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  2. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    Tho match between England and Australia—the second of a series of five test engagements—entered on Saturday upon its fourth and concluding day. The result was a win for Australia by 229 runs. ...

    Article : 295 words
  3. TRAGEDY AT GUILDFORD.

    At about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a sensational and tragic incident occurred at Guildford railway station, a young man who had forcibly entered the railway station office being shot dead by ...

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  4. A TERRIFIC CYCLONE.

    One of the most severe cyclones—almost equal to that of last year, when it was estimated that £1000 worth of damage was done—passed over the town this afternoon. The weather throughout the day ...

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  5. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    General Botha has sent a message to all the Boer commandants exhorting them to continue fighting. He declares that the British Parliament, which meets in a few days, will ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. SECOND EDITION.

    While reconnoitering in the Vryheid district, in the South Eastern Transvaal, 500 Boers charged the advance guard of Major Garrot's column, but were repulsed. ...

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  7. THE CONTROL OF THE STREETS.

    Instances of the waste of public money through the divided control of the city streets are unfortunately numerous, and the case of Hunter-street is one of these.The ...

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  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The steamer Walla Walla from San Francisco for Puget Sound carrying 36 firstclass passengers, 28 second-class passengers, and a crew ol 60 men came into collision at ...

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  9. NEW ZEALAND EIGHTH CONTINGENT.

    Colonel Davies has refused to take command of the Eighth Contingent because the appointment of officers is not left in his hands. Mr.Seddon has received a cable from Mr. ...

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  10. DE WET'S REARGUARD ENGAGED.

    Major-General Elliot engaged the rearguard of Commandant De Wet, north of Reitz, in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, and captured 12 of the enemy. ...

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  11. CHINA.

    The Imperial Court will return to Peking on Tuesday. The Chinese authorities have requested the Legations to keep foreigners off the streets when the Court re-enters the ...

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  12. THE BOERS' TERMS.

    Snyman, formerly an officer on Commandant de Wet's staff, in an interview with President Roosevelt, declared that England would welcome the intervention of Congress to end ...

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  13. THE NAVY.

    The Clyde Shipbuilding Works have been invited to tender for two British battleships of 16,500 tons each, which will be most powerfully armed, for five first-class cruisers, and ...

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  14. THE NAVY.

    The Admiralty has directed that a test of oil as fuel should be made on two battleships and one cruiser of the Channel squadron. ...

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  15. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The Federal Treasurer says he has not yet come to any agreement with the banks as to the rate of interest to be allowed by the latter on the federal current account balances. Sir George Turner has ...

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  16. THE PLAY.

    There were about 2500 spectators at 20 past 2, when Tyldesley (60) land Braund (13) resumed the second innings of the Englishmen to Ino bowling or Trumble and Noble, the Lancashire professional ...

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  17. A GERMAN TRAITOR.

    Sergeant-Major Fisslier, of the German Army has been sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude at Mannheim on a charge of selling a mobilisation plan to a French spy. ...

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  18. CAPTURE OF GENERAL ERASMUS.

    Major-General Bruce Hamilton has captured a laager towards the Swaziland border together with 22 Boers and 14 waggons. Later. ...

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  19. AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CORONATION.

    Mr. Grover Cleveland, an ex-President, will probably represent the United States at the Coronation of King Edward ...

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  20. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

    The Panama Canal Company has notified the United States Canal Commission that it is willing to sell the Panama Canal for 40,000,000dol.(£8,000,000). ...

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  21. LORD STRATHCONA'S GIFT.

    Lord Strathcona, the High Commissioner for Canada, has given £25,000 for the extension of the Aberdeen University. ...

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  22. GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

    The Marquis Ito, the Japanese Statesman, was entertained at a banquet at the Mansion House yesterday. In replying to the speech of his health, the Marquis Ito expressed ...

    Article : 86 words
  23. NEW CALEDONIA.

    The subsidy of the French Government to New Caledonia, amounting to 660,000 f., has been reduced to 500,000f. (£20,000). ...

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  24. DE WET'S RAID AGAINST BLOCKHOUSES.

    Commandant de Wet has ordered his followers to retard the building of blockhouses at all costs. In the engagement at Tweefontein 30 Boers ...

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  25. RITUALISM CONFERENCE.

    The Bishop of London (the Right Rev. Dr. Winnington Ingram) has convened a conference to consider the question of confession and absolution and the divergent views ...

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  26. SUPPOSED CASE OF DROWNING.

    The boat of Mr.Fred, Underwood, who resides on Dr.Warren's place, on Marra Marra Crock, off the Hawkesbury, near Bar Island, was picked up yesterday off Big Dar Point, about 5 miles north of ...

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  27. THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT.

    Lord Kitchener has telegraphed to the Earl of Minto, the Governor-General of Canada, [?]king that trained trackers should accompany the Canadian contingent of 900 men. ...

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  28. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    Referring on Saturday to the published cable message which stated that a London paper had suggested the surrender of British interests in the New Hebrides to France in consideration of a ...

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  29. CHINA.

    The Emperor and the Empress Dowager have arrived nt Paoting-fu. [The Court left Knifung on December 14, and it was proposed to reach Peking on the 7th instant. ...

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  30. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    France is establishing wireless telegraph stations at Algiers and Timbuctoo, in the French Soudan. ...

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  31. ATROCIOUS CALUMNIES.

    Continental calumnies on the British Army have been acutely revived, especially in the German newspapers. Monstrous accusations are made of British soldiers and officers of ...

