Mr. Alfred Deakin and Mr. C. C. Kingston, two of the Australian Federal delegates, have arrived in London. They are both well. ...
Article : 34 wordsMajor-General French was in the hills commanding Bloemfontein on Monday night. The British lost 60 men killed and 320 wounded. ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. A. Fischer, of the Orange Free State Executive, and Mr. F. G. Wolmarans, the Chairman of the First Volksraad at Pretoria, are at Delagoa Bay. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 wordsNo action has yet been taken here towards raising funds for the Indian famine relief. Sir John Forrest suggests that £20,000 should be contributed by ...
Article : 70 wordsThe British continue their rapid advance into the Orange Free State, and are now close to Bloemfontein. The forward movement was again entrusted to Major-General French, with his force of cavalry and horse artillery, with the result that the railway line has been seized six miles to the south of the Free ...
Article : 450 wordsThe Oddfellows and Sons of Temperance held their annual sessions to-day at Bendigo and Baliarat respectively. ...
Article : 20 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. G. Wyndham, Under-Secretary of State for War, said that the Government was verifying the reports which ...
Article : 105 wordsThe office of the Torres Divisional Board has been destroyed by fire. All the books of the board were lost. ...
Article : 28 wordsAlderman Alfred James Newton, Lord Mayor of London, has had a baronetcy conferred on him in recognition of his valuable services in initiating the ...
Article : 43 wordsTo-day the detectives arrested Edwin William Nesbit Holloway (26), a clerk in the Public Trusts office, Auckland, on a charge of having stolen £772. ...
Article : 65 wordsPresidents Kruger and Steyn, in their overtures for peace, represent that British territory was occupied by the Boers only for strategic and defensive ...
Article : 108 wordsParliament will meet on April 26. It is probable that the session, will be a short one. ...
Article : 27 wordsLord Roberts having issued orders to capture as much rolling-stock as possible, Major-General French seized the railway at a point six miles to the ...
Article : 61 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Harry Finn, of the at Lancers, who was recently appointed Commandant of the Queensland defence forces, is a passenger for Australia ...
Article : 49 wordsAt the Spring Vale wool-scouring works, Botany, last night, Walter Patrick Richards (38) was killed. He was caught in the machinery and dragged ...
Article : 29 wordsSamuel Bell, 18, reading in Union street, Pyrmont was reported to be suspiciously unwell today. The health authorities investigated the case, and ...
Article : 130 wordsArrival.—Hermione, ship, 1,120 tons, from Timaru (November 6). Departures.—For Melbourne—Glooscap, ship, 1,860 tons; Star of England ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. James Shakes, a member of the well-known firm of Bagot, Shakes, and Lewis, died to-day. The immediate cause of death was a paralytic stroke ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. G. Wyndham, Under-Secretary of State for War, explained the army estimates at some length in the House of Commons last night. ...
Article : 132 wordsColonel C. E. Umphelby, of the Victorian Contingent, who was dangerously wounded in the abdomen at Driefontein on Saturday, has succumbed to his ...
Article : 98 wordsIn respect to the application of the Railway Commissioners, that a debt due by Harrold Bros. (£1,399) should rank as a preferential claim, Commissioner ...
Article : 41 wordsThe German Government, in reply to President Kruger's request for intervention, has declined to accede to the petition ...
Article : 45 wordsWe have been supplied by the manager of the Bank of Australasia with the following prospectus of the National War Loan, which has been cabled to the head office of the bank ...
Article : 782 wordsWhen asked to-day whether he had any information in regard to the alleged case of plague, the president of the board of health said that he had none. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe reopened inquiry concerning the death of the late M. W. Judell was continued to-day. Professor Rennie deposed to having made an analysis of the ...
Article : 132 wordsMajor-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, who recently occupied Burghersdorp, now commands the road bridge over the Orange River at Bethulie. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe municipal authorities yesterday collected 40 dead rats from various. parts of the city. One bore suspicious appearances, as did also one from a ...
Article : 489 wordsIt is understood in Washington that President Kruger is inquiring through the United States Government as to the minimum terms of peace which will be ...
Article : 77 wordsImperial Consols are now quoted at £101 2s. 6d. ...
Article : 15 wordsAt the London wool sales to-day, good competition prevailed in all classes at the highest prices. ...
Article : 23 wordsMessrs. J. T. Smith, Crown prosecutor, F. Prout Webb, Commissioner for Taxes, and E. Carlile, Parliamentary draftsman, have been made Queen's ...
Article : 29 wordsThe following members of the Tasmanian contingent have been missing since the capture of Achtertang by Major-General Clements on the 5th ...
Article : 47 wordsIt is premised by the British papers that the telegram of the Boer Presidents, and the prompt rejection of their proposals by the British Government ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 wordsIt was stated in the press to-day that South Australia had released certain of the India's quarantined passengers, because Victoria had released a number ...
Article : 64 wordsIn connection, with the engagement at Driefontein on Saturday last, when the Boers were defeated and 40 of their number captured, it is reported that the ...
Article : 79 wordsBritain and France.—A new suggestion has been thrown out by M. Carol in the "Revue de Paris" about the future of the New Hebrides (writes a London ...
Article : 281 wordsSir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, consulted the British and colonial bankers respecting the issue of the £35,000,000 war loan ...
Article : 40 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 wordsMr. M'Cautie, a well-known sportsman, who joined the mounted volunteer regiment raised in Cape Colony known as "Kitchener's Horse," was killed in the ...
Article : 38 wordsThe large Creusot gun which was taken from Johannesburg some time ago, and sent to the front, has been remounted at Johannesburg. ...
Article : 30 wordsLord Roberts has arrived at Ventersolei, which is only 15 miles from Bloemfontein. He has turned the position held by a ...
Article : 55 wordsFurther particulars concerning the recent attempt to escape made by the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town show that they had dug a tunnel 25 yards ...
Article : 66 wordsLord Roberts is now within 20 miles of Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 17 wordsMr. E. Long, a farmer living in the Longwood district, was killed to-day, through having been thrown from a spring-cart. ...
Article : 24 wordsIn connection with the abuse of the white flag by the Boers at Driefontein on Saturday, it is now stated that a large commando, in order to avoid the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Australian Natives' Association's annual conference was opened in Geelong to-day. The annual report showed expansion, extension, and an all-round ...
Article : 84 wordsThe remainder of the British militia is to be embodied in May. ...
Article : 13 words{No abstract available}
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