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  2. EX-PRESIDENT STEYN AT WINBURG.

    General Bruce Hamilton is now at Ventersburg to the south of Kroonstadt. He arrived there too late to intercept ex-President Steyn, who has gone to Winburg, in which district ...

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  3. QUEEN'S FUNERAL.

    YESTERDAY the Police Magistrate (Mr. H. T. Mactarkane,) and his worship the Mayor (Alderman R. Tallon) received telegrams from the Home Secretary announcing that Saturday ...

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  4. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE HONOURED.

    The Crow Prince of Germany, who had the order of the Garter conferred upon him by King Edward, was invested with the symbol of the order by his Majesty, at ...

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  5. "HOOPER'S LUCK" MINE.

    JUST now (says the "Chronicle" of Tuesday) a large number of Toowoomba people are partioutary interested in "local" mining ventures, and it rumoured that several possible" Mount ...

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  6. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    SINCE the official declaration of nominations on Saturday last interest in matters municipal [?]ms to be on the wane. It was thought, in some quarters that the candidates would have ...

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  7. BOERS SURPRISED.

    A squadron of Hussars recently surrounded a Beer farm near Standerton and captured six Boers, who were comfortably sleeping within. They also released an Englishman who had ...

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  8. ADELAIDE.

    During a storm in the Gawler district 160 sheep out of a flock of 12,000 were struck dead by lightning on the Buckland Park estate. ...

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  9. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the colonial wool auctions to-day all classes were show of sale, and merinoes showed a downward tendency. The following average prices were realised for the clips ...

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  10. BUTTER FACTORY AT BOOVAL.

    IT is expected that the butter factory which is being erected, at Booval, for the Queensland Farmers Co-operative Dairy and Supply Company, Limited, will be completed by the end of ...

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  11. WARNING TO APATHETIC COLONISTS.

    Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, has warned the Dutch residents of Cape Colony that they will receive no compensation for damage done to their property, ...

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  12. THE BOER WAR.

    THE casuaslites amongst colonial troops in the fighting near Balmoral, on the 23rd instant, were as follow :—New Zealand Mounted Infantry: Private F. W. Cedrail, ...

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  13. A POLICE SCANDAL.

    M. Meyer, the Chief of Police at Lyons, has been dismissed from his position for having listened, with a secret microphone for the purpose of taking records, to the ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. BOER ATTACK ON A TRAIN.

    A party of Boers attacked a train which was standing at one of the stations on the Delagoa Bay railway line. The driver of the train shot Commandant Liebrandt dead for tampering ...

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  15. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    THE correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, states that he has been informed on good authority that the Duke and ...

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  16. RUSSIAN GENERAL DEAD.

    The death is announced of Field-Marshal Count Joseph Gourke, the Russian general who distinguished himself in the Ruseo-Turkish war, in 1877, in his 78rd year. ...

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  17. GREAT EVANGELISTIC MISSION.

    The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex attended in state at the opening services of a week's Free Church mission in London. ...

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  18. THE MINISTRY TO BE RESWORN.

    THE new Ministers will probably be sworn in on Friday. At the same time the other Minister will he resworn. ...

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  19. A WELCOME HOME.

    AFTER the usual Wednesday evening service, which was held in the East-street Congregational Sunday-school hall last evening the member of be congregation and choir took ...

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  20. ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF YORK.

    H.R.H. the Duke of York (who with the Duchess of York is to visit Australian shortly) has been suffering since Sunday last from German message. Sir James Reid K.C.B., ...

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  21. WAR IN CHINA.

    THE "China Dally News" announces that Prince Tran and Yu-hsien (Governor of Sh[?]ting) have both been executed. At is reported that Hon-cheb-yd son of ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. DE WET AGAIN ESCAPES.

    Commandants De Wet and Paterson, commanding 500 Boers, crossed the railway line between Ventersburg and Holfontein on the night of the 23rd instant and ...

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  23. PRESENT FOR LORD ROBERTS.

