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  2. THE GUN DISASTER.

    A court of inquiry has been held respecting the disastrous accident caused by the burbling of one of the 6in. quick firing guns on the battle-ship Royal Sovereign, of the ...

    Article : 153 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    The War Office has received a telegram from Lord Kitchener, reporting severe fighting near Heilbron, in the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 104 words
  4. THE KANAKA BILL.

    About a month ago the Prime Minister received a letter from Mr. Philp (premier of Queensland)stating that the Queensland Government waa totally unprepared ...

    Article : 2,253 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    Sir Hector Macdonald, who is in Sydney, was engaged Yesterday morning in attending to his correspondence, a room, having been provided for him ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  6. THE ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    One never can tell how a wicket will play from the look of it. It may have been Shem or Japhet who orginally made the remark while waiting for the deluge to dry ...

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  7. THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHMEN.

    The Government have received from Mr. Horsfall, of Widgiewa Station, Narandera, the following cable message which he had received from the Hon. Rupert Carington, ...

    Article : 150 words
  8. BOERS CAPTURED.

    A Reuter's telegram states that Major Dawkins, who has lately been operating with success in the Northern Transvaal, has captured 24 Boers in the Watersberg ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. EARTHQUAKES IN ARMENIA.

    Fifty earthquake shocks have occurred at Ereroum, the capital of Armenia, killing 22 persons and destroying many buildings, At Ritah there have been 20 shocks. The ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. THE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    A boxing match for the championship of the world and a large stake has taken place at San Francisco between James Jeffries and "Gus" Ruhlin,d ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. A PATROL CAPTURED.

    At Brakspruit, in the Magaliesberg, east of Pretoria, a force of 300 Boers surrounded a patrol of Imperial Yeomanry. Severe fighting ensued, in which the British had ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. FEARFUL DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.

    The Rev. Frederick Arthur Booth, M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's Church of England here, was found dead this morning near the gutehouse on the railway line to ...

    Article : 340 words
  13. VICTORIAN BUSHMEN.

    Sergeant Donleavey, who was a member of the third Victorian contingent, has received the following letter from Major Dobbin, who was in command. The ...

    Article : 218 words
  14. BOER INHUMANITY.

    The correspondent of "The Times" at Middelburg, in the Cape Colony, brings a serious charge against Theron, a lieutenant under Commandant Fouche, one of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  16. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 26[?]d. per ounce standard, being a decline of l-16d. since yesterday. ...

    Article : 26 words
  17. DUTCH TREACHERY.

    Advices from Cape Town indicate that there is considerable danger in enlisting Dutchmen in the local corps, as their loyalty is doubtful. ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Quoitations for frozen meat are as follow:- New Zealand Sheep.—Crossbred wethers and maiden cwes (55lb. to 651b.)— ...

    Article : 342 words
  19. MEMORIAL OF THE WAR.

    RACCHUS MARSH.—Bacches Marsh was busy to-day, as the unveiling ceremony of a granite column in the main street, opposite the postoffice, us a memorial of the members of the ...

    Article : 155 words
  20. THE REFUGEE CAMPS.

    A blue book has been issued relating to the concentration camps in South Africa. It shows that the carnest efforts of the British authorities to keep the camps in a ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A severe carthquake shock, lasting 30 seconds, was felt throughout the colony this morning. It was particularly severe in Canterbury. The spire of the cathedral ...

    Article : 123 words
  22. TRAINS COLLIDE ON A CULVERT.

    The most serous railway accident which has happened in South Australia for many years occuned yesterday morning near the Walloway siding, on the Far Northern line, ...

    Article : 877 words
  23. A MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.

    The Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Leeds last night, referred to the war in South Africa. He declared that the Boers were absolutely ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. A FREE-TRADE LABOUR MEMBER.

    The last of the series of Pleasant Sunday afternoons arranged by the Brunswick branch of the labour party was held yesterday afternoon, at the Brunswick ...

    Article : 280 words
  25. THE CARPENTERING TRADE.

    At, a mass meeting of carpenters, unionist and non-unionist, held at the Trades-hall on Saturday evening, it was unanimomsly resolved not to start work this morning ...

    Article : 437 words
  26. LORD KITCHENER.

    The despatches sent to the War Office by Lord Kitchener in July and August have been published. The Commander-in-Chief expressed ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the Ameriean0 millionaire, has given £5,000 to Guy's Hospital, Londaon. Mr. H.B. Lefroy, the Agent-General for ...

    Article : 266 words
  28. AUSTRALASIAN TROOPS.

    The following are specially mentioned for good services by Lord Kitchener:- Lieutenant Hecklar, Sergeant-Major Callaway, and Corporal Vercoe, of the ...

    Article : 201 words
  29. CHARGE OF ADDUCTION.

    Michael Millington, on rentand, was today brought before Mr. G. R. Murphy, P.M., charged with taking Ada Adalaide jane Lalor, a girl just over 16 years of age, ...

    Article : 162 words
  30. EDUCATION IN VICTORIA.

    During the denate to the Edication Act Amendment Bill in the Legislative Assembly several country members complained that it was proposed to devote an ...

    Article : 298 words
  31. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The suspected case of plague at Alexandria has proved to be one of true bubonic plague. The mayor and the board of health held a conferonce yesterday, and it ...

    Article : 125 words
  32. WEST AUSTRALIAN CRISIS.

    Mr. piesse yesterday, waited ou the Governor and confessed his inability to form a Government. He advised His Excellency to send for Mr. Morgans. The ...

    Article : 79 words
  33. BAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

    Messrs. Vale, Grose, Smith, and Warde, members of the victorian Legislative Assembly, who have been appointed a select committee to inquire into the management ...

    Article : 181 words
  34. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    From Half-past 10 to 11 a.m.— Chamber business. At 11 a.m. —Cork v. Holloway, Buchanan v. Pathe, Daly v. Rogan. Banco Courr. ...

    Article : 154 words
  35. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    A remarkable disaster has occurred at Vryheid, in the south-east of the Transvaal. During a source thunderstorm six British soldiers were Struck by lightning, four of ...

    Article : 41 words
  36. FALL DOWN A LIFT-WELL.

    Mr. H. Shanklin, a resident of 472 William-street, was injured on Saturday while working at the stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at ...

    Article : 79 words
  37. THE FLOWER-SELLERS' MAGAS.

    The, young man Jumes Adderly, who during an altercatin with some Italian flower-sellers at the corner of Swanston and Collins streets on 8th inst., is alleged to ...

    Article : 92 words
  38. MINOR ITEMS.

    Great Britain has granted Belgium £4,000 with which to settle the claims of Belgian subjects who were deported from South Africa during the war. ...

    Article : 186 words
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