A great sensation has been caused by [?]igantic frands that have come to light in [?]onnection with Dumbell's Banking Com[?]ng Limited, the Isle of Man banking ...
Article : 128 wordsOfficial despatches have been, received by the War Office from Lord Roberts, giving dutaits of victory on June 12, and the subsequent rout of the enemy's rear-guard. ...
Article : 365 wordsThere are 900 British prisoners at Nooitgedocht, in the Elands Valley, who are being fed by the Boers on meal[?]ce (Indian corn), while their clothes are in rags. The ...
Article : 47 wordsThe British prisoners released at Pretoria number 148 officers and 3,039 men. two thousand of these are being armed with Mauser rifles. ...
Article : 27 wordsLord Kitchene[?], who is suporintending the safety of Lord Roberts's communications in the Orange River Colony had a very narrow escape from cpature on ...
Article : 109 wordsSir Gorden Sprigg, who was called upon by Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of the Cape Colony, and Her Majesty's High Commissioner in South Africa, to succeed Mr. ...
Article : 175 wordsGood order is reported to prevail at Pretoria, where everything is quiet. In Johannesburg the shops are open, and the market, is daily becoming more ...
Article : 30 wordsSir Archibald Hunter reports that he has pccupied Krugersdorp, an important mining town, 16 miles west of Johannesburg, and the key of the West Rand district. ...
Article : 43 wordsA serious railway accident occurred on June 16 in connection with the race meeting at Windsor. An express train going to Plymouth ...
Article : 172 wordsA strenuous endeavour is now being made by the Boers on the Basutoland bor[?] to break through the cordon [?] Sir Leslie Rundle has [?] ...
Article : 58 wordsLord Roberts praises the marching of General Ian Hamilton's column, which covered 400 miles in 45 days, with 10 days' halts. During the march they had 28 ...
Article : 53 wordsDetails of the battle fought at Eerste Fabrie) [?] the 11th and 12th insts. show [?] splendid generalship was displayed by Lord Roberts, and that a very severe ...
Article : 101 wordsGeneral De Wet, the Free State commander, made an attempt on Tuesday last to block the progress of a large convoy which was proceeding to Heilbron, 55 miles ...
Article : 59 wordsFor some time past the subject has been much discussed of settling the reservists now serving in South Africa upon.the land when the war is ove, and a committee was ...
Article : 96 wordsSarel Eloff, President Kruger's grandson, who was captured at Mafeking on May 13 by General Baden-Powell, and who was subsequently lodged ih the Kimberley Gaol, ...
Article : 62 wordsJewels worth £10,000 have been stolen [?]rom the bedroom of the Princess Radzi[?]will. of Lithuania (Western Russia), at the [?]Carlton Hotel in London. ...
Article : 30 wordsSeveral Natal rebels who have been convicted of taking up arms against the British troops, and who took part in the fighting at Spion Kop, have received ...
Article : 52 wordsSir F. Forestier-Walker states that the Australian horses are the best for calvalry purposes, the English horses ranking second, and the Argentine horses third. For ...
Article : 94 wordsSir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier of Canada, proposes to increase the poll-tax on Chinese immigrants to 100 dollars [?]n head. ...
Article : 71 wordsPrivate Smith, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, was reported missing at Kroonstad on June 5. The death is reported of Private H. E. ...
Article : 98 wordsMany of the Natal Volunteers who have been serving under Sir Redvers Buller have been released and allowed to return to their homes. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe death is announced, in his 82nd year, of tie Prince de Joinville, third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French. The Prince de Joinville was a naval ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Manchester Port, which left Brisbane on May 18 with the Queensland detachment of the Australian Imperial Regiment, has arrived, at Beira. ...
Article : 82 wordsLord Roberts reports that General Louis Botha retreated upon Middleburg, 95 miles east of Pretoria and 61 miles west of Machadodorp, where President Kruger ...
Article : 99 wordsReports received from Natal state that General Hildyard has occupied Wakkerstroom, an important Transvaal town, 30 iniles of Charlestown. ...
Article : 42 wordsPaper money is being manufactured by President Kruger's orders, while the gold taken from Pretoria, which was reported to amount in value to £2,000,000, is being ...
Article : 39 wordsSeventeen years ago on the 24th of last month, upon the occasion of an entertainment, a jewellery robbery, to the value of close upon £600, took ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Laing's Nek railway tunnel, which Sir Redvers Buller recaptured from the Boers, has been opened for traffic. The tunnel is situated at the boundary ...
Article : 62 wordsIt appears that a mistake was recently made in reporting the death of Captain R. R. Thompson, adjutant of the Australian Horse (the New South Wales corps). ...
Article : 64 wordsThe New South Wales Lancers, under Major G. L. Lee, and the West Australian troops, under Major Moore, greatly distinguished themselves by the part they took ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Great Western Railway Company, which has been formed in London for the construction of the Great Western Railway in Tasmania, has informed Sir Philip ...
Article : 123 wordsSir Redvers Buller, continuing his general forward movement, has reached Zandspruit. He is hopeful, in conjunction with Sir Archibald Hunter, who is advancing ...
Article : 47 wordsPresident Kruger, whose headquarters are at Machadodorp, 156 miles east of Pretoria, on the Delagoa Bay railway, eats and sleeps in the railway car in which he ...
Article : 88 wordsAn army order which has been issued announces that a special gratuity is to be given to the members of the Australasian and Canadian contingents now serving in ...
Article : 76 wordsWith a view to isolating the Free Staters and preventing them from crossing into the Transvaal, Lord Roberts has ordered Sir Redvers Buller to proceed with a strong ...
Article : 77 wordsVery sad news has been received with regard to the 900 British prisoners who were sent by the Boers to Nooitgedacht, just before Lord Roberts captured Pretoria. ...
Article : 73 wordsLord Loch, who was Governor of Victoria from 1884 to 1889, died in England on June 20, aged 73. He was the son of James, Loch, M.P. for Wick, Scotland. In 1860, he was ...
Article : 136 wordsWhile the railway pioneers, under Major J. E. Capper, of the Royal Engineers, were engaged in repairing the bridge at the Zand River railway station, south of Kroonstad, ...
Article : 182 wordsAs the Ermelo branch of the National Bank refused to accept £6.000 worth of the new paper money now being issued by President Kruger from his saloon car on ...
Article : 95 wordsDetails of the battle of Eerste Fabrieken, fought on the 11th inst., show that Colonel the Earl of Airlie, of the 12th Lancers, who was killed in the battle, died a gallant ...
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Advertising : 424 wordsA proclamation, full of defiance, was issued on June 11 to the Free Staters by Mr. Steyn, their ex-President. Mr. Steyn maintained in his ...
Article : 44 wordsLord Roberts is stated to have sent a message to President Kruger, by the hands di Judge Vanleenwen, assuring him that if he surrondered he would not be sent into ...
Article : 74 wordsThe 700 men of the [?]th (Mi[?]tia) [?]aztalion of the Derbyshire Regiment, who were captured at Rood[?], [?] miles north of Kronstad, on Thursday, June 7, have ...
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The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Sat 23 Jun 1900, Page 37
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