LONDON, April 24, 7.25 a.m.—Brigadier-General Brabant and Major-General Hart during their march to the relief of Wepener outflanked the Boers and compelled them to retire gradually. ...
Article : 270 wordsA member of the party of fifteen, men of the N.S.W. Lancers, who left for the war under Corporal Harkus, forming the third contingent from the Lancer Regiment, writing to his ...
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Advertising : 41 wordsAUCKLAND, Wednesday.—Mr. Seddon yesterday received a cable from the officer commanding the second contingent, starting that he had returned from Kenhardt after a 500 miles' march, and ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The federal delegates are somewhat discouraged by the uncertain tone of the Premiers' reply, which they state is calculated to create difficulties and possibly disturb the ...
Article : 264 wordsOn February 17 it was announced that a convoy-consisting of over 200 waggons had fallen into the hands of the Boers. Subsequent messages seemed to indicate that the escort had after all managed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 559 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The death is announced of the Duke of Argyll, at the age of 77. (The late Duke, the chief of the great clan of Camp-bell, and a lineal descendant of the "MacCullum ...
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Advertising : 735 wordsLONDON, April 24, 3.45 p.m.—Capetown reports state that the work of relieving Mafeking rests with Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington and his division of Bushmen. ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The rebels who were cap-tured at Sunnyside on January 1 by the Queens-land Mounted Infantry and the Canadian troops, under Colonel Pilcher, have been tried at the ...
Article : 108 wordsLONDON, April 24.—A foundry for the manufacture of big guns has been established at Pretoria. The first gun has been completed, and has been ...
Article : 240 wordsLONDON, April 24, 3.45 p.m.—An explosion occurred on the Turkish torpedo boat Scham while testing her searchlight at Beyrout. The vessel sank, thirty of the crew being ...
Article : 39 wordsLONDON, April 24.—General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., has been promoted to the rank of Field-Marshal. (The new Field-Marshal is the second son of ...
Article : 381 wordsThe Chief Judge in Equity had before him on Tuesday an application on behalf of the Equity, Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company, Limited, and Maurice Edward Benjamin ...
Article : 228 wordsLONDON, April 24.—Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, has been appointed Administra-tor of Bechuanaland, not Military Governor of the free State, as previously announced. ...
Article : 40 wordsThere is one Englishman in San Francisco to whom the news of Ladysmith's relief conveyed a satisfaction that is based upon personal as well as patriotic and humane feeling ...
Article : 367 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The annual dinner of the London Chamber of Commerce was held last night. Mr. A. G. Sandeman, President of the Chamber, presided, and among those present were ...
Article : 264 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The Queen will on May 2 the bluejackets of H.M.S. Power which recently arrived at Portsmouth from South Africa, where the men had taken part in ...
Article : 51 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Tuesday. Mr. Smithers, S.M. presided, and Mr. Isaacs, S.M., and Mr. F. Penny, L.M., were also on the bench. The following ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The report of the Pacific Cable Board is ready. Tenders for the laying of the cable will be privately invited immediately. The Committee of the United States House of ...
Article : 53 wordsTEMORA, Wednesday.—The friends of Captain Alfred Bennett have received news of his recovery from the wound received in the battle of Dreifontein. ...
Article : 32 wordsUp to the time the Cabinet meeting adjourned to-day do answer had been received from the British Government to the representations made through Mr. Choate, touching the restoration of ...
Article : 234 wordsJeannie Whittaker, aged 28, was charged at the Water Police Court on Tuesday with assaulting one Alfred Ross and robbing, him of a purse containing about £13 on April 13 ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Government has decided to send lieutenant A.F. Stephens, of the Naval Artillery Volunteers,as a special service officer. lieutenant Stephens joined the N.A.V. in 1884 as an A.B., and ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, April 24.—The German Emperor William, in a message to a new London newspaper, the "Express,'" declares that his first hope is always for the preservation of peace, and his second ...
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Advertising : 97 wordsLONDON, April 24.—Further details of the attempt by three men, Walsh, Nolson, and Dultman to destroy the Thorold Lock of the Welland Canal connecting Lakee Erie and Ontario, state that ...
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Advertising : 64 wordsMELBOURNE,Wednesday.—Lieutenant H. O. B. Wood, of the Williamstown Garrison Artillery, has been appointed second lieutenant in first batalion of the Worcestershire Regiment, which is on ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Wed 25 Apr 1900, Page 5
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