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  2. SECOND EDITION

    Bar silver is quoted to-day 1-16d higher at 2s 1 11-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  3. THE PORT PATRICK.

    The steamer Abergeldie, with the captain and crew of the ship Port Patrick on board, arrived in Sydney harbour about 12.30 a.m. yesterday, and as the crew of the ship had come from Algoa Bay the ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Emperor of China has issued edicts enjoining the paying of respect and the giving of protection to missionaries and their converts. ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The war correspondent of the "Daily News," accompanied Major Vallentin in the engagement north of Amersfoort in the first week of the month. The correspondent, in ...

    Article : 405 words
  6. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    The evening newspapers re-echo the plaudits of the morning journals in regard to the Commonwealth Parliament's attitude over the baseless charges made against British ...

    Article : 62 words
  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    When the House of Representatives met this afternoon Mr. Barton stated that it was intended to send with Colonel Williams, C.B., whose services were asked for by Lord Kitchener, a field hospital ...

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  8. IN THE BOATS.

    "Well, we launched the boats," continued the mate," with myself in charge of one and the captain in charge of the other. The heavy sea, the thick rain squalls, and the darkness made the launching of ...

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  9. THE LATE TROOPER MURRAY.

    A monument in marble with an appropriate inscription has been elected and formally unveiled at Gunning Park in memory of Trooper Denis J. Murray, who was a member of the Imperial ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. FIRE IN MELBOURNE.

    Late to-night the head fire station received a call to a fire in King-street, where the premises of Blensby and Co., ironmongers, were found to be alight. The building is of brick, and consists of five ...

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  11. RETURN OF TROOPS TO AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Burton has received cable messages from Capetown informing him that the Australasian left there on January 5, and has on board Lieutenant Smith (Prince of Wales Light Horse) and seven men ...

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  12. THANKS OF THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT[?] A GRACEFUL MESSAGE.

    Mr. Barton has received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, through the Governor-General, the following telegram:—"Your telegram to-day (January 14) received. The people and ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. UNVEILING A MEMORIAL.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Burns, of the New South Wales Lancers, speaking at the luncheon given yesterday in connection with the unveiling of the South African War memorial fountain, wild that he saw ...

    Article : 334 words
  14. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Imperial Parliament will be opened to-day with the same coremony as last year. No semi-official forecast of the Speech from the Throne has been issued. ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. A CHAT WITH THE FOREMAST HANDS.

    Several of the sailors of the Port Patrick were at the Sailors' Home yesterday, when a "Horald" reporter saw them. They were not inclined to say very much with respect to the abandonment of the ...

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  16. THE PUBLIC FINANCES.

    It was reported in yesterday's "Herald" that a meeting of representative citizens was held to consider the present condition of the public finances and the general tendency of socialistic legislation. ...

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  17. A PARLIAMENTARY VACANCY.

    Mr. Edward Brodie Hoare, Conservative, has, owing to illhealth resigned his seat in the House of Commons as member for Hampstead. There are three candidates—Mr. ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. GERMAN PRESS SILENT.

    The German press is now silent on the Chamberlain-Bulow incident. ...

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  19. COUNT VON BULOW.

    Count von Billow has dined with Sir F. C. Lascelles, the British Ambassador at Berlin. ...

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  20. AN INSULTER'S BOAST.

    Herr Liebermann, of Sonneberg, an anti-Semite, boasts that a full Government Bench in the Reichstag only mildly rebuked him for his insults to the British Army. ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. FEARED DESTRUCTION OF A BRITISH TRANSPORT.

    Quantites of dead cattle and mules are floating in the sea opposite the Texas coast, United States. It is feared that a British transport has been lost either in a storm or ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    Good progress was made yesterday in connection with the enrolment of men for the Federal Contingent at the Agricultural Grounds. Major Boam, D.A.A.G., attested 54 men, who had passed all ...

    Article : 549 words
  23. INDIGNATION MEETINGS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Public meetings have taken place in various parts of the colony denouncing the criticism of the German press on the British army in South Africa. Commenting on Mr. Barton's resolution the ...

