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  3. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, December 25, 3.30 p.m.—The "Times" says that no important movement of the British forces will be made until transports and reinforcement enable commanders to move freely from ...

    Article : 123 words
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  5. THE DUTCH RISING.

    LONDON, December 24.—The whole of the country northwards from Stormberg has risen and gone over to the Boer cause. The farms of the loyalists have been seized, and the crops sold. ...

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  6. LORD KITCHENER.

    LONDON, December 25.—The Khedive has re-corded his warm appreciation of Lord Kitchener's services aa Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, and ex-pressed, regret at the severance of his connection ...

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  7. TO PRESERVE THE RAILWAYS.

    LONDON, December 25.—A railway pioneer corps of 1000 Uitlanders and others is being organised at Capetown. The remainder of the railway reservists and ...

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  8. MORE REINFORCEMENTS FROM INDIA.

    LONDON, December 24.—It has been decided to dispatch, another British cavalry regiment and 2000 native cavalry horses to South Africa from India. ...

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  9. THE MUDGEE MYSTERY.

    The authorities have decided to send a Sydney detective to Mudgee to assist in the task of unravelling the mystery which surrounds the supposed murder of a miner at Rats Castle, near ...

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  10. FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.

    LONDON, December 24.—The "Spectator" advocates the mobilising of the navy, the formation of a territorial army of 100,000 men who have seen service, and large purchases of artillery with ...

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  11. THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE

    LONDON, December 25, 3.31 p.m.—The hospital ship Maine, fitted out by American ladies, has sailed for Capetown. ...

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  12. VERY VAGUE.

    "I'm not guilty, it's my first offence; "what's the charge Give me another chance." That is how matters were mixed up with one young lady at the Central Police Court this morning. ...

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  13. THE LONDON VOLUNTEERS.

    LONDON, December 23, 3 p.m.—The corps of marksmen being raised by the Lord Mayor of London has been increased from 1000 to 1400, of whom 600 will be mounted. ...

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  14. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    LONDON, December 25.—Colonel John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, is making inquiries as to the seizure by the British authorities of vessels in Delagoa Bay, laden with ...

    Article : 64 words
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  16. BOERS AT MAGERSFONTEIN.

    LONDON, December 25.—There are 20,000 Boers at Magersfontein, and the trenches have been doubled. The enemy's front now covers a distance of 20 miles. ...

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    There was the usual holiday attendance of in-ebriates, but somewhat smaller than generally is the case, at the Water Police Court this morning. Nominal peralties were imposed. ...

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  18. A LANCASHIRE VOLUNTEER BATTALION.

    LONDON, December 24.—The county of Lanca shire has decided to equip a volunteer battalion of 1000 men similar to that being raised in London at the instance of the Lord Mayor. ...

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  20. WOUNDED SOLDIERS REJOINING THE FORCE.

    LONDON, December 35, 3.30 p.m.—A third of the British soldiers who were wounded at Magersfontein have recovered, and rejoined the forces at the front. ...

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  21. A YEOMANRY BRIGADE.

    LONDON, December 24.—Lord Chesham, who was formerly a captain in the 16th Lancers, has enrolled a yeomanry force of 8000 for service in South Africa. ...

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  22. REINFORCEMENTS AT DURBAN.

    LONDON, December 25, 3.30 p.m.—The 1st battalion (formerly the 40th—Second Somersetshire— Regiment) of the South Lancashire Regiment has arrived at Durban. ...

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  23. OPERATIONS NEAR NAAUWPOORT.

    LONDON, December 25.—Major-General J. D. P. French's force shelled the enemy near Naauw-poort on the 19th instant. The Major-General, after the action, compli ...

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  24. THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.

    LONDON, December 23.—The Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Harris, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl of Haddington, and Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P. for Derbyshire West (heir to the Duke of Devonshire), are ...

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  25. ADDITIONAL TROOPS MOBILISING.

