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  2. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, states that he has been informed on good authority that the Duke and Duchess of ...

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  3. THE QUEEN'S DEATH

    It has been decided that there shall be no lying in state of the late Queen's body beyond being placed in an open coffin for a few days at Osborne House in the ...

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  4. THE GERMAN SQUADRON.

    Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the German Emperor, will be in command of nine German warships which will participate in the ceremonies in connection ...

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  5. THE BOER WAR.

    The Western Boer commando in Cape Colony, after occupying Van Rhynsdorp, about 50 miles north of Clanwilllam, divided into two portions, one going ...

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  6. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    The "Times" correspondent at Bloomfontein, in describing the mourning celebrations there in connection with the Queen's death, declares that however acute ...

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  7. THE GERMAN EMPER0R.

    His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor will remain in England until the end of the funeral ceremonies. The German warships Hohenzollern, Kaiser ...

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  8. ARMY MOURNING EXTENDED.

    The term of the official mourning in the army for Queen Victoria has been extended to the 24th July. ...

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  9. ORDER BY LORD KITCHENER.

    Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, has issued a special order expressing the great grief felt by the army at the death of the Queen. ...

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  10. DEATHS OF AUSTRALIANS.

    The deaths are reported of the following members of the New South Wales Bushmen's Contingents:—Private P. Meeson, of enteric fever, at Pretoria, and Private. ...

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  11. SALUTE BY THE ALLIED FLEETS IN CHINA.

    The fleets of the allied Powers in Chinese waters fired minute guns on the announcement of the death of Queen Victoria. ...

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  12. TELEGRAM FROM THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

    The following telegram has been despatched by the Mayor (Alderman J. Nicol Robinson), president of the South Queensland Local Authorities' Association, to the ...

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  13. THE POLITICAL SITUATION

    It was announced late yesterday that the vacancies in the Ministry, caused by the death of Sir James Dickson, and the acceptance of the portfolio of Federal ...

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  14. THE PATRIOTIC FUND

    One of the last acts of Queen Victoria was to transfer to the Patriotic Fund (a fund devoted to the relief of sufferers in any war in which Great Britain may be ...

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  15. POSTPONEMENTS.

    In consequence of Saturday next having be[?]n declared a day of mourning, the Brisbane wool sales, which were to be held on that day, have been postponed until the ...

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  16. POLICE PATROL CAPTURED.

    A patrol of twenty-five Capo Police were captured at Maraisburg, in the north-east of Cape Colony, by a greatly superior force of Boers. ...

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  17. WREATH FROM THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR.

    The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is sending from his own conservatories a wreath to be1 placed on the Queen's coffin. This wreath will be composed exclusively ...

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  18. QUEENSLANDER SERIOUSLY ILL.

    Private W. Butler, of the Queensland Bushmen's Contingent, who was recently reported to have died, is still alive, but dangerously ill at Bloemiontein. ...

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  19. VICTORIA DAY.

    It is stated that the Canadians and the people of Greater Britain generally are unanimously in favour of retaining the late Queen's Birthday, the 24th May, as a public ...

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  20. BOERA DRIVEN BACK.

    Under pressure from the British force under General Lord Methuen, a portion of the Boer commando which has been operating in the neighbourhood of Vryburg, ...

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  21. ENDEAVOUR UNION PICNIC.

    The open-air rally and picnic at Enoggera, arranged by the Christian Endeavour Union, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Christian Endeavour, and ...

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  22. A DUTCH MEMBER ARRESTED.

    Mr. Casper Jacobus Lotter, member for Jansenville in the Cape House of Assembly, has been arrested on a charge of aiding the Boer invaders of Cape Colony. ...

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  23. EUROPEAN COURT MOURNING.

    The Court of Russia will go into mourning for the Queen for three months. General mourning for six weeks has been ordered at Malta. ...

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  24. HONOUR FOR THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY.

    The King is conferring the Order of the Garter on the German Crown Prince. ...

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  25. SKETCH OF THE QUEEN.

    Professor Hubert Herkomer, R.A., the Well-known artist, has made a sketch of the late Queen lying in state, at Osborne. ...

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  26. THE BRITISH AT DELAGOA BAY.

    It is announced that the British Government have purchased the Monte Freres buildings at Delagoa Bay for £50,000. It is intended to use the buildings as Imperial ...

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  27. REPORT BY LORD KITCHENER.

    A despatch has been received from Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in South Africa, stating that the Boer raiders in Case Colony have so ...

