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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    It is understood that Sir John Forrest prefers the office of Minister of Defence to that of Postmaster-General, and it has been arranged that he shall take over that ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Countess of Hopetoun has now so much improved in health that her Ladyship is looking forward to being able to go out during the present week, and [?]t is ...

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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    Reuter's correspondent in South Africa states that Commandant Christian De Wet, who was recently reported to have recrossed the Vaal River into the Transvaal, ...

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  5. QUEENSLAND.

    A series of heavy thunderstorms, accompanied with vivid lightning, burst over the district on Monday evening last. The first commenced about 5.30 o' clock, lasting for about an hour, to be ...

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  6. THE QUEEN.

    It has now been admitted that Queen Victoria's health has been the cause of some anxiety to her relatives and attendants for some three months past. Her Majesty has ...

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  7. NEW ZEALAND.

    The men now in camp, after a weedingout process, number 566, and the contingent for South Africa will consist of 551 men. Horses have been secured, but their quality ...

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  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The petition gainst the return of Mr. Thomas Lough (Liberal) as member of the House of Commons for West Islington has been dismissed, and Mr. Lough is declared ...

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  9. DREADFUL RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A girl named Alice Maud Frost, aged 14 years, met with frightful injuries, which terminated in her death, at the Croydon Railway Station this afternoon. She had ...

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  10. MR. BARTON AND MR. PHILP.

    Telegrams are still passing between Mr. Barton and Mr. Philp, with regard to the selection of a successor in the Federal Ministry to the late Sir James Dickson. It ...

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  11. LATEST INFORMATION.

    An announcement was made at Osborne at 8 o'clock this morning that the Queen was showing signs of diminishing strength, and the aspect of affaire had become ...

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  12. THE TARIFF.

    At Cootamundra on Monday, Sir Wm. Lyne made the statement that the Federal tariff was not likely to be above 10 or 15 per cent. Mr. Barton was spoken to on ...

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  13. SUMMONS TO THE BEDSIDE.

    A report just received from Osborne states that the Bishop of Winchester and the rector of Whippingham, and the members of the Royal Family have been ...

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  14. A DUEL IN FRANCE.

    Reports are to hand that a duel was fought this morning between the son of Baron Gustave de Rothschild, of Paris, and Count Lubersac. The combat, which arose ...

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  15. SERIOUS FIRE.

    A fire occurred early this morning at Grafton in a store occupied by Moorhead and Co., and spread to the adjoining premises, where the Misses Harman carried ...

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  16. LATER DETAILS.

    A slight improvement in her Majesty's condition was seen yesterday afternoon when she awoke after a refreshing sleep, and at 4 o'clock she took some champagne ...

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  17. THE BOERS AND KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION.

    It is stated that the proclamation recently issued by Lord Kitchener is being sedulously intercepted by the Boer leaders in order to prevent it reaching the burghers ...

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  18. VERY LATEST BULLETIN.

    The latest bulletin issued to-day states that there has been no change for the worse in the Queen's condition since this morning. During the morning her ...

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  19. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    Edward Small had a terrible experience at Casino last week. On Friday afternoon he and his brother had been rounding up horses, when some broke away. While ...

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  20. A VESSEL ASHORE.

    News is to hand that the ship Bothwell, which left Newcastle, New South Wales, on the 20th October last for Callao, the principal port of Peru (South America), has ...

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  21. GENERAL CLEMENTS.

    Major-General R. Clements, who has been appointed to the command of the Seventh Army Division in succession to General Tucker, is now at Pretoria. ...

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  22. MR. REID ON THE FISCAL QUESTION.

    Mr. G. H. Reid delivered an address at Richmond to-night, and the Town Hall was much too small to accommodate those who sought admittance. Mr. Reid spoke at ...

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  23. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—West Australia, bar[?]ue, from Fremantle; Red Rock, ship, from Geelong; Paparoa, s., from New Zealand ports; Cymbeline, s., from Sydney; ...

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  24. DEATH OF A COLONIAL.

