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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH] [Received July 21, 9.30 p.m.] CAPE REBEL.

    Lord Milner, the High Commissioner for South Atfrica, will leave London on his return to South Africa on August 23. Martial law has been extended to the ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July 21, 9.30 p.m.] SIR EDWARD WITTENOOM.

    Last night a farewell banquet was given to Sir E. H. Wittenoom, the retiring Agent-General for West Australia, at the Trocadero, and the proceedings were most ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

    You will probably have heard of the experiences of the Sixth Contingent of the South Australian Imperial Bushmen's Corps on June 6, at Graspan, where we showed ...

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  5. LATEST GABLES

    The captured members of the "Orange Free State Government belong to the most fanatical section of the Boer Administration. ...

    Article : 41 words
  6. VICTORIA.

    It is believed that the position of the Victorian Director of Agriculture, under the reorganised system, will be filled by Mr. G. Valder, the principal of Hawkesbury ...

    Article : 39 words
  7. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Federal Ministers did nothing but routine duty on Saturday morning. Mr. Deakin is still too ill to resume his official work, and Sir John Forrest is in West Australia. ...

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  8. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July 21, 9.30 p.m.] THE ACCESSION OATH.

    In accordance with a promise made some time ago, Lord Salisbury yesterday introduced into the House of Lords a Bill dealing with the Sovereign's accession declaration, ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July 21, 9.30 p.m.] CHINA.

    The deadlock which arose in the negotiations regarding the Chinese indemnity, owing to differences of opinion between the British and Russian Governments ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. SUICIDE IN A CATHEDRAL.

    St. Patrick's Cathedral was the scene on Saturday afternoon of what appears to be the suicide of Eugene Rostra, an accountant, aged 51, and formerly ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, D.C.L., F.R.Met. S., F.R.S., &c., the distiniguished entomologist and student of natural history. ...

    Article : 384 words
  12. A NEW ZEALAND TROOPER'S VIEWS.

    A New Zealand Cooper has been gossiping with a "Morning Leader" correspondent on the war. The antipodean told his interviewer little that we haven't heard ...

    Article : 632 words
  13. THE KING'S PRIZE.

    The concluding stages of the King's Prize (formerly the Queen's Prize) were shot on Saturday at Bisley, under the auspices of the National Rifle Association. In the ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS.

    It is announced that in recognition of the excellent work done by Mr. Bertram Steele, of Melbourne, and Mr. Joseph Mellor, the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition have ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. KNOCKED DOWN BY A TRAIN.

    John Patterson Thomson, aged, 50, a widower, was knocked down while crossing the railway-line at Princes-bridge station yesterday, and run over by an engine. ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day there was good competition. Crossbreds showed a hardening tendency. ...

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  17. FATAL IMITATION.

    Peter Mclvor, a boy, 6 years old, [?] at South Melbourne, noticed his mother burning some lotion over a candle flame. He did the same himself, but the lotion ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. PRICES.

    The following prices were, obtained at the sales yesterday:—Moralana,5?d.; Mount Schank, 5?d.; Moa Flat, 6¾d.; Quamby, 7¼d.; Pine Plains, 7[?]d.; Tuppal, 8?d.; ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. A RIVER COLLISION.

    At a very early hour on Saturday morning Messrs. Howard Smith & Sons' steamer St. Ronald, which had left the Yarra-street pier at midnight with a full cargo of ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. BOERS OVER 14 YEARS ENLISTED.

    Mrs. Fawcett and other members of the (Victorian League have been included on the committee appointed by the Government for the purpose of visiting and reporting ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. SATURDAY'S SALE.

    At the wool auctions yesterday a large catalogue was offered, and there was a brisk Bale. Prices were firm. The following rates were obtained:—Wa[?]aten, 9¾d.; Kulkyne, ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. MILITARY CADETS.

    Lord Raglan, Under-Secretary for the, War Department, replying to Lord Meath in the House of Lords yesterday, said the Government were unable at present, chiefly ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. THE OPHIR.

    The news that the Ophir had not been sighned off Rottnest at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning caused some surprise when read, and no little anxiety was felt. Again at ...

    Article : 323 words
  24. CARELESS EXPORTERS.

    Although it is only a few weeks ago since the embargo against the importation of fruit from States infected with pests of any kind was removed by the West ...

    Article : 76 words
  25. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    British 2¾ per cent. Consols (Goschen's) are quoted at £93, a rise of 10/, as compared with yesterday's quotations. ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. IRISH RENTS.

    Contrary to the views of the Government, the House of Lords, by 61 to 48, has appointed a Select Committee to enquire why the Land Commissioners have been ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    David Mayne, of Tamworth, last week had the toothache, and went to a dentist, who, however, declined to draw the tooth. Mayne then consulted a doctor, who advised ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. MINING STOCKS.

    The latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange for the undermentioned shares are:- Associateds, 45/. ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. REPRIEVING REBELS.

    Lord Kitchener has commuted the sentences of death passed in 34 cases in which Cape Colony rebels have been found guilty by courts-martial. Instead of the extreme ...

    Article : 53 words
  30. A SHATTERED ROMANCE.

    A [?] named George [?] was charged before the Prahran justices with wilfully damaging the property of Emily Graham, of 27, Andrew-street, Windsor. ...

