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  2. THE VERY LATEST.

    IT is reported that Victor Emmanuel, the new King of Italy, it relinquishing the keeping up of royal establishments at several palaces, villas, castles, and parks. This action, it is ...

    Article : 53 words
  3. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

    A MAN named James Hicke [?] employed in connection with the building of the new railway workshops at North Ipswich, met with a Painful accident yesterday morning. It appears ...

    Article : 93 words
  4. FEMALE ASSISTANT TEACHERS.

    IN the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr. Philp (for the Chief Secretary), in reply to a question by Mr. F. M'Donnel, gave detailed information, in which he stated that the ...

    Article : 86 words
  5. MR. TJAART KRUGER.

    Prior to the outbreak of the war (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" of Monday) Mr. Tjaert Kruger was a well-known figure in the Transvaal, where he held rank as head of the ...

    Article : 156 words
  6. PARLIAMENT.

    SOME of the answers given to several of the queries put forth by hon. members yesterday afternoon elicited outbursts of laughter. To a question put by Mr. Bell to Mr. Annear as to ...

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  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 24 words
  8. THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF MOUNT MORGAN.

    DONALD COUTTS GORDON, the original owner of what is now the Mount Morgan Company's freehold property at Mount Morgan, died at the Rockhampton Hospital on Friday at the age of ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA.

    Relations have become very much strained between the Principality of Bulgaria (which is under the suzeranity of Turkey) and the kingdom of Roumania. The rupture is stated to ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. GREAT ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.

    THE new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster is approaching exterior completion (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus"). Apart from decorations ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. WAR IN CHINA.

    A REPORT has been received that, in response to all appeal for volunteers to match to the relief of the foreign legations at Pekin, 400 Italian troops and a detachment of Germans ...

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  12. LOAN OF £4,50[?] TO TOOWOOMBA.

    To Governor-in-Council has approved of the following loans being granted to the Toowoomba Municipal Council:—£8,000 for the completion of the construction and the ...

    Article : 53 words
  13. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    West Australia has gained four grand prizes at the Paris Exhibition—namely, one each for minerals, wool, wheat, and timber. She also gained eight gold, nine silver, and five bronze ...

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  14. MR. DONALD MACDONALD'S APPROACHING LECTURE.

    THE general public are reminded that the farewell lecture of Mr. Donald Macdonald, the famous war correspondent, will be delivered in the Town Hall, to-morrow night. Since his ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. NEW JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

    LAST night's "Telegraph" states that Mr. Albert Sealy, of Harrisville, has been appointed a justice of the peace. ...

    Article : 26 words
  16. Boer War.

    IN despatches received by the War Office from the Transvaal it is shown that on two ocessions the Boer force order Commandant De Wet escaped capture by the British ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Two fresh cases of plague were reported to-day. The first was that of John Satchell, aged 28 years, a storeman, residing in Stackpol-street, West End. His case is ...

    Article : 108 words
  18. WEATHER FORECASTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  19. BUTCHERS' EMPLOYEES.

    A GENERAL meeting of the butchers' employees was held last Monday night in Mr. I. Ham's Booms. A donation to the value of 10s, 6d., was received from Mr. A. J. Stephenson, M.L.A., ...

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  20. WEDNESDAY.

    Queensland North, Central and South—Fine, with times of cloud throughout. There is a tendency to rain over the Peninsula. Yet more frost over the interior. ...

    Article : 32 words
  21. BLACK MURDERERS.

    THE Inspector-General of Police received a telegram from Mudgee, to-day, stating that the Breelong blacks fired nine or 10 shots at a house occupied by a man named Horon at ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. COLLIERY TROUBLE.

    MATERS in connection with the colliery dispute in this district, are tending towards a climax, and it is feared that the trouble between the mine-owners and the men may be ...

    Article : 536 words
  23. MORE FIGHTING AT PEKIN.

    According to official Italian reports, which have been received from the East, it appears that serious fighting occurred between the allied forces and the Chinese at Pekin on ...

    Article : 33 words
  24. Review of the Chase in the Narrabri District.

    WRITING from Narrabri on Friday last, the correspondent of the" Sydney Morning Herald" says:— From the account of the movement of the ...

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  25. LONDON, August 21. OFFICIALS BEHEADED.

    It is now reported that the Chinese officials who were beheaded by the orders of the Empress Dowager, prior to her flight from Pekin, laoluded H[?]-iung and Yi-lien-yann, both of ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. LONDON, August 21. COMMANDANT DE WET'S MOVEMENTS.