    Private Cecil E. Smith, of the New Zealand Rough Riders' Contingent, has died from dysentery at Mafeking. ...

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  25. THE FEDERAL TREASURER.

    Sir George Turner, as Federal Treasurer, met the Under Secretaries to various State Treasuries to-day, and obtained from them information of the different systems of ...

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  26. THE KAISER'S VISIT.

    The German Emperor and the Duke of Connaught accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, yesterday visited the Seamen's Home at East Cowes, ...

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  27. DEPARTURE OF DRAGOON GUARDS.

    Major Sir Arthur Lushington, with 500 men of the Third Dragoon Guards, embarked at Queenstown for South Africa last evening. The slightly better tidings that ...

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  28. A TRAGIC DISPUTE.

    On Saturday evening last a farmer named John Ryan, residing at Mount David, ten miles from Cowra and nine miles from Canowindra, had a dispute with a ...

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  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Henry Blatchford, chief clerk and inspector of the Adelaide Bank, aged 55 years, was killed last night through being run over by a tramcar at Henley Beach while ...

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  30. VISIT OF THE CANADIAN PREMIER.

    A few days ago the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth cabled to the Premier of Canada:—"The people of Australia will be overjoyed if you can visit them at the ...

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  31. ADVICE TO MR. KRUGER.

    Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the well-known war correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," forwards the statement that a majority of the Afrikander Bond members of ...

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  32. THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.

    The Bishop of Winchester remained throughout Sunday night at Osborne, in view of her Majesty's serious condition. ...

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  33. SYDNEY, JANUARY 22.

    The Minister for Works has approved of a scheme for the establishment of an industrial farm as a practical means of providing relief for certain of the ...

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  34. ADELAIDE, JANUARY 22.

    An inquest was held to-day on the body of Thomas Powell, a young man of great promise, who was found dead from a gunshot wound in the Military Staff Office ...

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  35. MR. KRUGER'S SYMPATHY.

    A message of sympathy with the Queen in her illness has been received from exPresident Kruger. ...

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  36. THE POPE'S SOLICITUDE.

    His Holiness the Pope, through Cardinar Vaughan, has expressed to the Prince of Wales his earnest solicitude with regard to the Queen's condition. ...

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  37. RESIGNATION OF THE TOWN CLERK.

    At a meeting of the City Council tonight, a letter was received from Mr. R. M 'Anderson, resigning his position as town clerk. It is understood that he is joining ...

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  38. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The conference of delegates from the various centres of the Wide Bay and Burnett district was held to-day to nominate a Federal candidate. Twenty-three delegates ...

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  39. CUSTOMS DUTIES AT DELAGOA BAY.

    It is stated that officials appointed by Great Britain are now collecting the Customs duties at Delagoa Bay on goods destined for the Transvaal, and are handing ...

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  40. AUSTRALASIA.

    The Governor-General to-day received a Cable from Mr. Chamberlain, starting that he is desired by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to ...

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  41. SALE OF THE TOCAL STUD.

    There was a large attendance at West Maitland to-day, when the Tocal stud was disposed of. The-following were the principal sales:—Algerine, with a filly by ...

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  42. DISASTROUS FIRE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The town of Hunterville, about thirty miles from Wanganui, has been practically destroyed by fire. The town possessed four churches, two hotels, the usual public ...

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  43. OTHER SYMPATHETIC EXPRESSIONS.

    A large number of telegrams of sympathy and inquiry have been received from the Czar, the principal Indian Princes, leading diplomatists, and others, while hundreds of ...

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  44. THE FIFTH CONTINGENT.

    Volunteers for service in South Africa as members of the Fifth Queensland Contingent still continue to present themselves. Yesterday morning there were 125 ...

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  45. SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S.

    A large number of prominent City men participated in the ordinary morning service at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday. The collect used on the occasion was that "for ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND SYMPATHY.

    His Excellency the Governor has received the following message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"I am desired by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and ...

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  47. SHOCKING MINING FATALITY.

    A shocking fatality occurred to-day in No. 1 mine at Spring Gully, in the Castlemaine, district. James Brown, William Morse, and Robert Scott were engaged in ...

