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  2. TASMANIA.

    The Great Western Railway Company of Tasmania has a re-organisation scheme in hand. A syndicate has been formed with a ...

    Article : 112 words
  3. WITH A TRAVELLING SHOW.

    There is plenty of variety (writes Mr. Avins) in touring the colonies with a large circus, but the life has many drawbacks. All night packing, hurried ...

    Article : 315 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL.

    Mrs. Marmaduke Constable (nee Miss Joey Gougenheim) died to-day at Darlinghurst. The deceased was celebrated among comedy actresses, and left ...

    Article : 44 words
  5. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    The Commissioner for Lands has received from Mr. James Forward, one of the land guides in the Eastern districts, an interesting report on the condition of settlement in that ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. THE FAR EAST.

    Prince Gang, who was appointed by the Emperor as negotiator, has met Sir Robert Hart in Peking. ...

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  7. THE BOER WAR.

    General Baden-Powell, who has been appointed Chief of the Transvaal Police, will probably command 25,000 irregular police, chiefly colonial levies. ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. THE SALE SENSATION.

    The man who made a sensational statement about being shot at Sale on Sunday has been identified as James Daley, the son of a farmer living at ...

    Article : 32 words
  9. PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-night, after a discussion occupying the whole of the night, it was decided to submit to the Railway Standing Committee the ...

    Article : 37 words
  10. COBAR WILCANNIA RAILWAY.

    The Premier expresses his determination to proceed with the Cobar-Wilcannia Railway Bill, which was "counted out" on the third reading in the Legislative ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. THE FAIRFIELD DISASTER.

    At the inquiry concerning the Fairfield ballast train disaster, Mr. Anderson, C.E., who continued his expert evidence to-day, gave, at the request of the ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. THE BOXERS MASSING.

    The Boxers are reported to be massing along the course of the Grand Canal, which runs northwards from Tien-tsin. Dr. Morrison, the "Times" ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. EX-PRESIDENT KRUGER

    Ex-President Kruger arrived at Delagoa Bay on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 20 words
  14. THE GALVESTON DISASTER.

    Mr. John Hay, the American Secretary of State, reports that 3,000 people were killed at Galveston, and that 5,000 were homeless. ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. THE MODERN PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY.

    The affairs of the Modern Permanent Building and Investment Society are in an encouraging condition. At a meeting to-day it was stated that loans ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. SAILS IN THE HERZOG.

    Mr. Kruger, who is accompanied by several officials, is staying at the residence of Mr. G. Pott, the Dutch Minister at Delagoa Bay. There are ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. CHING'S AUTHORITY.

    Prince Ching has been empowered with authority similar to that conferred upon Kung in 1860, when the British and French sent an expedition to China ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. FOREST RANGERS' REPORTS.

    The following reports from forest rangers hum been received by the Minister of Lands.— From Banger Brockman, of Donnybrook.— ...

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  19. BDLLER'S ADVANCE.

    General Sir Redyers Buller is at Kupgat, half-way between Lydenburg and Spitz Kop. He is pressing the Boers hard. ...

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  20. PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly sat till 3 o'clock this morning, and dealt with several bills, including the Supreme Court Procedure Bill, the Public Works ...

    Article : 226 words
  21. SUSPECTED "SALTING" OF A MINE.

    A trial crushing of six tons from the Glenfine No. 1, Pitfield, was 3dwt, 10gr. The Melbourne and Ballarat Stock Exchanges intend to make a vigorous ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. MISSION OF INTERVENTION.

    The Boers officially announce that Mr. Kruger has been granted half a year's leave, and that he is going to Europe to promote intervention and ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. 5,000 LIVES LOST.

    It has now been ascertained that 5,000 lives were lost at Galveston. Many of the ruins were burnt in order to cremate the dead bodies within. ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. CAPTURE OF SUPPLIES.

    General Duller has captured several tons of food. Thirteen waggons, some containing ammunition, were found at the foot of a precipice, having been ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. COURT'S WHEREABOUTS.

    According to dung, the Emperor and the Dowager-Empress are at Kalgan, 110 miles north-west of Peking. Reuter cables that trustworthy ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. INQUIRY AT PRETORIA.

    A court of inquiry has been held at Pretoria, in connection with the treatment meted out to the British prisoners by the Boers. A scathing verdict was ...

    Article : 240 words
  27. ALLEGED LIBEL.

    Dr. O'Brien, of Warrnambool, is seeking to obtain £1,000 damages from Dr. Scott, of Warrnambool, for alleged libel. The trouble arose out of ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. STATE GOVERNORS' SAURIES

    With reference to the correspondence which has taken place between the South Australian Government and the Colonial Office with regard to the ...

    Article : 111 words
  29. FOREIGN ATTACHES.

    A cable message, which has been received from Delagoa Bay, states that, owing to the course of events in the Transvaal, the foreign military attaches ...

    Article : 40 words
  30. PAOTINGFU EXPEDITION.

