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  2. DEPARTURE OF THE ORIZABA.

    The R.M.S. Orizaba, of the Orient Line, deeply laden, arrived at the Semaphore anchorage iron Melbourne on the homeward voyage at 6.30 an Thursday morning. She ...

    Article : 143 words
  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Rev. Mother Mary, Mother-General for Australia of the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph, arrived in Adelaide on Thursday morning from her head-quarters ...

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  4. WAR NOTES.

    The Emperor William's demand that the instigators of the anti-foreign rising shall be surrendered to the allies has caused genuine alarm among ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Kruger has accepted the offer made by the Netherlands Government of a passage to Europe in one of their warships, and it is expected ...

    Article : 118 words
  6. TROUBLED CHINA.

    The British newspapers are applauding Germany for insisting, as a preliminary to negotiations for peace, that China must surrender to the allies the ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. THE BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    The Liberal Party are beginning to show some activity in connection with the forthcoming general elections. Nearly fifty Liberals have waited upon ...

    Article : 176 words
  8. TRANSVAAL NEWSPAPERS.

    Trooper P. M. McFarlane, of the South Australian Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, has kindly sent us a copy of the "Johannesburg Gazette" for August 7. The paper ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

    The Commissioner of Police, in his annual report, says:—"How best to treat the juvenile offender is a problem that is now engaging the attention of some of the ...

    Article : 274 words
  10. THE BOER CONFLICT.

    Mr. Kruger has accepted the Netherlands Government's offer of a passage in a warship to Europe; but it is questionable whether England will permit ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. VICTORIA.

    Inquests were held to-day on the bodies of two unknown infants which had been lying at the morgue for some time awaiting identification. Respecting one body the ...

    Article : 79 words
  12. BRITISH ARMY.

    The following Australians have been appointed to second lieutenancies in the regiments names:—Royal Irish, A. W. Knox, of South Australia: West ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the Central Police Court to-day James Reeder, a tobacconist, was charged with being the keeper of a common gaming, house at George-street west. He was fined ...

    Article : 328 words
  14. BRITISH MAGNANIMITY.

    Lord Roberts has intimated that all burghers who surrender without further delay to England will not be sent to St. Helena or Ceylon, but will be ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    After a short discussion on the privilege arising out of the meeting of the Constitutional Reform League called by the Secretary who is not a member of Parliament. ...

    Article : 960 words
  16. CAPTURE OF STORES AND AMMUNITION.

    It is certain that Mr. Kruger intended the burghers to make a long and desperate stand at Lydenburg, and that his purposes were frustrated by ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SAILOR.

    On Thursday, while that work of transhipping the homeward mails and cargo to the Orient steamer Orizaba was proceeding, a sad event occurred, casting a gloom over ...

    Article : 236 words
  18. DISASTROUS COLLISION AT SEA.

    The news of a terrible collision between two steamers, resulting in considerable loss of life, has just been posted at Lloyds. The German ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. BRITISH EMBASSY AT PEKIN.

    Lord Salisbury has directed Sir Ernest Mason Satow, K.C.M.G., British Minster at Tokia since 1895, to exchange posts with Sir Claude Maxwell ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  21. OPERATIONS NEAR THE PORTUGUESE FRONTIER.

    General Louis Botha, who was recently reported to have resigned from the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Transvaal army, is now at ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Messages from Algeria report that severe fighting has taken place in connection with the annexation by France of several cases in the desert of ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

    A Committee of Enquiry is sitting at Cape Town, taking expert evidence respecting the areas and quality of land which is available for soldiers ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting of the Executive Council today the Construction fo a further section of the Chillagoe Railway line was authorized. This will make a total of 93½ miles from ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. MASSACRES OF NATIVE CHRISTIANS.

    Mr. J. Goodnow, the United States Consul at Shanghai, has notified his Government that, from information which has reached him, he estimates ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. MANAGEMENT OF AN ORPHANAGE.

    The hearing of the charges against Brothers Wybertus and Killian, of the Marist Order, in connection with the Stoke Industrial School, was begun to-day at ...

    Article : 949 words
  27. FEDERATION.

    A return compiled by the Public Service Board shows that on the establishment of the Commonwealth 193 Customs and 23 Excise officers will be transferred ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. A TOWN COUNCILLOR'S DILEMMA.

    A faulty knowledge of the laws of debate placed Councillor L. Hains, of the Port Corporation, in an awkward predicament on Thursday afternoon. A special meeting of ...

    Article : 283 words
  29. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Breadstuffs.—The visible supply of American wheat is estimated at 72,321,000 bushels, compared with 69,000,000 bushels a week ago. ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. DARING COUP BY CANADIANS.

    An amusing incident is recorded in connection with the Boer occupation of the township of Hebron. Three members of a Canadian mounted ...

    Article : 135 words
  31. TASMANIA.

