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  2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    THE usual monthly meeting of the above Board was held in the Victoria Hall yesterday, when the members present were—Messrs. P. H. M'Grath (Chairman), John Cook, V. ...

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  3. ROMANCE OF THE SEA.

    THERE was more than ordinary gaiety in the song of the sailors who manned the capstan of the barque Sita, this morning, as is was being swung round at the wharf, for ...

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  4. Boer War.

    DURING the advance on Kroonstad the division under Major-General Hutton's command, consisting of Australasian and Canadian troops, captured 100 prisoners. ...

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  5. THE ENTRANCE TO KROONSTAD.

    When the British troops entered Kroonstad on Saturday, Lord Roberts found a field-coronet and 300 Free Staters all eager to surrender. A few British residents warmly cheered Lord ...

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  6. THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF PATIENTS TO CAIRNCROSS.

    Referring to the disputed question of whether plague patients might or might not be safely removed from Ipswich to Cairncross, by steamer, a writer in our issue of the 8th instant ...

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  7. The Fourth Contingent.

    In addition to Lieutenants Green, Philp, and Cowley, recently appointed to be supernumeraries in the fourth Queensland South African contingent, Lieutenant W. H. ...

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  8. DESTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE.

    A large railway bridge to the south-east of Kroonstad had been destroyed by the Boers, but another viaduct in the same locality remained intact. ...

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  9. THE PRESENT BOER POSITION.

    Latest news received states that the enemy are entrenching themselves at a place called Stal, to the north of Kroonstad. ...

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  10. BOER COMMANDOES DEMORALISED.

    It is reported that the Boer commandoes to the north-east of Thabanchu, which were intending to re-occupy that town, are very irresolute with regard to their actions, and have been ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. ACTION OF THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT.

    His Excellency the Governor is in receipt of the following telegram from Mr. Posechart, the Consul-General of the Netherlands in Melbourne, with reference to the ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. FREE STATE OPPOSITION COLLAPSING.

    Reuter's correspondent at the front expresses the opinion that the opposition of the Free Staters towards the British troops has practically ended. At several meetings at the large ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. REARRANGEMENT OF COMMANDS.

    Captain F. L. Jones, who has been given his step from divisional leader to the command of a company, will now take charge of "F" company as senior captain. ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. THE MANCHESTER PORT.

    From present appearances it seems that the transport for the conveyance of the contingent to South Africa will not leave Sydney until Wednesday. This means, of ...

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  15. DEATHS AMONG COLONIALS.

    Among the deaths from enteric fever at Bloemfontein are those of Private W. J. James, of the West Australian Mounted Infantry; and Corporal Harkers, of the New South Wales ...

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  16. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

    Another case of plague was reported here to-night. The victim is a wharf labourer, named Hans Larsen, 43 years of age, residing at Rosalie. He is a married man. ...

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  17. THE OCCUPATION OF KROONSTAD.

    Reports have been received describing Kronstad as a perfect pandemonium on Friday last, the day prior to his occupation by the British Some of the disheartened Transvaalers ...

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  18. MR. GIVENS BEFORE HIS CONSTITUENTS.

    MR. T. GIVENS, M.L.A., addressed the electors in the Divisional Board Hall on Saturday night. The Mayor was in the chair. In his speech, Mr. Givens, referring to the work of last ...

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  19. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    SOME matters in connection with the threatened outbreak of bubonic plague in this district were dealt with at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Ipswich ...

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  20. THE VERY LATEST.

    IT is reported that the cone of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, has fallen in and been engulfed in the crater, and in consequence the eruptions have ceased. ...

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  21. SICK AND WOUNDED COLONIALS.

    Major Cameron, of the Tasmanian contingent, was wounded in the elbow at the Zand River engagement on Thursday. Lance-Corporal Stephenson, of the Tasmanians, was slightly ...

    Article : 84 words
  22. DISASTROUS RAILWAY COLLISION.

    Reports have been received of a serious railway collision near Philadelphia, in the United States. It appears that a goods train collided with another in a tunnel. The goods train ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.

    LAST night's "Observer" says:—The police yesterday afternoon received information that the body of a newly-born child had been discovered under a house at the Hamilton. The ...

    Article : 316 words
  24. THURSDAY'S ENGAGEMENT.

    In the fighting on Thursday, to the northward of the Zand River, two of the Boer guns were smashed by the British artillery, and at a late period three others shared a similar fate. ...

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  25. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    A SENSATIONAL suicide is reported from Temora. It seems that Dan M'Allery, an employee at the Sebastopol cyanide works, filled a glass with cyanide solution from a vat, ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. BOER GENERALS DECLINE TO FIGHT LONGER.

    Further Information regarding the reported quarrels between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State troops is to the effect that the Boer commander-in-chief (General Louis Botha) and ...

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  27. THE ADVANCE TOWARDS MAFEKING.

    The news received via Pretoria that the British column under Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter advancing by forced marches to the relief of Mafeking had passed Vryburg has been ...

    Article : 53 words
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  29. KITCHENER AT HARROW.

    DR. BUTLER, the present Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, may be regarded as the man who exercised the most influence on Lord Kitchener's career. It was found, upon the ...

    Article : 126 words
  30. A BRITISH CAPTURE.

    It now transpires that the portion of the Boer convoy recently captured by the forces under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Rundle and Major-General Brabant contained ...

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  31. STRAINED RELATIONS.

    The Orange Free Staters are greatly incensed at the turn which affairs have taken, and loudly accuse the Transvaalers of having used them to serve their own ends and of now deserting ...

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  32. MELBOURNE.

    A hotel-keeper, named Richard Cohen, was having an altercation with his wife, last night, when her brother interfered. He presented a gun at Cohen, and threatened to shoot him. ...

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  33. FIRST INTO KROONSTAD.

    The body-guard of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, which consists of colonial troops, were the first to enter the town of Kroonstad on Saturday night last. ...

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  34. THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

    In the advance of Lord Roberts's army against the retreating Boers, the British front extends for a distance of 80 miles, this formation being adopted with the object of rounding ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    The voting in connection with the Southport Divisional Board took plane to-day, with the following result:— Mr. Berry Mr. Downes ...

    Article : 135 words
  36. PORTION OF BOER CONVOY CAPTURED.

    Colonel Broadwood, with the brigade under his command, who had been pursuing the retreating Boers in their flight towards Kroonstad, overtook the rear portion of the ...

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  37. WHITE FLAG AGAIN ABUSED.

    Again news comes of the abuse by the Boers of the white flag. As a detachment of the Inniskilling Dragoons were approaching a farm-house on which the white flag was hoisted, ...

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  38. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS.

    MR. B. DUNSTAN, who has been engaged on geological surveys in the Mackenzie district west of Rockhampton, is at present in town for the purpose of carrying out some special work ...

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  39. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The schism in the ranks of the Afrikander Bond in Cape Colony is reported to be widening. President Steyn, after leaving Kroonstad, ...

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  40. LONDON, May 14. THE BOER RETREAT.

    Latest information regarding the operations of the British troops states that, on Friday last, Major-General French seized a drift in the Vaalsch River (on which Kroonstad is situated), ...

    Article : 85 words
  41. QUEENSLAND CASUALTIES.

    A cable has been received by his Excellency the Governor to the effect that Private W. Davitt, of the first Queensland South African contingent, died on the 12th instant at ...

    Article : 92 words
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