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  2. DISTRICT NEWS.

    Last evening a number of civilians met in the Sacred Heart School-room to consider the advisableness of adding to the strength of the proposed ...

    Article : 580 words
  3. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    Designs for bullet-proof shields are legion. As a rule, however, they lack the quality of practicability. One, differing from the rest in this particular, comes from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 241 words
  4. AT THE FRONT.

    Writing from Spearman's Camp, under date February 3, to Mr. Geo. E. Garratt of Watt-street, Mr. Elijah Abell says:—"My last letter to you contained incidents ...

    Article : 1,138 words
  5. ROBERTS NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN.

    LONDON, Monday.—During the battle of Driefontein, in order to escape the artillery fire while crossing the open veldt, and while a squadron of ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. ANOTHER V.C. MAN.

    Private Fitzmaurice, of the Grenadier Guards is the last brave soldier to got the coveted V.C. The nature of his great net of gallantry is of the finest, for It was no ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 180 words
  7. The Bushmen's Corps.

    It has been arranged that the members of the committee appointed by the Government to pass the members of the second contingent of Bushmen shall proceed to the ...

    Article : 495 words
  8. Roberts Close to Bloemfontein.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Lord Roberts has arrived at Vertersolei, 15 miles from Bloemfontein. The Field-Marshal reports that he ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. A MEMBER OF THE DIBBS FAMILY.

    Perhaps one of the greatest fire-eaters in Australia is Sir Geo. Dibbs, the last of the picturesque of New South Wales statesmen. Sir George, were he young enough, would, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 260 words
  10. The Road to Bloemfontein.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—News has been received that General French engaged the enemy in the hills commanding Bloemfontein on ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. Roberts Threatening Bloemfontein.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Lord Roberts is now within 20 miles of Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State. ...

    Article : 22 words
  12. THE NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS.

    The schooner Jessie Riley arrived from New Guinea, reports that in the new country discovered by Mr. Fannigan, at the head of the Gira River, there is the greatest ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. Fortifying Johannesburg.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Boers have [?]re-mounted a large Creusot gun at Johannesburg. ...

    Article : 13 words
  14. HE SEEKS THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Andrew Clarke, the brilliant and energetic Agent-General of Victoria, is taking advantage of the feeling in England in favour of Australia and the forthcoming ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 388 words
  15. In Touch with Bloemfontein.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—Intelligence has just been received that Lord Roberts, having ordered the capture of rolling stock, General French ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. The Appeal for Peace.

    LONDON, Monday.—President Kruger and President Steyn, in making overtures for peace, represent that British territory was only occupied ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Following is an unofficial list of casualties in the New South Wales troops now at the front:—Deaths.—January 16, ...

    Article : 268 words
  18. A HAMILTON DIVORCE CASE.

    In the Divorce Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Simpson, Thomas Cox sought a dissolution of his marriage with Annie Margaret Cox (formerly ...

    Article : 280 words
  19. The Boer Prisoners at Simonstown.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Particulars of the attempt of the Boer prisoners at Simonstown, near Capetown, to escape state that they had excavated a tunnel ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. LAMBTON.

    The anniversary services of the above church were held on Sunday last. Three meetings were held, and the attendance at each was fairly ...

    Article : 359 words
  21. Kruger Asks Germany to Intervene.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The German Government, in reply to a message from President Kruger, asking Germany to intervene, declined to take ...

    Article : 44 words
  22. Gatacre in the Disaffected Districts.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—General Gataere commands the road and bridge at Bethulie. The railway bridge has been damaged. ...

    Article : 27 words
  23. Kruger Appeals to America.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—It is understood in Washington that President Kruger is making inquiries through the United States Government as to the ...

    Article : 37 words
  24. Britain and the Terms of Peace.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Balfour, the leader of the House said that papers dealing with Great Britain's ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. The Imperial War Loan.

    LONDON, Monday.—Sir M. Hicks-Reach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, consulted British and colonial bankers respecting the issue of ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. NEWCASTLE AND DISTRICT PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 words
  27. The Militia to be Embodied.

    LONDON, Monday.—The War Office has arranged that the remainder of the militia shall be embodied in May. ...

    Article : 22 words
  28. "THE FIRST MAN IN."

    "The first man to enter Kimberley" was not Mr. "Banjo" Patterson, the well-known Australian verse writer, as first reported, but Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 245 words
  29. WITH "A" BATTERY.

    Mr. Sydney Ridgway, of Wickham, has received the following letter from his brother, Driver F. W. Ridgway, "A" Battery. Royal Australian Artillery:— ...

    Article : 463 words
  30. THE DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE.

    Inspector Lloyd, has submitted to the Mayor a report giving the result of his experiments after burning some garbage, as follows:—"I caused a small ...

    Article : 290 words
  31. British Losses.

    LONDON, Monday.—The total British casualties to date are 2418 killed, 8747 wounded, 3483 missing, 1029 died of disease; total, 15,677. ...

    Article : 24 words
  32. The Lord Mayor of London.

    LONDON, Monday.—The Lord Mayor of London has been created a baronet, on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the city. ...

    Article : 29 words
  33. GENERAL CABLES.

    Mr. Alfred. Deakin (Victoria) and Mr. C. C. Kingston (South Australia), delegates on the subject of Australian Federation, have arrived in London, ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. WALLSEND.

    The frequency of complaints regarding apparently wilful and wanton destruction to both both municipal and private property is fast becoming a ...

    Article : 207 words
  35. ADAMSTOWN TRAMWAY.

    Yesterday afternoon Mr. Edden, M.P., received a telegram from Mr. Joseph Creer, stating that he will be at Adamstown Council Chambers this morning ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. ROBERTS VERSUS CRONJE.

    A correspondent writes to the "Pall Mall Gazette":—"An instance of the grim irony of events in war time occurs in connection with the recent ...

    Article : 207 words
  37. THE NARVAL.

    The new French submarine torpedo boat Narval is said to have serious defects, and is not as successful as when first reported, and an order has been issued to cease ...

    Article : 180 words
  38. THE BROTHERS OF THE FUTURE QUEEN.

    Very few of our contemporaries seen to have noticed that the late Duke of Teck's three sons are at present serving with the British army in ...

    Article : 121 words
  39. A LAMENT FOR THE HIGHLANDERS KILLED AT STROMBERG.

    The poets are not all of the masculine gender who sing of the glories of the present war. Kate Bishop, the famous "Kay Bee," is a woman, and she sings pretty ...

    Article : 185 words
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