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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received May 14, 2.30 a.m.] SWEEPING THE TRANSVAAL.

    The destruction of Hartebeestefontein, a town in the Transvaal, 40 miles south-west of Potchefstroom, has greatly hampered General De La Rey, who has now retreated ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received May 14, 2.30 a.m.] THE CHINESE CRISIS.

    The American troops have now evacuated Pekin, except the Forbidden City, where the legation guard remains. Most of the British troops at Tientsin are ...

    Article : 235 words
  4. THE DUKE OF C0RNWALL.

    Ballarat put on her most elaborate vesture on Monday, for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall were to be her guests for three hours. The goldfields city is the ...

    Article : 368 words
  5. LATEST CABLES. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received May 14, 2.50 a.m.] THE BOER WAR.

    Lord Methuen,in acknowledging the great services rendered during the campaign by the Imperial Yeomanry and the composite regiment of Australian Bushmen, who are ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. THE SECOND CONTINGENT.

    Of the numerous officers who marshalled their men on the Adelaide platform not long after daybreak on Monday, none received so much attention as Major C. J. ...

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  7. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At the Criminal Court to-day James Tait was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for arson. He set fire to the premises of Messrs. Paterson & Ross, at Perth. ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    A number of representative members of the Labor Party met to-day and discussed several important matters relative to the action that body should take in both ...

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  9. THE BOWEN MURDER.

    The condemned man Beckman, who was sentenced to death at Townsville for the murder of Anderson, near Bowen, was executed at the Boggo-road Gaol this morning, ...

    Article : 403 words
  10. SHIPPING FACILITIES AT FREMANTLE.

    This morning the Railway Department slightly improved the supply of trucks for receiving goods from vessels engaged in discharging cargo at the south quay at ...

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  11. NAMING A SQUARE.

    On the way back to the railway-station a halt was called near the City Hall to hear the children sing. While in that vicinity the Duchess performed the notable ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. THE CHINESE CRISIS.

    The latest intelligence from China states that the Reform Party at the Imperial Court at Singan-fu have practically got the upper hand, and hope to secure the release ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. AT THE GARDENS.

    As a finale of a most enjoyable day the Duke and Duchess were driven through the lovely Botanical Gardens, and greatly admired the splendid statuary to be seen ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The troops from this State and Queens land who took part in the Melbourne festivities returned to Sydney yesterday, and to-day the Queenslander were taken on to ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. THE TIENTSIN DISPUTE.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the "Times" states that further trouble has arisen in connection with the territory occupied by the railway siding at Tientsin ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. THE RAILWAY JOURNEY.

    On the way to Ballarat a stoppage was made at Geelong, where the mayor and councillors were presented to their Royal Highnesses, while on the return trip there ...

    Article : 179 words
  17. VICTORIA.

    The railway revenue made a big jump last week consequent most likely on the abnormal traffic to the Comonwealth celebrations. The total was £82,804, or an ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The Japanese boat Yawata Maru, which arrived last evening, brought eight American ex-soldiers from the Philippines to settle in Australia. The Rev. E. and Mrs. ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. A PECULIAR CASE.

    At the Fremantle Police Court this morning William John White, aged 19, was charged with the manslaughter of a boy, George Wiggins, 12 years old. Accused was ...

    Article : 240 words
  20. FAREWELL TO MR. MATHIESON.

    A representative gathering of about 120 citizens entertained Mr. Mathieson, the Victorian Railways Commissioner, at dinner in the Town Hall to-night. Mr. Mathieson ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. A RUSSIAN LOAN.

    The "Matin," a leading Parisian political paper, announced last week that the French banks were arranging a Russian loan of £16,000,000. ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. DE LA REY'S MOVEMENTS.

    Latest advices with regard to the whereabouts of General De La Rey, who, subsequent to the British destruction of the town of Hartebeestefontein, was reported ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    A resolution was carried at a meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce to-day urging the Federal Treasurer when reducing duties on oversea goods to give at least ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. NAVAL DISPLAY IN MELBOURNE.