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  28. IN THE CHAPELLE ARDENTE.

    The King granted permission to forty British and foreign journalists to visit the Chapelle Ardente in Osborne House. The predominant tone of the chamber ...

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  29. THE CHURCHES' TRIBUTE.

    Vast congregations of every denomination attended the in Memoriam services which were held throughout the United Kingdom yesterday (Sunday). Deep mourning was ...

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  30. THE PROPOSED MEMORIAL.

    Sir,—There can surely be no doubt that the suggestion to create a fund for the erection of a memorial to our late beloved Queen Victoria will receive hearty support. ...

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  31. DEMAND FOR MOURNING MATERIAL.

    The demand for mourning material and gloves has been so great that all the warehouses and shops in England have completely sold but their stocks. ...

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  32. KRUGER'S LIFE DESPAIRED OF.

    The London "Express" has published [?] Statement to the effect that the medical men who are attending Mr. Kruger despa[?] of being able to save his life. ...

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  33. FEELING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Dutch churches in Cape Colony are all draned in black, and for the first time for years the British and Dutch are sincerely united in sorrow and mourning. ...

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  34. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    Addresses of condolence and congratulation to the King were voted by both Houses of Parliament yesterday. Lord Salisbury, the Earl of Kimberley ...

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  35. MILITARY OPERATIONS.

    The Boers at Slypklip, on the railway line a few miles to the north of Kimberley, captured a train carrying cattle and provisions from Kimberley northwards. The ...

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  36. A THREAT TO EXPOSE THE CAPE DUTCH.

    Commandant George Brand, who is leading the Boer commando which is raiding the eastern parts of Cape Colony, threatens to bring forward proof that hundreds of the ...

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  37. SYMPATHY OF BOER PRISONERS.

    It is reported from Capetown that the Boer prisoners of war detained at Green Point have decided to suspend all amusements until after the funeral of Queen ...

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  38. A BOER BOAST.

    The Boers who are fighting in the different commandoes are boasting that as their women and children are now provided for and looked after by the British, ...

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  39. DAILY WORSHIP AROUND THE BIER.

    The Royal Family meet together for worship daily around the bier. ...

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  40. SUCCESSES OF CUNNINGHAM'S BRIGADE.

    Cunningham's Brigade has expelled a large force of Boers from a strong position between Oliphantsnek and the Megalieaburg Range, to the west of Pretoria. The ...

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  41. NEW YORK'S TAMMANY MAYOR.

    Mr. Van Wyck, the Tammany Mayor of New York, is the only official personage in New York who has refused to have the flags fixed half-mast in honour of the late ...

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  42. HUNGARIAN HORSES FOR THE FRONT.

    A shipment of 900 Hungarian horses, which have been found so useful in the South African campaigns, have been sent from Fiume to the Cape. ...

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  43. REMOVAL OF THE BODY.

    The body of the Queen will be removed from Osborne on Friday to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which will be placed between a double line of warships, from ...

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  44. OBSERVANCES IN QUEENSLAND.

    A "Government Gazette" Extraordinary issued yesterday contains the following proclamation:- Chief Secretary's Office, ...

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  45. DEATH OF MR. A. M'ILWRAITH'S SON.

    James M'Ilwraith (a son of Mr. Andrew M'Ilwraith, of the firm of M'Ilwraith, M'Eachearn, and Co., Melbourne), who was serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in ...

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  46. A POLICE SURRENDER.

    Twenty members of the newly-recruited Police Force in South Africa, finding themselves surrounded by the Boers at Devondale, to the north of Vrvburg, surrendered ...

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  47. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.

    The body of her Majesty is to be removed from Osborne to Windsor on Friday next, 1st February. It will be conveyod through London, the Channel Squadron acting as ...

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  48. GENERAL MOURNING EXPECTED.

    The Duke of Norfolk, as Earl Marshal, has notified that in pursuance of an Order of the King in Privy Council yesterday, all persons in the Empire are expected to go ...

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  49. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    It has transpired that Lord Jersey will not be in London next Saturday, and Lord Carrington has been asked to represent the Commonwealth at the funeral obsequies ...

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  50. PRISONERS AT ST. HELENA.

    News is to hand that 1335 additional Boer prisoners of war have been landed at St. Helena. ...

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  51. THE BOERS AT PIETERSBURG.

    The Boers have summarily ejected all British subjects from Pietersburg, a town on the railway line to the north of Pretoria. ...