    The Hon. W. P. Reeves, Agent-General for the colony of New Zealand, has handed to Lord Roberts a historic greenstone meri-meri on behalf of his Lordships Maori ...

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  24. THE QUEEN'S DEATH.

    His Majesty King Edward VII. has directed that Saturday next, the day on which Her late Majesty's funeral and burial are to take place, shall be observed as a day of ...

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  25. The King's Thanks.

    His Excellency the Governor has received the following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies :—" I have received his Majesty's commands to be ...

    Article : 112 words
  26. WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales, to-day, competition was somewhat brisker, and though a better tone prevailed prices were unchanged. LONDON, January 30. ...

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  27. THE BOER LOSSES.

    A careful estimate places the Boer losses for December last at 150 killed, 400 wounded, 200 prisoners, and 100 surrendered. The looses for January are about ...

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  28. IPSWICH AMATEUR TURF CLUB.

    ELSEWHERE it is announced that owing to Saturday being a holiday on account of its being the day fixed for the funeral Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, nominations in ...

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  29. BOER COMMANDERS.

    The head quarters of General Louis Boths commandant-general of the Boer forces, to at Roos-Senekal, about 26 miles north-west of Lydenburg. Ben Viljoen commands the ...

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  30. THE ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.

    THE leading Russian newspapers are commenting, in an angry manner on the defence character of the recently completed Auglo-German alliance. They assert that it throatens ...

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  31. MORETON FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY.

    IN con [?]ation with a representative of [?]ris re[?] last night Mr. T. B. Cribb, M.L.A. stated that, owing to his acceptance of the position of State Treasurer in the Queensland ...

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  32. GRAMMAR SCHOOL MASTERS.

    ON inquiry yesterday of Mr. W. Field secretary to the [?]stees of the Boys' Grammar school, we learned that Mr. J. F. M'Manamey, B. A. who has been appointed classical master, ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. THE BAND MINES.

    The Band mine-owners at Johaunesburg are gaping £30,000 a month to 1200 mines guard. The damage done to the mines by the Boer is estimated at £300,000. ...

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  34. AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.

    The Australia Agricultural Company has paid a dividend of 35. per share. ...

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  35. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.

    ON Tuesday last we had a visit form Mr. J. [?] Minns, at whose inti[?]tion the above [?] is now establishing business in Queensland From Mr. Morris we learn that the home of the ...

    Article : 79 words
  36. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

    A conference of committee of trades in connection with the Brisbane Traders' Association has considered the question of the observance of Saturday as a close holiday, and the follow ...

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  37. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    King Edward VII., in conferring the honour of the Order of the Garter upon the Crown Prince of Germany (Prince William) expressed a hope that this He would further cement and ...

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  38. RECEPTION OF THE RAIDERS.

    The Boer raider in Cape Colony hays been twice repulsed at Oudtshoorn, and they abandoned a number of horses and waggons. The cold reception given by the ...

    Article : 48 words
  39. RHODES'S CATTLE RAIDED.

    A number of cattle, the property of the Bight. Hon. Cecil Rhodes, have been raided near Kimberley. ...

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  40. OBITUARIES.

    The death is announced of the Rev. H. R. Hawels, M.A., in this rd year. [The Rev. H. B. Hawels visited Australia, Including Queensland in the year 1894 or 1895 ...

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  41. NORMANBY DIVISIONAL BOARD.

    AT the first meeting of the Normaby Board since the annual election, which was held yesterday she members present were—Messrs. A. W. Seaty A. F. [?] C. Griff[?] Joseph ...

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  42. COLONEL PLUMER'S COLUMN.

    Colonel Plumer's column has dispersed several small band of Boer which were operating near Bronkhorst Spruit. ...

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  43. THE KING PROCLAMED AT PRETORIA.

    His Majesty King Edward VII. has been proclaimed at Pretoria, with the usual titles, and in addition Supreme Lord over the Transvaal. Hearty cheers were given at ...

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  44. THE LAKE VIEW COMPANY.

