General Joubert, Commander-in-Chief of the Boer forces, died unexpectedly at Pretoria on Tuesday night of an internal complaint. ...
Article : 386 wordsThe delegates representing the federating Australian colonies, Mr. E. Barton, Q.C.(New South Wales), Mr. A. Deakin (Victoria), Mr. J. R. Dickson ...
Article : 147 wordsPresident Kruger, in the course of an interview with a representative of the " New York World," declared that there would be hundreds of thousands of victims ...
Article : 61 wordsLord Brassey, in a letter to the "Times" in reference to the scheme of Colonial Naval Reserves, suggests that Rear-Admiral Pearson, the Commander-in-Chief ...
Article : 77 wordsCommandant Grobler with 6000 Colesberg Boers is midway between Kroonstad and Bloemfontein. Boers report that Commandant Olivier has joined Commandants Grobler and Lemmer, ...
Article : 6,462 wordsA supposed grave at Dronfield, concerning which certain information had been given, was found on being opened to contain 73 cases of dynamite. ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Michael Davitt, ex-M.P.(antiParnellite) for Mayo South, has arrived at Delagoa Bay. March 29. ...
Article : 41 wordsYesterday the enrolment of men for the six squadrons of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent was practically complete. To each squadron 114 men have been posted, including two farriers and two ...
Article : 731 wordsTwo Boer prisoners have escaped from Simonstown. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe Transvaal Boers are looting farms in the Free State, and are attributing the depredations to the British troops. ...
Article : 25 wordsCaptain T. M. M'Inerney, of the Victorian Contingent, has recovered from his wounds. ...
Article : 22 wordsA strong Boer force on "Wednesday attacked Lieutenant- General Lord Methuen's division at Warrenton. The shrapnel fire of the British was ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that he withdrew the proposal to place a stamp ...
Article : 56 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that 400 Free Staters near Jacobsdal threaten the railway to Kimberley. ...
Article : 24 wordsWe are in daily expectation of the advance of a strong column to relieve Mafeking. As far as we know, the column in which our hopes are mainly centred is still 180 miles distant from the ...
Article : 1,383 wordsIt is reported that by order of President Kruger the British mines on the Rand and the British buildings in Johannesburg have been undermined. ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will reply to the memorandum which the delegates have forwarded to him criticising the objections of the law ...
Article : 145 wordsMr. W. P. Schreiner has remonstrated with the British authorities for deporting the Boer prisoners to the Island of St. Helena. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Court of Queen's Bench has fined the editor of the Birmingham "Argus" £100 for contempt of Court in an article in the newspaper abusing Mr. Justice ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Transvaal Boers have arrested Commandant J. A. Prinsloo, who had retired to his farm by permission of President Kruger. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Transvaal Government has commandeered half a million sovereigns from the five banks in Pretoria. Half of the amount is commandeered from the ...
Article : 36 wordsTwo hundred rebels in the Prieska district, on the Orange River, have submitted. The other rebels who were in the district have decamped. ...
Article : 57 wordsSurvivor, an Australian horse, which started favourite at 4 to 1 against for the Lincolnshire Handicap, finished sixth. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Right Hon. Lord Curzon, Governor-General of India, states in a despatch that the drought in that country has depreciated the wheat crop in value ...
Article : 106 wordsSouth Australia is advertising for a loan of £1,000,000, to bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The minimum is fixed at £94 10s. Tenders will ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. R. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand, has notified Mr. Chamberlain that Mr. Reeves has been appointed the delegate of New Zealand in federation ...
Article : 233 wordsYesterday the " Daily Telegraph " reported that 20,000 Free State burghers were guarding the passes of the Drakensberg. ...
Article : 74 wordsCaptain Underwood, of New Norfolk, Tasmania, a large orchard owner, has forwarded to the care of Surgeon-Colonel Williams, for the use of the wounded in the field hospitals in South Africa, 100 ...
Article : 64 wordsNother day passed without the slightest trace [?]g discovered of any of the Glenelg's company [?]r than Lamb, Bundy, and Thorne, the three in who landed near Marlo on Wednesday morning, ...
Article : 758 wordsThe Premier of Victoria has wired to Mr. Philp regarding the Imperial Bushmen as follows:—"We shall raise live units—that is, one battalion with one spare unit—which later, in accordance with ...
