LONDON, June 6.—British troops numbering 25,000 hemmed in Pretoria. Lord Roberts telegraphed on Tuesday to the War Office as follows:— ...
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Advertising : 144 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The port of Tientsin is threatened by the Boxers. It is defended by volunteers, under the command of Major H. C. Higgs, late of the 16th Lancers. ...
Article : 265 wordsMr. T. Mackenzie (Mayor of Strathfield) presided over a public meeting in support of the candidature of Mr. Sydney Smith, in the Strathfield Town Hall, on Wednesday night. On account of ...
Article : 826 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The rebels, in the Ficksburg district, in the eastern portion of the Orange River Colony, are anxious to secure terms. ...
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The Boers at Laing's Nek have been quiescent since the British operations have isolated them. ...
Article : 23 wordsLONDON, June 6, 3.55 p.m.—Major G. A. Lade Carew, D.S.O., of the 7th Hussars, has been appointed to the command of the 1st Brigade of the Rhodesian Field Force. ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, June 6.—Private V. Wakley, of the Victorian Mounted Infantry, has died at Kroonstad of enteric fever. ...
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Advertising : 718 wordsLONDON, June 5, 3.55 p.m.—Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr, the leader of the Afrikander party, is coming to Europe. ...
Article : 23 wordsA fireman named Harry Restall, who for the past fourteen years has been in the employ of the North Shore Ferry Company, and who was well known to all passengers to Neutral and Mosman ...
Article : 208 wordsLONDON, June 6.—Mr. E. Barton is confident that Mr. Chamberlain will adhere to the compromise agreed to upon the Commonwealth Bill. Mr. Barton states that the compromise was made ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The news of the occupation ef Pretoria was received with great rejoicings throughout Great Britain, but there was no mad enthusiasm. ...
Article : 28 wordsReuter's special correspondent at Bloemfontein telegraphed to London, under date of Monday, May 7:—"A general order has been published awarding the Victoria Cross to one officer, one ...
Article : 163 wordsLONDON, June 6, 3.56 p.m.—Sir W. H. Walrond, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, addressing his constituents at Tiverton last night, said there would be no immediate dissolution. ...
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, June 6, 3.55 p.m.—Lieutenant-General Hunter, with the 10th Division, and Major General Baden-Powell, from Mafeking, are marching upon Potchefstroom. ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Chief Justice and a jury of four were hearing, on Wednesday, in the Banco Court, a case of tenancy, in which the plaintiff was the New South Wales Mortgage, Loan, and Agency Company, ...
Article : 157 wordsLONDON, June 6, 3.56 p.m.—Referring to the protest of Sir F. Lascelles, the British Ambassador, that the meat inspection legislation is prejudicial to the Australian tinned meats trade, ...
Article : 61 wordsLast night the War Office issued an official statement of the casualties in the South African Field Force reported during the week ending on Saturday, April 28, and of the total losses ...
Article : 350 wordsLONDON, June 6, 3.55 p.m.—Playing for Middlesex against Somersetshire at Lord's, in the match for J. T. Hearne's benefit, Mr. A. E. Stoddart scored 221, and then purposely allowed ...
Article : 43 wordsA case of plague was discovered late on Wednesday evening at Pyrmont-street, Pyrmont, the patient being a boy named Henry Russell, aged 10. There are three contacts. No deaths occurred ...
Article : 767 wordsLONDON, June 6, 5.55 p.m.—Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," states that President Kruger removed £2,000,000 in cash to Middelburg, and that he ...
Article : 47 wordsAt a meeting held at Hickson's Hall, Enfield, on Wednesday night, for the purpose of furthering the candidature of Mr. T. W. Taylor, in connection with the Canterbury election, Mr. J. C. ...
Article : 483 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The prevalence of leprosy in Cuba is alarming. ...
Article : 16 wordsLONDON, June 6.—Further cases of the plague have occurred at Mauritius. ...
Article : 16 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The casualties to Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton's division in the engagement towards Florida on May 29 were: 24 killed and 114 wounded. ...
Article : 39 wordsHon. Alexander Ross, M.L.C. (OF KINROSS, GERMANTON, ONE OF THE NEW COUNCILLORS.) (From a photo. by Newman.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 17 wordsLondon, June 6.—Major "Karri" Davies, of the Imperial Light Horse, was the first of the British to enter Johannesburg. He acted as spokesman of the party of three ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, June 6,—Regarding the battalion of Irish Yeomanry whose difficulties led to the engagement fought by Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. Rundle near Senekal, Lord Roberts has ...
Article : 159 wordsA telegram from Lourenco Marques, dated May S, says: The French steamer Coratellas, which has arrived here, brings twelve Boers who made a rather remarkable escape from the prisoners' ...
Article : 125 wordsJoseph Lynch 12, Son of Mr. Michael Lynch, of Rookwood, was killed on Wednesday at the local railway station. A train was moving out of the station, when the boy tried to board it, but fell ...
Article : 286 wordsST. HELENA, May 1.—A third batch of Boer prisoners arrived to-day by the steamship Bavarian. There were 1099 all told of them. There were a few cases of wounded, but there was no ...
Article : 218 wordsMessrs. W. H. Paling and Company forward a song, "Lost Years," by W. A. Caflisch (words by J. L. Colledge). It opens with a plaintive recitative in D minor, the succeeding melody in ...
Article : 207 wordsLONDON, June 6.—The newspapere, in commenting on Lord Roberte's telegram regarding the capture of the Yeomanry battalion, eulogise the splendid march of Lord Methuen, and the fine ...
Article : 97 wordsAt the Newcastle sessions on Wednesday Geo-Squires was charged with having embezzled £ 300 worth of jewellery, the property of A. M'Crow and Sons. He pleaded guilty to the ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Thu 7 Jun 1900, Page 6
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