    To-night the long expected naval display took place, and so far as the circumstances permitted, it was brilliantly successful, presenting a fairylike spectacle such as never ...

    Article : 635 words
  25. THE BROKEN HILL FIRE.

    Neils Christian Endresen, before the Police Court to-day, was charged with arson, in connection with the fire which occurred at his premises, Argent-street, last week. ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. A RELIC OF THE PAST.

    Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, K.C.B., Special Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief, and Consul-General for the Uganda Protectorate and adjoining territories since 1899, ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. WAS THERE A TRAGEDY?

    A peculiar accident is reported to-night. One of the passenger trains coming into Flinders-street station pulled up in obedience to signals on the bridge over the ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE.

    Preceded by a pilot-engine, the Royal train, which left Melbourne at half-past 10, entered the Ballarat station at 1.30. The locomotive of the special was ...

    Article : 264 words
  29. ENTERTAINING FOREIGN NAVAL MEN.

    Sir John Forrest, Minister of Defence, entertained the officers of the warships at present in Hobson's Bay at Parliament House this afternoon. The toast of "The ...

    Article : 102 words
  30. SMALLPOX.

    The Board of Health received information from the Quarantine Station this morning to the effect that the third officer of the steamer Chingtu, Mr. E. J. Page, had ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. THE FLUX TRADE.

    The strike aboard the flux ketches has been settled, and the men have abandoned their claim for an additional pound [?]er month. ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. BOERS IN CANADA.

    It is reported that a Boer emissary is now engaged in Canada in selecting land suitable for agricultural pursuits. He announces that 700 Boers intend to leave ...

    Article : 55 words
  33. THE SULTAN OF TURKEY

    The Porte in a note to the Ambassadors concerned, has accused the directors of the foreign post-offices at Constantinople of facilitating smuggling. The Ambassadors ...

    Article : 94 words
  34. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    A General Council of the Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth began its sittings in Melbourne to-day. There were delegates present from Melbourne, Geelong, ...

    Article : 507 words
  35. NEW SOUTH WALES MORALS.

    The temperance organisation here has determined to take a very active part in the forthcoming State elections. It finds that the drink bill of New South Wales for ...

    Article : 126 words
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  37. [?]TING NEAR POTCHEFSTROOM.

    Intelligence has been received that several burghers who were formerly included in the ranks of the enemy, but who now belong to the Johannesburg town guard, took an ...

    Article : 258 words
  38. THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER.

    The Sydney "Morning Herald" remarks: —The high officers of the Commonwealth Parliament were chosen by their respective Houses on Thursday, and the choice made ...

    Article : 324 words
  39. TURKISH MAILS.

    It is stated that in consequence of the action of the Porte with regard to foreign post-offices the European steamers at Constantinople have refused to convey Turkish ...

    Article : 38 words
  40. THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL

    Ballarat, like every other great centre of Australia, sent many brave men to fight for the cause of the Empire in South Africa, and some of them [?]e buried in that far ...

    Article : 227 words
  41. THE YOUNG TRAGEDY.

    An inquest touching the death of Nichola Jasperizza, the victim of the tragedy at Young on Wednesday night last, was held to-day. Horace Watt, who was arrested on ...

    Article : 308 words
  42. RIOTS IN SPAIN.

    Ten thousand troops are now at Barcelona, in Spain, where a general strike and riots took place. Work at the tramway factories, the employes of which went on ...

    Article : 41 words
  43. GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Reichstag has adjourned its sittings till November. A Bill has been passed, prolonging the favored-nation treatment by Germany to Great Britain and her colonies ...

    Article : 41 words
  44. SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2/3¼d. per oz. ...

    Article : 11 words
  45. A PATHETIC MEMORY.

    While in Ballarat East the Duke and Duchess visited the Town Hall Gardens, and inspected with evident interest the fir trees planted by the Prince and his elder ...

    Article : 110 words
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  48. INSPECTION OF A MINE.

    But there was not much time for the exchange of memories, as the Duke had to hasten off to the South Star mine at Sebastopol, three miles away. It had been ...

    Article : 285 words
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