The advance guard of General Louis Botha's army, which was defeated at Eerste Fabrieken, has returned to the hills, 18 miles from Pretoria. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Postmaster General has received a telegram from the coxswain at Inskip Point regarding the wreck of the schooner Confidence, stating that he has nothing fresh to report as yet, and is still ...
Article : 46 wordsRear-Admiral Bruce, now in command of the British squadron, cables to the Admiralty that he was not aware that Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour, with ...
Article : 396 wordsAt the sales of Australian tallow to-day 1600 casks were offered, of which 1475 were sold. Mutton, fine, realised 27s 3d; mutton, medium, 26s; beef, fine, 26s 3d; ...
Article : 44 wordsFive hundred British prisoners have arrived at Ma[?]hadodorp, to which place President Kruger has returned from Alkmaar. The railvray from Volkarust is now open as ...
Article : 7,895 wordsThe reactionaries in the Government at Peking have sent Kong Yi, a member of the Council of State, to Nanking, the capital of the province of Kiansu, and ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Rutledge, Acting Premier, received an intimation from the Agent-General in London that there were despatched by the steamer Duke of Norfolk, which left London on Friday ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Legislative Assembly continued its sitting after the first edition had gone to-press. The motion was, that there be granted to her Majesty out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the ...
Article : 171 wordsThe viceroy of the province of Yunnan, Soung-fan, has telegraphed to the Chinese Minister at Paris, Yu-Keng, that M. Francois, the French Consul at Yunnan-fu, ...
Article : 122 wordsThe last session of the seventeenth Parliament was opened to-day with the usual ceremony. The Lieutenant Governor read his speech. It referred to the attempted assassination of the Prince of ...
Article : 707 wordsThe railway line is now open from Natal to Standerton, which was occupied by General Sir Redvers Buller on Friday last. ...
Article : 49 wordsA boy named David Stokes, 13 years of age, lately residing with his parents at Jesmond, was accidentally killed at Jesmond this afternoon. From an official report supplied by the police ...
Article : 125 wordsFive hundred British prisoners have arrived at Machadodorp, the Transvaal's new capital. On passing President Kruger they ...
Article : 78 wordsOur Hongkong correspondent, writing on June 2, says:—"One of the principal superstitions of China is that known as "fungshni," or, in plain English, wind and ...
Article : 435 wordsA man named Mogan, aged 25 years, residing at Lutwyche, died to-night. A post-mottem examination revealed that death was due to the plague. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the House of Lords on Friday night the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill will, on the motion of the Earl of Selborne, Under-Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 49 wordsThe annual conference of the Australian Natives' Association, held at Geelong, authorised the formation of female branches. The first branch is being formed at Clifton Hill, Melbourne, ...
Article : 240 wordsThe Boers who attacked the British post at Honingspruit, destroying three railway culverts, numbered 800, and were commanded by Commandant De Wet, who ...
Article : 119 wordsMr. E. Barton, the New South Wales federal delegate, is indignant at the statement that he was stranded in London, and that he was unable to provide for his ...
Article : 40 wordsThe annual Queensland dinner was given last night. Sir Horace Tozer, the Agent-General, presided, and there were 150 gentlemen present, including Mr. J. R. ...
Article : 122 wordsOwing to the very serious news which has been received from China respecting the safety of the numerous missionaries there, the Rev. Benjamin Danks, organising secretary of the Wesleyan ...
Article : 239 wordsAt Tuesday's meeting of the North Sydney Council a letter was received from the committee of the Indian Famine Fund calling the councill's attention to the claims of the fund, and forwarding ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Boers near Senekal made a daring attack on the rearguard of Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. Rundle's division. The rearguard repulsed the attack and ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Moorabool came up the Tamar without assistance from the tug, being the largest vessel to navigate the river. She leares to-day with 2000 sheep for the Sydney sales. The shipment is ...
Article : 169 wordsThe German community at Hongkong has asked permission of the Emperor William to volunteer for the defence of the colony. ...
Article : 30 wordsFor the purpose of assisting the Indian Famine Relief Fund a concert, arranged and carried out by the members of St. Barnabas' Church choir and their friends, under the direction of Mr. Arthur Massey, ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. Chamberlain, in replying to a question by Mr. W. Redmond M.P. (Parnellite) for Clare, said that ...
Article : 111 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that Great Britain would welcome the prompt ...
Article : 50 wordsWriting with respect to the position of affairs in the Var East the "Overland China Mail" (a Hongkong journal), of May 26, says: "With the disturbed condition of affairs in South Africa before the ...
Article : 3,525 wordsIn the Assembly the debate on the Address in Reply wits further continued and adjourned, and the House rose at 5 till next day. In the Legislative Council the debate on the ...
Article : 53 wordsAn election to fill a vacancy in the representation of Kimberley in the Cape Colony House of Assembly, was held yesterday. ...
Article : 93 wordsIn another column will be found the notification of the Elsie Hall Indian Famine Concert, which is being given by Miss Hall, in association with leading arrests, and is to take place at the Town Hall on ...
Article : 174 wordsAs the result of the decision of the Opposition caucus to attack the Government, there was an active whipping on both sides at the opening session. Ministers stated that they were glad the threatened attack ...
Article : 366 wordsDespite the fact that over 1300 miles of country railways are being run at a loss, Mr. R. Lockhead, Acting Chief Traffic Manager, states that the country passenger receipts to May 30 totalled £663,228, as ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons last night, stated that the Government had been informed from ...
Article : 68 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night the Premier, replying to a question put by Mr. Rose, said that the report of the Federal Capital Commissioner was to have been presented by July 14, but Mr. Oliver ...
Article : 150 wordsA special meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon. The Major (Sir Matthew Harris) was in the chair. The applications were opened for the various ...
Article : 306 wordsThe benefit organised by Messrs. George Musgrove and T. Fitzgerald, at the Alhambra Music Hall, in aid of the widows of the killed and the wounded and their ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 304 wordsMr. Cohen, M.L.A., asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly last night whether in view of the approaching accomplishment of federation it was his intention to introduce a bill having for its objects ...
Article : 92 wordsGreat unrest provails among the Chinese at Canton, and there is every prospect of a rising if the Viceroy, Li Hung Chang, leaves the city. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe soene at Machadodorp when the British prisonors arrived must have been dramatic in its intensity. These were the battalion of Irish Yeomanry captured near Lindley on May 31, and ...
Article : 359 wordsMr. Gaerton, of Sydney, is shipping by the steamer St. Louis, which leaves here for Noumea this week, 200 head of purebred cattle. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. ...
Article : 167 wordsThe six principal Viceroys of China have sent a cable to the United States Government urging that the Powers should grant an armistice pending the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe steamer Time arrived at Fremantle to-night from Melbourne. She experienced terrific weather, and lost 1000 sheep, 54 bullocks, a number of pigs, and other live stock. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 wordsContinuous snow has been falling since Sunday. The barometer shows the lowest reading that has been recorded for the same length of time since 1804. Considerable activity has characterised the Snowshoe ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Chinese fleet was recently at Shanghai, but it has now moved to Kiangkin, where it will be able to command the lower portion of the ...
Article : 40 wordsMELBOURNE.—Arrivals: June 27, Britannia, from London; Kawatiri, from Strahan; Pateena, from Sydney. Departures: June 27, Gabo and Star of Australia, for Sydney. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 28 Jun 1900, Page 7
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