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  2. THE ROYAL VISIT

    Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall were busy on Saturday, and, owing largely to the fine weather which prevailed, the engagements in which they ...

    Article : 695 words
  3. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    This evening Mr. G. H. Reid, who is still confined to his room, though he is gradually recovering, in the course of an interview said the Governor-General's speech ...

    Article : 457 words
  4. THE CENSUS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 730 words
  5. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Lieut. Herbert A. Reid, of the South Australian Imperial Bushmen Contingent, has been made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for ...

    Article : 116 words
  6. KING EDWARD.

    The entire edition of the "Irish People," the organ of the United Irish League; has been seized in consequence of its having printed articles reflecting ...

    Article : 94 words
  7. SUNDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

    The Duke and the Duchess, with the members of their suite and the Governor-General and the Countess of Hopetoun, attended divine service at ...

    Article : 121 words
  8. RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    The reception at Government House on Saturday evening was the most brilliant of the social functions in connection with the royal visit. By 9.30 the large ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    To-day the Irish members raised a debate in the House of Commons on the question of the seizure of Mr. O'Brien's paper. Some of them ...

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  10. DEPARTURE OF VISITORS.

    Now that the most important events are over Melbourne is fast being emptied of visitors. The trains to Adelaide and Sydney yesterday were full, and thousand ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. COLONIAL TRIUMPHS.

    Major H. G. Vialls, of Western Australia, with 260 picked men and horses, have been in pursuit of a force of 300 Boers under Matthew Pretorius, in ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. THE DUCHESS AND THE EIGHT HOURS SYSTEM.

    In conversation with a lady the Duchess said—"I saw the eight hours procession to-day, and it seems to me a very good idea to insist on only working eight hours. They ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. STATE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DEMONSTRATION.

    A most delightful scene was presented at the quadrangle of the exhibition during the afternoon, when 10,000 children from the metropolitan State schools provided a ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office that since May 7 the British forces in the field have killed 28 Boers, wounded 6, taken 130 prisoners, and ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. JOURNALISTS' VISIT TO THE OPHIR.

    In response to an invitation from the Duke, conveyed through Sir Donald MacKenzie Wallace to the Commenwealth Press Club, about 70 journalists visited the ...

    Article : 395 words
  16. WHEN FREE TRADE SHALL BEGIN. MR. BARTON DOES NOT KNOW.

    The question of the period at which interstate free trade should be established under the Commonwealth is exciting the liveliest interest in commercial circles. It ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. COMMONWEALTH HONOURS.

    In the spacious ballroom at Government House Last evening the heir apparent, by express authority from the King, invested a number of gentlemen with honours ...

    Article : 996 words
  18. LARGE FIRE IN SYDNEY.

    A destructive fire occurred early this morning at the corner of Kent and Liverpool streets. The damage cannot yet be ascertained with any accurcy, but the loss ...

    Article : 307 words
  19. CASUALTIES TO VICTORIANS.

    The following casualties to members of the Fifth Victorian Mounted Contingent are reported an having occurred near Rhenoster Kop on May 7:— ...

    Article : 69 words
  20. VICTORIA.

    The Rev. George Gladstone, of Nathalia, gave his eccentricities another airing to-night, when he made his sermon the medium of an attack on the Masonic ...

    Article : 280 words
  21. BRITISH GUNS RECAPTURED.

    Reuter's agency telegraphs that General Lord Methuen has succeeded in recapturing, at Brisfontein, north of Hartebeestefontein, in the Transvaal, ...

    Article : 198 words
  22. EARLY CLOSING.

    On Saturday night a crowd indulged in a hostile demonstration in front of the premises occupied by Messrs. Hutchins and Co., for not closing sharp at 9 o'clock. ...

    Article : 161 words
  23. BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    Dr.W.Ramsay Smith, who accompanied the fifth South Australian contingent (Imperial Bushmen) on the Ormazan to South Africa as surgeon, was a passenger from Melbourne ...

    Article : 727 words
  24. QUEENSLAND.

    Three more cases of plague have developed. The patients are Evelyn Gertrude Pickard, aged four years, residing at East Brisbane; William J. Gardiner, a resident ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. THE WARSHIPS.

    Several thousand persons visited Port Melbourne yesterday and to-day to inspect the fleet of splendid warships lying there. At the first pier are moored the ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. BOER WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

    Boer women and children to the number of 153, belonging to burghers with Commandant Liebenberg's commando, have been brought to ...

    Article : 36 words
  27. CYCLE RACES IN MELBOURNE.

    About 20,000 persons attended the sports meeting held on the Friendly Societies ground in connection with the eight hours demonstration on Saturday afternoon. ...

    Article : 179 words
  28. ANNUAL UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT.

    The Duke and Duchess on leaving Parliment Buildings drove to Wilson Hall, Melbourne University, at attend the annual commencement. The proceedings ...

    Article : 714 words
  29. TRANSVAAL CONCESSIONS.

    Messrs. Wernber, Belt, & Co. have issued a writ against Mr. A. B. Markham, Eberal member for the Mausfield Division of Nottinghamshire, in ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Arbitration Court has decided that employes in non-productive industries shall come under the scope of the Conciliation Act. ...

    Article : 199 words
  31. NAVAL AND MILITARY TATTOO.

    Large as was the crowd expected to witness the naval and military tattoo at the exhibition grounds last night the police had no idea there would be such an enormous ...

    Article : 262 words
  32. HARTEBEESTEFONTEIN DE-STROYED.

    The British troops have destroyed the town of Hartebeestefontein, in the Transvaal, 40 miles south-west of Potchefstroom, from which the Boers were ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. PECULIAR FATALITY IN PERTH.

    A fatality occurred on Saturday night in peculiar circumstances. A boy named George Wiggins was returning home accompained by two doss, when the latter, it is ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. A COMMANDANT CAPTURED.

    The British column at Standerton, in the eastern Transvaal, has captured Commandant Delange, together with 2,000 sheep and 500 cattle. Dedericksen, ...

    Article : 40 words
  35. A CHARGE OF ARSON.

    In connection with the fire at Krantz Buildings, in Argent street, on Thursday, a charge of arson has been preferred against Neils Endresen, the proprietor of the ...

    Article : 122 words
  36. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

    In pursuance of the policy of the British Ministry to grant local self-government in the Transvaal, a municipality has been established in the city of ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. A ROUGH VOYAGE.

    The barque Weathersfield which arrived at Hobson's Bay on Friday night from New York, had a trying passage. After being but a few hours out from the ...

    Article : 89 words
  38. WAR MEDALS.

    No less than 300,000 war medals have been struck for distribution among the British soldiers who have served in South Africa. It is calculated that the ...

    Article : 52 words
  39. DUCAL EULOGY OF THE TROOPS.

    The following is a copy of a letter addressed by Lieut.-Col. Sir Arthur Bigge to His Excellency the Governor-General, under date May 11:— ...

    Article : 185 words
  40. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 392 words
  41. TASMANIANS IN CAPE COLONY.

    The Tasmanian Bushmen's Corps, in command of Lieut-Col. E. T. Wallack, engaged Scheeper's commando at Gonnasheck, in Cape Colony, towards the ...

    Article : 79 words
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