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  2. THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    FURTHER particulars of the bombardment of Ladysmith by the Boers under General Joubert have been received. On the 9th instant the enemy's guns were silenced after ...

    Article : 81 words
  3. Cycling Accident.

    Mr. J. [?] [?]nd met with an accident on Saturday evening whilst riding his bicycle It is not known how the accident happened, but the rider was struck on the head and rendered unconscious. He was ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. CABLE NEWS.

    Sir. G. W. Des Vœux, formerly Governor of Fiji, and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, in the course of an interview said that Australia would be a gainer by the Anglo-German agreement in ...

    Article : 53 words
  5. Proposed Site of the Federal Capital.

    THE above rough sketch shows the proposed federal area as adopted by the local Federal Capital Committee for submission to the commissioner. It will be seen that the boundary line runs along the Town Common, leaves out the asylum, passes in the direction of Kingsdale, and then on the western side goes within a short distance of Yarra platform and takes in Bangalore in the south-west corner, and on the south it goes within half-a-mile of Sprinfield homestead to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 89 words
  6. Goulburn Stock Sales.

    THE attendance at the stock sales on Wednesday was not as large as usual. Fat Cattles About 80 were yarded, principally cows. Bullocks sold from About 500 forward, The market was very firm, ...

    Article : 162 words
  7. INCREASE IN THE FRENCH NAVY.

    The French Budget Committee favours a large increase in the navy. M. Pelletan, the Budget Committee reporter, who has hitherto been a champion of economy, has been ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. FRANCE.

    The Paris police have raided the head-quarters of a religious sect known as the Assumptionists for evading payment of the monastery tax, and have seized £72,000 belonging to their weekly newspaper, ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. OFFERS OF SERVIAN VOLUNTEERS.

    The British Government has received an offer of a volunteer corps for South Africa from Servians. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary of ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. Liedertafel Smoke Concert.

    THERE was a splendid attendance at the Liedertafel smoke concert in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening. The gallery was crowded with ladies, who bore the smoke without a murmur. As ...

    Article : 668 words
  11. CHINA.

    The port of Twochaufu, at the entrance to Tungting ting Lake from the Yangtse-Kiang, in the province of Hutnan, China, has been thrown open to foreign trade. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. THE KAISER'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.

    The Emperor and Empress of Germany will, on the occasion of their approaching visit to London, lunch with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House in semi-state. ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. COLONIAL PRODUCE AND MEAT.

    The War Office has ordered through the Agents General 1000 tons of Victorian Algerian oats, 150 tons of Victorian tinned meats, and 200,0001b of New South Wales ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. THE PREMIER AND LORD WOLSELEY.

    The Marquis of Salisbury (the Premier) and Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley (the Commander-in-Chief) are on a visit to her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. ...

    Article : 29 words
  15. PLAGUE IN LISBON.

    The plague has broken out at Lisbon. The barquentine Oberon, 1054 tons, while proceeding from Liverpool to Glasgow to load for Fremantle, Western Australia, went ashore in ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. TELEGRAMS.

    THE Goulburn to Crookwell Railway Bill was read the second time in the Assembly this morning. Early Closing Bill. ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    Speaking at Bristol last night, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referred to the situation in South Africa in the following terms:—"This war has ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. THE DEAD SPRING.

    She lies with the dreams of the days that were golden. 'Neath wattle bloom faded, she lies a dead quean; While o'er her still rest, night the eucalypts olden. ...

    Article : 180 words
  19. A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE.

    The proceeds from the opening performance at Mr. Charles Wyndham's new theatre in Charing Cross road on Thursday were devoted to the wives and families of soldiers ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. THE WAR.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes is employing thousand of persons in roadmaking at Kimberley. SLOW TROOPSHIPS. The Majestic has been chartered for the ...

    Article : 134 words
  21. PARLIAMENTARY.

    IN the Assembly on Tuesday the Government was questioned in regard to the recent Anglo-German agreement. Mr. A. Griffith adopted a form of interrogation which enabled him to assert that ...