    Colonel A. R. F. Dorward, of the British Royal Engineers at Wei-hai-wei, is in command of the allied expedition to Paotingfu. Japanese siege guns are ...

    Article : 34 words
  31. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

    Mr. Borchgrevink, the leader of the Antarctic expedition which, sailed from Hobart in the Southern Cross on December 19, 1898, and which returned to ...

    Article : 74 words
  32. A SMART CAPTURE.

    A smart capture in connection with aa alleged safe robbery was made to-day at Glenrowan. The railway station there was broken into, and a safe carried off. ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. RUMORS OF WITHDRAWALS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that France, America, and Japan hare agreed to withdraw outside Peking. ...

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  34. INVALIDED AUSTRALIANS.

    The steamer Medic arrived to-day with the invalided soldiers. The latter were welcomed by a large assembly. ...

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  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The spring show of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society opened to-day. The exhibits in the various sections were well up to the standard of ...

    Article : 56 words
  36. QUEENSLAND.

    At the Queensland Rifle Association's meeting to-day the Queen's prize was won by G. Shaw with a score of 361. Shaw also won the Queen's prize last ...

    Article : 35 words
  37. ENGLISH TURF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  38. LIKE ANGRY WASPS.

    "Ever since the British occupation of Pretoria" (writes the special correspondent in London of a Sydney paper) "the Boers have been buzzing round their ...

    Article : 346 words
  39. ALLEGED CRIMINAL LIBEL.

    Hugh Mahon was again charged, in the Kalgoorlie Police Court to-day, with having been responsible, as editor, for a criminal libel, said to have been ...

    Article : 420 words
  40. FINANCIAL.

    The New Zealand and Australian Land Company has declared a dividend of 5 per cent, on the ordinary shares. ...

    Article : 26 words
  41. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    A little girl named Gladys Ballard, residing at Rosalie, died in the hospital yesterday. A post-mortem examination, revealed that she had been, suffering from ...

    Article : 27 words
  42. THE HON. S. TOMKINSON'S WILL.

    The will of the late Hon. S. Tomkinson was lodged for probate to-day. The estate, which is valued at £30,000, has been bequeathed absolutely to the ...

    Article : 35 words
  43. COMMERCIAL.

    The visible wheat supply in America to the east of the Rocky Mountains is 69,000,000 bushels, against 66,240,000 bushels three weeks ago. ...

    Article : 29 words
  44. PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-night the Premier stated that £1,016 had been paid to Mr. Dickson for the federal delegation to London. Mr. Dickson had ...

    Article : 36 words
  45. HOSPITAL COMMISSION.

    The members of the Hospital Commission, which was formed to inquire into the treatment of the British sick and wounded in the South African field ...

    Article : 82 words
  46. THE LATE MR. W. GRIFFTTHS.

    A telegram has been received by Mr. Kingston from the secretary of the Reform League, Kalgoorlie, on behalf of the executive committee, sending ...

    Article : 37 words
  47. IMPORTANT HANDICAPS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  48. ALLEGED CATTLE STEALING.

    Godfrey Hester and E. Hester appeared at the Bridgetown Police Court yesterday charged with having stolen a coir and a calf, the property of ...

    Article : 131 words
  49. LORD SALISBURY.

    Lord Salisbury, who proceeded a month ago to the Vosges for the benefit of his health, has arrived at Brussels on his homeward journey. i ...

    Article : 31 words
  50. THE SEED WHEAT ACT.

    On account of the almost total failure of crops in successive years, the Premier to-day promised a deputation of Northern farmers that the Government ...

    Article : 54 words
  51. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    The Baroness Burdett-Coutts yesterday entertained 85 invalided colonial soldiers. ...

    Article : 19 words
  52. MURDERS BY BLACKS.

    All traces of the Breeling blacks have again been lost. A young man named Johnson, who had a long conversation with "Jimmy" ...

    Article : 128 words
  53. VICTORIA.

    George Vostock, who fell foul of Detective M'Manammy in an attempt to procure a partner in an alleged turf company, was sentenced to three months' ...

    Article : 59 words
  54. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES.

    The following casualties to New Zealanders occurred at Molopo in Lord Metiuen's engagement:—Private M'Anavan, dangerously wounded; Privates ...

    Article : 177 words
  55. A FATAL QUARREL.

    John Kettle (26) and Maurice M'Namara (17) attended a dance at Numurkah last night, and had an argument, which ended in blows. This led ...

    Article : 77 words
  56. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO NATIVES

    On Tuesday last it was stated that two natives had died on the way to Roebourne Gaol, being among a gang committed for having stolen cattle. ...

    Article : 113 words
  57. Advertising

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  58. Advertising

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  59. Advertising

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  60. A PENDING STRIKE.

    The miners and employers in No. 3 Chiltern Valley are again in conflict About 100 men are out. The local branch of the union has now taken the ...

    Article : 55 words
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