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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    Senior -Constable Pearce (No. 3 Station) while on duly,In Darlinghurts early this morning was set upon by two cab-drivers at the top or William-street, and rudely maltreated. As the ...

    Article : 250 words
  3. MR. SUTTOR AND THE COUNCIL.

    An event not altogether unforeseen, yet startling by reason of the circumstances by which it came about, brought the proceedings of the Legislative Council to an early and unusual close ...

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  4. FURTHER RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

    Another light rainfall was recorded yesterday, morning over the southern and north-castern distriots, the rain being generally accompanied thunderstorms. The heaviest falls were 95 points ...

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  5. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday, Noon. Ex-President Kruger has lied from the Transvaal. He arrived at Lorenzo Marques (Delagoa Bay) on Tuesday. ...

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  6. CHINA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Prince Ching and Sir Robert Hart, Director of Chinese Imperial Customs, have met, in conference. ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. LATE SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  8. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  9. INTERVIEW WITH THE PREMIER

    Shortly after the adjournment of the Council an opportunity was taken to ascertain what Sir William Lyn[?] had to say about the matter. The Premier explained that Mr. Suttor had ...

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  10. TEXAS TIDAL WAVE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon-- The Mayor of Galveston reports that 3000 people were killed at Galveston through the recent hurricane. and tidal wave, and that 5000 ...

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  11. PERSONAL.

    The Governor, attended by Captain Clark, A D.C., was present at the races yesterday afternoon. His Excellency entertained at dinner last night ...

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  12. PAO-TING-FU EXPEDITION.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Major-General Arthur R. F. Dorward, recently in command of the Royal Engineers, at Wei-hai-Wei, is in command of the allied, expedition to ...

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  13. THE HOSPITAL COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord Roberts has given evidence at Pretoria before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into hospital administration during the war. ...

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  14. APPOINTMENT OF A VICAR.

    The board of nomination for the diocese of Melbourne met yesterday afternoon, and after a brief decided to nominate the Rev. E. S. Hughes for the vacant vicarship of St. Peter's, ...

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  15. THE WITHDRAWAL PROPOSAL.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that France, United States, and Japan have agreed to withdraw their troops outside the ...

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  16. FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE KILLED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Later reports show that, in all, 5000 persons lost their lives at Galveston. Many of the ruined houses were burned, ...

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  17. DEATH OF AN ACTRESS.

    Mrs. Marmaduke Constable (Miss Joey Gougenheim) died yesterday at her residence, Darlinghurst. The deceased lady was celebrated among comedy actresses. After achieving great ...

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  18. RUSSIA MASTER OF THE POSITION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Dr. George Morrison, "The Times" correspondent at Pekin, states that Russia is now overmastering the position at Pekin. ...

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  19. BACK FROM CHINA.

    Miss Amy Oxley, a missionary who has been laboring for five years in the Fuh-Kien district, under the direction of the Church Missionary Society, was welcomed home on furlough at a ...

    Article : 455 words
  20. BOER TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord Roberts concurs in the verdict of the Court of Inquiry which has been held at Pretoria to investigate the treatment by the Boers of British ...

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  21. MR. SUTTOR SILENT.

    Mr. Sutter has no desire to add anything to his statement delivered in the Council at present. However, he wished it to be clearly understood. that he had not resigned. Whether he would ...

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  22. BOXER ACTIVITY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Boxers are massing in the vicinity of the great canals, which form the principal means of communication in China. ...

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  23. QUESTION IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Brunker desired to know It it was correct that the Government representative in the Council had declined to take any further business, and in consequence tthat ...

    Article : 81 words
  24. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the Doncaster September meeting to-day, the chief race resulted:— THE ST. LEGER STAKES. ...

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  25. FAMINE IN PE-CHI-LI.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A famine is imminent in the province of Pe-chi-[?], in which the capital city, Pekin, is situated. ...

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  26. OPINIONS OF MEMBERS.

    Naturally, the sudden adjournment of the Council caused considerable comment and questioning among members in the lobbies of both Houses. The view. was expressed by one hon. member that ...

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  27. RUSSIA'S MARCH IN CHINA.

    Following the approved Machiavellian plan, as described by Macaulay, the Kaiser--according to Mr. A. W. Beet, who has had 20 years' residence in the Chinese Empire, of which 14 were spent in ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  28. BILLINGSGATE NO MORE.

    According to Sir Walter Besant, who writes of "The Riverside of East London" in the August "Century," no one need go to Billingsgate here after, hoping to hear the fishwives rail'against ...

    Article : 513 words
  29. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Legislative Assembly, in reply to Mr. M'Dona[?]d, the Premier stated that £1016 had been paid to Mr. J. R. Dickson in connection with his delegation to London ...

    Article : 182 words
  30. AUTUMN HANDICAP ACCEPTANCES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The following Australian-bred horses, are among the acceptances which were made yesterday:-- DUKE OF YORK STAKES, one mile. (Run on ...

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  31. A FALL AGAINST A WINDOW.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--'Two young men, John Kettle (26) and Maurice MeNamara (17), attended a quadrille club dance at Numurkah last night. An argument which ended in blows ...

    Article : 450 words
  32. PROCEEDINGS IN THE COUNCIL.

    These were the events which paved the way for Mr. Suttor's startling but ambiguous statement, which is given below. Mr. Suttor, in explaining that he had a ...

    Article : 801 words
  33. NOTABLE BOERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Ex-President Steyn is reported to be ill. The report of the death of Commandant Theron, the noted Boer raider, is confirmed. ...

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  34. POWELL'S POLICE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell will probably, as police administrator of the Transvaal, have command of 25,000 irregular police, chiefly colonial levies. ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Premier, Lord Salisbury, is at Brussels, on. his way homewards. On August 16 It was announced that, to recruit his health, Lord Salisbury had arranged to stay a ...

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  36. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE. Thursday.--The Legislative Assembly spent the whole of to-night debating a proposal of the Minister for Railways to submit to the Railway Standing Committee the question ...

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  37. PRAISE FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES AMBULANCE.

    In a long letter to ''The Times" on the question of the hospital in South Africa, Professor Watson Cheyne pays the following high tribute to the New South Wales Ambulance. contrasting Its ...

    Article : 215 words
  38. A COMPANY DIVIDEND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Limited, has declared a dividend of a per cent. on its ordinary shares, absorbing £27,500. ...

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  39. BOERS HARD PRESSED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--General Buller is now at Kupgat, half way between Lydenburg and Spitzkop. He is pressing the Boers hard. ...

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  40. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH. Thursday.--In the Legislative Assembly, the Premier Introduced a bill to repeal the duties on live stock for slaughter, and the [?] Meat Bill was read a first time. ...

    Article : 155 words
  41. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Before tho British, Association for the Advancement of Science, now silting at Bradford, Mr. Borchgre- vink has read a paper on Antarctic exploration. ...

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  42. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (TASMANIA).

    LONDON. Wednesday Afternoon:--In regard to the Great Western Railway (Tasmania) scheme a re-organising syndicate is being formed, with a capital of £20,000. to make a contractor's survey ...

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  43. MILITARY ATTACHES LEAVING.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Captain Reichma[?],. the United States military attache with the Boer forces, has cabled to his Government from Delagoa Bay that owing to the turn ...

    Article : 44 words
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