On Friday, December 8, the people of Ladysmith overslept themselves. There was no Long Tom to wake them with its morning shell, and when Long Tom had set himself to wake the ...
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Article : 19 wordsFive bands played the Boer prisoners on St. Helena, including Colonel Schiel, into Deadwood Camp. When Colonel Schiel landed he was ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Queen intends to prolong her visit to Ireland. Her Majesty will not leave Dublin until the 27th instant. ...
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Article : 22 wordsThe steamer Wakanui, from Capetown, brings dates to 28th ultimo. On April 10, in latitude 51 south and longitude 99 cast, a large number of icebergs were sighted 100ft. to 200ft. high, ...
Article : 91 wordsLord Roberts on the 17th instant reported:—"Wepener is still surrounded by the enemy; but the attack is halfhearted. The Boers are anxious for their ...
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Article : 17 wordsThe Emperor William of Germany will visit Cowes in August on the occasion of the yachting carnival. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Antarctio steamer Southern Cross arrived this afternoon from Stewart's Island. All are well aboard. The reception at the Town Hall this evening was largely attended. Telegrams of ...
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Article : 100 wordsPrivate George Heenan, of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry, who was captured at Koorn Spruit on March 31, is seriously ill of typhoid fever at ...
Article : 37 wordsThe sugar returns from June 1 to April 15 show that 98,861 tons were exported, being a decrease of 27,563 tons as compared with the same period of last year. ...
Article : 147 wordsMr. Donald Macdonald, the special war correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald," is a passenger from Capetown by the Nineveh. His health broke down during the long siege of Ladysmith, and ...
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Article : 658 wordsThe Premiers of New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia (Mr. Lyne, Mr. Philp, and Mr. Holder), arrived by train this morning, and later in the day the Premier of Tasnania (Mr. ...
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Article : 75 wordsThe Government is purchasing a large number of horses as remounts for South Africa. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 19 Apr 1900, Page 7
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