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  2. VICTORIA

    After an unusually long sitting, the Methodist Conference practically ended to-day. An unusually large amount of business, including several difficult and delicate matters, has been. ...

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  3. CHINA

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Franco-American dispute, has been referred to the Ministers of those two nations at Pekin. ...

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    The "X" shown on the above map indicates the spot where Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen's column was surprised with disastrous effect on Friday morning. It is perhaps worth nothing that kraaipan, where a remnant of Lord Methuen's men put in an appearance shortly after the diaster was the scene of the first angry shot fired in the present war the enemy succeeding in their initial attempt to stop an armored train. The country along the Groot Harts River and all its affluents is hilly and very fertile Liechtenburg being situated in an especially favored locality. General J. H. de la Rey holds ranks among the Boers as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--It is announced that Lieutenant-General Lord Mothuen, commanding the British forces in the Western Transvaal, has, together with several of his officers and four guns, been captured by a Boer force under General J. H. de la Rey. ...

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  6. INTER-STATE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIONS.

    At the monthly meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society to-day, the committee considered the question of holding Inter-State competitions for which they recommended that ...

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  7. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--M. de Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance, in an interview with Mr. F. W. Horner, M.P., assured him that Russia desired a good ...

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  8. ARE TRAMCARS HACKNEY CARRIAGES?

    The Full Court was engaged all to-day hearing arguments on an appeal brought by the Metropolitan Tramway and Omnibus Company against the decision of the justices that hackney carrlago ...

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  9. GOLD LEAVING THE COUNTRY

    Large shipments of gold are being made this week from Melbourne. The steamer Sophocles to-morrow will take £200,000 on account of the Bank of New South Wales and £100,000 on account ...

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  10. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Lord Kitchener, cabled to the War Office on Saturday that he greatly regretted being obliged to report that Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, ...

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  11. MOUNTED RIFLES ON SERVICE.

    Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co. yesterday received the following cable message from Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Lassetter, officer commanding the 2nd Regiment of New South Wales ...

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  12. COLONIAL REMOUNT BREEDING.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. Gilbert Parker, M.P., in a letter to "The Times," doubts' the financial success of colonial remount depots during peace. ...

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  13. THE FATALITY IN THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP.

    An inquest concerning the death of Robert Manning, the well-known light-weight jockey, who sustained fatal injuries in the Newmarket Handicap race at Flemington on Saturday week, ...

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  14. THE THIRD BATTALION.

    The heavy downpour of rain considerably Interfered with operations at the camp yesterday morning, and a good deal of water was "shipped" in one way or another. Trenches were ...

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  15. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. C. A. Pearson has offered the Aero Club a prize of £4000 for the first successful voyage in the air from London to Birmingham. It is stated that M. ...

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  16. REFERENCE IN THE LORDS.

    LONDON Monday Afternoon.--Reference was made this afternoon in the House of Lords to the latest British reverse in South Africa. ...

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  17. THE FRANCHISE FOR WOMEN.

    The State Premier was waited upon to-day by a deputation of 60 ladies and several members of Parliament, representing the united council for woman's suffrage, with a request that the ...

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  18. SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon:--The Ambulance Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board assert that smallpox will continue throughout next winter, perhaps with increased activity. ...

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  19. THE ONLY TERMS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Transvaal Legation officials assert that ex-President Steyn and "Acting-President" Schalk Burger have informed Lord Kitchener that ...

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  20. THE PLAGUE PATIENT.

    Dr. Gresswell states that in all probability the contacts at Coode Island will be released on Friday. The date of Quantock's release cannot, of course be determined upon as everything ...

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  21. THE Y.M.C.A. TENT.

    On Monday evening the Rev. R. B. Hammond delivered an address on "Social purity" to the men in the large tent. Mr. David Walker (gen. sec. Y.M.C.A.) presided, and Mr. W. E. Wilson ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Lord Mayor of London has opened the Royal Exchange Colonial Exhibition. West Australia is the only Australian State represented. ...

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  23. FULLER PARTICULARS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Lord Kitchener cabled to the War Office on Sunday that Major Parts and the remainder of his men had arrived at Kraaipan--a small station on ...