Article : 364 wordsPermission has been granted by her Majesty the Queen to the following Australians to retain the title of " Honorable," viz.—Mr. J. H. Carruthers, ex-Colonial ...
Article : 79 wordsThe delegates representing the Australian colonies in regard to the passage of the Commonwealth Bill, aro working hard in the lobbies of the House of ...
Article : 59 wordsThe newspapers describe General Joubert as superior to his surroundings, and regret the absence of his influence in the coming settlement. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Boers report that they have destroyed the shafts and the machinery of the Dundee Colliery, and that they intend to destroy all the others. ...
Article : 33 wordsIt is announced from Pretoria that President Kruger will personally command the Boer forces. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe reply of Russia to the telegram of the Presidents of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal asking for intervention seeks to show the greatest sympathy with ...
Article : 187 wordsThe correspondence which has taken place relative to the agreement by the Powers, on the ini[?]ion of the United States, to maintain the "open door" policy ...
Article : 116 wordsA terrible railway accident has occurred at Glasgow. A workman's train, following another, came into collision with the latter in a ...
Article : 62 wordsLady Brassey arrived at London to-day. ...
Article : 12 wordsA strong column of Imperial Yeomanry has been sent to Griquatown, west of Kimberley. The column will proceed to the relief of ...
Article : 43 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 9-16d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 17 wordsLast evening a boy named John Moran, lying down beside a log fire at Glengarry, fell asleep. It is supposed that the log rolled on him, as he was found burnt to death. ...
Article : 39 wordsColonel Otter has been nominated by the Commandant for the position of lieutenant-colonel of the Victorian battalion of the Imperial Regiment, and Mr. C. M. Officer for the position of major and ...
Article : 142 wordsColonel Baden-Powell on March 26 reported Mafeking safe. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe death is announced of Comte Vincent de Benedetti, who was French Ambassador at Berlin in 1870, aged 83 years. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 wordsReuter's correspondent reports that a strong force of Boers has reoccupied Ladybrand. Hence it is inferred that their retreat to Kroonstad has been intercepted. ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the Boulder Court yesterday a man named John Chytoneth was sentenced to three months for stealing gold-bearing ore at the Golden Horseshoe. Accused was discovered removing ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Imperial Bushmen's Contingent to the number of 125 were sworn at Karrakatta yesterday. In reply to representations made by the tailors of Perth in reference to army clothing, contracts the ...
Article : 90 wordsThe American visible supply of wheat and flour east of the Rockies is 81,542,000 bushels. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsThe season has opened remarkably well for the agriculturists and pastoralists. This is especially the case in the north and the west, where heavy rains have fallen, and there is a good ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the Wesleyan Church, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, last evening, before a good audience. Dr. Frederic Bell (America's song lecturer) delivered a lecture entitled "Love, Courtship, and Marriage." ...
Article : 71 wordsThe steamer Monowai, one of the Union Company's line, passed Cape Otway at 2.50 p.m. yesterday, bound to Capetown, via Albany, with the New Zealand troops on board. She wished to be reported ...
Article : 103 wordsA deputation including the executive committee of the Indian Famine Fund waited upon the Premier to-day, and asked that the Government should make a contribution towards the ...
Article : 121 wordsSir A. Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, has arrived at Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 19 wordsPeregrine; s., 2500 tons, Captain J. Pain, from Townsville and ports. Wm. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited, agents. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Malay who was taken from the Karrakatta to the quarantine station at Fremantle yesterday developed a more pronounced rash to-day, strengthening the opinion that the case was one ...
Article : 52 wordsLieutenant M. E. Lindsay, of the New Zealand First Contingent, has received a commission in the 7th Dragoons. ...
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Advertising : 68 wordsIt has transpired that the suggestion to send the joint cablegram to the Imperial Government in favour of British rule being established in South African republics emanated from Queensland. On March ...
Article : 102 wordsMajor-General Clements has occupied Jagersfontein and Fauresmith unopposed. He was given a cordial welcome at each town, and has appointed magistrates. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. Pott, a consul at Delagoa Bay, has been fined £210 for having indirectly imported heliographs and other contraband goods. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 30 Mar 1900, Page 5
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