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  2. THE BOER WAR.

    FURTHER particulars of the capture of 42 Boers under Commandant Schroeder by 20 Australian bushmen, led by Lieutenant Reid, state that the rapid fire, at close range, into the ...

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  3. A MEMORIAL.

    A REPRESENTATIVE meeting was held today in connection with the proposal to establish a memorial to Queen Victoria, and a large committee was formed to carry the matter into ...

    Article : 56 words
  4. THE YEERONPILLY ACCIDENT.

    ON inquiry last night, it was ascertained that Mr. J. Doyle, who was injured in the second accident at Yerongpilly, was improving. ...

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  5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    THE usual meeting of the above Board was held in the Board's office, Gatton, yesterday. Present: Messrs. W. D. Armstrong, M.L.A. (Chairman), C. Gunne, J. G. Gray, ...

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  6. MELBOURNE.

    In connection with the hois[?]ng the Union Jack in public schools throughout the commonwealth on May 14 to c[?]mmemorate the opening of Parliament by the Duke of York, ...

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  7. THE POST-OFFICE CLOCK.

    A COMMUNICATION has been received from the Works Department by Mr. A. J. Stephenson, M.L.A., stating that the Deputy Postmaster-General has received advice from the ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. POSTHUMOUS HONOURS.

    Hun Ching, Cheng, Yuan-chan, and Hauqungy, who were victims as a result of Prince Tuan's minor rebellion which followed the Boxer insurrection, have recently been accorded ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. IPSWICH HOSPITAL.

    PURSUANT to arrangement, a deputation of members of the Board of Management of the Ipswich Hospital waited upon the aldermen at she Council Chambers, yesterday afternoon, in ...

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  10. MESSRS. W. H. SINCLAIR AND A. BOOTH.

    MR. W. H. SINCLAIR, who has been appointed manager of the butter factory at Booval, which has just been erected by the Queensland Farmers' Cooperative Dairy Company, was ...

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  11. ADELAIDE.

    An extraordinary scene was witnessed, to-day, In Rundle-street, when a fire salvage sale by J. Martin and Co. was opened. Thousands of bargain-hunting women fought for entrance, ...

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  12. THE VERY LATEST.

    A PROPOSAL is under way to improve the harbour of Durban, the chief port of Natal, at a cost of £8,O0,000, and with the view of quadrupling the shipping capacity. ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. CAPTURE OF AN EX-LANDDROST.

    A Reuter's message states that among those who have surrendered to Brigadler-General Plumer is Mr. Muonlk, an ex-landdrost, who at one time took a leading part in inclting the ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. PERTH.

    News has been received to the office that a three-masted sailing vessel has gone agroud on the Murray reef. ...

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  15. WELLINGTON.

    The Bruce woollen mills at Gore have been burst down. The insurances amount to £24,800, equally divided between the Victoria and Alliance offices. ...

    Article : 52 words
  16. CORRESPONDENCE.

    (We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.) ...

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  17. NEW ZEALAND HORSES.

    The Hon. W.P. Reeves, Agent-General for New Zealand in London, has induced the War Office to order from 500 to 1000 New Zealand horses for use in South Africa. ...

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  18. SCHALK BURGER AT LEYDSDORP.

    Mr. Sohalk Burger the nominal President of the Transvaal, with his provisional Government, has now fled to Leydsdorp, in the northern portion of the Transvaal Colony. ...

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  19. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES AND POLITICS.

    SIR,—The enforced resignation of Mr. Maughan and the dismissal (with subsequent reinstatement) of Mr. Hardy, both employees in the railway service, in connection with the ...

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  20. AUCKLAND.

    Considerable anxiety is felt regarding the safety of the brigantine Linda Weber, which left Gisborne for Ngungaum over a month ago. ...

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  21. A RENEGADE'S DASTARDLY CONDUCT.

    Affidavits have been taken showing that a British renegade, named Burns, with a party of 17 Boers from Kruitzlnger's commando, looted a farm in the Cradock district, in the ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

    Viscount Cromer, British Agent and Minister Plenipotentiary at Cairo, speaking at Alexandria, has stated that it was not the intention of Great Britain to Anglicise ...

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  23. MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES.

    DARU, 26th April.—No doubt whatever is entertained by the authorities as to the massacre of the missionaries—Rev. James Chalmers and Rev. O. Tomkins, the ...

    Article : 135 words
  24. A GALLANT RESISTANCE.

    A party of 25 men belonging to the Prince of Wales's Horse offered a stubborn resistance to a force of 400 Boers at a piece in the Orange River Colony situated about 15 miles from ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. THE DISASTER AT GRIESHEIM.

    The disastrous fire previously reported to have broken out at the Griesheim electrical and chemical works has been extinguished, and the benzine contained in the ...

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  26. LONDON, April 29. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN CHINA.

    News has been received of a serious accident through the collapse of a culvert at Hola, on the railway line between Tientsin and Pekin, whereby a train bound for the capital was ...

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  27. DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE FIFTH CONTINGENT.

    CABLE news received from South Africa (says the "Gympie Times"), conveys the sad news that Private Herbert J. White, son of our respected townsman Mr. John ...

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  28. MR. PHILP AT DURBAN.

