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  2. THE PASSING OF 1900

    The century came to an end last night without any unusual incident or ceremony. It sang its swan song in Bourke-street just upon the stroke of 12, when a peal of bells ...

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  3. THE BOER WAR.

    A warrant has been issued at Capetown for the arrest of Dr. T. G. Te Water, a member of the late Schreiner Cabinet without portfolio, and one of the bitterest Dutch ...

    Article : 115 words
  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Mr. Barton to-night, in response to my request, gave the following message to the Australian people:-- "The main principle of the Commonwealth is expressed in its Constitution. Its representation in one ...

    Article : 411 words
  5. CHINA AND THE POWERS

    Telegrams from Pekin received in Paris state that Prince Ching, one of the two Chinese peace plenipotentiaries, has informed the foreign Ministers that the Emperor ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office reports Trooper M.M'Intyre, of the New Zealand Rough Riders, wounded at Tuli, and Private D. Spencer, of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, ...

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  7. CENTURY NIGHT AT THE TOWN HALL.

    Owing no doubt to the fineness of the night, which induced people to explore the streets and admire such decorations as were going up here and there, there was not a ...

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  8. A CONFIRMATION.

    The Shanghai correspondent of the "Daily News" reports that Li Hung Chang has telegraphed from Pekin to Sheng, the local Taotai, reporting that the Imperial Court ...

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  9. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    It is understood by the authorities at Durban, the port of Natal, that though Lord Kitchener sorely needs mounted troops of the colonial class, he cannot ...

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  10. THE BOER GUERILLAS.

    The frequent cutting of the Kimberley railway line by Boer marauders, and the consequent stoppage of the transport of supplies have raised provisions to famine prices ...

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  11. THE GERMAN GENERALISSIMO.

    Dr. G. E. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent at Pekin, reports that the harshness of Count von Waldersee, the German generalissimo of the foreign troops ...

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  12. AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS.

    When questioned this evening as to whether Victoria would follow the example of New Zealand in sending another contingent to South Africa, Sir George Turner ...

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  13. IN THE OTHER COLONIES.

    At midnight the Commonwealth celebrations were inaugurated by special prayers which were offered up for the benefit of United Australia. In some instances ...

    Article : 269 words
  14. AN OUTPOST OVERPOWERED.

    Lord Kitchener reports that, near Helvetia, a strong position on the branch railway from Machadodorp, on the Delagon Bay line, northward to Lydenburg, was on ...

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  15. A GERMAN SKIRMISH.

    Pekin telegrams report that a force of 500 Chinese regulars has been encountered and scattered in flight by a detachment of German troops north-west of Pao-ting-fu, ...

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  16. RAIDS ON RAILWAYS.

    Further reports respecting the severe engagement between Boer commandos and British troops just outside of Greylingstad, on the Johannesburg-Natal railway, when ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. TASMANIAN CONTINGENT.

    Mr. Lewis to-day cabled from Sydney that he is having conference with the Premiers in regard to sending further contingents to South Africa. In Hobart up to date 40 men ...

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  18. RETURNING SOLDIERS IN THE ORIENT.

    The troopship Orient, with the following soldiers on board, arrived on Saturday morning:--For Western Australia--3 officers and 94 men. For South Australia--14 ...

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  19. THE DREYFUS AFFAIR.

    The appeal of Captain Alfred Dreyfus to M. Waldeck Rousseau to permit a fresh inquiry to be made into the charges against him, now that the Amnesty Bill has been ...

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  20. A MESSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND

    Mr. J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General and Minister of Railways of New Zealand, telegraphed from Wellington on Monday at midnight to the editor of "The Age".-- ...

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  21. FRANCE AND THE POPE.

    The hostile attitude of the Waldeck Rousseau Government towards the clerical associations and monasteries of France, especially in regard to taxation, has been ...

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  22. THE FEDERAL CABINET.

    In addition to the Federal Ministers already announced as members of the first Australian Commonwealth Cabinet under Mr. Barton's Premiership, it is intended to ...

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  23. OTHER FEDERAL MESSAGES.

    We have received from Sir John Forrest the following telegram, despatched from Sydney on Monday:— "My message to the Australian people ...

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  24. THE CAPE INVASION.

    The farmers in the Venterstad district of Cape Colony, about 22 miles from Norval's Pont, where the Port Elizabeth railway crosses the Orange River, have taken up ...

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  25. RAILWAY SIGNALLING.

    The strides made by the electro-pneumatic method of signalling in America and in England have naturally attracted much attention amongst Australian railway men. ...

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  26. A VICTORIAN BUSHMAN.

    Mounted Constable Lang, of Heidelberg, has received a letter from his brother, T. G. Lang, who went as a private to South Africa with the Australian Imperial Bushmen's ...

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  27. BY JOHN QUICK, LL.D.

    "Bancroft, the historian of the American constitution, says that the union of the 13 original States into one federal Republic in 1787 was the most cheering act in the ...

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  28. A MOTHER'S CHRISTMAS TIDINGS.

    No mother in Australia received a better Christmas present than did Mrs. Gerrand, of Jumbunna. Her son, Robt. S. Gerrand, joined the last Tasmanian Contingent for ...

    Article : 371 words
  29. KRUGER'S SUBMISSION MESSAGE.

    The statement made on the authority of Dutch Afrikanders at Newcastle, in Northern Natal, that Mr. Kruger had advised, through General Louis Botha, the Boer ...

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  30. SYDNEY IN HOLIDAY DRESS.

    To-morrow the first Governor-General of United Australia will proclaim the birth of the Commonwealth, and inaugurate a whirl of festivities framed on a scale which will ...

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  31. TURKS AND BRITISH.

    In connection with the extraordinary outrage perpetrated a few days ago by Turkish soldiers on three members of the British legation, who were viciously ...

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  32. CAPE DUTCH CHURCH.

    In the Dutch Reformed Churches of Cape Colony Sunday last was observed as a day of humiliation and prayer on behalf of the Boer ex-republics. ...

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  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    At the annual dinner of the Sunbeam Society of South Australia, held at Hozton last evening, 1500 children were entertained. Speeches were ...

    Article : 74 words
  34. BOER PRISONERS, 15,000.

    The War Office has issued a return showing that the total number of Boer prisoners captured while fighting still in the hands of the British, at St. Helena, Ceylon or the ...

    Article : 58 words
  35. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  36. THE LINDLEY BUNGLE.

    Mayor-General Sir Henry Colvile, whom the Acting Commander in Chief, General Sir Evelyn Wood, at the instance of Mr, Brodrick, Secretary for War, requested ...

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  37. MIDNIGHT SERVICE AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.

    The birth of the new year the birth of the new century and the birth of the new nation of Australia were jointly celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral early this ...

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  38. THE MAILS.

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  39. TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

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  40. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

    COBRAM,--Grain is coming in very freely to the local station, and the yard presents a very busy appearance. New South Wales is also sending forward wheat in fairly large quantities, and it is ...

    Article : 286 words
  41. THE HOWARD SUBMARINE BOAT.

    Sir,--I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. Howard per last English mail, stating that a private trial of the "Howard Submarine Boat" was made at Sheerness on 19th ...

    Article : 114 words
  42. Advertising

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  43. KIMBERLEY'S "LONG CECIL."

    In recognition of the invaluable service rendered during the protracted siege of Kimberley by Labram, an American engineer in the service of the De Beers ...

    Article : 138 words
  44. Advertising

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