    Article : 190 words
  24. FUTURE MOVEMENTS OF THE CREW.

    Buring yesterday, as it was found that the Port Patrick was in safety, the question of again manning the ship was considered. The law is that although a vessel may have been abandoned in the expectation ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. CANADA AND CAPE COLONY.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier of Canada, in heartily reciprocating the greetings of Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, hoped that the year 1902 would see the ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. A TARIFF ANOMALY.

    A number of merchants have drawn attention through Mr. Wilks, M.P.(N.S.W.), to the anomaly of charging 10 per cent. ad valorem upon kegs and lins containing paints, colours, and varnishes if ...

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  27. THE DEATH OF OPPERMAN.

    Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," says that a shell killed General Opperman in the fight north of Amersfoort. It is expected that his death ...

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  28. ARRIVAL OF THE PORT PATRICK AT MELBOURNE.

    The tug Champion, with the ship Port Patrick in tow, passed Cape Schank at 8 a.m. to day making very slow progress against a strong north-west wind. Cape Schank is 19 miles from the heads, and thence ...

    Article : 349 words
  29. A FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT.

    The French torpedo boat Bourrasque, on her speed trials, attained a speed of 31?, knots per hour. The Bourrasque was recently completed at ...

    Article : 51 words
  30. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

    A Blue-book has been issued containing copies of the negotiations between Great Britain and the United States regarding the Nicaragua Canal leading to the Nicaragua ...

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  31. THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    Twenty-five men of Commandant Brand's force ran the gauntlet of a heavy fire of blockhouses in the Thaba[?]nchu district, and proceeded in the direction of Dowetsdorp. ...

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  32. THE CAPTAIN'S NARRATIVE.

    The master of the Port Patrick (Captain Galloway) was interviewed from a boat alongside the steamer after the anchor was dropped in Watson's Bay. He said the Port Patrick left Algoa Bay, ...

    Article : 503 words
  33. DISASTER IN BOHEMIA.

    A rush of water occurred yesterday in the Jupiter Mine at Bruex, Bohemia. Seventy miners escaped, but in the lower workings 40 others were imprisoned and were drowned. ...

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  34. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The third engagement between England and Australia will commence on the Adelaide Oval to-morrow at noon. The weather to-day has been hot and muggy, and rain threatened, but, fortunately, ...

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  35. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL VIALLS.

    Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Vialls, of the Western Australian Bushmen, has greatly distinguished himself by seizing positions and replying to the enemy at all points. ...

    Article : 29 words
  36. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The conference of representatives of Trades Unions and Co-operative Societies now being held at the Memorial Hall has passed a resolution recommending that a pension of 5s per ...

    Article : 69 words
  37. SWAZIS SUPPLYING INFORMATION.

    The papers of Commandant Smuts lately seized showed that the Swazis supplied information, provisions, and munitions to the Boers. ...

    Article : 28 words
  38. CAPTURES OF BOERS.

    Small batches of Boers, aggregating a considerable number, are being captured daily. ...

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  39. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Although the drought has decimated the herds in Western Qeensland, a line mob of about 200 head recently arrived in Adelaide from Bredalbane station, belonging to Mr. C. N. Griffiths, of Sydney. They ...

    Article : 94 words
  40. BOER FORCES DWINDLING.

    It is reported that the latest advices which Mr. Kruger has received from South Africa are to the effect that the Boer forces and their Afrikander recruits are rapidly dwindling. ...

    Article : 57 words
  41. POSTED TO COMPANIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 words
  42. LONDON AND GLOBE FINANCE CORPORATION.

    The examination of Mr. Whitaker Wright in regard to the London and Globe Finance Corporation was continued to-day. He admitted that he had allotted blocks of shares ...

    Article : 73 words
  43. GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.

    Prince Henry of Prussia, who will proceed to New York as the guest of the United States, to witness the christening of the German Emperor's new yacht, will land at New ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly yesterday select committees were appointed to inquire into the Collie coal industry and the management operations of agricultural banks with a view to extending the powers of that ...

