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, ...
Article : 51 wordsColonel 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 wordsCommandant Delarey has captured Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, several of his officers, and four guns. Lord Methuen was wounded in one of his ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. 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 ...
Article : 2,060 wordsLord 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 ...
Article : 36 wordsThe 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 ...
Article : 38 wordsReferences 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 wordsM. 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 wordsMr. 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 wordsMr. 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 wordsThe 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 wordsMr. 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. ...
Article : 32 wordsThere 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, ...
Article : 1,031 wordsLord Kitchener, in a despatch dated Saturday, stated:— "With great regret I have to report the capture of Lord Methuen, his guns, baggage, ...
Article : 458 wordsThe following is a copy of a telegraphic despatch received by the Premier, through the Lieutenant-Governor, from the chief casualty officer, Capetown:— ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph Dimsdale, to-day opened the Colonial Exhibition at the Royal Exchange. Western Australia was the only Australian State ...
Article : 34 wordsIn 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 wordsThe 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 wordsMessrs. 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." ...
Article : 32 wordsAt 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 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day 1-16d higher at 2s 1?d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 16 wordsAt 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 ...
Article : 730 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe "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 wordsTwo 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 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 wordsMr. 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 wordsThe 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 wordsMr. 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:— ...
Article : 223 wordsOf 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 ...
Article : 910 wordsLichtenburg, 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, ...
Article : 56 wordsOwing 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 wordsLieutenant-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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 wordsIn the latest desptch received by Mr. Brodrick in the House of Commons last night Lord Kitchener thus speaks of Lord Methuen:— ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 12 Mar 1902, Page 9
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