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  2. THE WAR

    LONDON, Friday.—The exertions of Lord Roberts in the prosecution of the campaign are considered wonderful. His health is splendid. ...

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  3. WAR NOTES.

    Mrs. Kruger, in the course, of an interview, said she trusted God would soon put a stop to the merciless bloodshed, but the Republic would be ...

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  4. INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Prince of Wales guardedly approves the scheme promulgated by the proprietor of the "Express" to commemorate the war ...

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  5. VICTORIAN COAL MINING LEGISLATION.

    A commendable course is being adopted in regard to the proposed Victorian Coal Miners' Regulation Bill, says the " Australian Mining Standard." During the last ...

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  6. Relief of Mafeking.

    After a postponement of three days, due to the unusually heavy downpour of rain, the demonstration in honour of the relief of Mafeking was held to-day. Although the ...

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  7. QUEENSLAND.

    The aborigidal Bill Brooe, who is under sentence of death for the outrage and murder of the girl Le Blowita, at Satanton Harco[?], in December last, and who was ...

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  8. The Imperial Parliament.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The feeling is increasing that there will be a dissolution of Parliament in July. ...

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  9. The English Antarctic Expedition.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Lieut. Scott, of the Majestic, will command the antarctic expedition. ...

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  10. Roberts Over the Vaal.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The latest official cables state that General Roberts' vanguard crossed the Vaal, near Pary's Drift, on Thursday. ...

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  11. A BIG SEAM IN QUEENSLAND.

    In a recent report on the coalfield at Callade Creek, near Gladstone (Q.), it was stated that one of the seams presented the unprecedented thickness of "45ft of solid ...

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  12. Foreigners in China.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Powers have represented to the Tsung L1 Yamen the necessity for suppressing the Boxers (the anti-foreign party). ...

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  13. British Advanced Outposts.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The British outposts are at Erstegeluk, 26 miles from the Vaal River. ...

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  14. THE VISIT OF THE PREMIER.

    A meeting of the committee appointed by the citizens to make arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Hon the Premier and Colonial Treasurer was ...

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  15. Smart Marching.

    LONDON, Saturday.—General Hunter marched 35 miles in 24 hours, and General Macdonald's Highland Brigade 33 miles in 18 hours, with their guns, ...

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  16. Plague in Cairo.

    LONDON, Saturday.—A case of plague is reported from Cairo. ...

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  17. Roberts' Nephew Shot.

    LONDON, Saturday.—A servant accidentally shot Lieutenant Roberts, Lord Roberts' nephew, severely in the knee at Modder River. ...

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  18. Dynamite Outrage in Canada.

    LONDON, Saturday. — The men charged with the dynamite outrage in the Wellsend Canal, in Canada, were found guilty, and sentenced to ...

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  19. WORK AT THE COLLIERIES.

    Again, nearly all the collieries have worked full time for the fortnight, the full time for the coming pay being 10 days owing to the ...

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  20. The Retreating Boers.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The retreating Boers are beyond the Vaal River. Twelve hundred Free Staters at Rhenoster deserted, and left for their ...

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  21. The Dreyfus Case.

    LONDON, Saturday.—An officer has communicated to the French War Office documents relating to Captain Dreyfus, with the object of re-opening ...

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  22. THE "COMPANIES (DEATH DUTIES) ACT."

    In their share list for May, Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons state:—The "Companies' (Death Duties) Act" passed last session is far too drastic, and the colony ...

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  23. Second Bushmen's Corps.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Colonel Tunbridge, a Queenslander, commands the second regiment of Bushmen at Marandellas, comprising Queenslanders, ...

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  24. English Politics.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Hon. William Peel (Unionist) succeeds the Marquis of Lorne (Unionist) by a majority of 2039 in the vacancy caused in the ...

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  25. Goff's Detachment Disaster.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Colonel Bethune attributes the disaster to Captain Golf's detachment, to his attacking an entrenched commando without ...

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  26. The Constitution Bill.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, late Governor of South Australia, has written a letter to the "Times," in which he warmly defends ...

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  27. THE MAFEKING RELIEF COLUMN.

    Mr. W. H. M'Ewan, of this city, his received from his brother, Trooper Albert H. M'Ewan, of the Imperial Light Horse—formerly of Lambton, who left civil ...

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  28. Snyman's Force Entrenched.

    LONDON, Saturday.—General Snyman is entrenching at Bultfomein ten miles east of Mafeking. ...

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  29. The Money Market.

    LONDON, Friday.—The open market rate of discount for three months' bills is 5-16 lower at 3 1-16 per cent. The Bank of England rate remains at ...

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  30. Italian Commando Disbanded.

    LONDON, Saturday.—General Botha has disbanded the Italian commando for insubordination. ...

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  31. GERMAN AFRICAN MAIL STEAMERS.

    The text of a bill for regulating the subsidies to be granted to the German African mail steamship lines after the expiration of existing contracts has been published. The ...

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  32. More Troops for the Front.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Eleven thousand more troops will embark for South Africa in June. Thirty thousand weterans have applied for leave ...

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  33. HAS THE BRITON DETERIORATED?

    In an article in " The Times" a military correspondent at Bloemfontein writes:—" Finally, amongst the lessons taught or made conspicuous by the Boer war there ...

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  34. Opening the Railways.

    LONDON, Friday.—General Sir Archibald Hunter will open the railway from Vryburg to Mafeking in a week. Trains are already running ...

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  35. Steyn's Latest Artifice.

    LONDON, Friday.—President Steyn has persuaded a number of the Free Staters to continue to resist by declaring that Lord Roberts ...

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  36. WALGETT RAILWAY LEAGUE.

    A large and enthusiastic public meeting was held on Friday night at Vauston's hotel under the auspices of the Walgett Railway League. Mr. W. H. Wright ...

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  37. THE COCKROACH NUISANCE.

    A method of getting rid of cockroaches is described in the entomological bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture. A mixture of one part of plaster of ...

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  38. Enteric Fever Rife.

    LONDON, Friday.—Enteric fever is raging among the soldiers at Vryburg, and there have been many deaths. ...

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  39. America and Intervention.

    LONDON, Friday.—The American pro-Boer newspapers acquiesce in the pronouncement of President M'Kinley to the Boer peace delegates that the ...

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  40. PUTTING UP THE PRICE.

    American opinion on Mr. Sheldon's journalistic experiment is not encouraging. Here, for example, is the "Nation's" caustic comment:—It was known that excellent ...

    Article : 327 words
  41. RATS UNDER THE WHARF.

    The Vigilance Committee have struck an entirely new idea with regard to plague prevention. A good deal of grain and chaff is landed on various portions of the Queen's ...

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  42. MUSWELLBROOK SHOW

    In connection with the above show, writes " Poultry Fancier," I think, in justice to the several breeders of poultry in this district, that the following additions ...

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  43. QUIET DAY IN NEWCASTLE.

    There appeared in Newcastle on Saturday very little inclination to co-operate with the Government in making that a decoration day in celebration of the rescue of ...

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  44. A Great War Bazaar.

    LONDON, Friday.—A great bazaar in aid of the wounded is being held at. Kensington. Members of the Royal Family and of the aristocracy are ...

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  45. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN

    Benjamin Baggott, a Grimsby skipper, has been committed for trial at Grimsby on the charge of setting fire to a negro, named Roberts, one of the crew of the ...

    Article : 209 words
  46. BRITISH COAL EXPORTS.

    A Parliamentary return giving, for the year 1899, the export of coal from each port in the United Kingdom to each country abroad, &c., contains some interesting ...

    Article : 141 words
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