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  24. LORD ROBERTS' SPEECH.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In his speech in the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Roberts [?]ferred to the Magersfontein reverse sustained early in the war by Lord Mctliuen's ...

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  25. DISPOSAL OF THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    At a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association to-night, the committee made a proposal that the team first scoring 10 wins in the Shefileld Shield contest should become the absolute ...

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  26. FAREWELLS TO SOLDIERS

    WALLERAWANG, Tuesday.--At the Carrington-hall last night Trooper Jas. Hoy, of Lidadale, was entertained at a smoke social prior to his leaving for South Africa, with the next batch ...

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  27. BANNERMAN'S BARBARISMS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Ex-President Steyn's official newspaper devotes much space to the reproduction of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's "methods of ...

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  28. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The adjourned coronial inquiry into the origin of the fire which occurred in the "West Australian Record" office on Wednesday evening concluded at the Coroner's Court this morning. The jury ...

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  29. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS

    The following is copy of a telegraphic despatch received by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor from the chief casualty officer, Capetown:-- ...

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  30. DEATH OF MR. JAMES HINGSTON.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The death is announced of Mr. James Hingston, formerly of Melbourne. (Mr. James Hingston, author of "The ...

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  31. LORD METHUEN AND HIS CRITICS.

    Of all British generals in South Africa, none--not even Buller--has succeeded in getting himself talked about more freely and frequently than Lord Methuen. He has been, and remains, one ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s. 1⅛d. per oz. standard. ...

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  33. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    MUDGEE, Tuesday.--During the thunder-storm at Redbank yesterday afternoon, a young man named Frederick Deal was struck by lightning. Deceased was walking across a ...

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  34. DEATH OF A PROMINENT ENGINEER.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--A painful sensation was created when it was learned that Mr. C. Y. O'Connor, C.M.G., Engineer-in-Chief to the Government, had been found dead in the water on ...

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  35. THE NEWS IN THE COMMONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--When Mr. St. John Brodrick read Lord Kitchener's despatches in the House of Commons last flight, the House listened in profound silence until he ...

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  36. OPINIONS OF OFFICERS.

    The general opinion of officers who have served under Lord Methuen is that he is a brave and resolute general, a man who would fight to the last, and never send his men where he himself ...

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  37. REVOLTING CRIMINAL CASE.

    At the Criminal court, the Hearing was concluded of the charge against John Smith, 30 years of ago, of having frequently criminally assaulted a little girl aged 10 years and eight ...

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  38. THE CASUALTY LIST.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The full list of the casualties sustained by Lord Methuen's column has not as yet been issued, but it is known that Lieutenants Gordon R. Venning ...

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  39. MR. BARTON AND QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--Messrs. Philp, Hannan, and Cowley addressed a most enthusiastic meeting here to-night. Referring to Mr. Barton, Mr. Philp said that he had sent Mr. Damford ...

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  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    News by the Taviuni, from Fiji, reports that a petition is circulating, addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, praying that Fiji be not annexed to New Zealand. The "Times", says ...

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  41. FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The consensus of public opinion in England may be summed up in the statement that there is a general feeling of disappointment and regret at one ...

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  42. LORD KITCHENER EXPLAINS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons at midnight Mr. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, read a despatch from Lord Kitchener, dated ...

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  43. SOMETHING ABOUT DE LA REY.

    General J. H. De la Rey, who has effected this important capture, has been, especially during the most recent stages of the campaign, one of the most successful of the Boer ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  44. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SQUADRON.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The vessels of the squadron arrived to-day, and will probably remain 10 days. Mr. Seddon, entertained at a banquet at Dunedin, said that the watchword of the ...

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  45. TASMANIA.

    The Commercial Bank for the halt year purposes paying a dividend at the rale of 8 per cent. to carry forward £2815, and add £5000 to the reserve fund, which now totals £105,000. ...

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  46. WHAT THE SITUATION DEMANDS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--"The Times" this morning comments upon the capture of Lieutenant-Geueral Lord Methuen by the Boers, and states that the commander ...

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  47. QUEENSLAND.

    Preparations for laying the shore end of the Pacific cable have been carried on at South-port-during the last low days, and early tomorrow morning, the steamer Anglia will make ...

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