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  2. THE SIEGE OF WEPENER.

    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 words
  3. WHO WAS FIRST INTO BLOEMFONTEIN?

    A 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 ...

    Article : 624 words
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  6. THE N.Z. CONTINGENTS.

    AUCKLAND, 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 words
  7. NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, 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 words
  8. HOW WE LOST THE CONVOY.

    On 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 words
  9. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, 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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  11. THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING.

    LONDON, 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 words
  12. THE SUNNYSIDE REBELS.

    LONDON, 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 words
  13. CANNON FOUNDRY AT PRETORIA.

    LONDON, 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 words
  14. EXPLOSION ON A TORPEDO BOAT.

    LONDON, 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 words
  15. THE NEW FIELD-MARSHAL.

    LONDON, 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 words
  16. A DECREE OF FORECLOSURE

    The 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 words
  17. SIR CHARLES WARREN

    LONDON, 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 words
  18. BULLER'S COUSIN.

    There 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 words
  19. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DINNER.

    LONDON, 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 words
  20. H.M.S. POWERFUL'S BLUEJACKETS.

    LONDON, 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 words
  21. CENTRAL LICENSING COURT.

    The 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 words
  22. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    LONDON, 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 words
  23. CAPTAIN ALFRED BENNETT.

    TEMORA, Wednesday.—The friends of Captain Alfred Bennett have received news of his recovery from the wound received in the battle of Dreifontein. ...

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  24. POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES

    Up 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 words
  25. THIRTEEN SOVEREIGNS.

    Jeannie 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 words
  26. ANOTHER SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICER.

    The 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 words
  27. BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    LONDON, 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 ...

    Article : 51 words
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  29. THE WELLAND CANAL.

    LONDON, 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 ...

    Article : 117 words
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  32. COMMISSION FOR A VICTORIAN.

    MELBOURNE,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 ...

    Article : 84 words
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