It transpires that if the orders of FieldMarshal Lord Roberts had been carried out to the letter on two occasions Commandant do Wet would have been ...
Article : 135 wordsIn giving particulars of the siege of the Legations at Peking, Mr. E. H. Conger, the United States Ambassador, declares that the Boxers were a pretence, ...
Article : 207 wordsAt the sales of Australian tallow to-day 2450 casks were offered, of which 1300 were sold. Prices of all kinds were unchanged as follows:—Mutton, ...
Article : 51 wordsDuring the discussion in the Legislative Assembly last night upon the motion for the adjournment of the House, with reference to the report of the committee which inquired into the public accounts, Mr. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,698 wordsNews has been received that Licutenant Bradburn, of New Zealand, with Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton's force, has been killed in action in South Africa. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. T. F. Millard, war correspondent, writer as follows to the "Daily Mail":—Students of the art militant who go to the trouble to delve into all the patty intricacies, the [?]ns and outs ...
Article : 750 wordsThe Legislative Council having passed the third reading of the Darling Harbour Wharfs Resumption Bill and one or two other formal matters, proceeded to the consideration of the second ...
Article : 1,437 wordsAfter our first edition went to press the discussion in committee on the Harbour Trust Bill and Mr. Garland's amendment, to place the appointment and removal of officers in the hands of the ...
Article : 357 wordsThe corrrespondent of the "Standard" reports that the Boers have evacuated Machadodorp, which had been proclaimed their capital. ...
Article : 58 wordsPrivate M'Leod and Private E. Meredith, of the Queensland forces, have died at Pretoria, the former of bronchitis, and the latter of enteric fever. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt a meeting of the Coal-masters' Association, held at Ipswich, the question of the increased hewing rate, as asked for by the miners, was thoroughly discussed, and a district bewing rate ...
Article : 188 wordsIn response to appeals by the Allies at Poking 400 Italians and a detachment of Germans are proceeding by forced marches from Tientsin to Peking. ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Mansion House War Fund amounts to £1,000,000. Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Sitwell, in a reconnaissance towards Ventersburg, had ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Postmaster-General has received the following:— "Shanghai notifies that messages for Peking cannot be forwarded from Toinan by courner, owing to ...
Article : 39 wordsThe steamer Gothic arrived at Wellington to-day with a number of returning invalids. Several of the men who had experience in the field hospitals say that the soldiers had very hard times in the hospitals. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Governor received a telegram this evening from Thursday Island stating that the gunboat Protector arrived, all well. She will coal to-night, and will leave to-morrow early. ...
Article : 53 wordsTwo fresh cases of plague were reported at Townsville to-day, the patients being John Satchell, aged 28, a storeman, a mild case, and Ah Wah, a Chinaman, camped in a humpy, four miles out, a serious ...
Article : 89 wordsCorporal Hill and Trooper Meekham, returned members of the Australian Horse, were grseted to-day at a public reception. They were first entertained at Biungle, then were met at ...
Article : 699 wordsNot long age we published an appreciation of Christian De Wet, English University man, barristerat-law, all-round athlete, popular with his set, and in fine the bean ideal of a Boer gentleman who has ...
Article : 1,213 wordsThe President of the Legislative Council has issued writs for the election of one member for each of the 14 provimees, as the seats become vacant early next month by eff[?]xion of time. ...
Article : 450 wordsLarge forces from the province of Honan are massing in the rear of the troops of the Allies now engaged at Peking. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe friends of Sergeant John Panton Forbes, of No. 1 Police Station, will regret to learn that be died at his residence, No. 26 Campbell-street, Paddington, at an early hour this morning. Sergeant ...
Article : 116 wordsGormany and Japan are arranging to land marines at Shanghai where the British have already landed a brigade of Indian troops. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Earl of Hopetoun, Governor-General of Australia, dined yesterday with the Emperor William. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Japanese newspapers strongly distrust the attitude of Germany and Russia, and demand a final settlement of the Chinese question without paying ...
Article : 115 wordsKing Victor Emmanuel III. of Italy is relinquishing to the State several royal palaces, villas, castles, and parks. By this means £250,000 will be saved ...
Article : 36 wordsThe relations between Bulgaria and Roumania are gravely strained owing to the extortions practised upon Roumanians at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and ...
Article : 80 wordsLi Hung Chang, in a circular note to the Powers, suggests that since the avowed object of the advance of the Allies to Peking has been achieved, and since ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Executive Council to-day approved of a contract being cutered into with the A.U.S.N. Company for the conveyance of mails to the north. The contract is for five years, subject to earlier terminatin ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Western Australian section exhibits of minerals, wool, wheat, and timber, a[?] the Paris Exhibition have each gained the grand prize of the section. ...
Article : 59 wordsA distressing fatality occurred yesterday afternoon at Toowoomba Foundry, Toowoomba. H. wooley, the foreman smith, and two other employees, were working under a large quantity of steel stacked on ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Japanese Government is making arrangements for raising a loan of £20,000,000 on account of its China expenditure. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe officials who were beheaded, at Peking by the Empress Dowager prior to the entrance of the Allies included [?]sutung, Yi-lien-yuan, both anti-foreigners, ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Premier, in answer to a question by Mr. Lee in the Legislative Assembly last night, with reference to alleged want of attention to the Queensland troops arriving in Sydney, raid that the troops ...
Article : 166 wordsThe report of the committee appointed to adjudicate on the designs sabmetted for the proposed new General Post Office, Brisbane, show that the awards have been given as follows:—First prize, £400. John ...
Article : 73 wordsA. E. Trott, the Victorian cricketer, now playing for Middlesex and M.C.C, and ground, has completed his 1000 runs for the season. ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Allies forced their way into the Imperial Palace on the 17th—last Friday—but this did not put them in possession of Peking. Street fighting still continues, and the Allies are evidently hard pressed ...
Article : 980 wordsThe 11 Arabs who recently landed at Mackay were brought before the Mackay Police Court to-day, and were sentenced to three months imprisonment in Stewart's Greek Gaol for vagrancy, Several ...
Article : 142 wordsPrivate James Duff, son of Mr. James Duff, who with his brother volunteered for service at South Africa, and was killed at Elands River, was highly respected throughout this district. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe weather for some days past has been bitterly cold, Steady rain has been ralling at intervals to-day. CRAIGIE, Wednesday. ...
Article : 44 wordsIn reply to inquiries by the Chief Secrtary a telegram has been received from the General of Communications at Capetown, stating that Trooper W. H. L. Walter, Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, who ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Treasurer will deliver his budget speech to-morrow. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 23 Aug 1900, Page 5
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