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  2. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

    It is the intention of Mr. Barton (Federal Premier) to summon Cabinet meetings for Wednesday and Thursday next. It is found that there are so many functions on to-day and to-morrow, at which the ...

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  3. THE TRANSVAAL.

    It is officially announced that Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa, has been appointed Governor of the Transvaal and the ...

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  4. CHINA.

    Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times" states that the complacency displayed by Great Britain has led Russia to claim possession of important workshops at ...

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  5. SECOND EDITION

    The force pursuing Commandant de Wet has been divided into three columns, and is marching via Hammonia, Commando Nek, and Wolniaranshoek. Twenty-eight prisoners, ...

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  6. IS MARS SIGNALLING

    Mr. Tesla, the celebrated electrici[?]an, has startd an interesting subject of discu[?]sion by the statement that his instruments [?]ave recorded what he considers to have be[?]n ...

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  7. THE CELEBRATIONS.

    All good things must come to an end. To-day is the lost but one on which the metropolis will be en fete in honour of the Commonwealth. Various attractions are offered to visitors and the citizens of ...

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  8. FICKSBURG LOOTED,

    The Boors have looted Ficksburg, near the Basuto border. The residents fled to Basutoland. ...

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  9. THE INVASION OF THE CAPE

    A city guard is being formed at Capetown. By this means 4,000 troops will be released for operations in the field. The disloyalists of Bechuanaland are again ...

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  10. EXPEDITION TO KAO-LI-YING.

    Colonel Tulloch, with companies of Baluchis, Australians, and Japanese, is advancing upon Kao-li-ying to punish a recent unprovoked attack upon a patrol, and the ...

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  11. REINFORCEMENTS.

    Five hundred Mounted Infantry at Malta have sailed for Cape Colony. ...

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  12. BRITISH SQUADRON REINFORCED.

    The first-class cruiser Blenheim has been ordered to relieve the first-class cruiser Undaunted, Captain A. C. Clarke, on the China station. ...

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  13. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    The Australian troops who returned by the Orient from South Africa landed yesterday morning at Port Melbourne, and were conveyed by rail to the city, and marched through the city streets to the ...

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  14. REPELLING THE INVASION.

    In eight weeks 6500 irregulars have been recruited and 5000 have gone to the front, including 2600 citizens of Capetown. The first batch enrolled this week is starting for the ...

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  15. CHINA.

    Router's correspondent states that the Empress-Dowager has executed Yu-hsien, the exGovernor of Shansi. Thirty thousand Chinese troops are at ...

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  16. RETURN HOME OF THIS PROTECTOR.

    The South Australian gunboat Protector returned from China to-day. The vessel was met down the Gulf by the steamer Governor Musgrave on board of which were the Minister for Eduo[?]tion and the ...

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  17. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.

    The following is the official programme for today:- Day.—New South Wales Defence Force Rifle Association meeting, Randwick Fifle Range, at 7.45 ...

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  18. WELCOME AT MELBOURNE.

    The troops who returned from South Africa by the Orient landed at Port Melbourne on saturday morning and were conveyed by rail to the city. Then, headed by the A[?]llery band, they marched ...

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  19. RETURN OF A GERMAN EXPEDITION.

    The German expedition to Lienchenghsu has returned to Tientsin. The expedition destroyed 2000 rifles and great quantities of ammunition, and captured 43 Krupp field ...

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  20. RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA.

    The "Temps," the Paris journal, states that the Russian protectorate of the province of Fengtien, and ultimately of all Manchuria, is radically irreconcilable with the ...

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  21. LANDING OF CAPTAIN COOK.

    Perhaps the most attractive feature of to-day's programme in the Commonwealth celebrations will be the land[?]ug of Captain Cook on the shores of Botany Bay. ...

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  22. COMMISSIONS FOR COLONIALS.

    Commissions have been granted to the following Australians and New Zealanders in the regiments mentioned:- New South Wales: Lieutenant C. W. ...

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  23. DEPOSIT OF TELEGRAPHIC CODES.

    The Postmaster-General has received the following notification:—In view of possible changes in the control of telegraphic business in South Africa the British Government desires to again drew attention ...

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  24. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    The "Morning Post" suggests that British Gambia should be exchanged for the French fishing rights on the coast of Newfoundland and for the French rights in the New ...

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  25. THE WOOL SALES.

    About 4000 bales of wool have been sold since November. Rates have been hardening, and the demand is steadily improving. There are good prospects for the first series of sales ...

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  26. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

    The Rev. Monsignor Kelly, rector of the Irish College in Rome, has been appointed Coadjutor to Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney. ...

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  27. REBELS REJOIN COMMANDOS.

    Bechuanaland rebels who at the outbreak of the war took up arms, and who on the appearance of strong British forces in the districts dispersed to their farms, have rejoined the ...

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  28. TRADE OF CANADA.

    The trade of Canada during 1900 was the largest ever recorded. The imports of British goods increased by 8,000,000dol. (about £1,600,000). ...

