. Sheepskins.—Competition was poor, and ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

    A man named Richard Parry, aged 45 years, met with a sudden death at Ballarat on Saturday. He fell from a dray, and the wheel passed over his neck, which was ...

    Article : 412 words
  18. LARGE PURCHASE OF OATS.

    The War Office have placed fresh orders for 5,600 tons of oats, to be shipped from New Zealand to South Africa. ...

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  19. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    Negotiations are proceeding between Prince Ching and the allies for an armistice, with the following conditions as a basis:—That Tientsin should for a ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    The War Office has issued the following additional list of casualties to Australasian troops:—KILLED. ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN MINING STOCKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 words
  22. MR. KRUGER AT DELAGOA BAY.

    Shortly after the arrival of Mr. Kruger at Delagoa Bay, Mr. A. C. Ross, the British Consul at Lorenzo Marquez, formally protested against the ...

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  23. SHIPPING EXPERIENCES.

    The coasting schooner Cynthia, 128 tons, was wrecked on North Head, Nelson's Bay, at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. when between the two heads at the entrance of ...

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  24. AUSTRALASIAN MEAT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  25. MASS FOR MASSACRED MISSIONARIES.

    Requiem High Mars for the missionaries massacred in China was celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday. Many of the visiting prelates and priests took part. The ...

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  26. THE EXPEDITION TO PAOTING-FU.

    The mixed force of 4,000 troops who left Pekin for Paoting-fu under the command of Brigadier-General Dorward, are reported to have arrived at ...

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  27. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL CONTINGENTS.

    The steamer Salamis, with the Victorian and New South Wales naval contingents on board, has arrived at Wei-hai-wei, and will go on to Taku. ...

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  28. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Heber Hugh McMahon, a well-Known cricketer, was found dead under a bridge on Milson's Point Railway this morning. His skull was fractured and his left leg ...

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  29. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London.—Don. barque, from Fremantle May 1; Australian, steamer, from Newcastle July 7; Starzin (?) DEPARTURES. ...

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  30. STATE GOVERNORS.

    The Premier, in an interview with reference to the correspondence between Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Tennyson on the question of State Governors, after the ...

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  31. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR.

    A juvenile rally in connection with the Christian Endeavour Union of New South Wales took place at the Town Hall yesterday. Over 2,000 young people were ...

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  32. BURGHERS LONGING FOR PEACE.

    A number of leading burghers in the Orange River Colony have petitioned Lord Roberts to banish the leaders of the War Party, and to take steps to ...

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  33. ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

    In connection with the Roman Catholic Congress meetings of the New South Wales Roman Catholic Benefit Society and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul were held ...

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  34. AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY.

    A daring robbery was committed on Saturday morning in the vicinity of the Victoria Markets. An elderly gardener, named Samuel Barrett, aged 70 years, who had ...

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  35. COMPENSATION FOR LOYALISTS.

    Sir Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, proposes that so soon as the Commissioners have assessed the amounts that should be paid as ...

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  36. THE DEFEAT OF DE LA REY.

    Additional particulars have been received in regard to the conflicts between General R. A. P. Clements's brigade and Commandant De La Rey's ...

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  37. QUEENSLAND.

    So far all attempts to arrange a settlement between the colliery owners and employes in the Ipswich district have been unsuccessful. The owners have, however ...

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  38. VICTORIAN FOOTBALL.

    Considerable interest was taken in the football match Essendon v. Melbourne, played yesterday, and the spectators were treated to a fine, exciting game. Melbourne ...

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  39. SUICIDE OF AN ARMY PENSIONER.

    Charles Graham, aged 70 years, an Imperial army pensioner, committed suicide at North Sydney on Saturday. He was found dead in a hut with a revolver ...

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  40. COAL MINERS' TROUBLES.

    A largely attended meeting of miners was held at Chiltern on Saturday morning to consider the position of affairs in connection with the strike at No. 2, Chiltern ...

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  41. ROYAL RECOGNITION OF PATRIOTIC SERVICES.

    It is decided that a representative number of Cape, Canadian, and Australasian officers and men shall be sent to England with the earliest batch of ...

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  42. SMART WORK BY HART'S

    General Fitzroy Hart who for some time has been watching the enemy in country west of Johannesburg, has performed the unusual, feat of taking the ...

    Article : 127 words
  43. RESULT OF A MIDNIGHT BRAWL.

    During a midnight brawl among a number of intoxicated sailors on the Australian Wharf on Saturday night John Thompson, a ship's apprentice, aged 19 ...

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  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS ON TOUR.

    Among the [?] passengers from Vancouver is A. E. Lykke, who was a champion cyclist of South Australia, and A. G. Shand, who accompanied him on a two ...

    Article : 72 words
  45. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of John Sullivan, who recently died immediately on being knocked out in a bout at fisticuffs. The Jury found that the ...

    Article : 117 words
  46. THE DECEASED HUSBAND'S BROTHER.

    The private members' Bill to legalize marriage with a deceased husband's brother, which has been before Parliament for ten years, has passed both Houses. ...

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  47. INTERCOLONIAL GOLF MATCH.

    The interclub match, between the Royal Melbourne and the Royal Sydney Golf Clubs, six a side, was played on Saturday on the Caulfield links. It was against a ...

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  48. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    Five thousand persons assembled at the wharf this afternoon and gave a cordial reception to Lance-Corporal Peers and Privates Best and Parish, invalided soldiers ...

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  49. NEW ZEALAND.

    A strong agitation is being made by dredging mineowners for an extension of the protection period from one to two years. It is contended that the glut of orders for ...

    Article : 76 words
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