Information has been received that when General French's force was three miles north of the Zand River, threatening the rear of the retreating enemy, previous to the ...
Article : 308 wordsIt is now reported that 30,000 insurgent natives are besieging Kumassi, where the force under Sir F. M. Hodgson, Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, is located. It is ...
Article : 76 wordsA further discussion on the amendments proposed by the Imperial Government in the Australian Commonwealth Bill has taken place between the Federation ...
Article : 166 wordsThere's a shout upon the morning, Do you hear it, Baden-P.? Do you hear its mighty thunder As it leaps from sea to sea? ...
Article : 225 wordsLater details have been received regarding the public welcome accorded to the Boer peace delegates at New York yesterday by the Irish aad Dutch Reception Committee. ...
Article : 152 wordsIt is reported that Mr. James Ellis Howard, a shipwright at Hobart, has offered to the Admiralty a submarine boat which he has invented. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe race for the Newmarket Stakes took place to-day, and resulted as follows:- THE NEWMARKET STAKES of 30 sovs. each, half forfeit, with 2000 sovs. added; ...
Article : 151 wordsA special session of Parliament was opened this afternoon to deal with the question of Federation. The Vice-regal Speech intimated that a bill would be presented ...
Article : 85 wordsThe London " Express" publishes the report that General Sir Archibald Hunter (who has been advancing northward from Kimberley) with a large force, which includes ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. Leslie Walford, a prominent Sydney sportsman, and a member of the Botany Gun Club, has won several prizes at a meeting of the Gun Club in England. ...
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Advertising : 216 wordsThe debenture-holders of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company are presenting a petition to Mr. Seddon, the New Zealand Premier, asking for a partial ...
Article : 62 wordsInformation is to hand of the following casualties among the Australian troops serving in South Africa:—Private W. G. Taylor, of New South Wales, severely wounded at ...
Article : 92 wordsThe shipment of apples by the R.M.S. Ormuz has arrived in excellent condition, and the Tasmanian apples have realised 10s. to 13s. per case. ...
Article : 38 wordsOver 5000 crates of rabbits received by the steamer Salamis, from Sydney, have been found to be rotten, and were condemned by the sanitary authorities. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Portuguese officials at Delagoa Bay report that the British relieving force cut off a party of Boers who were in the act of storming Mafeking, and the town has now ...
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Advertising : 266 wordsThe Victorian Bushmen's Contingent, who recently arrived at Beira, have gone to Marandellas, in Rhodesia, some distance south of Salisbury. ...
Article : 28 wordsA melancholy report has been received regarding the daily bill of fare at Mafeking, the principal items of which consist of horse sausage, curried locusts, roast mule, and ...
Article : 38 wordsThe most gratifying intelligence that has come from the seat of war for a long time is published to-day, and, although the information to hand is not official, yet there ...
Article : 554 wordsMafeking is a smart little town on the Bechuanaland Railway, about eight miles from the Transvaal border, and 875 miles from Capetown. Its population, small ...
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Article : 113 wordsOn Wednesday the Mayor of Sandgate (writes our correspondent) issued a number of circulars to residents of Sandgate asking them to attend a meeting in his rooms this ...
Article : 221 wordsIt is reported that during the northern retreat of the Boers thirty-two guns passed through Kroonstad. One thousand Free State burghers have ...
Article : 58 wordsThe remainder of the visiting oarsmen are leaving Brisbane to-day, the South Australians going by train, and the Victorian and New South Wales men by steamer. The ...
Article : 141 wordsThe London " Daily Telegraph" publishes the statement that when Lord Roberts's force was rapidly nearing Kroonstad, the remnant of the Orange Free State ...
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Advertising : 157 wordsA further instance of the abuse of the white flag by the enemy is reported. The outrage took place at a farm near Kroonstad. A party of sixteen Boers fired upon ...
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Advertising : 123 wordsThe Premier has fallen in with a suggestion made by Mr. Philp, the Premier of Queensland, that the relief of Mafeking should be specially signalised in Australia, ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 18 May 1900, Page 5
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