Very contradictory reports have been received with regard to the Boer commando which was said to be trekking northwards from the Colesberg district along the ...
Article : 241 wordsThe worst fears entertained for the safety of the steamer Glenelg were realised yesterday, when the community was shocked to learn that the vessel had foundered off ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 3,073 wordsThe new first class armoured battle-ship Goliath, 12,950 tons, 16 guns, is to be flagship on the China station, in place of the battle-ship Centurion, 9,000 tons, 14 guns, ...
Article : 53 wordsYesterday the Premier received a telegram from Mr. Holder, Premier of South Australia, suggesting that as the bubonic plague had now assumed a very serious ...
Article : 3,431 wordsThe first important event of the flatracing season was run to-day at Lincoln, with the following result:- LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP, ...
Article : 94 wordsDespite the readiness which is apparently being displayed by the Orange Free State Boers to surrender their arms and ammunition, quantities of both are said to have ...
Article : 76 wordsBar silver is quoted at 27?d. per oz. standard being an advance of 1-16d. since yesterday. AUSTRALASIAN SHARES, &c. ...
Article : 177 wordsA correspondent of the "Daily News" reports that Lord Roberts intends to visit Cape Town in order to meet Lady Roberts, whose arrival from England is shortly ...
Article : 39 wordsEvery care continues to be taken by Lord Roberts not to wound the susceptibilities of the Free State Boers. On this account the Cape Mounted Police, ...
Article : 66 wordsWheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,490,000 quarters, as against 3,180,000 quarters last week and ...
Article : 60 wordsFurther reports confirm the view that the pursuit of Commandant Olivier's commando, which is said to consist of 4,000 men, with 18 guns and 800 waggons, has ...
Article : 77 wordsGreat efforts are being made to repair the railway running northward from Bloemfontein, in order to facilitate Lord Roberts's advance to the Vaal River. ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. W. Noel Tomkins, secretary of the London Bank of Australia, has retired from that position, and been succeeded by Mr. F. J. Curtis, the accountant. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe following is the text of the cable message which Mr. Lyne, Premier of New South Wales, sent to Lord Salisbury through the Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 146 wordsHeavy rains have fallen throughout South Africa, and many of the British camps have become mere swamps. At Victoria West road, 419 miles north ...
Article : 80 wordsA smart piece of outpost fighting took place at Ladybrand, eight miles from the Basutoland border, on Monday. The Free State Boers still hold ...
Article : 86 wordsThe threatened "international" complications arising out of the hauling down of the German flag at Mr. Bucholz's Hotel, in High-street, were much discussed to-day, ...
Article : 824 wordsWe have received the following intimntion from His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor:—"Gentlemen desiring to be candidates for the commissions in the Imperial ...
Article : 144 wordsPreparations are being made by the Boers to secure Johannesburg from attack by the British. A large number of kaffirs have been ...
Article : 43 wordsReports received from Natal show that the Boers anticipate being very shortly attacked by Sir Redvers Bullet in the Biggarsberg Range, 35 miles north of ...
Article : 109 wordsIn consequence of the outbreak of typhoid fever amongst the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town, near Cape Town, it has been found necessary to further postpone ...
Article : 61 wordsSome little time ago the mayor invited donations of fruit for the troops in South Africa from local growers, and the has received the offer of a good number of cases. ...
Article : 352 wordsThe war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" with Lord Roberts's force has formed a very different estimate of the Boer strength from that of the ...
Article : 89 wordsTrooper J. A. Roberts, of the New South Wales Lancers, who was wounded and taken prisoner by the Boers in the ambush at Rensburg in January last, has ...
Article : 46 wordsLieutenant S. F. Osborne, of the New South Wales Lancers, has been gazetted to a lieutenantey in the 16th Lancers. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe presence of the enemy having been reported at Brandfort, 36 miles north of Bloemfontein, the 10th Lancers, under Lieut.-Colonel Aylmer, were ordered to ...
Article : 72 wordsOne of the many lessons taught by the war is that a mobile force never appears to such advantage as in retreat. With the exception of General Cronje's army the ...
Article : 1,084 wordsA serious accident occurred at Lal Lal to-day to Mr. D. Wheelan, guard on the Victorian railways, who for years past has been stationed at Ballart. The ...
Article : 182 wordsGeneral Joubert, who was recently reported to be in supreme command of the forces concentrating at Kroonstad, is now at Pretoria. ...
Article : 30 wordsColonel Baden-Powell reported on the 13th inst. that "all was well," and also that the investment of Mafeking had become much less severe, owing to the Boers having ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. W. Warren, manager in Australasia for the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, waited upon the Postmaster-General yesterday morning with regard to the ...
Article : 241 wordsBENDIGO.—About 11 o'clock on Wednesday night a fire broke out in premises occupied by Mr. Jacob Flohm, wholesale importer, of Mitchell-street. The fire had ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 29 Mar 1900, Page 5
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