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  2. IONGREACH TO WINTON RAILWAY.

    Mr. W. Hamilton, M.L.A. for the Gregory, addressed the electors at Winton on the 10th instant, and at the conclusion he was asked if he was in favour of ...

    Article : 99 words
  3. RELIEF OF MAFEKING HOW THE SIEGE WAS RAISED.

    The British visitors to the Paris Exhibition gathered together when the news of the relief was received and sang "God Save the Queen." The French visitors followed ...

    Article : 491 words
  4. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE NO FRESH CASES REPORTED

    Yesterday was the first day since Tuesday last that has not produced one or more cases of plague, and, so far as we have been able to ascertain, there are no ...

    Article : 930 words
  5. THE WAR. THE BOERS WANT PEACE.

    The Delagoa Bay correspondent of the "New York Times announces that the Transvaal Government has sent a message to Lord Roberts, asking for a cessation of ...

    Article : 626 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES. BRITISH VOLUNTEER BILL.

    The Secretary for War (the Marquis of Lansdowne) has introduced a bill into the House of Lords to enable volunteers to agree to serve bota at home and abroad at ...

    Article : 48 words
  7. HIGH RATES OF CARRIAGE.

    We are informed, says the "Cloncurry Advocate," that carriers are now asking £28 per ton for loading from Hughenden to Cloncurry. Up till a short time ago the ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. TASMANIA.

    A weatherboard house occupied by a man named William Lee, at Laurence Vale, was destroyed by fire this morning. Mrs. Lee and family escaped, but her husband was ...

    Article : 35 words
  9. ROCKHAMPTON REJOICING.

    The meeting of the committee that is arranging for the rejoicing in Rockhampton on Wednesday night was held in Mr. H. Medcraf's rooms, East-street, last night. ...

    Article : 670 words
  10. THE PASSION PLAY.

    The first performance of the "Passion Play" at Ober-Ammergau, Bavaria, with the new man Lang in the principal part of Christus, was witnessed by 4000 persons. ...

    Article : 144 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    During the celebration of the relief of Mafeking at Invercargill on Saturday a man named Edward Reynolds fell from a lorry and was crushed to death. ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. THE RETRO SHEEP.

    One of the most fancied of the merino rams sold in Melbourne last season, says the "Australasian" of the 12th instant, was His Excellency, bred in the stud of Messrs. ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 words
  14. THE COMMONWEALTH BILL

    The delegates, recognising that the main claim of the Secretary of State for the Colonies (the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain) was for the retention of the right of appeal ...

    Article : 436 words
  15. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION

    The Premier (the Hon. R. Philp) gave evidence before the Railway Commission to-day with regard to the proposed railway from Bowen to the Townsville-Hughenden ...

    Article : 496 words
  16. MOUNT MORGAN RAILWAY FARES.

    Mr. R. R. Dawbarn (Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce) yesterday received the following letter from the Town Clerk of Mount Morgan (Mr. T. ...

    Article : 370 words
  17. IN THE COLONIES. [By Telegraph.] VICTORIA.

    The long pent-up excitement as to the fate of Mafeking burst forth at noon yesterday, when a cablegram was received officially reporting the raising of the siege. ...

    Article : 376 words
  18. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    The Governor (Lord Lamington) has received a cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, stating he proposes to introduce a bill to authorise trustees to ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. THE POLICE COURT.

    At the Police Court yesterday, before Captain I. Bennett (Chairman) and Mr. J. Rickart, JJ.P., George Webber, aged fiftyfive years, was charged with being drunk ...

    Article : 479 words
  20. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS [By Telegraph.] NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Police-constable M'Andrews and his son, aged nine years, and two men named A. J. Bodymede and A. Werne had a terrible experience ...

    Article : 366 words
  21. APPOINTMENT OF VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.

    At the meeting held in the Council Chambers last night the following were present: —The Mayor (Mr. T. Penlington—in the chair), Mrs. J. Wilder, Dr. Macdonald, ...

    Article : 4,477 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.

    The periodical elections of members of the Legislative Council took place on Saturday, two vacancies having occurred in each of the four districts into which the colony is ...

    Article : 191 words
  23. IN THE COLONIES.

    Apart from the two contingents of bushmen, New South Wales has had 1397 men operating in South Africa. The casualty list shows nine men hilled in action, ...

    Article : 182 words
  24. SPORTING NEWS.

    A fair amount of business was transacted over the Royal Stakes to-night. The prices on offer were:—7 to 1 Bob, 10 to 1 Allinga, Cast Iron, Leap Frog, and Dozon, 12 to 1 ...

    Article : 132 words
  25. GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.

    Dr. N. Wade has been appointed a surgeon in the Marine Defence Force and Veronica M'Namee, who was recently admitted to the service of the Department of ...

    Article : 52 words
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