    Article : 1,087 words
  22. The Southern Rifle Association.

    Major-General French, when seen on Tuesday with reference to the transfer of the headquarters of the Southern Rifle Association from Moss Vale to Goulburn, said that there were several reasons why ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. QUEANBEYAN.

    THE second night of the Wesleyan flower show, Friday, proved to be a highly successful one. The attendance was again very large and all the stalls did good business. ...

    Article : 439 words
  24. THE POSITION.

    When Kimberley was threatened a month ago its defenders announced their ability to hold out until reinforcements arrived. There were then in the garrison about 3000 troops, including Imperial troops ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  25. The Wellesley Outrage

    MORUYA, Tuesday.—The men who was arrested here is alleged to have made a full confession, admitting he was the perpetrator of the assault on a school mistress at Wellesley. When arrested he had ...

    Article : 90 words
  26. Railway Construction by Day Labour.

    IT has been decided by the Public Works Department that the work of constructing the railways authorised by Parliament from The Rock to Green's Gunyah and from Koorawatha to ...

    Article : 141 words
  27. Killed by a Tram.

    SHORTLY before 9 o'clock on Tuesday night the driver of a tram travelling from the city to St. Peters noticed an unusual cheek to the motion when between Newtown-road and Cleveland-street. The ...

    Article : 161 words
  28. Teacher of Manual Training at Goulburn.

    IT is gazetted that Mr. G. M'Rae, principal assistant architect, Department of Public Works, Mr. O. Blackett, lecturer in mechanical engineering Sydney Technical College, and Mr. F. A. Coghlan, ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. Southern District Racing Association.

    Wagga, Tuesday.—An adjourned meeting of the recently-formed Southern District Racing Association was held to-night. There were present—Messrs. E. W. Donuelly (in the chair), D. R. ...

    Article : 139 words
  30. Goulburn Police Court.

    AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Messrs. S. Meyer and J. Oliver, Js. P., James Pickles remand for protection was discharged, an order having been received for his admission to an asylum. ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. New Zealand Loan Co. v. E. P. Scott

    IN Mr. William Scott's evidence in the above case Friday 100 appeared in our report instead of 1000. Mr. Scott stated that he knew there were over 1000 sheep on defendant's land at one time. ...

    Article : 513 words
  32. Oliver Cromwell.

    Cromwell's statue at the House of Commons has been unveiled without any ceremony. ...

    Article : 16 words
  33. Gunning.

    MR JOHN BURCHILL, of Mount Dixon, died at his home on Tuesday at an advanced age. The same day Mr James Benn died, aged 87, and on the proceding day Mrs. Foley of Cullarin died at 89. All ...

    Article : 61 words
  34. A New Copper Find.

    Captain's Flat, Tuesday.—Some excitement was caused here to-day by the reported discovery of a new copper lode in the direction of Tumble Down Bob, and about a mile to the east of Newtown. A ...

    Article : 103 words
  35. Mummell I.O.G.T.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  36. Intercolonial Cricket.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  37. Country Cricket.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  38. BRAIDWOOD.

    THE townspeople were inexpressibly shocked on Saturday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock when it was announced that Mrs James Larmer, an old and highly esteemed ...

    Article : 236 words
  39. Federal Capital.

    DURING Mr. Rose's trip to Melbourne he took every opportunity of consulting leading men on the proposed site of the federal capital. The replies he received tended to show a very liberal spirit on the ...

    Article : 113 words
  40. A Train on Fire.

    A SOMEWHAT unusual spectacle was presented on Monday afternoon, when the engine of the paper train arrived in Junee with only two trucks attached to it. Enquiries elicited the fact that about three ...

    Article : 256 words
  41. Mining at Queanbeyan.

    QUEANBEYAN, Friday.—Mr. Trewenack has been here lately inspecting a mine close to the town, which carries silver, lead, and gold, in payable quantities. The lode is only ...

    Article : 117 words
  42. Advertising

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