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  2. THE BOER WAR

    Generals Buller and French, after a rearguard action, expelled the Boers from the high hills overlooking Helvetia, ten miles to the north of ...

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  3. THE FAR EAST.

    The barricades raised by the foreigners at the Peking Legations presented a wonderful sight to the relieving troops. ...

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  4. SPORTING.

    The annual meeting of the Menzies Turf Club was brought to a successful close on Saturday. The racing throughout was marked by an Entire absence ...

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  5. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., F.R.S., the well-known authority on the application of science to agriculture. ...

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  6. INTERCOLONIAL.

    An elderly man named Sydney Black fell from a tram in Lonsdale-street on Saturday and died four hours later. ...

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  7. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    The monster bazaar and fete in aid of the Children's Hospital was one of the most magnificent and wonderful affairs ever attempted in Melbourne. It ...

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  8. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    Playing for Sussex against Kent at Brighton, K.S. Ranjitsinhji scored an innings of 220—the fifth double-century made by the famous Indian ...

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  9. ORANGE FREE STATE.

    Fifteen hundred Boers, with two guns, are at Mequatling's Nek, between Ladybrand and Ficksburg. The British at Ficksburg have been ...

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  10. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue for August £579,915, or £23,349 in excess of the figures for the previous August. ...

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  11. ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE IN A TRAIN.

    A daring outrage was attempted on a railway train on Friday night. A girl of 14, who had been visiting her grandmother, entered a train at Box Hill to ...

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  12. THE CAPTURE OF OLIVIER.

    During the attack by the Boers on Winburg, on August 26, eight Cape Town volunteers made a sortie and occupied a donga at the rear of the ...

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  13. LI HUNG CHANG'S PROMISES.

    Li Hang Chang promises to vigorously restore order, to protect the foreigners, and to punish the Boxers. ...

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  14. NOOTTGEDACHT PRISONERS.

    The British prisoners released by the Boers at Nooitgedacht numbered 55 officers and 23778 men. In advancing eastwards from ...

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  15. THE RUSSIAN CIRCULAR.

    M. de Giers, the Russian Minister, and General Lenevich have issued instructions for the withdrawal of the Russians from Peking to Tientsin, ...

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  16. WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    There is in the August Dumber of the "Universal Magazine" a translation, of an article from the French which will afford much amusement to those who ...

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  17. THE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION.

    Mr. Lewis, the Premier of Tasmania, has telegraphed, in reply to Mr. M'Lean's message in regard to the changing of the date of the ...

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  18. PRISONERS MEET BULLER.

    General Buller has occupied a position overlooking Nooitgedacht. He met the released British prisoners, who were found to be badly clothed. Some ...

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  19. ABEL EQUALS "RANJI"

    Playing for Surrey against Derbyshire "Bobby" Abel scored 193. This was his eleventh century for the season, so that he has equalled the feat of ...

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  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A cable message has been received from Mr. Carl Hagenbeck accepting the offer of £850 for a hippopotamus for the Adelaide Zoo. ...

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  21. INTERCEPTED LETTER.

    A letter from the Viceroy of Paoting-fu has been intercepted. The letter stated that Sheng, the Taotai of Shanghai, at the outset of the ...

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  22. CAPTURE OF VREDE.

    Colonel Bethune has occupied capturing quantities of ammunition, cattle, and sheep. ...

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  23. RAIDERS PUNISHED.

    Lord Roberts ordered the burning of thirty farms in the Free State, to punish railway raiders. He also fined fifty other farmers one-eighth of the ...

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  24. POSITION AT AMOY.

    The Japanese and British marines are to be withdrawn from Amoy. The Japanese consul at that town has been summoned to Tokio. ...

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  25. BOER CHANGE OF RIFLES.

    General Botha, has ordered the Boers to return their Mausers until ammunition is available. In the meantime ...

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  26. DEATH OF MR. C. WADE.

    Mr. Christopher Wade, the well-known pastoralist, died on Saturday, in his 70th year. ...

