Drought Hits Queensland As Losses Rise Across Territories
Telegrams report immense losses from the Queensland drought with livestock totals and values topping millions. The third trial of Isabelle Downey ends in a hung jury amid a murder allegation. Censure motions in Victoria target the government over imperial contingents and legal disputes. Sheep Show awards favor New South Wales entries as drought shrinks flocks. Plague reported in Agnes Langre of Woolloomooloo. Deputations press Lands Minister to lower reappraisal fees and consolidate valuations.
Late Commercial Prices at Bydney Produce Market
Market notes from Bydney with Friday price ranges for various goods and commodities including Flour, Cane, Egypt items, and factory wares. Prices show wide spreads from low to high quotes with per ton and per unit figures, though several words are garbled in the OCR. Industries affected include flour, misc. commodities, and wholesale trade in the local market.
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Bydney Produce
Teweosarn
Bydney
Saber
Laverna
Egypt
Emery
Fat Stock Sales at Homebush Report Mixed Fall in Prices
At Homebush on Thursday 23 917 sheep and lambs were penned with generally good quality and brisk bidding early, then prices fell especially for lower grades. Merino wethers 14s to 16s 6d, ewes 11s to 13s, best cattle yarded 1500 head with beef and dairy cows selling from £5 to £28, overall activity softening as sale progressed.
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Homebush
Suner
Palace
March to Kuwasi and Gambling Ban Dominant Scare
Cablegrams note Raine delaying advances toward Kumasi and an official ban on baccarat across the dominion including private homes. London woolmen expect merino prices to fall about 10 percent and crossbred grades to drop five to seven percent at the next wool sale.
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Kuwasi Raine
Kumasi
London
Boxers Revolt described with European and Japanese forces in China
A chaotic account from London notes 10 600 allied troops including cavalry and artillery moving toward China to quell the Boxers rebellion. It cites Russian claims, heavy casualties at fortifications like Toko Forts, and Japanese entry into the fort walls. Reports say Pekin remains secure, relief expeditions reach Tieotsin, and allied troops pursue rebels.
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London
India
China
Russia
Toko
Thes
Bruce
Seymour
Trontals Wee
Lince
Mointain
Kempis
Tolotain
Pekin
Brikes
Canton
Hong Kong
Chios
Seymours
Tieotsin
Pokin
Beymour
Hata
Taka
Tisotelo
Obisees Secort
Beso
The Transvaal War Dispatches From London
London reports describe Boer attacks on British ore at Henning Spreitt and culverts burned to slow reinforcements. General Clements drives Boers south of the Zuur River. Northern and Cape Colony unrest quelled. Hutton’s Brigade presses the Pretoria area. Rhodesian volunteers offer farms to Bushmen. Botha’s advance guard sits east of Pretoria. Railways damaged. Roberts condemns trespass penalties. hospitals strained with typhoid. British casualties and surrenders noted.
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London
Henning Spreitt
Clements
Zoor River
Warren
Cape Colony
Hutton
Souvnet
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Ht. Barter
N & Wali Infantry
Botha
Senekal
Rundle
Telborg
Eorly
Cape
France
Capa
J. BR Westgerth
J. Davies
New South Wales
Royal Field Artillery
W. Burdett-Coote
London ‘Times
Bloemfontein
Averwhere
de. Travers
Bayonet Charge Described By Cape Times Reporter
Thebs Noobs reports a dramatic bayonet charge on May 1 during a brisk march. Troops seized a kopje and pressed on through rocks and ravines, as Beotlaed and Captaie Tewes faced the sudden assault.
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Thebs
Cape Times
Beotlaed
Busbes
Gordon’s Bayonet Charge Drives Boers From Alty Fort
In a fierce engagement, Gordon Towse’s regiment of Highlanders surge forward at the cry fix bayonets and charge. The Boers, overwhelmed by iron will and disciplined assault, break and flee as British troops push through rugged terrain to secure the post in memory of Mogera Fortein. Towse is wounded but alive, hailed as a brave leader despite the heavy cost.
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Alty
Paralyan
Towse
Gordons
Malta
Towne
Scotia
Scotland
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