After a long interval, news has again been received from the beleagured garrison at Ladysmith Although the town was well stocked with provisions, the ...
Article : 148 wordsThe chief topic of conversation is of course the new Government that has been formed by Mr. McLean. "How long will it last?" is the conundrum generally ...
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Advertising : 598 wordsThe weather for some time past has been simply delightful, warm days and cool evenings being the order, although we have had several duststorms which ...
Article : 1,192 wordsThe first report of the inspector of weights and measures for the North-Eastern union shows that in the Shire of Mansfield an Avery platform machine ...
Article : 239 wordsJudging from some curious native reports, the Boer hatred of Mr. Cecil Rhodes is as strong as ever. Some time ago a price was put upon his head. The ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Boers are reported to be making preparations to hold Pretoria against a siege. Large stocks of provisions have been accumulated, sufficient, it is said, to ...
Article : 40 wordsGeneral Joubert, the commandant-general of the Transvaal, has been obliged to leave Natal, and go to Volksrust, across the frontier, for medical treatment. He ...
Article : 57 wordsAt Leneva West new buildings are rising quickly. Messrs F. and A. Williams are at present engaged in erecting a large weatherboard house. Mr. Rickard, a ...
Article : 1,008 wordsAn important communication has been received by Sir Redvers Buller from Sir George White with regard to certain movements of the Boers who have been ...
Article : 73 wordsIn direct contradiction of the statement made by the Boers that the reason for their artillery firing upon the British Ambulances at Modder River was that they ...
Article : 88 wordsSir Redvers Buller has appointed Sir C. F. Clery to the command of the British column now stationed at Frere, 13 miles south of Colenso Communication by ...
Article : 51 wordsThe arduous duties which devolved on Major-General Yule, at Glencoe, where he succeeded to the command of the troops when the late Sir William Penu ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Boers have utilised the past weeks to strongly fortify their positions round Ladysmith and Colenso. The hills that encircle these places are dotted all over ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is understood in military circles that the War Office authorities intend shortly to mobilise a seventh division, which will be the first division of the third army ...
Article : 59 wordsFurther particulars have been received of the fight at the Boer laager be the west of Kimberley by Colonel Kekewich, on November 28. ...
Article : 98 wordsMr. Walter Long, president of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at a banquet given by the Mercers' Company last night, made a significant statement ...
Article : 75 wordsOn Thursday night, Nov. 30th, the local Lodge of Rechabites held a very successful concert in the Bethanga Wesleyan School Hall. ...
Article : 308 wordsThe Australian and Canadian contingents have been joined into one brigade. The departure of the colonial troops from Cape Town for the north was ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. J. B. Robinson, the well-known South African mine-owner and millionaire, who is now in London, has expressed the opinion that recent events ...
Article : 49 wordsAt Ladybrand, a town in the Orange Free State, near the 'border of Basutoland, the refusal of eleven Englishmen to be commandeered by the Boers has ...
Article : 64 wordsSatisfactory news has been received from Colonel Baden-Powell, dated Mafeking, November 27. On that date Colonel Baden-Powell reported that "All ...
Article : 131 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has presented a Union Jack to the hospital ship Maine, which was placed at the disposal of the Government by the Atlantic Transport ...
Article : 43 wordsSubscriptions continue to come in freely to the fund that is being raised for the relief of the families of the soldiers and sailors killed and wounded in South ...
Article : 42 wordsSir Redvers Buller, in reporting to the War Office on the defence of Ladysmith by Sir George White, has referred to the engagement that took place on ...
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Advertising : 88 wordsFurther movements of the Boer troops are reported in districts of Cape Colony south of the Orange River. For some time past the Boers have held ...
Article : 117 wordsRailway communication having been re-established between De Aar and Lord Methuen's positions on the Modder River, the various supplies of which the column ...
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