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  2. THE TRANSVAAL

    Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the course of a letter to an elector, states that as the former republics of the Orange Free State and the ...

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  3. CHINA.

    Russian troops have occupied Kirin, in Manchuria. Russia announces that the annexation of Manchuria is transitory and is purely ...

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  4. THE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    Dr, Gavin B. Clark (Liberal), who attained notoriety by his advocacy of the Boer cause, is persisting in his candidature for Caithness. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts declares that the soldiers in South Africa are quite satisfied with the Lee-Metford rifle. The Boers, he states, use the ...

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  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The natives in the Zoutpansberg district, in the north of the Transvaal colony, are preparing to resist Boer incursions in that direction. German shipping firms have arranged for the ...

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  7. LATE EDITION.

    The review of British troops at Komati Poort on Friday, in honour of the dual birthday of the King and Queen of Portugal, has greatly gratified the ...

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  8. COUNT WALDERSEE AT TIENTSIN.

    A collective guard of honour of the Allies received Field-Marshal Count von Waldersoo at Tientsin. The Tientsin station was decorated ...

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  9. GENERAL NEWS.

    The French troops have captured 200 Boxers westward of Peking. The British troops have destroyed with explosives an arsenal in the hills. ...

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  10. IMPERIAL ARMY REFORM.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Opposition in the late House of Commons, speaking at Rochdale, said that the pay of British officers must be ...

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  11. JAPAN.

    Field-Marshal Marquis Yamagata Aritomo, Premier of Japan, and his Cabinet have resigned. Count Ito has been summoned to form ...

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  12. ENCOUNTER AT PIENAAR'S STATION.

    The Boers, creeping through the bush, approached to within 200 yards of Pienaars River station, 42 miles north of Pretoria. ...

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  13. BACK FROM CHINA.

    By the steamer Airlie, which berthed at her usual moorings near Circular Quay about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Captain Hixson, R.N., arrived in Sydney after his cruise northward with the ...

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  14. EASTERN SIBERIA.

    The Chinese who fled from 76 towns on the northern bank of the Amur and on the Zeya River, a northern tributary of the Amur, to Manchuria have been ...

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  15. MR. KRUGER.

    The "Daily Mail" states that in response to a inquest from Great Britain the Netherlands Government has instructed the commander of the Dutch ...

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  16. LORD HAMILTON SHOUTED DOWN.

    Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary of State for India, in speaking at Lamheth, was shouted down. ...

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  17. FRENCH MILITARY SCHOOLS.

    As a sequel to the Dreyfus case, 30 professors at the military school of St. Cyr, who were trained at clerical schools, have been sent to regimental ...

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  18. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA THANKS THE CZAR.

    Kwang-hsu, the Emperor of China, has issued an edict in which he thanks the Czar for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Peking. ...

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  19. CHINA.

    China is reorganising her army. Troops and provisions are streaming northwards to Tai-yuen-fu. ...

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  20. MEMBERS ELECTED UNOPPOSED.

    Nominations for the general elections were made yesterday. The following gentlemen were re-elected unopposed for the undermentioned constituencies ...

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  21. TOWNS RE-OCCUPIED.

    Heilbron, Reitz, and Lindley, in the Orange River Colony, to the east of the railway line, have been re-occupied by British troops. ...

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  22. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. ALFRED NATHAN.

    The funeral of the late Mr. Alfred Nathan, who passed away on Wednesday, at his residence, 72 Alberto-terrace, Darlinghurst-road, at the advanced age of 80, took place on Friday at the Necropolis. ...

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  23. ARMY MOTOR CARS.

    Motor cars were used with great success during the French and the German army manouvres. ...

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  24. RUSSIANS MARCH ON SHAN-HAIKWAN.

    The United States Government reports that after the Russians occupied Lutai, to the north of Taku, they rushed northwards along the railway in order to seize ...

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  25. RINDERPEST AMONG CATTLE.