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  29. THE PORTSMOUTH FORTS.

    The re-arming of the forts at Portsmouth with quick-firing guns is rapidly proceeding. ...

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  30. THE PEEL RIVER COMPANY.

    The Peel River Land and Mineral Company has declared a dividend for 12 months at the rate of 6 per cent. ...

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  31. BILLIARDS.

    In a championship billiard match, 9000 up, Stevenson beat Dawson by 2594. ...

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  32. IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    Lord Kitchener is clearing the various districts and has laagered the residents of the districts of Jagersfontein and Fauresmith at Edenburg. ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A monster demonstration was held on Saturday to celebrate the setting in motion of the Early Closing Act, which came into forca on January 1. The statute stipulates that all shops except those ...

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  34. THE ILLUMINATIONS.

    Variety was not expected in the display of illuminations on Saturday night. People turned out to see them, nevertheless, in immense crowds on the principle that "a thing of beauty is a joy for over." ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND

    The Imperial German mail steamer Munchen arrived at Pinkenba at daylight yesterday from Hongkong. She left Herbr[?]tshohe on December 31 and made a record trip down tue coast, doing the ...

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  36. LORD ROBERTS.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has taken over his duties at the War Office as Commanderin-Chief of the Army in succession to FieldMarshal Lord Wolseley. ...

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  37. DESTRUCTION OF MINING PROPERTY.

    Commandant Viljoen was the author of the recent burning of £50,000 worth of mining property at Boksburg. The mineowners have been informed by ...

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  38. THIS REFORM OF THE WAR OFFICE.

    By the terms of its reference the committee appointed by Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, to consider the arrangements of the War Office with a view of ...

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  39. MEETING OF SURRENDERERS.

    A spontaneous meeting of Boers who have surrendered was held at Pretoria. A committee was formed to appeal to the Boers who are still fighting to ...

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  40. SPLENDID RAINS.

    A Charlen Towers message states that 2 inches of rain fell there to-day. Goon rains are also reported from Charters Towers to Torrens Creek. All inch was recorded at Pentlaud, and Townsville reports that ...

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  41. RAIN IN THE COLONY.

    Rain more or less heavy is reported from the greater portion of the Northern division of the colony, the precipitation being especially good over the peninsula and in the Gulf country. Scattered ...

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  42. SIR W. LYNE'S POSITION.

    Respecting the constitutional point involved in Sir William Lvn[?] retaining the Premiership in the State Parliament after accepting office in the Federal Ministry, Mr. Percival R. Waddy writes:—"Under ...

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  43. TASMANIA.

    News was received on Friday night of the sunday death of Alderman R.H. Price, 64, at Sydney, where he had been attending tho Commonwealth celebrations. Deceased, who was a na [?]e of Launceston, had been ...

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  44. THE MUTINY ON THIS BARFLEUR.

    It is officially stated by the Admiralty that what has been termed the mutiny of the crew n H.M.S. Barfleur, on the China station, was only a minor disturbance, implicating a ...

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  45. LATE SHIPPING.

    The stumer Munchen anchored in Watson's Bay at 2.30 a.m, ...

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  46. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Insurance Company's balancesheet for the year ended November 30, 1900, has been published. The net revenue, amounted to £360,399): the credit on the year's transactions, ...

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  47. TO-DAY.

    [?] Paliamentary Picnic to Kurmel: Special tram from Bridge-street termins for Botany, 10a.m. New South Wales Defence Force Rifle Association Meeting, Randwick Rifle Range, 7.45 a.m. ...

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  48. THE POLICE.

    One thousand men are enrolling at Vancouver for the Transvaal and Orange River colonies police, to be commanded by MajorGeneral Baden-Powell. ...

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  50. A VICTORIAN CASUALTY.

    Private Eugene Bolingbroke St. John, of the Victorian Bushmen, has died at Bulawayo of malarial coma. ...

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  51. CABLE FROM THE QUEEN.

    His Excellency the Governor-General on Saturday received the following cablegram from her Majesty the Queen:- "Accept my heartfelt congratulations for the New ...

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  52. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

    The mails which were to have been despatched by the R.M.S. Orinuz, now in dock at Williamstown, Victoria, will be conveyed by the Aberdeen liner Moravian, which will ...

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  53. NEW SOUTH WALES MEDICAL CORPS.

    One of the most striking features of the war has been the eulogy passed by military experts upon the Army Medical Corps of New South Wales, which is under the command of Colonel Williams. It ...

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  54. THE TRADES' PROCESSION.

    The Domain was on Saturday mornings a second time last week the focus of a great deal of interest at an unusually early hour. On that occasion a great gathering of spectators assembled there to watch the ...

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  56. MESSAGE FROM THE VICEROY OF INDIA.

    The Governor-General has recevied telegram from the Viceroy of India in reply to one the Governor-General sent to Lord Curzon two days ago, reporting the success of the Commonwealth ...

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