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  2. The Transvaal.

    President Kruger, of the Transvaal, states that if Chief Justice Kotze's interpretation of the London Convention agreement is right, [?] will mean the opening of the boundary ...

    Article : 66 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 642 words
  4. GENERAL NEWS, PARLIAMENT.

    Parliament has been further prorogued till June 14. It is expected the session will commence about the middle of June. If you want a well-made suit go to the London ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. THE WAR.

    Accounts received from both American and Spanish sources state that the Spanish Cape Verde squadron has arrived at Martinique. ...

    Article : 838 words
  6. MUNICIPAL LOANS.

    A[?] Charters Towers last week, the municipal authority asked the Premier for a consolid[?]tion of certain municipal debts, and for a reduction in the rate of interest. Mr. Byrnes said he ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. LATEST ENGAGEMENTS

    News is to hand that Captain Sampson, commander of the American fleet which lately left Havana, and has since been cruising in West Indian ...

    Article : 732 words
  8. THE REASON WHY.

    The sheep of Afghanistan are famed for the great size and fatness of their tails. A lot purchased by the commissariat in India, having been brought into camp to be slaughtered for ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. A SHOCKING DEATH.

    A half-caste boy, aged 12 years, met with a shocking death at Ya[?]goo, W.A., on Thursday. He was taking some horses to water, riding one and leading the others by means of ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. Latest Messages. LONDON.

    A quant[?]y of wool, valued at 25,000 dollars, which had been stored by a Boston firm at Andover, a town twenty-three miles from Boston, with the object of avoiding risk, has been ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. Important Speeches.

    The Marquis of Salisbury, in the course of a speech delivered at a semi-private dinner given by the leading bankers of London last evening, referred to the gravity of the present outlook ...

    Article : 625 words
  12. THE RABBIT TRADE.

    According to the "Lake Wakatip Mail," the Queenstown district, New Zealand, just now is sending to the freezing works some 20,000 rabbits a week, an[?] the number will, that ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. QUEENSLAND CROPS.

    The return of the area under wheat in the colony in 1897 shows that 30[?] acr[?] were cut for green folder, 479[?] acres were sown for hay, while the produce was 10,820 tons. The area ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. OUR GOODS TAKE THE LEAD.

    The enormous output of the Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company, Ltd., shows that the Goods manufactured by them in Queensland have the favor of the colonials ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. THE RAMORNIE MEAT WORKS.

    It is stated on good authority that owing to the closure of the south-eastern border of Queensland by the New South Wales quarantine pr[?]lamation, the famous Ramornie ...

    Article : 100 words
  16. CYCLIST AND POLICEMAN.

    A well-known Brisbane cyclist was tramping it home the other night, wheeling his machine alongside of him (says the " Worker.") On the way he was a[?]sted by an ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. BRISBANE.

    The Cabinet, at a meeting to-day, approved of the extension of the [?]ck quarantine area to the 14[?] meridian. The Government is still considering the ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. NEW SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMME.

    In the coming financial year it is proposed to commence three battleships, four armoured cruisers, four sloops for Great Britain. Of these, the three battleships and two sloops will ...

    Article : 184 words
  19. Correspondence. COWARDLY ATTACK.

    DEAR SIR,—A letter appearing in your contemporary of even date, over a n[?] [?] plume and address which is calculated to mislead the public, is a part only of a low dow[?], ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. BRITISH FLEET IN THE FAR EAST.

    A Singapore correspondent of the " St. James's Gazet[?]" writes:— "Do people at home realise what the British fleet has done for the past six weeks? The Admiral, with 18 ships ...

    Article : 198 words
  21. FAIR PLAY.

    DEAR SIR,—As an Australian I believe in the old-established commodity of " British Fair Play," and I only regret that your contemporary doe[?] not look at the matter in a likelight. The ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. GOVERNMENT RAILWAY POLICY.

    The "Telegraph" says it is understood that up to the present the Government have not determined upon any proposals for railway construction to be submitted to Parliament next ...

    Article : 220 words
  23. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

    Here is an American opinion of England's strength in time of war. It certainly does not coincide with our own. Lieutenant Colonel Bisberstein, in the March " North American ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. CONCESSIONS TO NATIONS IN THE FAR EAST.

    As all the Great Powers interested in the question, if we except Japan, have now obtained the concessions they desired from the Chinese, it may be useful to give a list of the ...

    Article : 316 words
  25. English Barley.

    Through the courtesy of the Manager of the Warwick Malting Company, Limited, we have had the pleasure of perusing a letter from one of the largest firms of grain dealers and ...

    Article : 266 words
  26. A HIGHLANDER'S PRAYER.

    Here is a Highlander's prayer, as reported in the "Scotsman" of a few weeks ago: —'Good and gracious Providence, bless all the Macdonalds and all the Macdonald's children ...

    Article : 260 words
  27. BRANDING WITHOUT HEAT.

    The "Hawera Star," N.Z., gives the following description of a new mode of branding horses and cattle which has been invented by Mr. H. Gibson, of Taranaki. " The merit of ...

    Article : 228 words
  28. LATEST MESSAGES.

    News from Washington is to the effect that the Spanish squadron coaled at Martinique, an island belonging to France in the Carribbean Sea. The ...

    Article : 191 words
  29. TRAGEDY NEAR MELBOURNE.

    An awful tragedy was enacted on Thursday at Footscray. A woman named McCarthy, wife of a fireman, killed her two little girls, and so seriously injured her son that he has also ...

    Article : 102 words
  30. Latest Forecast.

    Generally fine weather is expected, excepting isolated showers in coast districts and near the southern Border. Westerly weather shortly in south-east. Ground frosts over the ...

    Article : 41 words
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