LONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—The workshops of the De Beers Mining Company at Kimberley have been converted into an arsenal. The men at the arsenal are marking the shells ...
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Advertising : 504 wordsMr. H. Stockdale, of Pearce-street, Coogee, writes:—On the evening of a Friday in November last a little boy, called Beattie, son of a printer living at Coogee, accompanied by some other ...
Article : 606 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—A ribald anti-British song, concluding with an insult to the Queen, has been seized in Paris. ...
Article : 34 wordsALBANY (W.A.), Wednesday Morning.—The following items are from files by the R.M.S. Australia: General White arranged with General Joubert ...
Article : 1,576 wordsThe hon treasurers, Messrs. J. Russell French and T. A. Dibbs, are in receipt of the following additional subscriptions: Amount previously acknowledged, £5244 4s; T. Rhoades, £1 1s; Beale and ...
Article : 74 wordsTo-day is the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of General the Right Hon. Sir Redvers Henry Buller, V.C., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Generalissimo of her Majesty's forces in South Africa. The famous ...
Article : 354 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—A number of the Boers at Modder River wore the Red Cress, while serving ammunition to the guns. ...
Article : 30 wordsLONDON, December 6.—Lord Methuen is satisfied that the morale of the enemy has been much shaken by the result of the engagement at Modder River. Their losses, he says, exceed those ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—Twenty-two British were killed and thirty-one wounded in the capture of the Boer laager, near Kimberley, on the 28th ultimo. ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, December 6.—The United States Congress was opened yesterday. President M'Kinley's Message to Congress occupies 18 columns in the newspapers. It is ...
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Advertising : 202 wordsLONDON, December 6.—At the battle of Modder River the British troops were almost maddened by thirst. The water carts were unable to approach the zone of fire. ...
Article : 65 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—The hills around Ladysmith and Colenso are dotted with large guns. Twenty-six guns surround Ladysmith. ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—There are provisions for six months in Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. ...
Article : 26 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—Brigadier-General Yule is returning owing to broken health. ...
Article : 16 wordsLONDON, December 6.—The Hon. Septimus Stephen, M.L.C. of New South Wales, read a paper at the Royal Colonial Institute last night on "New South Wales: Past and Present." The ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, December 6.—Mr. Caspar Jeremiah Labuschagne, one of the members of the Legislatative Council of Natal for the County of Weenen, has been arrested on a charge of high treason. He ...
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Advertising : 360 wordsLONDON, December 6.—A trestle bridge has been completed over the river at Frere, between Estcourt and Colenso. (Latest cables reported Sir Redvers Buller to ...
Article : 32 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—The Free State Boers have abandoned Arundel, on the railway north of Naauwpoort Junction. Twelve hundred of the enemy have occupied ...
Article : 127 wordsLONDON, December 6.—Numbers of Boer women have visited the Boer lines around Ladysmith, and have implored General Joubert to end the war. ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, December 6.—The death is announced of Mr. Justice O'Brien, the judge who tried the Irish "Invincibles" in 1882. (The Right Hon. William O'Brien, P.C., third ...
Article : 96 wordsLONDON, October 6, 4 p.m.—It is understood that a Seventh Army Division will be shortly formed, and will be dispatched to South Africa if needed. ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, December 5.—At the wool sales this evening crossbred slipes advanced ½d. The following prices were realised: Matamata, 9[?]d; Levels, 9[?]d; Welishot, 13½d and 28[?]d; ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON, December 6.—The Queen has presented at Windsor Castle a Union Jack to a number of nurses, who have offered their services in connection with the war in South Africa. In ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, December 6.—Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, commanding the Third Division of the Army Corps, has arrived at Putters Kraal, in the northern portion of Cape Colony, a ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, December 6.—At the sales of Australasian tallow to-day, 1850 casks were offered, of which 1625 were sold. Fine mutton realised 28s; medium mutton, 26s 9d; fine beef, 26s 9d; ...
Article : 274 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—It is believed that the defenders of Mafeking are too feeble to risk engaging the small force of the enemy now investing the town. ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, December 6.—The troopship Kent, with a portion of the New South Wales contingent on board, arrived at Capetown from Port Elizabeth on Friday last. ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—The big guns and supplies sent to Lord Methuen's force have arrived at Modder River. The Lancers have located the enemy on a strong ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, December 6. 4 p.m.—Admiral Dupont declares that the French navy is ready and able to bring many Alabamas against the British. ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, December 6, 4 p.m.—The War Relief Fund now amounts to £275,000. ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Thu 7 Dec 1899, Page 5
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