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  2. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Cabinet sat from 2.30 this afternoon until after 11 o'clock to-night discussing the tariff. Seen afterwards, Mr. Barton, intimated that fair progress had been made, ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    Shipments of gold to-day per the R.M.S. Victoria amounted to £10,326, in bars, to Calcutta, on account of a French bank. ...

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  4. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 27, 8.30 p.m.] KRUGER HOPEFUL.

    Latest advices from the front state that two Boer commandos, 700 strong, have made an unsuccessful attempt to cross over the Orange River into Cape Colony. ...

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  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 27, 8.30 p.m.] LORD KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" to-day publishes an account of an interview wich ex-President Kruger, telegraphed by a correspondent in Belgium. The article is of ...

    Article : 378 words
  6. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    Mr. Peacock delivered his Budget speech in the Legislative Assembly to-night. He declared that, as State Treasurer, he felt like Moses when the light went out. ...

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  7. LATEST CABLES [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 28, 2.30 a.m.] THE WAR.

    Captain Thompson, of the Australian Horse, has been appointed to a position in the Remount Department of the British anny. He takes the rank of a captain in ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received August 27, 8.30 p.m.] CHINA.

    Great floods are now being experienced in the low-lying country bordering on the Yangtse-Kiang, which is so subject to such afflictions. Reports from Nankin state ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. CHEERING WEATHER REPORTS.

    Further very satisfactory reports are to hand from the country, and it is not too much to say that the late rain has made all the difference between the probability of a fair ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. STEYN AND DE WET.

    It is reported that ex-President Steyn and General Christian De Wet are now near the Basutoland border, in the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At the City Court to-day, William Chambers was charged with the attempted murder of Bernie Thornton, by cutting her throat with a razor, at Queen's Gardens, ...

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  12. RUSSIA.

    The Russian harvest, in consequence of a long drought, which has afflicted many parts of the Empire, is said to be largely a failure. The only parts where average ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    When the Assembly met to-day the leader of the Opposition rose to make enquiries regarding the suspension of railway officials. The Premier asked for notice, and ...

    Article : 288 words
  14. THE TAILORING STRIKE.

    The difficulty in the tailoring trade is more acute than ever. The employes have sent an ultimatum to Melver & Morden. The outcome of the position now taken up ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. FRANCE AND TURKEY.

    A telegram from Paris states that the Sultan has refused to [?]ulfil his promise with regard to the purchase of the Constantinople quays built by a French ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. GREAT FOREST FIRES.

    Great forest fires have been raging in Russia of late, and it is estimated that the damage done will total £10,000. The London "Daily Mail"' states that the ...

    Article : 53 words
  17. THE WEEKLY REPORT.

    Lord Kitchener's weekly report to the War Office concerning the work of the army in South Africa durinig the seven days ended Sunday, is as follows:— ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. A CARLTON MYSTERY.

    What appears to be a most outrageous and altogether extraordinary crime occurred early this morning at No. 17, Cardigan-street, Carlton, when Mrs. Annie Stephens, ...

    Article : 535 words
  19. BRITISH FINANCES.

    Tenders were opened yesterday for £1,000,000 worth of Treasury bills, offered by the Chancellor of tlie Exchequer. The money was required to meet other bills ...

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  20. EUROPEAN INTERVENTION.

    The '"Standard" states that Mr. Kruger is convinced that the attention paid by the Czar of Russia to his secretary, Jonkheer Van der Voren, who is ...

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  21. THE ANDOVER ELECTION.

    In the election for the Andover division of Hampshire, held to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons caused by the death of the late Mr. W. ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. QUEENSLAND.

    The police received a telegram from Cairns to-day that an aboriginal had been found murdered by a blow from a tomahawk. ...

    Article : 183 words
  23. CONCERNING AUSTRALIANS.

    The War Office repares:- Lieutenant & Selman and Private J. Matheson, of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, have been severely wounded at ...

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  24. MINERS ENTOMBED.

    A sad accident is reported to-day from a colliery in Scotland. The workings at Daribristle, in Fifeshire, are situated on moorland, and yesterday a subsidence of a ...

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  25. BOER SYMPATHISERS PUNISHED.