    A new local river-boat Company has been formed called the Huon Channel and Peninsular Steamship Company, Limited. It amalgamates the [?] of the Huon. ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. HELP FOR THE DOWAGER EMPRESS.

    It is stated that 8,000 Chinese troops from the province of Hunan have joined the Dowager Empress's forces, and that other large contingents are ...

    Article : 39 words
  33. COALMINERS' TROUBLES.

    The ballot taken by the officers of the Chiltern Branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association at the various mines was declared to-night. Three questions ...

    Article : 109 words
  34. SALES OF PASTORAL PROPERTIES.

    The Madowla Parka estate, the property of the executors of the late Mr. Matthew O'Shanassy, was offered for sale by auction to-day. It consists of 5,822 acres of ...

    Article : 296 words
  35. THE BOXERS AT WORK AGAIN.

    The Boxers have destroyed the Cho Chon and Paoting-fu road, south-west of Pekin, and the highway is now impracticable to artillery. In consequence ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. THE A.M.P. SOCIETY.

    A meeting of policyholders in the Australian Mutual Provident Society who object to the proposed extension of the business of the Society beyond Australasia was ...

    Article : 206 words
  37. A TERRIBLE DEATH.

    At a late hour last night Mrs. Elizabeth Mellaffey, 76 years of age, who had been for some time living at North Portland, left her home without being missed. Early this ...

    Article : 79 words
  38. THE GALLANT DEFENCE OF ELAND'S RIVER STATION.

    An officer of General Broadwood's division has supplied particulars of the defence during a heavy siege last month of Eland's River Station, west ...

    Article : 233 words
  39. A LARGE SHIPPING SCHEME.

    A special meeting of the Newcastle Land Board to-day considered an application by Messrs. Wright, Orr. & Co. and Messrs. Duke & Son, both of Melbourne, for a ...

    Article : 165 words
  40. TELEGRAPHIC.

    The following notice was posted at the General Post-office on Thursday:—"Great Northern Company advises that Shanghai-Chefoo cable restored by Eastern Extension ...

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  41. HOMESTEAD LEASES IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Royal Commission of Western Lands has taken a large quantity of evidence at Bourke, where thirty witnesses were examined. The whole tenor of the evidence ...

    Article : 84 words
  42. AN IMPORTANT LAW CASE.

    An important matter in which a difficult question of law was involved was before the Supreme Court to-day. It was an action brought by Mr. William Charles ...

    Article : 200 words
  43. AN UNEXPECTED CATCH.

    A young man who had set a fishing line in Peel River, at Tamworth last night, found the body of aman attached to it this morning. The body was identified as that ...

    Article : 71 words
  44. THE ABORIGINAL OUTLAWS.

    Concerning the fugitive aboriginals, the Inspector-General of Police received a telegram to-day from Superintendent Garvin stating that the Governors had on Tuesday ...

    Article : 139 words
  45. THE ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

    In connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, the following cable message was forwarded to-day on behalf of the Premier to Mr. Chamberlain:—"The ...

    Article : 298 words
  46. THE FAIRFIELD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    An inquest concerning the deaths of Patric Glennon, Edward Hanney, and John James McGregor, who were killed in the railway accident near the Fairfield Park ...

    Article : 90 words
  47. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS FOR MAORI CHILDREN.

    Prominent officers of the Salvation Army have had interviews with several influential North Island Maori chiefs with reference to a scheme suggested by General Booth ...

    Article : 79 words
  48. INTERCOLONIAL FRUITGROWERS' CONFERENCE.

    The Intercolonial Conference of Fruitgrowers, who have been inspecting the orchards, markets, and other places connected with the industry during the past ...

    Article : 178 words
  49. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Lord Roberts reports that Lieutenant Robert James Little White and Trooper A. King, of C Company, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen's ...

    Article : 38 words
  50. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The Lieutenant-Governor received a cable message to-day from the High Commissioner in South Africa, stating that Private J. W. Crighton, of the Victorian Battalion of the ...

    Article : 136 words
  51. A VESSEL'S FITNESS FOR A VOYAGE.

    The steamer Windsor is at Albany, bound from Melbourne to the Cape. Although the vessel is ready to sail she is detained owing to eleven members of the crew ...

    Article : 100 words
  52. EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA.

    Recent issues of the "African Review" contain wholesome advice to persons who contemplate emigrating to South Africa when the war is over. The articles show ...

    Article : 298 words
  53. Advertising

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    Advertising : 46 words
  54. Advertising

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    Advertising : 72 words
  55. Advertising

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    Advertising : 205 words
  56. MR. MOLONEY AND HIS CLERK.

    The interest in the assault committed upon Alderman Maloney, M.L.A., on September 11, was revived to-day by the appearance at the City Court of Herbert ...

    Article : 70 words
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