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    While the Commissioner of Public Works Was speaking at a railway meeting at Wirrabarra on Saturday Mr. H. W, Copas interjected that he had offered to Mr. Murray ...

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  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Mjr.-Gen. Sir Hector Macdonald, tie famous "Fighting Mac," who was a passenger on board the R.M.S. Austral, which arrived from London on Monday morning ...

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    The attention of American critics has lately been much engaged with the obstinacy of English writers and speakers in dealing with their own language in their ...

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  5. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Punctually at half-past 2 to-morrow the Federal Treasurer hopes to begin his budget speech. One of the most interesting portions of his speech should be that in which ...

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  6. MACEDONIA.

    Constantinople advised last week that a band of brigands in Macedonia had captured Miss Stone, a well-known American Protestant missionary, and conveyed her to one ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN. BOER TRICKS.

    The "Standard" to-day in discussing the battles which, have just taken place in Zululand and at Moedwill propounds the theory that the daring attacks made by Gen. Louis ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. THE SOUTH POLE.

    The Swedish expedition to the Antarctic regions will start from Goteberg in the Antarctic on the 8th inst., and will be under the command of Mr. Otto ...

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  9. THE RAID ON A MISSION STATION.

    As was reported on Sunday, 200 Boers attacked a native mission elation at Bothabella, near Middelburg, in the Transvaal, with a view of obtaining provisions, but ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. THE SITUATION IN NATAL.

    Owing to the disaffection among the Dutch farmers in the interior of Natal, the military authorities have commandeered all wagons and trek oxen in the Lower ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. CHINA.

    An advice from Shanghai conveys the news that a mob of Chinese have destroyed another Basel mission station in the Hsing-ning district. ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. DECEPTIVE LEADERS.

    Field-Cornet Vanvuuren and 10 burghers who were taken prisoners at Jammeraherg Drift expressed astonishment when informed of the terms of Lord Kitchener's ...

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  13. MOROCCO.

    The Sultan of Morocco has announced his intention of throughly reforming the prisons system throughout his dominions. The British War Office has sent the ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. CHANGE OF COMMAND SUGGESTED.

    Feeling is growing in England that the South African campaign is too protracted. The "Spectator" suggests that Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. MR. KRUGER'S HEALTH.

    Mr. A. D. W. Wolmarans, one of the Boer envoys in Europe, declares that ex-President Kruger is slowly growing physically weaker, and that his mental ...

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  16. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    The introduction of an Australian tariff into the Federal Parliament to-day wdli be a memorable event.—Six tariffs will be amalgamated and interstate barriers ...

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  17. THE CONFERENCE AT JOHANNESBURG.

    Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, Premier of (Jape Colony, and Mr. Rose-Innes, the Attorney-General, has discussed with Lord Milner at Johannesburg the question of the future ...

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  18. GEN. LYTTELTON ANXIOUS TO MEET BOTHA.

    Since the repulse of Lien, Loins Boths and force of 4,000 burghers at Forte ltala and Prospect, a British column under Gen. N. G. Lyttelton has made strenuous ...

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  19. MRS. BOTHA.

    Mrs. Botha, wife of Gen. Louis Botha, who has boon on a visit to Mr. Kruger, will shortly return to the Transvaal by permission of Lord Kitchener. ...

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  20. ANARCHISM IN EUROPE.

    A supposed Italian anarchist named Boschieri, who had journeyed to Italy from Buenow Ayres, has been arrested at Genoa. He is said to have mentioned to some one ...

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  21. A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN'S VALOUR.

    Following on the press cable, the Premier to-day received a cable message from the Agent-General stating that a notification had been inserted in the London "Gazette ...

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  22. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    A detailed statement of the British casualities from the beginning of the war up to the end of September was issued from the War Office last night. It gives a total of 75,562 ...

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  23. DESTROYERS IN COLLISION.

    The torpedo-boat destroyers Angler, 278 tons, and Salmon, 264 tons, came into collision on Saturday as they were rounding the lightship off the Tongue Sand, a shoal ...

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  24. COST OF GOVERNING NEW GUINEA.

    Information received from the south, which in understood to be reliable, states that the Prime Minister has received advices from the Imperial authorities ...

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  25. "HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE."

    Sir—The war "honours" bestowed on South Australians are disappointing to the people of the south-east, and the soldiers of this state generally, in view of the ...

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  26. FIGHTING IN CAPE COLONY.

    A British column under Col. S. U. H. Monro, of the Scaforth Highlanders, has defeated a Boer force under Commandant Myburg. near Barkly East, in Cane Colony. ...

    Article : 188 words
  27. DISASTER TO THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    A special meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce was held to-day, when the following resolution was adopted:—"In the opinion of this chamber the effect of ...

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  28. THE GRIMSBY STRIKE.

    The strike of 5,000 fishermen at Grimsby has finally ended, and the men have resumed their avocations. ...

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  29. INDIA.

    A cable message from Calcutta states that a Hindu has been placed on trial in the law court at Bellary, a fortified town and military station in the presidency of ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. THE FEDERAL DIVORCE BILL.

    The following are the main proposals of part iv. of Senator Dobson's Divorce Bill dealing with the proposed causes of dissolution of marriage:— ...

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  31. SYDNEY CRICKET.

    First grade cricket matches were continued to-day. Sydney met Paddington, and the former were dismissed for 90. Paddington lost 2 wickets for ...

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  32. CAPTURES IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    A detachment of Cape constabulary have succeeded in capturing seventeen of the commando led by Nieuwhoudts at Petrunburg, west of Bloemfontein. The prisoners ...

    Article : 113 words
  33. REVIEWS OF BOORS.

    "The Handy Book on the Law of Joint Stack Companies," by Anthony Pulbrook; Effingham Wilson, London.—This work, which deals with company law as set out in ...

    Article : 434 words
  34. THE PROPRIETARY MINE.

    Tn response to a communication from the A.M.A. containing some alleged grievance, Mr. Delprat, general manager of the Prprietary, wrote on September 22 to the ...

    Article : 167 words
  35. ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER SNAKE.

    Miss Caroline Morns, who arrived in the Loch district, three weeks ago from Melbourne, and is now employed by Mr. W. A. B. Smith at Loch, experienced a rather ...

    Article : 230 words
  36. GALLANT ATTACK BY YEOMANRY.

    A body of Imperial Yeomanry have performed a conspictiously brave achievement on the Vaal River. Some islands in the middle of the river had been used as a ...

    Article : 82 words
  37. DEATH OF A COMMANDANT.

    It is reported that Commandant Pretorius, who was recently wounded in a skirtmish at Stetkstroom, hew succumbed to his injuries. ...

    Article : 28 words
  38. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  39. Advertising

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