    It is reported that the Boers who have invaded tbe midland district of Cape Colony are attempting to move to the south, in order to join Commandant Scheeper's forces ...

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  26. CRICKET.

    C. Robson, the Hampshire amateur batsman, and L. C. Braund, the Somerset professional, have joined A. C. Maclaren's team. The members of the team are to ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. THE DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette" sends a letter to Mr. Aston's journal, from which the following extracts are made:— ...

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  28. CANADA.

    The Government of the Dominion of Canada are establishing the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy at the Belle Isle light station for the use of shipping. ...

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  29. SILVER.

    To-day's price of bar silver is 2/3 per oz ...

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  30. THE HIMALAYA AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S. Himalaya arrived at 9 a.m. to-day from London with the following passengers on board:- For Fremantle—Mr. and Mrs. R. D. ...

    Article : 217 words
  31. A BRITISH FORCE CAPTURED.

    Lord Kitchener reports that three officers and 65 men, belonging to a column marching on the right wing of Major-General E. L. Elliot's special service force in the ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. SWIMMING THE DOVER STRAITS.

    Holbein, an ex-champion professional cyclist, has made an attempt to swim from Gris-Nez, a cape in France, on the Straits of Dover, to Dover. ...

    Article : 60 words
  33. REPLIES FROM BOER LEADERS.

    Lord Kitchener, in his latest dispatch to the War Office, states that he has received several replies from Boer leaders to whom he forwarded copies of his recent ...

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  34. THE LATE MR. M. GOODE.

    Mr. Matthew Goode, who died at his residence in Wakefield-street on Monday evening, in his 81st year, was born at Hampton Charles, Worcester, England. He was ...

    Article : 620 words
  35. AUSTRALIAN HARDWOOD.

    The Hon. Henry Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, in a letter to the "Times," declares that the use of American red gum for paving the streets of London ...

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  36. RAIDERS IN CAPE COLONY.

    Since Commandant Scheeper's commando fought with the lOth Hussars, under Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. J. H. G. Byng, south of Uniondale, the Boers composing it ...

    Article : 180 words
  37. MOUNT BENSON ESTATE.

    Sir—By information received from the Crown Lands Office I learn that the block held in reserve in the Mount Benson Estate cannot be allotted until the Closer ...

    Article : 195 words
  38. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE AFFAIR.

    Mrs. Stephens, who is slowly recovering from the effect of the injuries sustained by her in the encounter with the burglar, still sticks to her original story. Her ...

    Article : 175 words
  39. COREA.

    The Government of France have demanded from Corea the payment of an indemnity of 5,000 yen (a yen is a Japanese coin of 100 cents) for the losses sustained by ...

    Article : 67 words
  40. SIR J. FORREST AND THE DEFENCE BILL.

    There is in existence a carefully-compiled return, giving particulars concerning the officers who will be affected by the clause in the Defence Bill which requires all military ...

    Article : 229 words
  41. REPORTED BOER SURRENDER.

    The Delagoa Bay correspondent of the London "Daily Express" telegraphs that it is reported that 400 burghers have surrendered in a body at Middleburg, a town ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. SHIPPING.

    ARRIVALS. Indramayo, steamer, 4,150 tons, at London, from G[?]borne, May 20. Aberdeen, steamer, 3,684 tons, at London, ...

    Article : 74 words
  43. A CHARGE OF MALICIOUSLY WOUNDING.

    The police to-night arrested James little, after detaining him for several hours, in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Stephens. He is charged, with maliciously ...

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  44. LOTTER CORNERED.

    Commandant Letter, who sent an unpublishable reply to Lord Kitchener's proclamation, has taken refuge on the summits of the loftiest kills in the Achters ...

    Article : 104 words
  45. Advertising

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  46. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The cargo of New zealand wheat by the barque Inveresk, from Timaru April 24, has been sold at 26/7½ per quarter. The sale of 8,500 quarters of New Zealand wheat, ...

    Article : 51 words
  47. THE MILITARY COMMANDANT.

    The Government is still negotiating for the appointment of a military commandant, but so far without result. "The telegraph is so s[?]ow sometimes," remarks the Prime ...

    Article : 44 words
  48. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Perry informed Mr. Neilson that a Bill would be introduced at an early date to compel the provision of adequate ...

    Article : 322 words
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