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  2. Advertising

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  3. LADYSMITH.

    LONDON, March 4, 4 p.m.—While Major-General the Earl of Dundonald was galloping into Lady-smith on Wednesday at sunset the outpost in the scrub at Wagon Hill suddenly challenged. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 309 words
  4. CHILDREN IN THE TRENCHES.

    LONDON, March 4, 4 p.m.—Several Boer children were found in the trenches at Pieter's Hill after the fighting was over. One a baby, was wrapped in a blanket. ...

    Article : 36 words
  5. THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE.

    LONDON, March 3, 7.35 a.m.—The Queen's messages to General Buller and General White began —"Thank God," and, after congratulations at the relief, paid a tribute to the heroism of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. ROBERTS AT OSFONTEIN.

    LONDON, March 3, 7.35 a.m.—Lord Roberts is at Osfontein, six miles east of Paardeberg. Five thousand Boers are encamped four miles further east. ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. RECONNAISSANCE AT STORMBERG.

    LONDON, March 4.—Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre on Friday made a reconnaissance in force at Stormberg, and shelled the enemy's position. ...

    Article : 25 words
  8. PRESIDENTS STEYN AND KRUGER TO CONFER.

    LONDON, March 4—President Kruger has left Pretoria to confer with President Steyn at Winburg. Many believe that the conference is preliminary to overtures being made for peace on the ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. JOUBERT'S FUTURE TACTICS.

    LONDON, March 4.—"Ons Land," the leading Dutch paper of Cape Colony, and the organ of the Afrikander Bond, asserts that General Joubert commenced the withdrawal of his forces from ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. BULLER'S ADVANCE.

    LONDON, March 3, 6.30 a.m.—Further details of the relief of Ladysmith state that boulders sheltered the Boer trenches on the Nek leading to Pieter's Hill. ...

    Article : 441 words
  11. CRONJE AT SIMON'S TOWN.

    LONDON, March 3, 7.35 a.m.—General Cronje is at Simon's Town, where he occupies the Admiral's quarters on the Doris, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir R. Harris. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. AFTER THE WAR.

    LONDON, March 3, 7.35 a.m.—With a view to strengthening the hands of the Government, members of the House of Commons are in large numbers signing a memorial declaring that there can ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. IN CRONJE'S LAAGER.

    LONDON, March 4, 4 p.m.—The Free Staters in General Cronje's laager at Modder River nearly mutinied during the fighting, being desirous that General Cronje should surrender. ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. THE BUSHMEN'S FUND.

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  15. THE COLLISION AT THE HEADS.

    Further particulars regarding the collision at the Heads on Friday evening, between the pilot steamer and another vessel, whose name could not be ascertained, go to show that the steamer Ferndene ...

    Article : 85 words
  16. THE BUDGET.

    LONDON, March 3, 7.35 a.m.—In the House of Commons last night Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, created a surprise by announcing that the Budget would be introduced ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. FRENCH CANADIANS ACTIVE.

    LONDON, March 4.—One company of the Canadian Contingent which made the final rush on General Cronje's laager at Modder River was composed entirely of French Canadians. ...

    Article : 33 words
  18. DEATHS DURING THE SIEGE.

    LONDON, March 3, 2.20 p.m.—During the Biege of Ladysmith 30 officers and 513 men were killed or died from disease, and 70 officers and 520 men were wounded. ...

    Article : 289 words
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  20. LIEUTENANT BRASSEY KILLED.

    LONDON, March 4.—Lieutenant Percy Frederick Brassey, of the 9th Lancers, son of Mr. Albert Brassey, M.P., was killed in the advance to the relief of Kimberley. ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. HORSES WANTED.

    The following cable has been received by the Melbourne "Argus:"— "CAPETOWN, Friday.—Approaching dearth of horses. Insist upon increased Australian supplies. ...

    Article : 31 words
  22. ESCAPE OF BRITISH OFFICERS.

    LOND0N, March 4, 4 p.m.—Three British officers escaped from Pretoria during the confusion caused by the stoppage of the electric light. ...

    Article : 27 words
  23. THEATRE ROYAL.

    "Trilby" entered upon its last week at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday night, and the final matinee has been fixed for Thursday next. Next Saturday night "Magda" will be staged by Mr. ...

    Article : 136 words
  24. SIR WILLIAM MACCORMAC.

    LONDON, March 4, 4 p.m.—Sir William MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, who has been to the front with Lord Roberts, has sailed from South Africa for England. ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. PENSIONS FOR BOER OFFICIALS.

    LONDON, March 4, 4 p.m.—On the eve of the sending of the ultimatum to the British Government, the Transvaal Volksraad secured pensions to President ...

    Article : 47 words
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