    LONDON, December 25, 3.30 p.m.—The War Office has completed preparations for the mobilis-ing of an eighth division of the army corps. The dispatch of the Seventh Division, which is ...

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  26. FURTHER HELP FROM CANADA.

    LONDON, December 25.—Canada proposes to mobilise 5000 men in readiness for emergencies in South Africa. ...

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  27. DUKE OE CONNAUGHT OFFERING HIS SERVICES.

    LONDON, December 25, 3.30 p.m.—The Duke of Connaught asked to be attached to the staff of Lord Roberts in any capacity. Lord Roberts was agreeable to this course, but ...

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  28. BLOEMFONTEIN INDEFENSIBLE.

    LONDON, December 25.—Bloemfontein is said to be indefensible, and the Orange Free State capital is likely to be transferred to Winburg, about 65 miles to the north-east. ...

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  29. THE NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.

    LONDON, December 23.—Mr. Seddon, the New Zealand Premier, has accepted the offer of Sir W. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Company, Limited, the famous gun manufacturers, etc., of Elswick, ...

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  30. A ROTHSCHILD VOLUN-TEERS.

    LONDON, December 25, 3.30 p.m.—The Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild has volunteered for the front. (The Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild is the eld ...

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  31. COLONIAL SYMPATHY.

    LONDON, December 23.—The "Times" says the prompt, genuine, and substantial sympathy of Canada and the Australasian colonies is a. set-off against the calamities at the Cape. ...

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  32. THE ACTION AT TUGELA.

    LONDON, December 23, 3 p.m—Further details of the fighting at the Tugela River reveal conspi-cuous gallantry on the part of all arms. The men were subjected to a withering fire from ...

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  33. SCHALK BURGER'S OPINION BOERS WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST.

    LONDON, December 25, 3.30 p.m.—General Schalk Burger, in command of the Boers before Ladysmith, told a British officer that the Boers would fight to the last, though he knew Great ...

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  34. FOREIGN OFFICE WARNING.

    LONDON, December 23.—The Foreign Office has issued a warning that all Britishers and resi-dent foreigners trading with the Boer Republics are liable to heavy punishment. ...

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  35. WHAT THE BOERS WANT.

    LONDON, December 25.—Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Plenipotentiary in Europe, stated in the course of an interview that the Boers would not accept mediation unless it were on the basis of ...

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  36. CHURCHILL AGAIN ESCAPES.

    LONDON, December 23.—Lieutenant Winston Churchill, the special correspondent of the "Morn-ing Post," who was a second time taken prison-er by the Boers, has again escaped, and has ar- ...

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  37. BOERS SHORT OF AMMUNI­TION.

    LONDON, December 24.—The Boers are short of ammunition for their Creusot guns. ...

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  38. WINE FOR THE WOUNDED.

    LONDON, December 23, 3 p.m.—Mr. P. B. Burgoyne, the well-known Australian vigneron, has presented 100 dozen bottles of Tintara wine to the hospital ship Maine. ...

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  39. SORTIE FROM LADYSMITH.

    LONDON, December 24.—A sortie from Lady-Bmith against the enemy was made last Mon-day. Six British were killed and 15 wounded. ...

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  40. PRATERS FOR SUCCESS.

    LONDON, December 23, 3 p.m.—Cardinal Vau-ghan, Archbishop of Westminster, has directed public united supplication to be made in all the Roman Catholic places of worship for the speedy ...

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  41. TO AID BULLER.

    LONDON, December 23.—Half of the division under Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren will reinforce General Buller at Estcourt. The Second Battalion (formerly the 54th West ...

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  42. DEPARTURE OF LORD ROBERTS.

    LONDON, December 24.—Lord Roberts left London on Saturday for Southampton, en route for Capetawn. He was accorded an ovation by the public at Waterloo Station, the terminus of the ...

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  43. THE LOST GUNS.

    LONDON, December 25.—Colonel Long, who commanded the artillery at Tugela, referring to the abandoning of the guns, explains that he expected further-supplies of ammunition would have ...

    Article : 46 words
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