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  2. VICTORIA.

    A fatal shooting accident occurred at about 6 o'clock last evening about a mile from Elmore. William Higgins and his brother Philip, with three other lads, were ...

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  3. PRETORIA ABANDONED.

    The display ox flags in the city which did service in honour of the abandonment of Johannesburg also served to mark the continual success of the British in South ...

    Article : 229 words
  4. THE COUNTRY.

    On Sunday morning H.M.C.C.S. Protector steamed into Boston Bay at about 11 o'clock, having on board His Excellency the Governor, Lady Tennyson, and family. The ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    Lord Roberts has achieved his greatest victories without fighting. The sight of the large, mobile, and splendidly equipped British Army, and the ...

    Article : 299 words
  6. THE ANNEXATION OF THE FREE STATE.

    Major-General G. T. Pretyman, C.B. of the Royal Artillery, who was appointed by Lord Roberts Military Governor of the Free State, has formally annexed the ...

    Article : 146 words
  7. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private G. Wyllie, of New Zealand, has succumbed to tumour at Pretoria. Four Western Australians—Corporal Trathan, and Privates A. Green ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    A message has just been, received from the Transvaal stating that Pretoria has been abandoned by the Boers, and that the President of the Republic, Mr. Kruger, has ...

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  9. THE FAR EAST.

    Twenty-five Belgian engineers and workmen attached to the railway workshops at Fengtu, which were surrounded by a band of marauding Boxers, have been ...

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  10. LETTER FROM PRIVATE W. H. WILKE.

    The friends of Private Wilke, of the First South Australian Contingent, have received from him the following letter:— "Bloemfontein, No. 11 Field Hospital. ...

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  11. PORTUGAL SAFEGUARDING HER TERRITORY.

    Advices from Lourenzo Marquez state that a Boer commando is in laager at Komati Poort, the Transvaal railway station on the border of Portuguese East Africa. ...

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  12. REJOICINGS AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    The residents' of Port Adelaide were just little ahead of the times on Thursday afternoon. The news' of the evacuation of Pretoria was inter[?] is the entry of ...

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  13. GOLDEN KLONDYKE.

    A remarkable gold discovery has been made on the Klondyke Goldfields, British Columbia. Some miners, during their operations, struck a solid nugget of gold ...

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  14. FRANCE.

    The French Nationalist newspapers, commenting on the Ministry's doings, have given a cold reception to General Andre, who has succeeded the Marquis De ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. HOW LORD ROBERTS'S ARMY MARCHED.

    As soon as the Vaal River had been crossed, Lord Roberts issued, instructions for the soldiers and the transport wagons to be relieved of as much weight as ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. THE ENGLISH DERBY.

    When the horses were sent on their journey in the Derby Chevening was the first to take up the running, with Diamond Jubilee second. Disguise II. led into the ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. A SYDNEY DISTURBANCE.

    A serious disturbance occurred to-night in the city. Differences have existed between some of the members of the Engine-street "push." and the Permanent Artillery ...

    Article : 293 words
  18. OPERATIONS IN NATAL.

    The news from Natal is to the effect that General Clery's naval guns have been engaged bombarding the enemy, who are defending Laing's Nek at a point near ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. HENLEY BEACH AND GRANGE.

    The agitation which has been so persistently pursued regarding the separation of the South Reedbeds Ward from the Woodville District Council and its formation into ...

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  20. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Apples.—The shipments of apples by the steamers Omrah, Persie, and Aberdeen were of good quality. Heavy arrivals have depressed the market. Tasmanian ...

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  21. A MISSING SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TROOPER.

    The Rev. H. J. Congreve informs us that he has received a telegram from his son William, of the Western Australian Bank, Coolgardie, to the following effect:— ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A miraculous escape from death was experienced by the passengers on the mail coach for Rockley to-day. As the vehicle came to a steep gradient on the side of ...

    Article : 350 words
  23. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    It is understood that Mr. Alfred Deakin, the colony's federal delegate, in private letters to friends in Melbourne, expresses bitter disappointment at die delegates not ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. FESTIVITIES AT MAFEKING.