    The German Government reports that rinderpest is raging among the cattle of the German commissariat at Shanghai. ...

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  26. PENSIONS FOR SOLDIERS.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for War, announces that those soldiers who are permanently disabled will be granted life pensions. The ...

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  27. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Captain Shields, of the United States forces, with 50 infantry, while marching in Marinduque, one of the Philippine Islands, from Santa Cruz to Torrijos, was ...

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  28. GENERAL NEWS.

    A French force from Peking has occupied Lukuchias and Chang-sin-tien, in order to secure coal supplies. The British cavalry have occupied ...

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  29. RUSSIA AND THE NORTHERN RAILWAY.

    Chinese officials at Shanghai report that Russia is seeking to complete her possession of the Northern Railway, and has offered China money to repay the ...

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  30. BOERS FOR GERMAN WEST AFRICA.

    German shipping firms have arranged for 3500 Boers to trek to German West Africa. ...

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  31. VICTORIA.

    What appears to be a case of murder was brought to light at an early hour this morning, at East Brunswick, by the discovery of the dead body of a woman with her throat cut from ear to ear. Shortly before ...

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  32. CAPE HIGH TREASON BILL.

    The High Treason Bill has passed the third reading in the Cape Colony Legislative Council. ...

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  33. THE PLAGUE AT GLASGOW.

    An infant who was born of a plague patient in Glasgow did not die till a fortnight after the death of the mother. ...

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  34. INTERVIEW WITH LI HUNG CHANG.

    Li Hung Chang, in the course of an interview, declared that Vice-Admiral Alexieff, the Russian naval commander, went to Port Arthur in order to avoid ...

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  35. THE ZOUTSPANSBERG NATIVES.

    The natives of the Zoutspansberg district, in the north of the Transvaal colony, are preparing to resist Boer incursions. ...

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  36. ITALIAN POSSESSION IN EAST AFRICA.

    Italy has secured Mareb, Belesa, and Muni on the frontier of Abyssinia, and has paid the Emperor Menelek for this territory £400,000. ...

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  37. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. W. H. B. PIDDINGTON.

    The funeral of the late Mr. W. H. B. Piddington, M.L.A. for Uralla and Walcha, took place on Saturday afternoon and was largely attended. A service was held at St. John's Church, Ashfield, being ...

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  38. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private Hiscock, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, died at Bloomfontein of enteric fever on May 16. Private G. Franks, of New Zealand, ...

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  39. A TURKISH MINISTER UNPAID.

    The Turkish Minister at Madrid has resigned, owing to his salary remaining unpaid. ...

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  40. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    After the races at Victoria Park on Saturday, Sir Richard Baker, the President of the Legislative Council, met with a rather serious accident in the carriage paddock. He had just mounted his mare ...

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  41. INSTIGATORS OF OUTRAGES.

    Prince Ching, one of the Chinese plenipotentiaries, has offered to name six of the instigators of outrages on foreigners. Among the names of the six, Prince ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND.

    A terrible tragedy occurred at Charters Towers this morning, when a labourer named Samuel Collins shot his wife and then himself with a revolver. It is stated that the two had been on ...

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  43. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.

    Alderman Frank Green, alderman for Vintry Ward of the City of London, has been elected Lord Mayor of London in succession to Alderman Sir John Voce ...

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  44. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Irish contingent which served with the Boers during the war, and which afterwards fled to Delagoa Bay, has been transferred to a Portuguese ironclad in ...

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  45. PRINCE CHING SUBSCRIBES TO THE BOXERS.

    Mr. Conger, the American Minister at Peking, has in his possession a list of those who subscribed money in aid of the Boxers. ...

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  46. THE ANNEXATION OF THE TRANSVAAL.

    The House of Assembly on Friday evening, on the motion of Mr. Guesdon, adopted the following resolution,—" That the Hon. the Premier be requested to communicate with the Premiers of the other ...