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  52. QUEENSLAND CASUALTIES.

    His Excellency the Governor has received information from the authorities in South. Africa that No. 294, Private Hull, a member of the Third Contingent, died of enteric ...

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  53. FOREIGN NAVIES PARTICIPATING.

    The French and other foreign navies will be represented in the naval display in connection with the funeral of the late Queen. ...

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  54. THE SOUTHERN STATES.

    The Premier of New South Wales (Sir William Lyne) has been in communication with the Premiers of the other States as to the order of mourning to be adopted in ...

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  55. A MOBILE COLUMN FORMED.

    Lord Kitchener has selected Colonel J. G. Dartnell, the Commandant of the Natal Volunteers and the Mounted Police Forces, who guided Brigadier-General Yule's ...

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  56. PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

    By proclamation under the Bank Holiday[?] Act, Saturday, and February, being the day on which the funeral of her late Majesty Queen Victoria will take place, is appointed ...

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  57. SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORIAL SERVICES.

    The sunday School Union are organising memorial services to be held throughout Great Britain on Sunday, the 3rd February. It is suggested that services shall be held ...

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  58. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    The funeral arrangements have been mainly arranged by the Queen Consort. The Channel Reserve Squadron, and eighteen battleships and twelve cruisers, ...

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  59. MEMORIAL SERVICES.

    In all probability the memorial services on Saturday next will be as follows:— Owing to the small accommodation which St. John's Cathedral provides, the ...

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  62. CATHOLIC PASTORAL EULCGIUM.

    His Eminence Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, has issued a pastoral in which ho delivers a warm euloglum on her late Majesty. ...

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  63. CAPTURE OF BOERS.

    Lieutenant-General Cunningham, with a British force, whilst moving southwards from Ollfant's Nek, captured seventeen Boers, and engaged the Boer commando ...

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  64. VICTORIA.

    The public offices, banks, insurance offices, &c., will be closed on Saturday, but the Government does not intend to proclaim that day a holiday. It is earnestly ...

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  65. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.

    The gun carriage on which the Queen's coffin will be placed will be drawn by the eight cream-coloured ponies which hal hitherto drawn the Queen's carriage on ...

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  66. DE WET'S MOVEMENTS.

    Commandant De Wet is now reported to be between Winburg and Ladybrand, in the east of the Orange River Colony. ...

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  67. GENERAL SYMPATHY.

    The sympathetic telegrams in connection with the death of the Queen received from all parts of the world, and from the leading towns in every British colony, and ...

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  68. ROMA TRAGEDY.

    The Roma police have wired to the Commissioner of Police, under Monday's date, that Patrick M'Loughlin, a hawker, of Charles-street, Roma, shot his wife in the ...

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  69. OBSERVANCE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government will proclaim next Saturday a public holiday. The Premier and most of the Ministers will attend the service in St. Peter's Cathedral at 11 o'clock. The ...

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  70. BOER RAID ON THE RAILWAY LINE.

    Reports are to hand from the Transvaal that Lord Kitchener, with a number of troops, proceeded by train on Wednesday last in the direction of Middelburg, on the ...

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  71. ROYALTIES ATTENDING THE FUNERAL.

    Among the royal personages of Europe who will the present at the funeral and burial services are the Crown Prince o[?] Germany, Princess Henry of Prussia, the ...

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  73. BAKERS' HOLIDAY.

    Following on the deputation from master, bakers to the Home Secretary on the subject of carters' holiday, and his agreeing to substitute one wholo day per month in ...

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  74. BURIAL SERVICE AT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, and the Bishop of Winchester will officiate at St. George's Chapel prior to [?]e removal of the body to ...

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  75. MESSAGES FROM THE KING.

    His Majesty King Edward has replied by cable to the messages of sympathy received from Canada and America. He states that he is much touched by the ...

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  76. UP-TO-DATE FIELD GUNS.

    Eighteen German field guns, of the newest model procurable, have been landed at Queenstown (Ireland) for use by the British forces in South Africa, together ...

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  78. SYMPATHY FROM AMERICAN MOTHERS.

    The American National Congress of Mothers have despatched a cable of sympathy to King Edward and Queen Alexandra on the loss of a mother whose nobility ...

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  79. ANOTHER PROPOSED MEMORIAL SERVICE.

    A meeting of the committee formel on Saturday last by the German, Danish. Scandinavian, and Swiss residents of Brisbane and suburbs to arrange a memorial ...

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