NEWS has just been received to the effect that the Boers have occupied Spitakop, a town in Natal, and also Newcastle, upon which they have been advancing for some days, and to ...
Article : 807 wordsTHE annual distribution of the sports prizes in connection with the Boys' Grammar School took place, on the school premises, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. E. Harding, wife of the ...
Article : 545 wordsTHE 38th annual of the Queensland Congregational Union is at present being held in Ipswich. The authorities of the Brisbane-street Church kindly placed that building at ...
Article : 1,227 wordsOUR readers are remided that the Woods. Williamson Company will stage "Called to Arms" in the Town Hall to night. This drama is a military production, and is "acknowledged ...
Article : 89 wordsTHE anniversary services in connection with the Ellenborough-street Methodist Church were conducted on Sunday last. The Hon. F. T. Brentnall, M.L.C., officiated, and he, as well as ...
Article : 350 wordsTHE investigations by the Royal Police Commission were continued this morning (says yesterday's " Observer"). The Commissioner of Police (Mr. ...
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Article : 67 wordsThe French navy estimates for 1900 exceed by 11,500,000 francs (about £445,000) those for the present year. ...
Article : 24 wordsIt is reported from Manila that the American troops have inflicted another defeat on the insurgents, killing 200 and wounding 400. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe following letter, written by an Australian resident at Dundee (Natal), dated the 10th of September, has been received by his brother in Sydney, and is published in the "Daily ...
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Advertising : 176 wordsM. Waldeck Rousseau, the French Premier, has directed the Governor of the several French colonies in Africa to abstain from making expansions of territory by conquest. This action ...
Article : 46 wordsMR. R. GRAY, Commissioner for Railways, left Brisbane on Friday last to make an examination of the Nanango railway route. He travelled by the Maryborough and ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Australian-bred racehorse Oban is now favourite for the Cambridgeshire Sakes. ...
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Article : 155 wordsThe vessel Itzehoe, bound from Lucknow to Gravesend via the Cape, is reported to have been seen in latitude 43deg. 30min., longitude 9deg. 6sec. She was not under control, and ...
Article : 40 wordsAn accident, attended with fatal results, occurred on the Eagle Farm racecourse early on Saturday morning (says the "Observer"). As is usual at early morning the horses had been ...
Article : 224 wordsA serious affray took place at Lithgow last night, arising out of the strike. Four non-unionists attended the service of the Wesleyan Church, and on coming out were attacked by a ...
Article : 222 wordsSOME interesting figures are given by Mr. Stead in the September "Windsor Magazine" as to the cost of the Cape to Cairo Railway. He says:—"The cost of the whole line is ...
Article : 350 wordsIT is learned from conversations with officials in the New South Wales Stock Department that there are no developments in the tick question. The department is awaiting a reply ...
Article : 720 wordsTHE suburban branches of the Federation League commemorated the referendum victory by holding a picnic on board the steamer Lucinda on Saturday afternoon. There was a ...
Article : 352 wordsA man just over the middle height, well dressed, courteous but distinctly official, a kindly yet firm face, the lock of a governor of men, and a born administrator—these ...
Article : 342 wordsTHE few hundreds that were on offer in the betting market against Mora at 100 to 10 for the Caulfield Cup were quietly taken up, after which she ruled a firm favourite at 7 and 8 to ...
Article : 116 wordsAT about a quarter-past 1 o'clock a.m. on Sunday the Fire Brigade were informed by a messenger that a fire was raging in the upper storey of Messrs. A. Overend and Co's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsAmongst the latest volunteers for service with the Queensland contingent in to the Transvaal (says the "Observer") is Dr. E. G. Leger Erson, a medical practitioner of much ...
Article : 243 wordsTHE " Wide Bay News" says:—There is a good deal of political excitement in Brisbane over the no confidence motion of Mr. Dawson, the Labour leader, supported as it ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 wordsBEFERRING to the outbreak of war in South Africa, the Melbourne "Argus" of Thursday says:—Once the Army Corps ready to ad[?] ...
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