    The Hon. B. Philp (Premier of Queensland) is now at Durban, the port of Natal, where he was entertained by the Scottish and Australian residents. ...

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  29. BENEFIT FOR MR. E. LLOYD.

    THE members of the Ipswich and Blackstone Cambrian Choir assembled in the Town Hall last night for a rehearsal in view of the forth-coming concert to be given as a benefit for Mr. ...

    Article : 116 words
  30. MINING ACCIDENT IN BELGIUM.

    News is to hand of a serious mining accident in Belgium. An explosion occurred in the Hernu colliery, near Mons, as a result of which 18 men were killed. ...

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  31. ADMIRAL SENDING MAN-OF-WAR.

    The Acting-Premier (the Hon. A. Rutledge) has received a further telegram from the Admiral in the reference to the expedition to New Guines (says the "Telegraph"). The Admiral ...

    Article : 202 words
  32. HOSTILITES IN ALGERIA.

    Intelligence from Northern Africa of fighting between the French and Arab in Algeria. The Arabs endeavoured to force the Europeans in the village of Marguerite to rennouce Christianity ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. WAR IN CHINA.

    A BAND of 1000 Boxers is raiding the country south of Paoting fu, in the province of Shensi, and another strong band threatens the German garrison at Mancheng. The ...

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  34. FOOTBALL ACCIDENT AT HELIDON.

    ON Saturday night (says the "Courier") the Ambulance Brigade received a call to attend at at the Central Railway Station to meet a case of broken leg, to arrive by the 9.20 p.m. train ...

    Article : 114 words
  35. SIR HENRY NORMAN.

    Sir Henry Norman, a former Governor of Queensland, has had the position of Governor of Chelsea Hospital conferred upon him. ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    THERE are passing to-day, 150 fat cows from Barambah Station for Baynes Bros. ...

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  37. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NUNDAH.

    WHILE a gang of 20 men were working this morning on the Sandgate Railway between Eagle Junction and Nundah (says last night's "Telegraph") an accident occurred which ...

    Article : 106 words
  38. (BLACKALL RANGE).—MONTVILLE.

    THE country is looking its best just at present owing to the recent rains. Many of the fruit-growers are already sending large quantities of oranges to market. ...

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  39. BRISBANE.

    A meeting was held in the Exhibition Building, to-night, to express sympathy with Dr. O'Haran. There were fully 2000 people present, and the Hon. A. J. Thynne presided. ...

    Article : 114 words
  40. ONE ADULT ONE VOTE.

    IN a speech delivered at Yeulba recently, Mr. W. H. Moore, M.L.A., is reported by the "News Budget" as having said that the Premier had informed him that it was his ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. DEFEAT OF THE CHINESE.

    The German, defeated the Chinese with heavy lose at Haishankwan, forcing them to retire into the province of Shensi. ...

    Article : 23 words
  42. THURSDAY ISLAND.

    Two Japanese, working on a lugger as diver and tender respectively, were brought to the hospital, to-day, suffering from severe knife wounds, one being cut from the side across the ...

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  43. DEATH OF MR. J. M. H. MOORE.

    THE many friends of Mr. W. Moore, M.L.A. (says yesterday's "Observer") will regret to learn of the death of the his brother, Mr. J. M. H. Moore, at Colinton. The deceased was a young ...

    Article : 125 words
  44. RIFLE-SHOOTING

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  45. PROBABLE RETIREMENT OF THE DOWAGER.

    It is reported that the Empress Dowager of China has appointed a Board of Administration, including Prince Ching and Prince Li Hung Chang, to relieve her of all public ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. TRIP TO COLOMBO.

    POLICE-CONSTABLE O'REGAN, of Charters Towers, is leaving Brisbane to-day (says Friday's "Observer") by the steamer Innamincks, en rote for Colombo, where he will ...

    Article : 89 words
  47. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

    THE re hearing of the charge against Patrick Joseph Skeehan, accused of stealing the sum of £98 15s, 2d., the property of the Commissioner for Railways, upon which the jury had ...

    Article : 166 words
  48. CHINESE BRIBING INDIAN OFFICERS.

    It has come to light that the Indian officers who discovered several Krupp guns in possession of the Chinese were offered two cartloads of silver if they would conceal ...

    Article : 35 words
  49. LONGREACH.

    As showing how dogs are increasing in this district, 17 were killed in one month on a selection 20 miles from town. On another selection, where there were 500 lambs, all were killed by ...

    Article : 40 words
  50. INTERSTATE NEWS.

    AT the Central Police Court, to-day, a man named Maurice Little was fined £100, in default nine months' imprisonment, for sly grog selling. ...

    Article : 122 words
  51. FIGHTING ON THE GREAT WALL.

    Particulars of the operations of the allied force under General Ketteler despatched against General Liu state that after occupying Hai-shan-kwan they seized a section of the Great ...

    Article : 160 words
  52. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    MR. TAIT, the Labour candidate for Mackay, addressed a meeting in the Britannia Hall tonight. There was a large, orderly, and enthusiastic audience. The candidate spoke for ...

    Article : 76 words
  53. NEW EAR DRUMS.

    THE foremost specialists of Europe are growing new ear drums for Miss Rockefeller, the daughter of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil King (so it is stated by a young ...

    Article : 133 words
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