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  2. LEVEE AT ST. JAMES'S

    LONDON, March 8.—The Prince of Wales held a Levee at St. James's Palace yesterday. The Agents-General were presented to the Prince of Wales after the Foreign Ambassadors and ...

    Article : 75 words
  3. MAFEKING.

    LONDON, March 8, 3.57 p.m.—The Boers besieging Mafeking rake the streets of the town with a new siege gun. The garrison is despondent, but is determined to hold out. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 195 words
  4. THE BUDGET PROPOSALS.

    LONDON, March 8.—The colonial trade is agitating against the proposed tax on brokers' contracts for the sale of produce. The London Chamber of Commerce is making ...

    Article : 42 words
  5. TIN.

    LONDON, March 8.—Spot tin is quoted at £150 per ton, a fall of £3 on yesterday. ...

    Article : 20 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,778 words
  7. THE RETREAT FROM LADYSMITH.

    LONDON, March 8, 8.40 a.m.—The Boers retiring from Ladysmith and Biggarsberg blew up all the railway bridges as far as Glencoe, fired the Glands Laagte collieries, and threaten to ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. THE WAR LOAN.

    LONDON, March 8.—There have been large dealings in the new war loan at a premium of 1 to 1 1/4 per cent. It is believed it will be issued to-morrow at a fixed price of 98 or 98½. and bear ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. THE RELIEVING FORCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  10. OSFONTEIN.

    LONDON, March 8, 4.50 a.m.—Lord Roberts telegraphed from Osfontein yesterday afternoon: "The enemy occupied positions four miles north and eleven miles south of the Modder River. ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. GENERAL BULLER'S TROOPS.

    LONDON, March 8.—General Sir Reavers Buller is pushing troops from near Ladysmith towards Van Reenan's Pass, on the Free State border. ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. THE TBANSVAAL INVADED.

    LONDON, March 8, 8.40 a.m.—Colonel G. N. Prendergast, with the Zululand Column, including the King's Royal Rifles, Mounted Police, Maxims, and a quick-firer, has invaded the Transvaal ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

    LONDON, March 8, 4.45 a.m.—President Kruger has sent his valuables to Europe, and they are safely lodged in the Vaults of the Bank of Amsterdam. ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. TO STOP AGITATION.

    LONDON, Match 8, 8.4 a.m.—The "Times" Capetown correspondent says that an explicit Ministerial statement that the annexation of the two Republics was intended would infuse new LONDON, March 8 8.40 a.m.—The Queen will stay in London from to-day until Saturday. Her Majesty will visit Ireland early in April, and stay for a fortnight at Dublin Castle. ...

    Article : 180 words
  15. REPORTED BOER BRUTALITY.

    LONDON, March 8.—Residents of Kimberley declare that after Major Scott Turner's unsuccessful sortie from the town in the beginning of December the Boers shot the survivors of the sortie ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. THE TWO PRESIDENTS.

    LONDON, March 8.—President Kruger has returned from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. President Steyn, having appointed a Deputy President at Bloemfontein, has also proceeded to ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. WORK OF AUSTRALIANS.

    LONDON, March 8, 3.57 p.m.—The operations in the Colesberg district, in which the Australian troops took part, have tried the men and their horses to the utmost. ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. CRONJE AND CO.,

    LONDON, March 8.—The British Government intends to intern General Cronje and his fellow prisoners on the island of St. Helena.(St. Helena, a lonely island in the Atlantic, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 290 words
  19. BEFORE PRETORIA CAPITULATES.

    LONDON, March 8, 3.57 p.m.—President Steyn assured Mr. A. G. Hales (the Australian war correspondent). while the latter was a prisoner at Bloemfontein, that the capitulation of Pretoria ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. BOERS' FORAGE ABANDONED.

    LONDON, March 8, 8.40 a.m.—Commandant De Wet, in his retreat, abandoned a gun, immense quantities of forage, and many tents. The Boer leader dreaded the cutting of his communications ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  21. GREAT FIRE IN PARIS.

    LONDON, March 8, 3.57 p.m.—A gigantic fire occurred in Paris last night, the comedie Francaise (the famous theatre founded by Moliere) being burnt down ...

    Article : 42 words
  22. TO STAGGER HUMANITY.

    An old resident of the Transvaal, now in Durban, tells us (says the Natal "Mercury") that six months ago a prominent Boer told him how the Transvaal was going to stagger humanity. His ...

    Article : 177 words
  23. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, March 8, 3.57 p.m.—A hostile demonstration was made before the British Consulate at Bordeaux yesterday. The Prefect of the Department of the Gironde ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. IMPERIAL REVENUE.

    LONDON, March 8, 4.45 a.m.—The Board of Trade at Montreal Canada, will send to the Congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in London resolution advocating that moderate ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. WEDNESDAY'S ENGAGEMENT.

    LONDON, March 8.—The Boers who took part in the engagement at Osfontein numbered 10,000. Saddler J. Altken, of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, was reported missing after the engagement ...

    Article : 42 words
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