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  2. AT THE FRONT. MORE ABOUT THE DISASTER TO THE N.S.W. LANCERS.

    I olosed my last letter with details of the lose of Lientenant Dowling's troop of New South Wales Lauce[?]s and Australian Horse Mutters were so burried that I had not time to got very ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE " HERALD'S" LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

    The naval estimates have been laid on the table of the House of Commons. The estimates amount to £27,500,000. They provide for the building of two ...

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  4. THE WAR. BOERS SURROUNDED.

    Receiving a second message which suggested surrender, Major-General Lord Kitchener (Lord Roberts's Chief of Staff) invited General Cronje to the British camp ...

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  5. IATE EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, 6 a.m. THE WAR.

    The persistency of General Cronje in holding his position, though surrounded by the British, is attributed to a preconcerted plan to occupy the attention of the ...

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  6. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE INTERMENT OF THE BODS OF CAPTAIN DUDLEY.

    The Heaith Department has been more than ordinatily active for some time past. And this activity was greatly increased on both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is supposed to be a " dies non," but that is a, ...

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  7. ILLNESS OF VICTORIANS.

    Corporal R. S. M'Alpine, Private A. E. Coulson, and Private H. J. Colley, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent, are seriously ill. ...

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  8. MAJOR-GENERAL HECTOR MACDONALD.

    Later reports state that Major-General Hector MacDonald, commanding officer of the Highland Brigade, who was reported to have been severely wounded, was ...

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  9. MOVEMENTS OF AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORTS,

    The steamer Maori King, with the second Queensland contingent aboard, has arrived at Table Bay. Feb. 25. ...

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  10. MOBILITY OF THE BRITISH,

    The recognition by Lord Roberts of the necessity of rapid movements by his forces has altered the whole campaign. Prisoners who have been captured ...

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  11. HELP OFFERED BY INDIAN FRONTIER MEN.

    Two thousand Afridi hillmen on the Indian north-west frontier have offered their help to Lord Roberts. ...

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  12. SPIES OAPTURED AT LADYSMITH.

    At Ladysmith two armed German spies have been captured. They wore the red cross. The spies when captured were asking ...

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  13. MOBILISATION OF THE NAVY.

    It is stated that the Navy is ready for immediate mobilisation if it should become necessary. ...

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  14. EXPECTATION IN LONDON.

    Last night the largest crowd that has ever gathered on any Saturday night during the war assembled outside the War Office. No news, however, was ...

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  15. GEKMAN EECRUITS AT DELAGOA.

    The steamer Admiral has landed at Delagoa Bay 100 German recruits for the Transvaal. The steamer Germonde has landed at ...

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  16. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVES.

    Mr. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, has announced in the House of Commons that he awaits the establishment of a central authority by the ...

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  17. BOERS' USE OF THE WHITE FLAG.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts notifies that owing to the frequent violation which the enemy has made of the proper practice in the use of the white flag the British ...

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  18. VESSEL FROM THE ISLANDS.

    The steamer Moresby, from the Islands, has anchored in quarantine. She will remain there until tomorrow or Wednesday next. This action is owing to the New Hebrides having been proclaimed ...

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  19. SOME SIDELIGHTS FROM NATAL.

    The following extracts are from a letter received in North Sydney on Saturday. It is written by a lady in close counectiou with military mattera:— " Martizburg, Natal, January 23, 1900. ...

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  20. LIEUTENANT WALL.

    Lieutenant G. Wall, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, New South Wales, has been granted a lieutenancy in the Imperial Yeomanry, which is about to ...

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  21. A STEAMER QUARANTINED AT NEWCASTLE.

    The French steamer Maroc upon her arrival from Noumea to-day was at once ordered by Dr. Russell, health officer of the port, Into strict quarantine in conrequence of the prevalence of bubonic plague in New ...

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  22. A BOER CLAIM.

    The Boers claim that the Ermelo and Middleburg commandos repulsed Sir Redvers Buller on Thursday with heavy loss. ...

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  23. RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN. PLAN TO SEIZE HERAT.

    The " Daily Telegraph " states that Lieutenant-General Kouropatkine, Minister for War, had prepared a plan whereby Russia could seize Herat in ...

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  24. FIGHTING NEAR KIMBERLEY.

