Very severe cold has set in at night, causing numerous cases of pneumonia amongst the troops stationed at Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 109 wordsHer Majesty the Queen is receiving tremendous receptions from the populace of Dublin whenever the appears in public. Yesterday Her Majesty drove through ...
Article : 76 wordsIt is a month since the siege of Ladysmith was made complete by the cutting of rail and telegraph at halt-past 3 on a Thursday afternoon. The relief which ...
Article : 3,989 wordsThe Lieutenant-Governor, Sir John Madden, yesterday received the following cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reply to that which, on behalf ...
Article : 1,079 wordsDirectly the news reached Bloemfontein that three companies of the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Rifles and two companies of the 9th Mounted Infantry had been ...
Article : 353 wordsThe police have discovered that the Belgian, Meerth, who was arrested as the instigator of the attempt on the life of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, is an anarchist. The ...
Article : 108 wordsSo virulent has become the conduct of the Boers towards such of the Free State burghers as are determined to abide loyally by the undertakings they have given to ...
Article : 216 wordsAn extraordinary phenomenon, resulting in a serious loss of life, is reported from Texas, the largest in area of the United States of America. ...
Article : 378 wordsGreat unrest has been caused amongst the Basutos by the Boer threats to invade their country. The Boers have also declared their intention of investing ...
Article : 225 wordsMost of the prisoners captured by Lord Methuen in the engagement at Boshof, in which Colonel Villebois de Marcuil, the French strategist, serving with the Boers, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Boers are reported to be in considerable strength to the east of Blocmfontein. Reports brought in by reconnoitring parties show that a thin line of Boers ...
Article : 58 wordsBayonets have lately been manufactured in Pretoria in considerable quantities. They will not, however, be served out to the Boers, who are unaccustomed to ...
Article : 49 wordsAn early report stated that Lieutenant J. C. Walch, of Tasmania, had been dangerously wounded at the engagement at Doorn Spruit. The Premier of Tasmania ...
Article : 752 wordsThe advance of General Clement's force, which included Colonel Tom Price's Victorian contingent, also Western Australian and South Australian troops, from ...
Article : 116 wordsThe hearing of the charge of conspiracy preferred against Bernard Abrahams, a solicitor, of London; Alfred Paget, company promoter; and others has been ...
Article : 440 wordsAlthough the south-eastern districts of the Orange Free State were reported to be free of the enemy, the reverse proves to be the case, and further trouble is anticipated ...
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Article : 70 wordsIt was the Winkfield, a steamer of 3,830 tons, belonging to the Seafield Steam Shipping Company Limited, and not the Wakefield, that ran into and rammed the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe figures for the financial year, which closed on March 31, show that owing to an unexpected increase in the revenue, the year's deficit is much less than was ...
Article : 185 wordsIn view of the appalling loss of life in the foundering of the s.s. Glenelg, it is imperative that the inquiry by the Marine Court should leave nothing to be desired. ...
Article : 274 wordsAmongst the Boer prisoners captured in the engagement at Karree on March 30 was a brother of Mr. Steyn, the ex-President of the Free State. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Government bus taken steps to check the disloyal sentiments of certain of the Irish newspapers in connection with the war. One of the worst offenders in ...
Article : 67 wordsTo-day's quotation for bar silver is 27 7-16d. pel oz. standard. ...
Article : 18 wordsLord Roberts's rapid advance upon Bloemfontein was severely felt by General French's cavalry, no fewer than 10,000 horses having succumbed on the journey. ...
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Article : 43 wordsSUPREME COURT. Banco Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice A'Beckett, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 10 Apr 1900, Page 5
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