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  47. RUSSIAN LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

    The Czar has nationalised the liquor traffic in his empire. ...

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  48. FEDERATION.

    The Premier informed a "Herald" reporter on Saturday that although the committee in connection, with the Commonwealth celebrations had not yet been appointed, there would be no delay in the ...

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  49. OCCULTATION OF JUPITER BY THE MOON.

    The occultation of Jupiter by the moon was observed on Saturday evening under favourable conditions. At first sight it seems strange that the moon, which is very much ...

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  50. THE TSUNG-LI-YAMEN AND THE BOXERS.

    Sheng, the Director of Telegraphs and one of the plenipotentiaries, has handed to Mr. Goodnow, the United States Consul-General at Shanghai, an ...

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  51. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    It is the intention of the Premier to forward, on behalf of himself and the Premiers of the other federating colonies, a joint congratulatory telegram to Lord Hopetoun, on the occasion of the farewell ...

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  52. MINISTERIAL RECEPTION AT BINALONG.

    When the Minister for Works returned to Binalong, after his visit to Burrowa, he and the members of Parliament with him were entertained by the residents at the leading hotel. Mr. Reynolds, grazier, ...

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  53. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    His Excellency the Administrator received a cablegrain from Sir Alfred Milner on Saturday stating that two Tasmanians and two New Zealanders had been invalided home by the steamer Tokomaru ...

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  54. CONGRATULATIONS TO LORD ROBERTS.

    The following cable was on Saturday despatched to Field-Marshal Lord Hobarts by members of both branches of the Legislature:—"(Tasmania sends cordial congratulations to Lord Roberts, British warrior ...

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  55. THE EIGHT-HOUR CELEBRATION.

    On Saturday we published some details of the preparations that had been made for the celebration of Eight-hour Day, Mr. Russell's forecast is a hopeful one. The day is expected to be a fine and ...

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  56. THE WITHDRAWAL PROPOSAL.

    Brigadier-General Chaffee, commanding the United States forces in China, has recommended that the Allies should withdraw to Yangtsun and Tientsin, and that ...

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  57. TO-DAY.

    Agricultural Ground: Eight-hour Demonstration. Centenary Hall: Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. Baptist Union: Auburn Baptist Church 11 a.m.; Baptist Church, Petersham, 7.30. ...

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  58. CASUALTIES TO BUSHMEN.

    The Premier is in receipt of the following telegram from Capetown, dated September 28:- No. 15 Waddell killed, and No. 299 Pound severely wounded at Pienaars River, September 27. ...

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  59. THE FUGITIVE BLACKS.

    With reference to the statement that the Queensland black trackers were not being given a fair show in pursit of the Breelong blacks, the Commissioner of Police has received a letter from Sub-inspector ...

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  60. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Sergeant T. M. Thomson, of the New South Wales Bushmen, writing to his mother, Mrs. Thomson, of Barrier, from Mafeking on August 12, states:— "We arrived here on the 10th, and found we had a ...

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  61. POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES.

    The "New York Herald" states that the United States Government endeavours to prevent, the dismemberment of China, which, however, is regarded as inevitable, ...

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  62. TRAGEDY AT DUNEDIN.

    A domestic tragedy in Dunedin has caused a great sensation. It is alleged that Thomas Telfer Fogo, a well-known citizen, had an altercation with his wife in their bedroom yesterday morning, with the result ...

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  63. END OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Saturday saw the last of the outward and visible signs of the late visitation of bubonic plague in Sydney. On that day the three patients—Mrs. Eliza Cook, Patrick O'Neill, and William Montague—were ...

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  64. SCIENCE IN THE WILDERNESS.

    Professor Spencer and Mr. Gillen are busy purchasing stores in connection with their ethnological expedition to Central Australia, which is to start at the end of February. They propose to take a ...

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  66. THE KWANGTUNG PROVINCE.

    Four battalions of infantry, who are now being recruited in Russia, will be used to garrison the Kwangtung Province. ...

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