It is announced that, in deference to the advice of his medical attendants, the Marquis ot Salisbury has gone to Schucht, in the Vosges Mountains, in the North, of ...
Article : 77 wordsAt the international swimming championship races for amateurs held in Paris on Sunday, in the River Seine, at Asnleres, the crack English swimmer, J. A. Jarvis, ...
Article : 110 wordsIt is reported that President Kruger is now retiring to Barberton, a place situated near the Swaziland frontier, and some distance south of the Pretorla-Delagoa Bay ...
Article : 78 wordsReports brought by Chinese couriers who were despatched from Peking state that General Li Ping Heng has again attacked the foreign Legations, and maintained a ...
Article : 92 wordsThe South Australian gunboat Protector, which has been accepted for service in Chinese waters, arrived at Brisbane yesterday under the command of Captain C. J. ...
Article : 1,550 wordsSince the recent downpour, winch made the roads in a deplorable state, the weather has been bright and fine. There have been a lew frosts, but on the whole the weather has been mild. ...
Article : 787 wordsAt a meeting of the colonial Agents-General in London, presided over by Mr. Henry Copeland, the New South Wales representative, it was decided to entertain ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Rev. M. J. Stone-Wigg, Bishop of New Guinea, is just now on a visit to Brisbane, and was kind enough to give a representative of the "Courier" yesterday some of his ...
Article : 998 wordsThe Breelong blacks have left traces of their presence in quite a number of places during the last three or four days, if credence is to be given to the reports of ...
Article : 157 wordsThe third-class cruiser Archer, which is to be commissioned for service on the Australian station, is to be refitted and rearmed previous to her departure, at an estimated ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is stated that the British Government have lent to the Viceroy of Wu-chang a sum of £75,000, at 4½ per cent interest, to enable him to pay his provincial troops. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Chartered South Africa Company have offered to grant 10O farms to members of the Australian Contingents and Imperial Yeomanry now serving in South Africa, ...
Article : 60 wordsA communication has been received from Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Minister at Peking, dafed the 6th instant, in which the says:—"The situation is desperate. ...
Article : 68 wordsA report has-been received that Changyin-huan, who acted as the Chinese Envoy to London on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations in 1897, has been ...
Article : 73 wordsIt is reported that the Boer authorities have decided not to defend Lydenburg, in the north-east of the Transvaal, where it was recently proposed to establish the ...
Article : 75 wordsIn consequence of information received two policemen proceded to the Eimo watering-place at Shoal Bay, fourteen miles from town, yesterday, reaching there after midnight. They there ...
Article : 496 wordsInformation has been received of a serious railway accident having occurred this morning near Rome. Among the passengers by the train which met with the ...
Article : 87 wordsM. de Giers, the Russian Minister at Peking, in a message dated the 4th instant, states that the Tsung-li-Yamen, in recently applying to the Legations with a view to ...
Article : 104 wordsIt is reported from China that Imperial edicts instigating the destruction of all foreigners have been issued simultaneously with other edicts urging the protection of ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Boers nave now abandoned Machadodorp, which was lately the headquarters of President Kruger, but have occupied Waterval Ouder, some twelve miles ...
Article : 35 wordsLatest information from West Africa states that the operations in connection with the defence and relief of Kumassi have en[?]ailed a loss of 105 killed, 39 missing, and 680 ...
Article : 56 wordsThe annual business meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association was held last night in their rooms, when the president (Mr. P. Thomson) occupied the chair. There was large attendance ...
Article : 507 words[?] stated that Commandant De Wet, who is being pursued by several British columns in the south-west of the Transvaal, has now a force of 3500 men, ...
Article : 92 wordsFurther particulars of the collision between the French, torpedo boat La Fratee and the battleship Brennus, in the Straits of Gibraltar, which resulted in four officers ...
Article : 66 wordsCommenting on the Referendum vote, the "West Australian" says:—The result may be claimed by the Federal side as a triumph. It is certain, that by none of ...
Article : 362 wordsInformation has been received from China that after the capture of Yang-tsun by the allied forces they rested three days owing to the excessive heat. ...
Article : 176 wordsReports are to hand that Rustenberg, in the west of the Transvaal, has now been evacuated, and the British residents there have been brought to Pretoria. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe death is announced of William Steinltz, the famous Bohemian chess player, aged 64 years. ...
Article : 25 wordsNews has been received that General Buller's force, which bas been operating against Commandant Christian Botha, in the south-east of the Transvaal, and recently ...
Article : 110 wordsThe shipment of oranges by the R.M.S. Ophir, which was found to be very inferior, has been placed on the market, and the best, lots realised from 9s. to 14s. per case. ...
Article : 39 wordsA fair amount of betting took place to-day on the important handicaps to be run at the A.J.C. Meeting, but there was an absence of any commissions for big wagers. ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. E. Barton, the Federal delegate of New South Wales, arrived this morning by the Adelaide express. He had a flattering reception from the public men of the ...
Article : 249 wordsGeneral Chaffee, the commander of the American troops in China, in a cable message dated the 10th instant, states that the allied troops advancing on Peking had ...
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Advertising : 365 wordsThe Boers claim to have reoccupied Heilbron, in the Orange River Colony, and Klerksdorp, to the south-west of Johannesburg. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe London " Daily Express" has received information that the allied troops have now reached Huo-sien-mattan, twentythree miles from Peking. ...
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Advertising : 417 wordsLieutenant W. Berry, of New Zealand, has died from pneumonia at Johannesburg. In the engagements at Elands River on the 5th and 6th instant, the following ...
Article : 147 wordsM. Loubet, President of the French Republic, bade an official farewell at Marseilles yesterday to the French expedition which is being despatched to China. ...
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Advertising : 141 wordsIn reply to the Imperial edict appointing Li Hung Chang as plenipotentiary to negotiate for peace with the Powers, the American Consul has intimated that he has ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Premier has received the following cable from the general officer commanding at Capetown:—" The New Zealand Battery fought two engagements during last ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 15 Aug 1900, Page 5
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