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  2. SURRENDER OF CRONJE.

    Official information has been received of the surrender of General Cronje at Koodoosrand. There was desperate fighting for some ...

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  3. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Mr. E. Martin, of Adelaide, has obtained a lieutenant's commission in the regiment. ...

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  4. BRITISH NAVY.

    Speaking in the House of Commons on the Navy Estimate, Mr. G. J .Goschen, the First Lord of the Admiralty, deprecated an alarmist naval ...

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  5. COMMERCIAL.

    The quantity of wool winch has been received from the colonies is 280,500 bales. Of this 81,500 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufacturing ...

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  6. THE BOER WAR.

    It is a remarkable fact that on February 27, the 19th anniversary of the Battle of Majuba Hill, the news should have been received throughout the British empire of the surrender of General Cronje and his entire force at Koodoos-rand. The cable messages of the last few days seemed to show conclusively ...

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  7. FIRE BRIGADE FUND.

    The members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade collected £13 in cash on Monday night from the crowd which assembled outside the Shamrock Hotel ...

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  8. ATTEMPT TO FIRE THE MAORI KING.

    While the Maori King, with the Queensland Contingent on board, was steaming off the coast of Madagascar, one of the lamp-trimmers was arrested ...

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  9. PRICE OF WHEAT.

    Wheat is sixpence a quarter lower than it was a week ago. ...

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  10. ENTIRE FORCE TAKEN.

    The latest news is to the effect that General Croaje'e entire force surrendered unconditionally, and were made prisoners. ...

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  11. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    In connection with the plague, Victoria ia taking extraordinary [?] against the introduction of it from Sydney. A strict watch will be kept on ...

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  12. COMFORTS FOR OUR CONTINGENTS.

    Mrs. Messer acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following donations:—"Scotch Lassie," 10s.; Mrs. A. Smith, £1; Sargood, Butler, Nichol ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. DUKE OF ORLEANS.

    Great indignation is expressed at the denial of the Duke of Orleans that he wrote a letter congratulating M. Willette, who caricatured Her Majesty the ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. TASMANIAN CONTINGENT.

    The second Tasmanian contingent, which arrived in the steamer Moravian, has left Cape Town for the front. Captain Riggall is in command. ...

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  15. THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

    Early on Sunday, Major-General R. A. P. Clements dislodged the Boers from Vaal Kop, near Arundel, and compelled them to retire to Kuilfontein. ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

    There are no fresh outbreaks of plague, but two other persons have been removed to the quarantine station, making 27 under observation. John Making ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. FIRST INTO KIMBERLEY.

    Colonel Paterson, a Queenslander, was the first person who entered Kimberley when, the city was relieved. [A cable message was received a day ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS.

    The steamer Australasian, from Melbourne, arrived at 10.45 a.m. She met with bod weather coming across the Bight. She has 42 of the New South ...

    Article : 98 words
  19. INDIAN FAMINE.

    The Indian Famine Relief Fund now stands at £100,000. ...

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  20. ANOTHER SUCCESS.

    The British have re-occupied Barkly East, to the north-east of Dordrecht. The Landrost at Lady Grey, to the north-west of Barkly East, has ...

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  21. COLONEL BAYNES.

    Colonel Baynes, of the Australian Artillery (Nev South Wales), has been appointed extra aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Lord Roberts. ...

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  22. DEATH OF A PATIENT.

    John Makins died from plague at the quarantine station to-night: ...

    Article : 17 words
  23. PERSONAL.

    Lord Lamington, the Governor of Queensland, and Lady Lamington, who have been on a six-months' holiday trip to Europe, are to return to Brisbane in ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. THE BUSHMEN'S CORPS.

    There is some delay in getting the uniforms and equipment of the bushmen ready—principally the saddles, some of which have been found to be defective. ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. MR. A. L. PETRIE, M.L.A.

    No public man is more esteemed or better known throughout Queensland than Mr. A. L. Petrie, M.L.A. for Toombul, whose endorsement of the virtues ...

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  26. BUSH FIRES IN VICTORIA.

    Sensational incidents are coming to light in connection with the bush fires; Which are now raging in various parts of Victoria Gippsland being the centre ...

    Article : 288 words
  27. CAPE RAILWAY EMPLOYES

    Much indignation has been aroused at Cape Town by the announcement that Mr. Jacobus [?] Sauer, M.L.A., Commissioner for Public Works in the ...

    Article : 54 words
  28. THE NATAL FRONTIER.

    A Durban despatch states that Colenso is full of waggons containing necessaries and luxuries for tie garrison at Ladysmith when General Buller ...

    Article : 39 words
  29. PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

    The huge wine cellars at Epernay, in France, which are cut in the chalk, have collapsed. Five hundred casks and a million and ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES.

    At to-day's meeting of the Executive Council the Cabinet dealt with the com passionate allowance for the widows and children of the Victorians who fall in ...

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  31. AT GROBLER'S KLOOF.

    Heavy fighting took place around Grower's Kloof on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, General Buller making a determined effort to capture the ...

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  32. ROBINSON'S BANK.

    The Johannesburg branch of the Robinson South African Banking Company, Ltd., which President Kruger recently closed, transferring the accounts to the ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. QUEENSLAND TROOPS.

    It has been definitely settled that the third contingent shall depart on Thursday next. ...

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  34. FIRE IN LONDON.

    The Grand Theatre, situated in High-street, Islington, London, has been de stroyed by fire. ...

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  35. PROPOSED FOURTH CONTINGENT.

    The cable message from Lord Roberto on the question of sending more troops was brought before the Cabinet to-day. It was decided, in view of the hopeful ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. THE CANADIANS.

    In addition to the list of casualties recently sustained at Koodooarand, it is now stated that 20 men have been wounded. ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. BOULDER RACING CLUB.

    The Boulder campaign will open this afternoon. The fields will probably be better than the average, and an interesting "dress rehearsal" for Kalgoorlie is ...

    Article : 66 words
  38. CORDON DRAWING TIGHTER.

    The British cordon round General Croaje's position is being drawn colser every day. On Friday the Gordon Highlanders ...

    Article : 144 words
  39. THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

    The latest particulars from Koodoosrand state that General Cronje is using rocket to attract assistance. The Boers have burrowed into the ...

    Article : 86 words
  40. SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—Rakaia, steamer, 3,660 tons, from Wellington (January 3); Sahara, steamer, 2,665 tons, from Sydney (December 12); Hampton, ship, 1,579 ...

    Article : 204 words
  41. WESLEYAN SYMPATHY.

    At the Wesleyan Conference to-day patriotic references were made to the war. A notice of motion was given expressing deep sympathy with the ...

    Article : 35 words
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  43. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    Yesterday evening there were 95 horses at the camp of the Bushmen's Contingent at Karrakatta, and of these 37 had arrived during the day—six form ...

    Article : 220 words
  44. CHRISTMAS ON MODDER RIVER.

    The special correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" with Lord Methuen's division on the Modder River, Christmas in writing of Christmas in camp says:— ...

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  45. SAPPING OPERATIONS.

    Lord Roberts reports that the Royal Engineers are vigorously pushing forward with sapping operations in the direction of the Boer laagers. ...

    Article : 69 words
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