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  2. Advertising

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  3. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, December 2, 11.10 a.m.—An attempt by the Boers on Thursday to destroy the bridge over the Tugela River, at Colenso, was gallantly defeated. ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    LONDON. December 2, 3.25 p.m.—Few of the English newspapers approve Mr. Chamberlain's threat to France, made in his speech at Leicester, or a British-American-German alliance. ...

    Article : 174 words
  5. PUBLIC FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, December 3.—The confidence of the people of Great Britain in the Government is strikingly shown by the uncomplaining attitude, notwithstanding the absence of news from the ...

    Article : 61 words
  6. AMERICAN CONSUL AT PRETORIA.

    LONDON, December 3, 3.30 p.m.—Mr. A. Hay, son of Colonel John Hay, United States Secretary of State, has been appointed United States Consul at Pretoria. ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. A FRENCH NEWSPAPER SEIZED.

    LONDON, December 3.—M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the French Premier, has seized the Parisian journal "La Caricature," for its scurrilous attacks on the Queen. ...

    Article : 28 words
  8. THE N.S.W. PATRIOTIC FUND.

    The hon. treasurers, Messrs. J. Russell French and T. A. Dibbs, are in receipt of the following additional subscriptions: Amount previously acknowledged, £4956 17s 6d. Office staff chief ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. BOYCOTTING THE EXHIBITION.

    LONDON, December 3, 3.30 p.m.—Forty-five British firms engaged in building a large collective exhibit at the Paris Exhibition have withdrawn from the undertaking owing to the ...

    Article : 37 words
  10. AT GRASPANS.

    LONDON, December 2, 3.25 p.m.—Additional details received of the battle of Graspans state that the Boer artillery was splendidly served, shooting as at measured ranges. The armored train was ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. AUSTRIA AND BRITAIN.

    LONDON, December 3.—Count A. Goluchowski, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, in an optimistic speech, stated that the general outlook in Europe inspired confidence. He expressed the ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. THE "EVENING NEWS" SHILLING FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 343 words
  13. PONTOONS SENT FROM DURBAN.

    LONDON, December 2, 3.25 p.m.—Pontoons have been dispatched from Durban for the passage of the Tugela River. ...

    Article : 23 words
  14. ENEMY'S OUTPOSTS SHELLED.

    LONDON, December 3.—A reconnaissance has been made by General Buller's advance column in the direction of Colenso. The Boer outposts were shelled, and the enemy was compelled to ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. STEAMERS IN COLLISION.

    LONDON, December 2, 3.25 p.m.—The British and Colonial line steamer Fort Salisbury collided with a steamer, name unknown, at the Nore, and has been docked at Tilbury. ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. DISLOYALTY IN CAPE COLONY.

    LONDON, December 3, 3:30 p.m.—Reuter's correspondent states that the warning by General Sir Redvers Buller that the property of disloyal colonists would be confiscated has had an effect ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. BRITISH FORCES AT FRERE

    LONDON, December 3, 3.30 p.m.—The repair of the railway bridge at Frere, when General Sir Redvers Buller is in command of a British force of 18,000 is proceeding rapidly. ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  19. THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER.

    LONDON, December 2. 3.25 p.m.—The British casualties at the battle of Modder River numbered 438. ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. ARRIVAL OF THE KENT.

    The steamer Kent, with the first batch of the N.S.W. Contingent on board, has arrived safely at Port Elizabeth, and has been ordered on to Capetown. The cablegram received from Major ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. OFFICIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 words
  22. THE FREE STATE INVASION.

    LONDON, December 3, 3.30 p.m.—President Steyn has replied to the complaint of Mr. W. P. Schreiner (Premier of Cape Colony) that the invasion of Cape Colony by the troops of the Free ...

    Article : 76 words
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  24. WAR MEMS.

    The result of the battle of Glencoe was posted at the courthouse of Bethulie, in the Orange Free State, as "a brilliant Boer victory." A writer in "Wheeling," who was a cyclist ...

    Article : 164 words
  25. THE QUEEN AND THE TROOPS.

    LONDON, December 2, 7.45 a.m.—Lord Methuen telegraphing to the Queen, states that the wounded are progressing favorably. The Queen feels the loss of so many brave men, ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. HEAVY CASUALTIES IN THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS.

    LONDON, December 3, 3.30 p.m.—The British force under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen at Modder River was reinforced by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the eve of the ...

    Article : 117 words
  27. THE SOUDAN.

    LONDON, December 2, 7.45 p.m.—Fuller details of the defeat of the Dervishes at Gedir states that Colonel Sir F. R. Wingate had a battery of six Maxims, the fire of which was irresistible. ...

    Article : 161 words
  28. THE SIXTH DIVISION.

    LONDON, December 2, 7.45 a.m.—Lieutenant General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Quartermaster-General, will command the 6th Division in South Africa. ...

    Article : 484 words
  29. METHUEN AT MODDER RIVER.

    LONDON, December 3.—Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen remains at the Modder River for the present, where the bridge recently destroyed by the enemy is being reconstructed. ...

    Article : 119 words
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  31. THE COLONIAL CONTINGENTS.

    LONDON, December 3.—A corps consisting of British horse artillery, the Canadian and lian Contingents, and three battalions of infantry, has been dispatched from Capetown to the De ...

    Article : 41 words
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