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  2. SIEGE OF MAFEKING.

    LONDON. March 19.—Desperate Sapping and counter-sapping is going on at Mafeking. The Boers, who had advanced nearer the town, have been driven back to their main lines of ...

    Article : 207 words
  3. FREE STATERS INDIGNANT WITH PRESIDENT STEYN.

    LONDON, March 19. 3.40 p.m—The Free State burghers are increasingly; indignant with President Steyn for concealing the number of casualties during the war. ...

    Article : 31 words
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  5. TRANSVAALERS'DELUSION

    LONDON, March 19—The Transvaal Boars still cling ta the delusion that the European Powers will intervene on their behalf. ...

    Article : 22 words
  6. THE BOER PRISONERS.

    LONDON, March 19, 3.40 p.m—Recriminations between the Free State and the Transvaal pri-soners at Simons Town have compelled the British military authorities to take precautions to ...

    Article : 68 words
  7. FRANCE AND BRITAIN.

    LONDON, March 19, 3.40 p.m.—M. Lockroy. late Minister for Marine in France, writing to the "Patrie," a leading paper in Paris, states that a war between France and England is certain ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, March 19.—The death is announced of General Sir William Lockhart, G.C.B., K.C.S.I., Commander-in-Chief in India, aged 59 years. (General Sir William Stephen Lockhart was ...

    Article : 458 words
  9. THE BOER LOSSES.

    LONDON, March 19, 3.40 p.m.—A Boer com-mandant's notebook found at the Tugela indicates that the enemy's casualties between December 12 and January 24 numbered 1494. ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. PAYMENTS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, March 19.—President Kruger and President Steyn pay accounts of £300 and upwards in bar gold. ...

    Article : 22 words
  11. ACCIDENT TO COLONEL PRICE.

    LONDON, March. 9—Colonel T. Price, commandant of the Victorian Mounted Infantry, fell in a sluit (a ditch), and broke a rib. He has now recovered. ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. AT BLOEMFONTEIN.

    LONDON, March 19.—At. Bloemfontein the proclamation by the Governor, Major-General Pretyman, calling on all burghers within a radius of 10 miles to submit and disarm is being obeyed. ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SAL­MON.

    LONDON, March 19.—Captain R. W. Salmon, adjutant of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, has died of enteric fever at Orange River. ...

    Article : 26 words
  14. BAD BOOTS FOR THE ARMY-

    LONDON, March 19, 3.41 p.m.—Many complaints have been made to Lord Roberts that bad boots have been issued to soldiers on service in South Africa. ...

    Article : 32 words
  15. FREE STATERS RETURNING TO THEIR FARMS.

    LONDON, March 19, 3.40 p.m.—Three-fourths of the Free Staters who were under arms have returned to their farms. ...

    Article : 25 words
  16. ST. PATRICK'S DAT IN NEW YORK.

    LONDON, March 19, 3.40 p.m.—The St. Patrick's Day celebration at New York degenerated into a pro-Boer and Home Rule demonstration. ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. PLUMER'S MOVEMENTS.

    LONDON, March 19—Colonel Plumer, with his mounted force from Rhodesia, reached Pitsani on March. 13. Colonel Plumer has reconnoitred as far as ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. CAVALRY ADVANCE EASTWARDS.

    LONDON, March 19.—The British cavalry have advanced eastwards from Bloemfontein, and hold Thaba'nchu, midway between the Free State capital and Ladybrand, near the Basutoland ...

    Article : 32 words
  19. MR. RAPHAEL TUCK.

    LONDON, March 19.—The death is announced of Mr. Raphael Tuck, of the firm of Raphael Tuck and Son, art publishers. ...

    Article : 25 words
  20. DEMONSTRATION AT ASHFIELD.

    The Friendly Societies' Association of the western suburbs, backed by a strong committee, carried out a demonstration in aid of the Patriotic and Bushmen's Funds on Saturday. The ...

    Article : 201 words
  21. TAUNGS AND VRYBURG QUITTED.

    LONDON, March 19—The Transvaal Boers have quitted Taungs and Vryburg; on the line between Kimberley and Mafeking. The rebels who were at Vryburg decline to ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. BAR SILVER.

    LONDON, March 19.—Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 ll-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 19 words
  23. CAPE REBELS SURRENDERING.

