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  2. V.A.T.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

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  3. AFFAIRS IN ASHANTI.

    Major Burroughs, who is in command of the British expedition operating against the Ashantis, made a night attack upon a rebel camp near Kumassi, and captured it at the ...

    Article : 65 words
  4. WAR IN CHINA.

    The Southern Viceroys in China are urging the allied Powers not to land any troops at Shanghai. LONDON, August 13. ...

    Article : 250 words
  5. Boer War.

    Lord Roberts has cabled that the plot of the Boers to abduct the Field-Marshal and officers of the British army at Pretoria was clumslly conesived, and that all ...

    Article : 74 words
  6. MR. DONALD MACDONALD.

    Mr. Donald Macdonald, who will lecture in Ipswich on Friday night next, is undoubtedly one of the ablest journalists in Australia, and his interesting and graphic ...

    Article : 477 words
  7. TOMMY ATKINS'S HUMANITY.

    Mr. Michael Davitt, in a letter to the Dublin "Freeman's Journal" from Pretoria, tells how the Dutch commandant who had charge of all the British prisoners taken ...

    Article : 249 words
  8. The Maxims.

    Gunner Fred Marshall, who belongs to the Maxim detachment under General Buller, writes to his mother, Mrs. H. M. Marshall, of Gandagai, (N.S.W.) as ...

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  9. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    THE steamer Emerald—the new boat for the service between Humpybong and Brisbane—made a successful trial trip to-day. She covered a measured mile at a speed of a little ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. A.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

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  11. BOERS NEAR PRETORIA.

    A report has been received that a force of 500 Boers, together with two guns, are occupying a position at Pyramids, near Pretoria. ...

    Article : 27 words
  12. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    TERRIBLE mortality among a mob of 10,000 sheep has occurred near Clermont, 3000 deaths being reported. The sheep travelled from the Longreach district, and ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. ADELAIDE.

    The federal delegates arrived here to-day in the Ortona from London, and were accorded a public welcome. ...

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  14. THE SURRENDER OF BOERS.

    Later reports concerning the capitulation of the Boers under General Prinsloo at Fourlesburg to General Sir Archibald Hunter state 130 additional Boers have ...

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  15. SALE OF RACEHORSES.—7890 GUINEAS REALISED.

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  16. TOWN TALK.

    THAT some of "our brother Boers" recently got up a plot to shoot (that is, in plain language, to murder) all the British officers in Pretoria and capture Lord Roberts. ...

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  17. BOER COMMANDANT ARRESTED.

    The Boer Commandant Marais, together with 130 armed burghers, has been arrested by General Bundle at Harrismith. ...

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  18. CAIRNS.

    Mr. Henry Simmonds, an old and respected settler in this district, committed suicide about noon yesterday at Highleigh by shooting himself through the head. No ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. THE BRITISH PRISONERS.

    Commandant Louis Botha, has Informed Lord Roberts that, since importations by the Transvaal Government have been hindered at Delagoa Bay, the British ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. COUNT WALDERSEE'S STAFF.

    Two Russian officers joined the staff of General Count von Waldersee, who has been appointed Generallssimo of the allied forces in China, at Genoa. ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. OUR BOONAH LETTER.

    THE passengers by the evening train from Ipswich on Saturday evening had the satisfaction(?) of being stuck up at Churchill for an hour or so. The engine jibbed most ...

    Article : 325 words
  22. ATTACKING THE LEGATIONS.

    The Marquis Raggi, the Italian Minister at Pekin, in a cipher message which he has despatched to his Government states that the Legations and the Chinese exchanged shots on ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. LONDON, August 13.

    Latest news regarding the pursuit of Commandant De Wetby the British forces is to the effect that on Thursday last Lord Methsen captured six Boer waggons and two ambulances ...

    Article : 130 words
  24. A FAMOUS HORSE BURNED.

    A FIRE occurred at Dandenong this morning, when some stables, the property of Messrs. F. B. and E. M. Bow, were destroyed and several valuable horses were burnt to death, including ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN.

    A semi-official announcement has been published at St. Petersburg expressing the opinion that the unexpected sending of 2500 British troops to Shanghai from Bong-kong was totally ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. THE VERY LATEST.

    "LANKY" Bob Fitzeimmons, the world's champion middleweight and ex-champion boxer of the world, defeated Gus Ruhlin (the heavyweight boxer, who some weeks ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. THEIR CLAIMS SET AT REST.

