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  2. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The dispute between the French and the United States Consuls at Tientsin with reference to the buildings of the Methodist Episcopal Mission has been referred to the French, ...

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  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Colonel Byng's, Colonel Rimington's, and other columns are engaged in a sweeping movement to westward in the centre of the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 38 words
  4. REVERSE IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Commandant Delarey has captured Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, several of his officers, and four guns. Lord Methuen was wounded in one of his ...

    Article : 81 words
  5. TRIVIAL ACTIONS AT LAW.

    Mr. Justice Stephen yesterday in the Supreme Court at the dose of an action spoke strongly about the waste of valuable public time in cases of minor importance, and ...

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  6. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING.

    Lord Kitchener in his despatch states that he hopes that the reinforcements which are now arriving in the district where the disaster occurred will rectify the situation ...

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  7. THE BOER TERMS.

    The Transvaal Legation asserts that Mr. Steyn and Mr. Schalk-Burger informed Lord Kitchener that they will only negotiate for terms of peace on the basis of complete ...

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  8. THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    References to the disaster were made in the House of Lords to-day. Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief, delivered a speech in which he expressed warm ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA

    M. dd Witte, the Russian Minister for Finance, has assured Mr. F. W. Horner, M.P. for North Lambeth; that Russia desired a good understanding with England, and if ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. PRO-BOER SPEECHES.

    Mr. Steyn's official newspaper devotes much space to the reproduction of speeches of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman and other pro-Boer members of the House of Commons, in which ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. MOTHERLAND AND COLONIES.

    Mr. Gilbert Parker, M.P., in a letter to the "Times," doubts the financial success of colonial remount depots during peace. He advocates as an experiment the colonies and ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The War Office has accepted the tender of the Sydney Meat Preserving Company for the supply of 1,000,000lb. of compressed corned mutton for the troops in South Africa. ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. AIRSHIP COMPETITION.

    Mr. C. A. Pearson has offered the Aero Club a prize of £4000 for the first aerial voyage from London to Birmingham. M. Santos Dumont will compete. ...

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  14. LOCAL EULOGY OF LORD METHUEN.

    There are in Sydney a number of well-known officers of the New South Wales military forces who have served under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen in the Boer war, and a "Herald" reporter, ...

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  15. THE DESPATCHES.

    Lord Kitchener, in a despatch dated Saturday, stated:— "With great regret I have to report the capture of Lord Methuen, his guns, baggage, ...

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  16. NEW SOUTH WALES TROOPERS.

    The following is a copy of a telegraphic despatch received by the Premier, through the Lieutenant-Governor, from the chief casualty officer, Capetown:— ...

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  17. COLONIAL EXHIBITION.

    The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph Dimsdale, to-day opened the Colonial Exhibition at the Royal Exchange. Western Australia was the only Australian State ...

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  18. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, read the despatches from Lord Kitchener telling of the disaster. ...

    Article : 166 words
  19. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. James Hingston, formerly of Melbourne. Mr. James Hingston was one of the best known citizens of Melbourne for 50 years. He was born in ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. CABLE FROM COLONEL LASSETTER.

    Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co., Limited, received yesterday a cable from Colonel Lassetter as follows:—"Arrived Brugspruit all well; expect regiment to embark at end of March." ...

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  21. NEW ZEALAND AND THE WAR.

    At a banquet at Dunedin the Premier. Mr. Seddon, read a letter from Sir Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, stating:—"My friends here are delighted with the [?]rm stand you have taken on ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day 1-16d higher at 2s 1?d per ounce standard. ...

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  23. THE TOWITTA TRAGEDY,

    At the Criminal Court to-day Chief Justice Way delivered his summing up in the trial of Mary Schippan who was charged with the murder of her sister Bertha, at Towitta, on New Year's night. He said ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The ambulance committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board asserts that the smallpox epidemic in the metropolis will continue throughout the next winter and perhaps may ...

    Article : 43 words
  25. COMMANDANT DELAREY.

    The captor of Lord Methuen is a notable figure amongst Boer generals. His exact military position is officially defined by himself as "Assistant-Commandant-General," but he is evidently not very ...

    Article : 541 words
  26. REGRET IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The concensus of public opinion on the disaster is a general feeling of disappointment and regret for one of the most untoward incidents of the war. The temporary set back ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. VICTORIA.

    The adjourned inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Robert L. Manning, who [?]de Moonbeam in the Newmarket Handicap. Godfrey Watson, the V.R.C. starter, said there was ample room ...

    Article : 180 words
  28. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    The showery weather yesterday mor[?]g inter[?]d considerably with the work of the third bat[?]n [?]camped in the Centennial Park. The men slept comfortably in their tents during the heavy ...

    Article : 246 words
  29. COPING WITH DELAREY.

    The "Times," commenting upon the capture of Lord Methuen, says that the British commander in dealing with Commandant Delarey ought to be a strategist of ability, ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. ACCIDENTS.

    Two miners, named Wallis and Rowlands, were injured by an explosion at Glenfine South Mine yesterday, and are not yet out of danger. A miner named Herbert, employed at the British ...

    Article : 114 words
  31. THE LOSSES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  32. DEATH OF MR. T. M. ALCOCK.

    Mr. Thomas Matthew Alcock, the well-known jeweller, and for many years past a prominent figure in [?]ing circles, died yesterday morning at his residence, Maidstone, Coogee. His end was not ...

    Article : 354 words
  33. UNITED METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The work of the United Methodist Conference was brought to a close this evening. The draft of the enabling bill to settle neccessary matters in connection with the Methodist Union was agreed to. It was ...

    Article : 464 words
  34. THE LATEST PARTICULARS.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, in the House of Commons at midnight last night, read the following despatch from Lord Kitchener:— ...

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  35. A FIGHTING GENERAL.

    Of all the generals at the war none commanded more personal loyalty from all who served under him than did Lord Methuen. He was a fighting man in every inch of his 6ft. 3in. of height; and it ...

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  36. THE LOCALITY OF THE REVERSE.

    Lichtenburg, Lord Methuen's objective, is in the Western Transvaal, 120 miles west of Johannesburg. Rooirantjesfontein, where he was to meet Lieutenant-Colonel Grenfell, is 20 miles south of Lichtenburg, ...

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  37. "NO OTHER WAY."

    Owing to cable advices received, the further publication of the late Sir Walter Besant's story, "No Other Way," will be discontinued for the present, and will be resumed on the completion of "The ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. THE GENERAL'S RECORD.

    Lieutenant-General Paul Sanford Methuen, K.C.V.O., CB., C.M.G., is 57 years of age, and is a son of the second baron. He has been one of the most prominent British officers ...

    Article : 1,266 words
  39. THE VERDICT.

    The jury after two hours' deliberation returned with a verdict of not guilty, a pronouncement which was received with every sign of satisfaction by the audience. The demonstration inside the courthouse ...

    Article : 183 words
  40. DEATH OF MR. N. J. CROCKER.

    The death is announced of Mr. Norman John Crocker, which took place at The Bungalow, Henrietta-street, Waverley, on the 6th instant. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 78 years. ...

    Article : 207 words
  41. TO-DAY.

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  42. LORD METHUEN'S INJURIES.

    In the latest desptch received by Mr. Brodrick in the House of Commons last night Lord Kitchener thus speaks of Lord Methuen:— ...

    Article : 52 words
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