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  48. THE KAISER SET OUT FOR OSBORNE.

    The Emperor William of Germany, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and the Duke of Connaught left Victoria Station, London, for Osborne at 8 o'clock this ...

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  49. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Lieutenant-Governor, at the request of the State Premier, has forwarded the following message to the Secretary of State:—"My Ministers desire me to ask ...

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  50. MR. BARTON'S POLICY.

    We are compelled to judge Mr. Barton on the Polynesian question in the light of the "White Australia" cry to which he gave utterance, and we warn the people of ...

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  51. THE ROYAL NURSES.

    Her Majesty is being nursed throughout her illness by the Queen's dressers, and no trained nurses have been engaged. ...

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  52. SUMMONED TO OSBORNE.

    The Marquis of Salisbury and the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, Home Secretary, have been summoned to Osborne. Dr. T. Barlow, M.D., physician to her ...

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  53. "TREATING" RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    In a similar strain to the letter of Lord Roberts concerning the practice to "treating" returned soldiers from South Africa, Lord Wolseley writes: ...

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  54. VICTORIA.

    The opinion is held locally that there is now no prospect of the Duke and Duches[?] of York visting Australia for the purpose of opening the Federal Parliament. ...

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  56. MR. KERR AND DUMMYISM ON NORTHAMPTON.

    Sir,—My attention has [?]een called to a most extraordinary statement made in the House by the member for the Barcoo during the debate on the aggregation of grazing ...

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  57. THE PRESS ON THE QUI VIVE.

    Scores of Press representatives are reported to be assembled at the gates of Osborne House, waiting for the latest information regarding the Queen's condition. ...

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  58. THE FEELING IN LONDON.

    The whole of the population of both the East and West of London are visibly affected by the Queen's illness, and everywhere equipages and pedestrians are ...

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  59. ANXIETY IN LONDON.

    Immense crowds are assembled in front of the Mansion House, London, anxiously awaiting the latest bulletins, and all business in the City is at a standstill. ...

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  60. THE CROWDS AT OSBORNE.

    Crowds of people have assembled in the vicinity of Oshorne awaiting the latest news of the Queen's condition, but a respectfully silent and unobtrusive attitude ...

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  61. KING LEOPOLD'S VISIT.

    The departure of his Majesty King Leopold, King of the Belgians, for Osborne has been countermanded. ...

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  62. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    This morning Lord Tennyson sent the following to Mr. Chamberlain:—" I and my Government and the people of South Australia deeply grieved ait grave news her ...

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  63. (By Telegraph from Our Correspondents.) ENROLMENT IN SYDNEY.

    Eighty-eight additional men passed all the tests to-day, and were added to those who have been selected for the South African contingent, and who now number ...

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  64. FURTHER BULLETINS.

    A bulletin was issued at 5 o'clock stating that the slight improvement in her Majesty's condition had been maintained. LONDON, January 22, 2.20 a.m. ...

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  65. OMINOUS PREPARATIONS.

    In view of the grave condition of the Queen, the Court officials are now preparing the Royal apartments at Windsor Castle, and also at St. James's Palace, in ...

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  66. NEW ZEALAND.

    At Dunedin the festivities to welcome the returned troopers by the Orient have boen abandoned in consequence of the Queen's illness Otherwise fitting ...

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  67. Advertising

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  68. PROSPECTS OF RAIN.

    Mr. Anderson's forecast, published this morning gives ground for the hope that urder the tropical disturbance which he has named "Muamea" we may shortly ...

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  69. ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

    It is now stated that the interview between the Queen and the Emperor William took place shortly after the arrival of the l[?] at Osborne. The ...

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  70. VICTORIA.

    The number of persons offering for the Sixth Contingent of 500 men is far in excess of the requirements. The whole of the Fifth Contingent are ...

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  73. NATURE OF THE ILLNESS.

    Dr. Barrow, who is an authority on cerebral affections, has signed a bulletin declaring that the Queen shows no further loss of strength. The announcement, ...

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