    A banquet was held at Mafeking on May 24 in honour of the Queen's birthday. Major-General Baden-Powell, in the course of a speech which he delivered, declared that ...

    Article : 268 words
  25. CHIEF JUSTICE GREGOROWSKI.

    Our cables announced that, Mr. Gregorovski, the Chief Justice of the Transvaal, has been appointed a member of the committee who will receive Lord ...

    Article : 243 words
  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION.

    The debate on the second reading of the Federal Enabling Bill was concluded to-day, and the motion was agreed to. The House then went into Committee. ...

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  27. THE PLAGUE.

    Two cases or plague were reported to—day, one baying a fatal termination within a few minutes of the attack. Patrick Burler residing at Sussex-street, city, was ...

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  28. A WEARIED COURT.

    Having given his evidence-in-chlef on Wednesday at the Glenelg disaster enquiry, Mr. C. W. McLean was cross-examined throughout to-day's sitting. The President ...

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  29. THE CAPITULATION OF JOHANNESBURG.

    Commandant Krause, who had the control of the garrison at Johannesburg, formally surrendered the city to England yesterday morning. ...

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  30. A CANADIAN SOUVENIR

    A letter received by Miss M. Taverner, of Kent Town, from Trooper George Taverner, belonging to one of the Canadian Contingents serving in South Africa ...

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  31. FREMANTLE OR ALBANY.

    Speaking to-day of the proposal that the steamers should call at Fremantle instead of Albany, the Premier said the Conference of Premiers at Sydney in January ...

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  32. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. James Tosh has been appointed Inspector of pearl fisheries or North Queensland on a three years' engagement. He possesses high scientific attainments, and has ...

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  33. IN THE OTHER COLONIES.

    The news of the, abandonment of Pretoria was received this evening in a matter-of-fact fashion, but at night large crowds collected outside the newspaper offices ...

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  34. THE BRITISH PRISONERS AT PRETORIA.

    The Trustees of the Kipling Fund, which has reached a large amount, have made arrangements for issuing one thousand kits to be distributed amongst the British ...

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  35. INTERCOLONIAL LAW.

    Mr. Justice a Beckett delivered to-day reserved judgment upon an application raising some interesting points of inter-colonial law in the action Elkan v. Juveny ...

    Article : 369 words
  36. A SHIPPING TROUBLE.

    The Marine board have concluded their enquiry into the Hellas-Boveric collision, and have reserved their decision. The Bosveric, after the collison occurred, was ...

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  37. REJOICING THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE.

    The announcement of the capture of Johannesburg has been received with, great satisfaction amongst those interested in the mining industry, and thousands of ...

    Article : 230 words
  38. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Paroo. which left Fremantle this morning, took 1,339 oz. of gold, consigned to the Bank of New South Wales. George Bawlings, aged thirty-five, was ...

    Article : 123 words
  39. ON THE HORSE.

    Simple lektchers for the people docs a powerful lot o' good, And excoose me fur suggestin' of a course, Ter bring out all the recentist discov'ries as ...

    Article : 250 words
  40. THE COOPER DIVORCE CASE.

    The hearing of the divorce case, Cooper v. Cooper, in which an Adelaide artist—Vladimar de Leszezynski. "the Polish Prince"—is correspondent, was concluded ...

    Article : 342 words
  41. A BOY CHARGED WITH MURDER.

    A boy named James Murphy was indicted at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Cyrus McFarlane, another youth, at Grafton on ...

    Article : 144 words
  42. WHEN PEACE IS DECLARED.

    A meeting of citizens willing to assist in forming committees, for the purpose of organizing a demonstration on the declaration of peace in connection with the ...

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  44. SEVEN MEN ENTOMBED IN RAILWAY CUTTING.

    At Riverstone, near Nelson, to-day a gang of men was employed by the Central Mill Company in making a cutting for a tramway, when the earth caved in. Seven men ...

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  45. MAIL STEAMER AT ALBANY.

    The Orient, liner Ophir, Symons, commander, arrived from Colombo at 2.30 p.m. Passengers in the saloon:— For Albany—Mr. Nicholas. Mr. and Mrs. ...

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