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  2. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    A letter has been received by a friend from Corporal Doberty, who is serving under General Buller. He state that in is attended to D. Squadron of ...

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  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Minister of Education and Mrs. Batchelor left by the Melbourne express on Thursday afternoon on a visit to the Victorian capital. ...

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    The Question recently arose in the Marine Department of this colony whether the Board could endorse a newly issued certificate of competency as master or mate ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    During bis stay at Bloemfontein, Lord Roberts is placing the city in a position, to defend itself with a comparatively small force. Lord Kitchener, with ...

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  6. LORD ROBERTS'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

    The British troops have for some time been engaged constructing entrenchments around Bloemfontein, so that the city may be able with a comparatively small force ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    In pursuance of Lord Roberts's determination to keep intact his railway communication with Cape Colony, 15,000 men under Genera! Lord Kitchener are engaged ...

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  8. THE PLAGUE.

    Some time was occupied at the meeting of the Port Adelaide Board of Health on Thursday evening in discussing various matters in connection with the possible ...

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  9. DISCIPLINARY TREATMENT FOR REBELS.

    Lord Roberts has caused to be arrested and sent to Cape Town many influential citizens of Bloemfontein, who, after tendering their submission to the Queen, have ...

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  10. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    A serious fire broke out shortly before 1 o'clock this morning in Messrs. J. R. Love and Co.'s premises, Bathurst-street, opposite St. Andrew's dihedral city. Messrs ...

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  11. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

    Sun rose 6.10 a.m.; sets 3.54 p.m. Moon set 4.42 a.m.; rise? 4.29 p.m. Semaphore.—High W., 4.15 p.m.; low, 10 a.m. 9.5.—Frome-road—Zoolegical Gardens. ...

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  12. THE ROYAL GIFT.

    A correspondent of the "Daily News" bears striking testimony to the value set by "Tommy Atkins" upon his boxes at chocolate presented by the Queen. He ...

    Article : 356 words
  13. THE LANDING OF BUSHMEN AT BEIRA.

    Tn the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday some of the member called attention to the fact that Great Britain wan landing troops at Beira, a port in ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    It is roughly estimated that about £5.000 has been expended on the steamer Gulf of Taranta to make good the damage received through grounding on a sandbank at ...

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  15. A PLAN THAT FAILED.

    "When Bloemfontein was surrendered a quantity of documents and correspondence fell into the hands of the British. Among them were a number of letters which had ...

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  16. TWO DEATHS, FIVE NEW CASES

    Two deaths from plague occurred at the Quarantine Marion to-day. Charles Miller, of Parker, who was taken ill on Tuesday. and James Vaughan who was ...

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  17. PREMIER [?] NEUTRALITY.

    Some time ago under great pressure, the Government, of Cape Colony granted leave of absence to volunteers engaged in the State Railway Workshops to join their ...

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  18. REMOUNTS FROM AMERICA.

    With a view of providing against another dearth of horses in South Africa, the British War Office is purchasing no leas than 30,000 animals in America. ...

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  19. ARTILLERY OPERATIONS IN NATAL.

    Seven additional long-range quick-firing naval guns have been dispatched from Durban to General Buller, whose brigade of bluejackets is shelling the Boer positions ...

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  20. LIBELS ON SIR ALFRED MILNER.

    Mr. Abraham Fischer, the Boer peace delegate, in an interview with a journalist at Naples, declared that Sir Alfred Milner went to the Cape entrusted with the ...

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  21. EXPANDING BULLETS.

    Reuter's Agency telegraphed from Durban on March 7 Mr. [?] has just returned to Durban from the front, [?] the that a considerable prospecting ...

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  22. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    David Watson, employed on Block 11 of the Proprietary Mine, fell down a shoot last evening, a distance of about 25 ft. He sustained a broken law. ...

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  23. FIGHTING AT WEPENER.

    In the attack made by the Boers on Monday on Wepener, a town on the Basutoland border, where Colonel Dalgety and a body of Cape Riflemen are isolated, the British ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. ANOTHER DEATH IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The plague claimed a second victim tins morning. Mr. Wilson, an employee of Messrs. G. Wood. Son, & Co., merchants, of Fremantle, succumbed at 4 o'clock. The ...

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  25. SALES OF STUD CATTLE.

    At the Show to-day the following [?] of stock were made:—On behalf of Mr. J. H. Alegas, of South Australia-Lord [?] NANAH., to the Barnes Estate, Casino, 2nd ...

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  26. BOER PRISONERS .FOR ST. HELENA

    Owing to the many attempts which have been made by the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town to escape from custody, and to the sympathetic attentions which are being paid ...

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  27. CHANGES IN COMMANDS.

    General Sir W. F. Gatacre, whose column for a long time was operating in the north of Cape Colony, and which recently advanced to Bloemfontein, is returning to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. QUEENSLAND.

    Valentine Pfingst, who bad teen found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the Goodiwindi tragedy, was to-day sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude. ...

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  29. A BROKEN HILL MURDERER.

    The Circuit Court sat until after 1 o'clock this morning on the case of Samuel Ensor, charged with the murder of Ellen Emma Jensen on December 14. The Jury after a ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. ISOLATION OF NEW ZEALAND.

    It was been decided to declare the whole of Australia infected. This decision is likely to have a serious effect on shipping. Although Fiji and Samoa have not been ...

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  31. HEARTY RECEPTION' FOR BRAVE SAILORS.

    The Naval Brigade formed from the crew of the criuser Powerful, who did such excellent service in Ladysmith during the siege. landed yesterday at Portsmouth. ...

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  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    Anckland oldfields yielded during flaxen £46,873 worth of gold an increise of £1,166 compared "with the corresponding month ol last year. ...

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  33. AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL REGIMENT.

    The appointments of officers to the Imperial Bushmen's Regiment were gazetted to-day as follows:—Lieutenant-Colonel Mackey, in command Major Divid, Miller, to ...

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  34. MAIL STEAMER AT ALBANY.

    The mail steamer Arcadia arrived at Albany from Colombo at 7 a.m. on Thursday, and left for Adelaide at 1 p.m. ALBANY, April 12. ...

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  35. COLONIAL COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY.

    The following gentlemen have been granted commissions in the British Army:— New Zealanders.—T. L. Wood, in the Liverpool Regiment; H. Holderness, Essex ...

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  36. A QUESTION OF RELIGION.

    A deputation, representing the Wesleyan Conference, warted on the Minister of Defence to-day to enter a protest against the Rev. A. T. Holden. Wesleyan Chaplain at ...

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  37. THE S.S. HYSON.

    The steamer Hyson, 4.232 tons, from Australian ports, has arrived at Port Elizabeth. At Melbourne she shipped 15.132 bags of oat and 24,751 bales of hay; and at ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. THE TYSON ESTATE.

    Several questions affecting the administration of the Tyson estate came before the Chief Justice in Chambers to-day. The Queensland Trustees, Limited, applied for ...

    Article : 142 words
  39. RABBITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In connection with the rabbit invasion the official entrusted with the distribution of cats in the south-east, of the colony has returned to Perth, and reported that ...

    Article : 60 words
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  41. THE RIVAL CABLES.

    Mr. Lyne, who will leave nest Tuesday for the Conference of Premiers in Melbourne in connection with federation, does not think the Premiers rai discuss the ...

    Article : 68 words
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