    The claim of other cough medicines to be as good as Chamberlian's are effectually set as rest in the following testimonial of Mr. C. D. Glass, an employee of Bartlett and Dennis Co., ...

    Article : 156 words
  28. MR. CONGER'S INSTRUCTIONS.

    Mr. E. Conger, the United States Minister at Pekin, has been instructed by the authorities in Washington to remain in Pekin pending further instructions. ...

    Article : 27 words
  29. SPORTING.

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  30. THE ENGAGEMENT AT YANGSTUN.

    After the recent engagement between the allied troops and the Chinese at Yongtsun the Japanese gunners pursued the enemy for some distance and inflicted considerable loss upon ...

    Article : 32 words
  31. THE ELANDS RIVER GARRISON.

    During General Sir Frederick Carrington's recent determined attempt to relieve the British garrison at Elands River, Lieutenant Thomas, an Australian, and 10 Australian ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA.

    Phenomenal heat is being experienced in the Mississippl Valley, in the United States of America, and 2000 horses are reported to have dropped dead in Chicago during last week ...

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  33. LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN.

    AT an age when, in some respect, he might be considered in his prime (says the "Telegraph") England's Lord Chief Justice has passed away. Few occupants more effectively ...

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  34. THE ADVANCE TOWARDS PEKIN.

    The Japanese detachment which is acting as the vanguard of the allied troops, is now advancing upon Vanisanitson. The detachment consists of two batteries of mounted infantry, ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. A CRUISER FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The British Admiralty has decided to despatch the third-class twin-crew cruiser Archer, 1770 tons i.h.p., to augment the Australian Squadron, and the vessel will ...

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  36. YUNG-LU'S INFLUENCE.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the "Times" (London) asserts that the influence of Yung-lu at Pekin is daily growing stronger and that he is now directing his attention towards securing ...

    Article : 35 words
  37. ACCIDENT WITH A TORPEDO BOAT.

    NEWS has been received that while a new French torpedo boat was being given a trial in the Straits of Gibraltar she was steered in a wrong direction owing to a misunderstanding ...

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  38. THE DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI.

    The authorities at Washington have declined to accede to the appeal of the Chinese viceroys to prevent the landing of British troops at Shanghai. ...

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  39. THE SYDNEY MARKETS.

    WHEAT is quiet at 2s 9d to 2s 10s. Flour is quoted at £6 5s to £6 15s. Sugar is well held, small parcels of new season's yellows going at £17 10s, and of whites at £18. Several ...

    Article : 205 words
  40. A Brother's Devotion.

    The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. B. James, of Gatton (says the "Lockyer Star"), will learn with extreme regret that Mrs. James has lost another brother in the ...

    Article : 306 words
  41. COREA AND JAPAN.

    The Corean Government have consented to the despatch of Japanese troops to Corea to provide against any emergencies that may arise there on account of the present disturbance in ...

    Article : 33 words
  42. A CAVALRY CHARGE.

    Speaking of the advance against the Boers by the British after the occupation of Pretoria, the war correspondent of the "Sydney Daily Telegraph," writing on the 10th of June, ...

    Article : 399 words
  43. AUSTRALIAN ESTATES COMPANY.

    The Australian Estates and Mortgage Company has declared a profit of £89,397 for the past year. ...

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  44. RUSSIAN CONTROL AT NEUCHANG.

    Russian officials are now collecting the customs does at Neuchang, a town which the Russians recently stormed and seized, pending a settlement of the present disturbance in the ...

    Article : 34 words
  45. TURKEY INCREASING HER DEFENCES.

    A Reuter's correspondent asserts that Turkey has ordered 209 guns from the Krupp Manufacturing Company, Germany, as well as armaments for eight ironclads. ...

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  46. MESSAGE FROM M. PICHON.

    M. Pichon, the French Minister at Pekin, despatched a message from Pekin, which was lodged at Tsinan-fu on the 7th instant, and which stated that the stock of ammunition and ...

    Article : 66 words
  47. FUNERAL OF HERR LIEB[?]NECHT.

    It is estimated that the remains of Herr Liebknechs, the prominent German Socialist who died last week, [?] to the grave by over 100,000 person. ...

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  48. Advertising

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  49. BICYCLE ROAD RACE.

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  50. WEATHER FORECASTS.

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