    Article : 178 words
  31. HEAT ON LONDON AND PARIS.

    Unusually hot weather is being experienced in London and Paris. In London the thermometer to-day registered 90° in the shade, and in Paris the ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. CAPE COLONY TROOPS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Cape Town, in a telegram published to-day, states that in future all the Cape Colony troops will operate exclusively within the boundaries of ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    To-day's price for bar silver is 2/2 13-16d. per oz. ...

    Article : 16 words
  34. A. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT HORDERN'S.

    The work of clearing away the debris in the basement of Hordern's ruined buildings was attended on Saturday morning by serious accident to a laborer. The sufferer ...

    Article : 199 words
  35. AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY.

    A syndicate with a capital of forty million pounds has been formed to prevent a slump in steel shares in Wall-street. ...

    Article : 29 words
  36. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Tin.—Tin on spot is quoted at £131 per ton; at three months, at £116 10/ per ton. Frozen Meat.—The following are the official prices furnished by the Frozen Meat ...

    Article : 215 words
  37. CIRCULAR FROM ARCHBISHOP CARR.

    The Orange celebrations recently held in Melbourne were referred to in a circular distributed yesterday in the Roman Catholic Churches of the arch-diocese, ...

    Article : 215 words
  38. THE NICARAGUAN TREATY

    Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador to the U.S.A., states that he is hopeful of being able to arrange matters in connection with the Nicaraguan treaty in a ...

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  39. RETURN OF LIEUTENANT DEMPSEY.

    Lieutenant J. Dempsey; of the South Australian Bushmen's Contingent, and Trooper Craddock, Who went to England as the lieutenant's Orderly, returned to the ...

    Article : 616 words
  40. CHINA.

    Viscount Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, stated that the lead given by Great Britain had ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. HONORING HEROES.

    We are asked to state with reference to the proposal put forward by Mr. J. C. F. Johnson for the erection of a national equestrian statue commemorative of the ...

    Article : 774 words
  42. THE ECLIPSE STAKES.

    The rich Eclipse Stakes, of 10,000 sovs., was run at Sandown to-day. The race is for three and four year-olds; the owner of the second horse to receive 500 eovs., of the ...

    Article : 118 words
  43. A SHOOTING FATALITY.

    Half a dozen youths left their homes, near Canioblas, this morning for the purpose of shooting rabbits. During the afternoon two of them, Charles Richardson, aged 18, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  44. THE RECEPTION AT ALBANY.

    The Ophir berthed at the Railway jetty at 11 cPclock on Saturday morning. Salutes were fired from the forts, from the cruiser Juno, and the American warship Brooklyn ...

    Article : 271 words
  45. BRITISH CABLES.

    The British inter-Departmental Committee are considering the advisability of constructing a cable from Cocos, on the east coast of African to Ceylon, with the ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. QUEENSLAND.

    The labor organ, the "Worker," has been served with a writ, claiming £1,000 damages, for an alleged kbel on Mr. J. M. Dawson. ...

    Article : 30 words
  47. A BILLIARD MATCH.

    The exhibition game of billiards, in [?] John Roberts, conceding Weiss 2.000 in 7,000, was continued in the Queen's Hall yesterday afternoon and evening. The ...

    Article : 44 words
  48. A BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    Six ruffians, armed with bottles, set upon W. H. Blevins and W. O'Donnell in Warrnambool late last night, and after brutally beating them about their heads, ...

    Article : 74 words
  49. ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    Mr. A. C. Maclaren has arranged that W. Quaife shall accompany his team to Australia, but the inclusion of C. B. Fry and R. E. Foster is doubtful. ...

    Article : 36 words
  50. STATE POLITICS.

    The Premier and the Treasurer had a long conference this afternoon on the subject of the Estimates for the ensuing year. It is expected that the budget speech will be ...

    Article : 36 words
  51. INTERNATIONAL BOWLING

    Yesterday the New Zealand bowling team played the Bound's Green Club, and won by 48 points to 28. ...

    Article : 27 words
  52. UNLUCKY FOOTBALLERS.

    The football match between Queensland and New South Wales on Saturday was a very hard-fought same, and two of the local players, C. White and E. Q'Halloran, had ...

    Article : 35 words
  53. GRAND OPERA.

    "Un Ballo in Maschera" was successfully produced at Her Majesty's last night by Williamson's Italian Opera Company. It was a magnificent production, and was ...

    Article : 49 words
  54. CYCLE RACES AT ROCKHAMPTON.

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  55. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mrs. Edmunds, wife of Dr. Percy J. Edmunds, formerly of Sydney, has failed in an endeavor to obtain a judicial separation from her husband. Cruelty was alleged ...

    Article : 45 words
  56. FIRE AT NYNGAN.

    On Friday evening a fire broke out in Mr. M. Link's shop at Nyngan, and before it was extinguished it almost made the record of being the largest and most ...

    Article : 222 words
  57. TASMANIA.

    John Franklin Munro Hull was arrested on Saturday on a provisional warrant, which charged him with having obtained £25 and £115 from J. T. [?] of ...

    Article : 39 words
  58. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    In the Federal House of Representatives this week Mr. Hugh Mahon, one of the West Australian members, will ask the Prime Minister—"1. Is Mr. Barton aware ...

    Article : 161 words
  59. Advertising

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