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  2. THE LATE LADY SALISBURY.

    The death of the Marchioness of Salisbury removes from English society one of tis most distinguished ornaments, a lady in whom the British public had long ago ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SIR SAMUEL WAY IN A NEW ROLE.

    The Chief Justice has in his time played many parts, and on Tuesday evening, when presiding at the Diamond Jubilee Anniversary meeting of the Archer-street Wesleyan ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    It has been reported to the police that early yesterday morning a man broke into the apartments occupied by Miss Gunn at East Bellerine, Portarlington, Whenhe was ...

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  5. THE POLICE BOARD OF ENQUIRY.

    It was expected that the report of the Police Board of Enquiry would reach the Government on Tuesday, but late in the afternoon the Chief Secretary had not ...

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  6. THE WAR.

    Major-General Charles Francis Clery, C.B., has been entrusted with the command of the column which is to advance to the relief of Ladysmith ...

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  7. THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

    Lieutenant-General' Lord Methuen's column, comprising 5,000 men, is awaiting the arrival of the naval brigade before advancing on Kimberley this week. ...

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  8. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Native runners from British Bechuanaland have brought dispatches to Cape Town stating that Mafeking was safe on the 12th inst. Colonel Baden-Powell is holding out ...

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  9. DEATH OF LADY SALISBURY.

    The death is announced of Lady Salisbury, the wife of the Marquis of Salisbury, Premier of Great Britain. Her Ladyship, who for a long time had been in a weak state of ...

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  10. POPULATION OF THEBARTON.

    At the meeting of the Thebarton Local Board of Health on Tuesday evening, the Officer of Health, Dr. E. E. S. Coombe, presented his annual report in which it was ...

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  11. JOHANNESBURG LOOTED.

    For several weeks past the large and recently thriving town of Johannesburg has appealed like a city of the dead. The business houses and offices anil all the main ...

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  12. FRANCE.

    Prince Henry of Orleans has published a letter in which he reproaches France for remaining impassive while Great Britain, Germany, and other countries are ...

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  13. TRAMWAYS AND ELECTRICITY.

    The Chief Secretary introduced into the Legislative Council on Tuesday a Bill to amend the law relating to tramways. The measure provides for the use of electricity ...

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  14. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    On arriving in British waters the royal yacht Hohenzollern was escorted by eight British torpedo-destroyers. On passing Spithead, a special squadron of warships fired ...

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  15. THE ARMY CORPS.

    An additional 4,000 troops arrived yesterday at Cape Town. The total number of troops from the Army Corps which have now reached South Africa is 31,000. The ...

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  16. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At a meeting of the City Council to-day the Mayor stated that the year's transactions would show a small surplus compared with a deficit of £36,500 two years ago. ...

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  17. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Mr. P. McM. Glynn, one of the members of Parliament for the District of North Adelaide, was the victim of a nasty riding accident on Monday evening. He was out ...

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  18. NEW CALEDONIA.

    The French Government is showing a disposition to guarantee a loan of 10,000,000 francs (about £409,000 for the laying of a railway in the island of New Caledonia, to ...

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  19. FIGHTING IN BECHUANALAND.

    News has reached Cape Town of a sharp fight which occurred at Kuruman, in Bechuanaland, between a body of Boers and loyal British subjects, whites and ...

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  20. A ROYAL GIFT.

    Her Majesty the Queen has given orders for the supply of 100,000 tins of chocolate as a personal Christmas gift for distribution among the soldiers engaged in service ...

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  21. INTERCOLONIAL WINETASTING.

    Arrangements have been made by the proprietor of the Australian "Vigneron" for an intercolonial winetasting to be held, says the November number of the journal ...

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  22. RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.

    General Sir Redvers Buller his appointed Major-General Sir C. F. Clery, K.C.B., to the duty of leading the British column now at Estcourt northwards to the relief ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Bubear, the English sculler, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of fraud. Wallace Ross, an American, who some ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. WAR RELIEF FUND.

    The Mansion House Fund For the relief of the dependents of British soldiers slain or wounded in the war, now amounts to £270,000; this includes £24,000 contributed ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND.

    Colonel Pennycuick, who has been engaged to formulate a scheme for the prevention of floods in Brisbane River, states that the probable coast of his scheme, including the ...

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  26. A BOER DEVICE.

    It has been proved that during the engagement at Eland's Laagte the Boers adopted a ruse which deceived the British forces and lessened the mortality among ...

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  27. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Sugar.—Mr. F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the European production of beet sugar for September-October, the first two months of ...

    Article : 141 words
  28. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    George Prestage, the miner who was injured last week by an explosion on the Norseman Gold Mines, is likely to live, but it is feared that he will be blind. ...

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  29. PRESIDENT KRUGER.

    Advices from Pretoria, state that the continuance of reverses to the Boers is having a marked influence upon the President of the Transvaal. Mr. Kruger has lost his ...

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  30. FEDERATION.

    The Governor has received the following despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning the joint address passed by the Victorian Houses of ...

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  31. ADELAIDE MEDICAL STUDENTS.

    The following are the successful South Australian students at the recent medical examinations in Melbourne:—Final Year—A. G. Owen, H. H. E. Russel, B. t. Zwar ...

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  32. THE BASUTOS AND THE BOERS.

    The interviews which Sir Godfrey Lagden, the British Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, has had with Lerothodi and other chiefs, have had the effect of calming the ...

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  33. A CAPE TO GLENELG CABLE.

    The South Australian Government have accepted the following proposals of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company:—1. To at once reduce the telegraph rates to the ...

    Article : 332 words
  34. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London.—Silverhow, ship, from Lyttelton August 8; Margaret Galbraith, ship, from Timarau July 4; Jonie, steamer, from Wellington October 10; Anna Sofia ...

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  35. OPERATIONS IN CAPE COLONY.

    The town of Colesberg, near the Free State border, about seventy miles from De Aar junction, is occupied by 700 Boers, whose commandant has issued a manifesto ...

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  36. GERMAN STEAMER AT FREMANTLE.

    The German mail steamer Bremen arrived at Fremantle from Bremen via ports at 11.30 a.m. to-day. Passengers in the saloon:— ...

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  38. AN AVOCA MYSTERY.

    Two extraordinary disappearances have occurred at Avoca during the past few days. On Friday Mrs. Parker, thirty-two years of age, left her home suddenly and ...

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  39. A HOT ENGAGEMENT AT LADYSMITH.

    [Compiled from American papers, and telegraphed by our New Zealand correspondent.] AUCKLAND, November 21. ...

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  40. BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    A blasting accident occurred to-day at Tindal's Mine. A charge of dynamite had been prepared in the open cut, sufficient to dislodge 200 tons of dirt but it exploded ...

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  41. SAMOA.

    News from Samoa is to the effect that matters are quiet, Mr. Frank Cornwall, aged 25, owner of Enagia Station at Upolu, was recently murdered while asleep by a ...

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  42. THE DEPARTURE OF LORD BRASSEY.

    Arrangements are being made by His Excellency the Governor for leaving Victoria early in the forthcoming year, probably in January. When Lord Brassey arrived in ...

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  43. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    The Melbourne express on Tuesday morning brought to Adelaide the majority of the cricketers who are to represent Victoria against South Australia on the Adelaide ...

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  52. THE FACTORIES ACT IN VICTORIA.

    At a meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures last evening the attitude of the Chief Secretary, Mr. Peacock, towards the demand for an enquiry into the working of ...

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  53. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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