    Article : 86 words
  45. PREPARING FOR A BIG EFFORT.

    Lord Kitchener has accumulated a vast number of remounts at Bloemfontein in readiness for reinforcements, and he is preparing for a big effort. ...

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  46. NEW SOUTH WALES AGENCY.

    The New South Wales Agency last year received 17,434 letters, and despatched 12,304. It dealt with indents of contracts to the value of £848,390, exclusive of £459,105 ...

    Article : 48 words
  47. STATEMENT BY THE CHIEF OFFICER.

    A representative of this journal yesterday called upon the chief officer, who made the following statement:— "On the Monday evening we had been getting ...

    Article : 477 words
  48. IRELAND.

    Mr. J. O'Donnell, M.P., has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for unlawful assembly at Rahellu. He has appealed against the sentence. ...

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  49. ROYAL INSPECTION OF GUARDS.

    King Edward yesterday inspected the battalion of 1200 Foot Guards who are about to proceed to South Africa. The King, in addressing the soldiers said that he trusted ...

    Article : 61 words
  50. THE NEW LAND BILL.

    A well attended meeting of homestead lessees and others was held at the Darling Hotel to further protest against the provisions of the new Land Bill. The meeting unanimously expressed the opinion that the ...

    Article : 166 words
  51. PTOMAINE POISONING AT DARLINGTON.

    An outbreak of ptomaine poisoning has been discovered in the vicinity of Cleveland-street, Darlington, during the past two days, by which at least 40 persons have been affected. In some cases whole ...

    Article : 343 words
  52. BRISBANE CATHEDRAL.

    King Edward is the patron of the Brisbane Cathedral Fund. ...

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  53. CAPE LINER ASHORE.

    A Cape liner is aground near Co (?). It is feared she cannot be floated until the spring tides. ...

    Article : 27 words
  54. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The following copy of a telegraphic despatch received by his Excellency the Deputy Lieutenany-Governor from the chief casualty officer Capetown, has been handed to the State Premier:— ...

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  55. MISS AMY CASTLES.

    Miss Amy Castles has been engaged for all of the next series of ballad concerts. ...

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  56. A DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

    An explosion occurred in the Vesuvius mine Chartere Towers, to-day. Two men were killed and two others were injured. The four men were George Gough, 35, married, with two children; Frank ...

    Article : 182 words
  57. POPULATION OF SCOTLAND.

    The completed census gives the population of Scotland as 4,472,103. The census of 1891 gave the population of Scotland as 4,625,647. There is thus an increase in 10 years of ...

    Article : 39 words
  58. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    M. Max Regis, an anti-Semite, has been arrested and sentonced to two years' imprisonment for failing to pay damages awarded against him in a libel case. ...

    Article : 68 words
  59. KIAMA COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

    The annual meeting of the Kiama Cottage Hospital was held last evening, Rev. John Burgess, M.A. (president), presiding. The report for the 12 months ended December 31 last shows that the ...

    Article : 165 words
  60. LONDON SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.

    The smallpox cases in London total 944, In the past week there were 45 deaths from the disease. ...

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  61. FEDERAL OFFICERS AND THE INCOME TAX.

    The South Australian taxation authorities mainlam that the Federal officers resident in the State should pay income tax. Their taxation will be asessed in the usual way, and if necessary the matter ...

    Article : 49 words
  62. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTRACTS.

    A cable has been received by the Department of Agriculture from the Agent-General that tenders will be received in London on January 20 for 500 tons of best Australian flour in new double bags, ...

    Article : 115 words
  63. FRESH FROM THE COW

    without any chemical process whatever is [?] that is used for ARNOTT'S Milk Arrowroot Biscuits The Children's food.—Advt. ...

    Article : 24 words
  64. YOUR DUTY IS PLAIN.

    Give the children ARNOTT'S MILK ARROWROOT BISCUITS, and they will Toward you by growing up healthy and strong.—Advt. ...

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