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  32. MEDAL FOR BRITISH TROOPS.

    The medal to British troops for services in China is awarded to all naval and military forces employed in the north of China from June 10, 1900, to December 31st, 1900.Three ...

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  33. NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT WASHINGTON.

    At the New Year's Day reception at Washington President Roosevelt shook hands with 80,000 people. ...

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  34. WESTERN. AUSTRALIA.

    On Friday an accident to the express from Perth was narrowly averted by the promptitude of the railway official stationed at the crossing at Boulderroad, near Golden Gate.At that point a dray ...

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  35. THE ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales will be held on January 9 and 10. The number of bales catalogued is 5310, including 145 from Australia. ...

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  36. THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

    The United Irish League is arranging to boycott the King's and Queen's visit to Ireland. ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Insurance Company's balancesheet for the year ended November 30 is published. The net revenue was £391,015, the highest on record. The credit on the year's transactions, including the ...

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  38. THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S NEW YACHT.

    The German Emperor has invited President Roosevelt's daughter to christen his Majesty's new yacht, which is being built in America. ...

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  39. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

    The " Daily Express " advocates that concessions should be made to France in West Africa, or that full recognition of French rule in the New Hebrides should be given in ...

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  40. BRITISH LOSSES IN THE CAMPAIGN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  41. THE BROKEN SEALS.

    The following is a text copy of the agreement entered into on December 27, 1901, between the Premier of the Commonwealth of Australia and the representative of the Nord-Deutscher L[?]oyd with ...

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  42. ACTION BY THE PREMIER.

    During yesterday the Premier (Mr.John See)was acquainted of the disastrous cylone at Narrabri. The message stated that many people were destitute and without shelter.The Premier at once gave ...

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  43. DEATH OF DR. M. J. CLUNE.

    Dr.Michael J.Clune died on Friday at his residence, Palmyra, Ridge-street, North Sydney, at the age of 54 years. Dr.Clune, who was a well-known medical ...

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  44. THE ARBITRATION COURT.

    A deputation of the Thames Miners' Union waited on the Minister for Mines and urged the removal of Mr. Justice Cooper from the position of president of the Arbitration Court. The miners, they said, had ...

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  45. POEM BY MR.KIPLING.

    Mr. Rudyard Kipling, in a ringing passionate poem published in the " Times" of this morning appeals to the nation to face the necessities of Imperialism by accepting ...

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  46. THE LATE SUPERINTENDENT READ.

    On Sunday evening at the Bourke-street, Surry Hills, Methodist Church an "In Memoriam " service was held in connection with the late Superintendent G.Read, who was for many years a ...

    Article : 341 words
  47. NOTES ON THE MATCH.

    The contest just concluded was the fifty-eighth that has taken place between England and Australia.Thirty-four have been played in this country, of which England has won 15, lost 17, and ...

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  48. "JOHANNESBURG STAR."

    The " Johannesburg Star," of which Mr. Moneypenny is the editor, and which ceased publication on the outbreak of war, has resumed its issue. Lord Milner, who started ...

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  49. THE MINING INDUSTRY.

    During 1901 more gold was won in New Zealand than in any year since 1871, the export returns showing a total of 455,559oz.—an increase of 83,566oz., valued at £320,836, compared with 1900. The yield ...

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  50. DEPLETION OF THE ENEMY'S FORCES.

    Boer circles in Brussels deny that their forces in the field are undergoing depletion. They declare that the wastage from deaths, captures, and surrenders are easily made up ...

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  51. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr Pierpont Morgan has paid 500,000dol. (£100,000) for Raphael's " Madonna " and " St Anthony of Padua." The Bishop of Brisbane (the Right Rev. ...

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  52. THE SHOOTING CASE AT MOUNT MORGAN.

    Matthew Adams was charged at the Mount Morgan Police Court yesterday morning with shooting his daughter, Muggie, on the previous evening.After formal evidence had been taken he was remanded for ...

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  53. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private John Considi, of the 7th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, was dangerously wounded in the chest and spine at Quaggaspoort. ...

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  54. SUPPOSED ARREST OF SPARKS.

    The supposition that the Pentridge Gaol [?], Sparks, had been arrested on a fresh charge in Sydney, has proved to be a case of mistaken identity. When the young man was taken into custody a few ...

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  55. BURSTING OF A WATERMAIN.

    At about 9 o'clock last night a 36-inch watermain burst on the Newtown-road, in the Vicinity of the University Pink.A high pressure prevailed at the time, and within a few minutes a great volume of ...

    Article : 199 words
  56. TO-DAY.

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  57. THE LATE MR. ROBERT MILLER.

    Mr.Robert Miller, a well-known wholesale grocer, of Clarence-street, Sydney, died at his residence, Livingstone-road, Marrickville, at 5 a.m. on Saturday at the age of 78 years.Mr.Miller ...

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  58. THE MIOWERA AT PINKENBA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 words
  59. VICTORIAN SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    colonel price has taken the initiative in erecting a memorial to the fallen Victorian soldiers.The Victorian Mounted Rifles have, at Colonial Price's suggestion, raised a fund regimentally, and from it have ...

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  60. CHILDREN LOVE ARNOTT'S

    Milk Arrowrout Biscuits, because they are so delicious, light, wholesome, and easily digested. They are made for children.—Advt. ...

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  61. THE BEST MEDICINE

    in the world is fresh air and ARNOTT'S MILK ARROWROOT BISCUITS. Give your children plenty of both.—Advt. ...

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