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  27. LATE SIR SAUL SAMUEL.

    The funeral of the late Sir Saul Samuel took place yesterday at the Jewish Cemetery, Finchley. Among the mourners were Captain ...

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  28. EIGHT HOURS' DAY.

    To-morrow being Eight Hours' Day it will be observed as a public holiday. ...

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  29. RUSSIA'S MISSION ENDED.

    Russia has informed America orally that the relief of the legations terminates the Allies' mission in Peking. No Russian representative would be ...

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  30. MARINES LEAVING.

    All but 80 Japanese and 60 British have been withdrawn from Amoy. The remainder will leave shortly, as the Chinese authorities have guaranteed ...

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  31. COLONIAL TROOPS,

    Private W. Poole, of the Queensland Bushmen, has died at Pretoria from, enteric fever. ...

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  32. ESCAPE OF OFFICERS.

    Some British officers who were among the prisoners at Nooitgedacht were transferred to Barberbon. Ten of them escaped during the journey, ...

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  33. THE BROUGH COMEDY COMPANY.

    The Brough Comedy Company arrived in the Melbourne express train this morning. A large number of friends assembled at the railway station ...

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  34. RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA.

    General Rennenkampf, of the Russian army, has captured Tsitsikar, in Manchuria. Count Lamsdorff has assured the ...

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  35. AN INJURED WESTRALIAN.

    Mr. J. K. Barrett. of Perth, has received the following letter from Dr. M'Williams:—I have been asked by Private John Teare, of the First W.A. Contingent, to ...

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  36. ORE FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Anglo-Chilian arrived at Port Pirie to-day from South Africa in ballast to load 4.000 tons of ore for Western Australia. ...

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  37. CAPE COLONY.

    Colonel B. G. Kekewick, the defender of Kimberley, is hastening with his raiment, the North Lancashire, from ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND.

    The revenue for August was £307,859, a comparative decrease of £30,000. ...

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  39. COMMERCIAL.

    The total number of wool failures in the Boubaix district of France is seventeen, the liabilities amounting to upwards of twenty-five million francs ...

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  40. WALDERSEE AT ADEN.

    A British resident of Aden entertained Count von Waldersee, with high honors. Some French troops who were passing eastward exchanged ...

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  41. CHANGES SEEN BY CUE QUEEN.

    As illustrating the wonderful, long reign of Queen Victoria it may be stated that Her Majesty has seen seven Lord [?] ten Prime Ministers, six [?] of ...

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  42. THE MAFEKING TORNADO.

    The recent tornado at Mafeking wrecked most of the buildings in the town, including the field hospital, which contained 150 patients. The ...

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  43. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Premier intends to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the question of supplies to public institutions. This step is being taken in ...

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  44. NEW "WORK" FOR PRIESTS.

    The municipal council of Lodeve, in France, "considering that the revolt of the Chinese is due to the missionaries," has passed the following resolution, and ...

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  45. KING HUMBERT'S DEATH.

    A solemn and impressive ceremony was enacted in the town-hall yesterday afternoon in connection with the assassination, of King Humbert. A ...

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  46. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Frozen Meat.—New Zealand sheep have advanced one-sixteenth, while heavy River Plates have declined the same amount. Australian beef, fores, ...

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  47. CANADIAN TROOPS.

    Lord Roberts suggests that the term of service of the Canadian troops in South Africa be prolonged for a few months. ...

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  48. FOREIGNERS' HEADS.

    The Chinese newspapers assert that Prince Tuan has offered rewards for all the foreigners' heads brought to his yamen at Peking. The Boxers, finding it difficult to ...

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  49. QUESTION OF WITHDRAWAL.

    The New York "Herald" states that five of the Powers have agreed to withdraw from Peking, but that Germany and Italy dissent. ...

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  50. TASMANIA.

    The party having failed to recover the body of John Largan, who was lost in the snow at Mount Arrow-smith on August 18, another party left ...

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