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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker, Representative Holder (S.A.), took the chair at 2.30 p.m. Rifle Team for Bisley. ...

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  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    At Government House, Melbourne, on Monday morning, the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, invested Captains Staughton and Kirby with medals of the ...

    Article : 677 words
  4. CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES.

    The thirty-second annual meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures was held in the exhibition building on Monday evening. Mr. W. Burford, president, occupied the ...

    Article : 162 words
  5. ENGLAND AND HOLLAND.

    Dr. P. W. A. Cort van der Linden, Minister of Justice in the Netherlands Ministerial Council, stated in the Second Chamber, at the Hague on Saturday, that Great ...

    Article : 108 words
  6. NEW GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND.

    The Colonial Office has selected Mjr.-Gen. Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, G.C.M.G., C.B., late of the Royal Engineers, to succeed Lord Lamington as Governor of ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. UNITED STATES.

    Mr. William P. Hepburn, Republican member for Clarinda. State of Iowa, has introduced a Bill into the House of Representatives at Washington to appropriate ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Despatches from Pretoria state that the commandos which constitute Gen. Louis Botha's force on the high veldt in the Ermelo district are constantly trying to break ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. BUYING THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

    Mr. J. J. Gardner, Republican member for Atlantic City, New Jersey, has submitted a Bill to the House of Representatives for the purchase by the United States for ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada, has communicated with Mr. Edmund Barton, Premier of Federated Australia, stating that the Dominion is desirous of entering ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. THE GOVERNMENT AND UNPAID ACCOUNTS.

    "U. R. M. T." writes strongly protesting against the non-payment by the Government for dogscalps. "For several years every issue of the 'Gazette' contained an ...

    Article : 2,449 words
  12. CRUSADE AGAINST DUELLING.

    Advices from Vienna and Buda Pesth state that the leading noblemen of Austria and Hungary, in common with the statesmen and clergy, have united in a protest ...

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  13. SPECULATION IN COPPER.

    Heavy speculation in copper mines is taking place on the New York Stock Exchange. Efforts are being made to bring about a "corner" in order to compel Mr. ...

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  14. BRISBANE, December 9.

    The Queensland Government has received a cable message from Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, notifying that the King has approved of the ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    Much offence has been caused in Germany by President Roosevelt's repeated declarations in support of the Monroe doctrine. The Berlin journalists are of opinion ...

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  16. BRITISH COLUMBIA.

    Owing to a landslip on the track of the Canadian Pacific Railway, in British Columbia, a locomotive and portion of a goods train were on Saturday precipitated ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. MISS HOBHOUSE.

    Miss Emily Hobhouss has begun an action in the law courts against Lord Kitchener, Lord Milner, and the military authorities, claiming damages for false imprisonment ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. THE "TIMES" ON THE OUTLOOK.

    The "Times" takes a somewhat gloomy view of the military situation. It declares that if the war is to be finished within 12 months England must put forth greater ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. KING'S COLONIAL CORPS.

    The King's Colonial Corps, which is being formed by colonists in London, will be subdivided into squadrons, representing British subjects respectively from Asia, America ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Yesterday Dr. A. Napier Ledingham, of London, late Surgeon Superintendent of the Queensland Emigration Service and H.M. Transport Service Company, was united in ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. A NOVEL STRIKE.

    Ample evidence was forthcoming to-night of a strong organization among the workers in this port, who have struck against paying the publicans sixpence per pint for ...

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  22. LORD METHUEN'S CAPTURES.

    Lord Methuen's troops, who are operating in the north-west of the Transvaal, captured from the enemy during last week 1,200 cattle and 12,000 sheep. ...

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  23. A LIFE SENTENCE.

    Hendrik Albertyn, a corporal in a rebel commando, has been sentenced at Graat Reinet to imprisonment for life for marauding and incendiarism. ...

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  24. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of bar silver to-day is 2/1¼ per oz., a decline of 3-16d. ...

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  25. INDIA.

    News from the Waziristan border last month stated that a detachment of 32 men of the 17th Bengal Infantry had been ambushed by Mahsuds, 13 sepoys being killed. ...

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  26. TOTAL DEATHS OF BRITONS.

    The War Office, in the monthly casualties report, states that up to November 30, inclusive, the total British losses by death on the battlefield or from wounds ...

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  27. AN INEXPLICABLE TRAGEDY.

    An extraordinary crime was committed at Quarry Hill, Bendigo, shortly after midnight on Sunday. The victim, who was wounded by gunshot, and died soon ...

    Article : 521 words
  28. BOER REPULSE AT PLATRAND.

    A message from Standerton notifies that a commando of 400 Boers on Saturday attempted to cross the Natal and Pretoria railway, near Platrand station. ...

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  29. THE SHIPS' STORES CASE.

    The full court, consisting of Mr. Justice Williams, Mp. Justice Holroyd, and Mr. Justice Hood, to-day delivered reserved judgment in the test case "Kingston v. ...

    Article : 557 words
  30. WEST AFRICA.

    Advices from Lagos convey the news that a French military expedition has traversed German territory in the vicinity of Lake Chad, and arrived at Goudje, in the British ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. INDIGNANT EX-BURGHERS.

    Lord Kitchener reports that increasing numbers of ex-burghers of the better class—chiefly landowners, who recognise that British ascendancy has come to stay—are ...

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  32. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

    A case, surrounded by most peculiar circumstances, was entered into at the City Court to-day, before Mr. Panton, P.M., when Acland Oronhyatikha, Melbourne ...

    Article : 498 words
  33. SKIRMISH NEAR WEPENER.

    As the remit of a skirmish between a British column and Commandant Reeders's commando, near Wepener, on the border of Basutoland, nine Boers were made ...

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  34. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    Tpr. John Dellars, of the seventh New Zealand contingent, has been slightly wounded in the Standerton district. ...

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  35. MELBOURNE RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY TRAFFIC.

    The newly opened Collingwood railway line has been patronised by a large number of persons as a means of getting to the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On the first day ...

    Article : 141 words
  36. VICTORIAN CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS.

    At a meeting of the State Cabinet to-night further consideration was given to the appointment of a successor to the late Mr. Perrin as Conservator of Forest. Of ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. VICTORIAN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

    At a mooting of the State Cabinet to-night Mr. Trenwith, Minister of Railways, submitted a letter he had received from Mr. Kirkcaldie, of Sydney, stating that as ...

    Article : 108 words
  38. THE POCOS.

    This is a new line of Cameras from America, of the very latest type. Cameras for Christmas Gifts from 6s. Send for details. Instructions Free. Baker ...

    Article : 39 words
  39. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  40. Advertising

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    Advertising : 288 words
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