    LONDON, March 19.—In the Orange River dis-tricts, thousands of rebels have surrendered to the British authorities. ...

    Article : 22 words
  24. CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES OF WEST AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, March 19.—The Consolidated Gold Mines of West Australia is being floated with a capital of £150,000. Forty thousand shares will be issued at par, £30,000 of the amount being for ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. GUNS GIVEN UP.

    LONDON, March 19.—Deserters from the Boer ranks have brought a Maxim and a 9-pounder to the British camp at Belmont. 'Another 9-pounder has been taken by deserters to Colesberg. ...

    Article : 33 words
  26. THE KHEDIVE.

    LONDON, March 19—The Khedive will visit England in the summer, and will be entertained at Windsor Castle. ...

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  27. METHUEN AT WARRENTON.

    LONDON, March 19—-Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen arrived at Warrenton on Friday, aud prevented the Boers from destroying the deviation bridge. He also secured the pont over the Vaal ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. GENERAL POLE-CAREW.

    LONDON, March 19—Major-General Pole-Carew, in command of the Guards Brigade, has re-turned from Norval's Pont to Bloemfontein. ...

    Article : 23 words
  29. The Balmain Disaster.

    The funeral of the victims of tlie disaster at the Balmain Colliery, namely, James Smith, Charles Munnings, Alexander Robertson, Theodore Travers, and Phillip ...

    Article : 1,049 words
  30. A REMINISCENCE OP LORD ROBERTS.

    Speaking to an "Evening News" reporter yesterday, Colonel Roberts, A.D.C. to the Queen, and Military Secretary of New South Wales, recalled an interesting fact about the great general now ...

    Article : 169 words
  31. SURGEON MAJOR FIASCHI

    LONDON, March 19.-Lord Roberts has entrust-ed the army hospital at Bloemfontein, containing 500 beds, to Surgeon-Major Fiaschi's section of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps. ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. ENEMY RETREAT FROM WINDSORTEN.

    LONDON. March 19.—The Boers have quitted Windsorten, west of the railway, between Warrenton and Kimberley. Holloway, the prize-fighter, who is their ...

    Article : 43 words
  33. PRETORIA.

    LONDON, March 19.—The women and children and the British officers prisoners at Pretoria have been transferred to quarters under Daspoortridge, on the outskirts of the town. ...

    Article : 36 words
  34. OCCUPATION OF SPRING-FONTEIN,

    LONDON, March 19.—Lieutenant-General Sir T. F. Gatacre captured at Springfontein, in the Free State, 63 miles south of Bloemfontein, 40 waggons, two railway engines, and a quantity of ...

    Article : 48 words
  35. Q.M.S. BISHOP.

    Quartermaster-Sergeant Bishop, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, died in De Aar military hospital this (Thursday) morning (says the correspondent of the "Eastern Province Herald." writing on ...

    Article : 96 words
  36. AT WALFISH BAY.

    LONDON, March 19, 3.40 p.m.—A. British warship has landed a number of men and guns at Walfish Bay as a precaution against acts of aggression by the Damaraland Boers. ...

    Article : 121 words
  37. THE LATE MR. FRED. ROBINSON.

    Many friends in Capetown will (says the "Cape Times" of February 20) have learned with deep regret of the early demise of Mr. Fred. Robinson, familiarly known as "Robbo" in a large circle of acquaintances. ...

    Article : 227 words
  38. VICTORIA WEST THREATENED BY REBELS.

    LONDON, March. 19.—The rebels at Vosburg threaten the British position at Victoria West, 75 miles south-west of De Aar Victoria west is the chief town of ...

    Article : 101 words
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  40. BOERS IN NATAL.

    LONDON, March. 19. 3.40 p.m.—Mr. Winston Churchill, the correspondent of the "Morning Post;" states that there are 14,000 Boers, With 23 guns, at Biggarabers, in Northern NataL. ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. SCHREINER AND THE BOND.

    LONDON, March 19.—As a "sop" to the Afri-kander Bond, Mr. W. P. Schreiner, Premier of Cape Colony, has prohibited the holding of jubi lant celebrations to mark the British successes ...

    Article : 39 words
  42. LIFE IN MAFEKING.

    A correspondent, writing from Mafeking on Febru-ary 9, says: "The Baralongs announce their intention to see the siege through with the British; the shortness of commons will not deter them. The, principal ...

    Article : 290 words
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