    A meeting of shareholders in the Lake View Mining Company (which caused a sensation on the London Stock Exchange recently) was held yesterday. The meeting, by a large majority, ...

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  45. RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE ELECTORATE.

    WE and [?] that Mr. James M'Gill, who has for a number of years, been the Returning-officer for the Ipswich electorate in connection with Queensland Parliamentary elections will ...

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  46. THE VERY LATEST.

    THE " Daily Mail" states that King Edward VII. will open the Imperial Parliament in person. ...

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  47. MARTIAL LAW AND THE SOHREINERS.

    Owing to the proctimation of martial law in the Haover district of Cape Colony, Olive Schreiner and her husband, Mr. Cronwright-Schreiner, have been prevented ...

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  48. POSITION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

    A QUESTION has arisen (says yesterday's "Courier") as to how far the death of her late Majecty of the Queen affects the position of the justices at the peace. It is understood that the ...

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  49. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    A YOUNG woman, about 22, jumped off the Manly steamer Narrsabean, last night, when the vessel was in the vicinity of the Heads. A boat was lowered, and within a ...

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  50. ATTACK ON AUSTRALASIANS.

    News is to hand that a force of 400 Boers on Wednesday lest attacked 120 of the New Zealand and Queensland Mounted Infantry, under the command of Major ...

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  51. OUR LAIDLEY LETTER.

    OWINGS the fast that the petted of national morning has been definitely fixed several previously-arranged social matters have been postponed. The concert in aid of sufferers ...

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  52. PROPOSED NEW KINGDOMS.

    Mr. Harold Parsons, in a letter to the "Times," advocates the recognition in the King's titles of the kingdoms of Canada and Australia to the dignity of kingdoms in ...

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  53. THE PEREGRINE IN A SQUALL.

    CATTAIN PAIN of the steamer, Reregrine which arrived on Monday night from Melbourne and Sydney reports that whilst off Point Looked a ter[?] squall the ship ...

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  54. ALLEGED LARCENY OF A SHIRT.

    THE case in which Richard He[?]ey was charged with having stolen a shirt the proparty of Richard Byrnes and which was adjou[?]ned [?] Monday last case on for further hearing. ...

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  55. FIGHT AT KOFFERFONTEIN.

    Colonel Cunningham on Friday engaged the Boers under Commandant De la Rey at Kofferfontein, when four men were killed and 30 wounded on the British side. On ...

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  56. DEFAULTING SOLICITORS SENTENCED.

    Julian Tregenna Biddulph Arnold, Solicitor of Linooln's Inn who, was arrested in the United States some time ago, and extradited from San Francisco to England, ...

    Article : 141 words
  57. FIGHT NEAR WONDERFONTEIN.

    Major-General Smith-Darrien has had a fight with the Boers, which lasted five hours, between Wonderfontein and Carolina, in the east of the Transvaal. The ...

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  58. OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.

    The various Royal personages will sleep on board their yachts on the night preceding the procession. The Royal yacht Alberta will be moored ...

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  59. LONDON, January 30. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    Private C. K. Ward, of the New Zealand rough-riders contingent has died of enteric fever at Johannesburg. Private J. E. Wilson, of the Victoria Mounted ...

    Article : 37 words
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  61. LONDON, January 29. COMPLETE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    The display of mourning in America for her late Majesty Queen Victoria is so wide spread that one would think that the States were British possesions. ...

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  62. CONCILIATING THE BURGHERS.

    The Hon. Richard Solomon, Q.C., who was Attorney-General in Cape Colony in the Hon. W. P. Schrciner's Ministry, bee been appointed legal adviser to the British Administration in ...

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  63. MOURNING FOR VERDI.

    The Italian Chamber of Deputise is being draped in black for the space of one week, in honour of the late Signor Giue[?]ppe Verdi, the eminent composer. ...

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  64. MELBOURNE.

    Acting under instructions received from London the Imperial contingent will sail early to-morrow for New Zealand. According to present arrangements the Indian troops will ...

    Article : 62 words
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