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  2. THE TRUCE OF THE DEAD.

    IT will be remembered that on English officer writing a description of the burial of the British soldiers at Ladysmith told how the Boers prayed for these and sang. The scene was an extremely ...

    Article : 242 words
  3. BRAIDWOOD.

    Mr. W. Hollands, farmer, of Nerriga, had a remarkably narrow escape from a serious, if not fatal, accident on Tuesday morning. It appears he was returning home from ...

    Article : 323 words
  4. CASUALTIES AMONGST N.S.W. TROOPS.

    On May 21 we published a list of casualties amongst the N.S.W. troops now on active service in South Africa, compiled from official records to date. The statement showed that ...

    Article : 144 words
  5. RIFLES FOR THE ARMY.

    Melbourne, Monday.—It was the intention of the Government to purchase 5000 Lee-Enfield magazine rifles similar to those used by the British army in South Africa. To be ...

    Article : 116 words
  6. THE STORY OF KHAKI.

    The story of khaki is one of the industrial romances of the century… The use of an olive dye in connection with the clothing of our troops in India dates back for many ...

    Article : 350 words
  7. TARALGA.

    NEW CHURCH OF ENGLAND AT CURRAWEELA.—During his long residence in Taralga the Rev. W. M. Martyn has succeeded in building no less than seven new ...

    Article : 348 words
  8. CROOKWELL.

    P. AND A. ASSOCIATION.—The committee of the P. and A. Association met at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon last, when tenders were opened for the erection of the new pavilion and grandstand. ...

    Article : 448 words
  9. PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

    Not long after Abraham Lincoln's election to the Presidency of the United States, he was in his office in the old State House in Springfield, when a tall lank countryman put ...

    Article : 222 words
  10. PRO-BOERS.

    REFERRING to the recommendation that the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works should dismiss from its service three valued servants for no other reason than that they ...

    Article : 401 words
  11. GOSSIP AROUND HALL.

    A special meeting of the School of Arts committee was held on Saturday last, the following being present:—Messrs. H. R. Curran, J. M. Reardon, W. Alexander, G. J. ...

    Article : 354 words
  12. COLONEL ALBRECHT ON THE BRITISH AND BOERS.

    Colonel Albrecht, the German officer who has been responsible for so much of the Transvaal strategy, when taken prisoner, expressed himself at a luncheon party very ...

    Article : 524 words
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  14. TARLO.

    OBITUARY.—Quite a gloom was cast over this neighbourhood last week, when news reached here that Mr. James McDonald had been killed by a fall from his horse in ...

    Article : 407 words
  15. IN THE ASSIZE COURT.

    The following curious case of a prisoner convicted by circumstantial evidence, occurs in Lord Eldon's "Anecdote Book":—"I remember, in one case where I was a counsel, for a ...

    Article : 225 words
  16. THE WRONG MURPHY.

    During the Blue Ribbon boom in America an Irish comedian named Joe Murphy was journeying to a small town in the vicinity of Pittsburg. As the train steamed into the ...

    Article : 259 words
  17. THE SOUDAN.

    The Soudan is a vast tract of Africa stretching from Egypt on the north to the Nyanza Lakes on the south and from the Red Sea on the east to the western boundary of ...

    Article : 302 words
  18. Pasteurisation of Butter.

    Berry, Wednesday.—The fifth annual dinner of the Central Creamery was held to-day. Dr. Hay presided. There was a large attendance of representatives from the separating centre Dr. Hay ...

    Article : 152 words
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