    It is reported that Commandant De Wet has reunited his scattered forces, and that his combined force has passed the town of Hellbron, travelling eastward in the direction of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. TRANSFER OF CONSTABLE O'GRADY.

    THE "Longreach Standard" of the 7th instant says:—By this morning's train Constable O'Grady left Longreach for his new [?] of duty at [?] Mr. O'Grady is ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. THE SITUATION AT SHANGHAI.

    The Japanese and German Governments are each arranging to land marines at Shanghai. ...

    Article : 17 words
  29. POLITICAL.

    COMMENTING upon the debate in the Queensland Legislative Assembly on the railway policy of these Government, especially in reference to the question of State versus ...

    Article : 288 words
  30. JAPANESE LOAN.

    The Japanese Government is making arrangements for the raising of a loan of £20,000,000. ...

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  31. CHINESE PRESS CRITICISM.

    Chinese newspapers are expressing themselves strongly in terms of district of the motives of Germany and Russia in connection with the present difficulty, and they demand a ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. THE MANSION HOUSE FUND.

    The Mansion House war fund has now reached £1,000,000. ...

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  33. MACHADODORP EVACUATED.

    The " Standard' correspondent reports that the town of Machadodorp has been evacuated by the Boers. ...

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  34. THE ATTITUDE OF FRANCE.

    French troops are being landed in the French Province of Tonkin, opposite the Island of Hainen, to await the issue of events in China. The leading French newspaper, "Figaro," ...

    Article : 110 words
  35. UNITED IRISH HOME RULE LEAGUE.

    A GENERAL meeting of members of the United Irish Home Rule League was held in the Trades Ball on Friday evening. Mr. T. O'Sullvan was unanimouely voted to the chair, ...

    Article : 122 words
  36. RECONNAISSANCE AT VENTERSBURG.

    Colonel Setwell conducted a reconnaissance at Ventersburg, to the south of Kroonstad, recently. It resulted in 81 casualties to the British troops. ...

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  37. DEATH OF TWO QUEENSLANDERS.

    Privates D.J.R. M'Leod and C. Meredith both of Queensland, have died at Pretoria, of bronehitis and enter lever respectively. [Both deceased were members at the fourth ...

    Article : 58 words
  38. SUGGESTION BY LI HUNG CHANG.

    Li Hung Chang has issued a circular it which he suggest that since the avowed object of the advance of the allies to Pekin has been achieved, and the foreign Ministers at the ...

    Article : 75 words
  39. SURVEYING IN NEW GUINEA.

    It is understood that Mr. R. H. Magulre surveyor in the Roma district, has been appointed to take charge of a surveying expedition in New Guines, and will probably leave ...

    Article : 38 words
  40. Back from South Africa.

    THE invalided Queensland soldiers, who returned to Brisbane on Saturday night, were entertained at a picnic on Monday on board the steamer Lueinda, which had been placed at the ...

    Article : 382 words
  41. CUSTOMS REMISSIOMS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    OUR Wellington correspondent wires as follows:—The remissions of Customs duties, which have just been made, and which were announced to the Treasurer's Budget Speech, are ...

    Article : 58 words
  42. CHINESE TROOPS MASSING.

    Reports have been received that large forces of Chinese troops from the Honan province (between the Yang-Kee and the Hoang-ho rivers) are now massing to the rear of the allies. ...

    Article : 47 words
  43. THE SETTLEMENT AT NEWCASTLE.

    It will be remembered that the miners in the Newcastle district, New South Wales, recently made a demand for an increase in the hewing rate, and it was thought that a ...

    Article : 342 words
  44. LONDON, August 22. LATEST NEWS FROM PEKIN.

    Latest news from Pekin states that dynamite is being used by the allies in the attack upon the inner city in Pekin. The colours of the Chinese troops were ...

    Article : 246 words
  45. A WONDROUS BOY.

    In his last letter from Westminister to the "Sydney Morning Herald" Mr. Lucy writes as follows:—There is hearty but decorous jubilation at Harrow School. Burroughs is ...

    Article : 231 words
  46. CENTRAL DISTRICT COAL DEPOSITS.

    Mr. R. Dunstan, an assistant to the Geological Survey Branch, has just returned to Brisbane, after a visit of months to the district in the neighbourhood of the Dawson ...

    Article : 267 words
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