    Advices which have been received from Pretoria state that fighting is proceeding near Kimberley and around Petrusberg, east of Paarde Berg, but that the result is ...

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  25. N.S.W. MEDICAL STAFF CORPS.

    The Medical Staff Corps sent from New South Wales under Lieutenant-Colonel Yandeleur Kelly in the steamer Moravian has arrived at East London, Cape Colony, ...

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  26. 4.20 a.m. THE PRISONERS CAPTURED.

    Among the prisoners captured by the force under Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, is Count Sternberg, an Austrian. General Sir Redvers Buller has captured ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND.

    It transpires that the horses recently shipped by the Folmina from Queensland for South Africa are intended for the Imperial Yeomanry, having been purchased by Baron Rothschild. ...

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  28. LORD METHUEN ADMINISTRATOR OF KIMBERLEY.

    Lieutenant-General Lord Methuon, who recently moved forward to Kimberley, has been appointed Administrator of Kimberley district. ...

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  29. BOER LOSSES AT SPION KOP.

    A letter which was found in the deserted trenches of the enemy at Hlangwane Hill stated that the Boer losses at Spion Kop, when attacked by ...

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  30. THE CURRENCY AT MAFEKING.

    Owing to the deficiency of silver coins, one, two, and three shilling notes have been issued at Mafeking. ...

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  31. GENERAL BULLER'S OPERATIONS.

    General Sir Redvers Buller states that in the fighting across the Tugela on Tuesday and Wednesday his losses were— Killed. Wonuded. ...

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  32. PREPARATIONS IN INDIA.

    Reuter's correspondent at Calcutta hints that owing to the presence of a large Russian force at Kushk the Indian Government has propared certain military ...

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  33. THE SITUATION.

    A large proportion of the Transvaal population has for many years looked upon General Cronje as the proper person to exercise supreme military authority in the ...

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  34. VICTORIA. A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.

    The barque Edinburgh, 1405 tons, which arrived in Hobson's Bay on Saturday afternoon from London, had an eventful passage. She sailed on October 25, and the ...

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  35. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    A sum of £500,000 in gold has been received in London from Russia to enable Persia to discharge her iudobtednoss to British creditors, thus freeing the customs ...

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  36. TASMANIA.

    Edward Gillam, a well-known farmer in the Hagley district, and a son were driving home from Westbury on Thursday evening, when they were thrown out of a buggy Gillam, senior, ...

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  37. REPORT BY DR. LEYDS.

    Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Plenipotentiary to Europe, affirms that General Cronje has broken through the British force. ...

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  38. THE LATE CORPORAL KILPATRICK.

    On Friday night, at the invitation of the Mayor of Leichhardt (Alderman J P Treadgold), an influential meeting of citizens was hold in the Leichhardt Town Hall for the purpose of considering the ...

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  39. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT.

    A fatal accident took place at the M'Evoy mine, Eldorado, on Saturday. Two shift captains, James Trainer and Thomas K. Dunston, were on duty at the top level when the water started to ...

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  40. BRITISH EXPLORERS ATTACKED BY CHINESE.

    A party of British explorers, accompanied by an escort of 75 Ghoorkas, were attacked by 500 Chinese between the Irrawadi and the Salwen rivers, in ...

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  41. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FRENCH SCOURING THE COUNTRY.

    Lieutenant-General French with his cavalry and artillery is scouring the oountry towards Bloemfontein. Ho has destroyed, piecemeal, reinforcements which ...

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  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Commercial Hotel, Ashhurst, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Miss O'Callaghan, the landlord's siotor-in-law, was burned to death. ...

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  43. THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH.

    Despite the fact that huge numbers of Boers' waggons, whose line extends for many miles, are trekking north along the road from Ladysmith to Dundee, there ...

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  44. THE MEDIC AT ALBANY.

    Ihe Medic, Ranson commander, ainved from London, via Capetown, at 10 p.m. yesterday. She has 160 third-class passengers for all ports, and sailed for Adelaide at noon. ...

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  45. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    An outbreak of the bubonic plague has occurred at Aden. ...

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  46. FAREWELLS TO TROOPERS.

    Trooper Joseph Taylor, who leaves for South Africa with the Bushmen's Contingent, had a cordial and hearty send-off on Tuesday last at the Mosman Public School, ...

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  47. LENTEN PASTORALS.

    The Lenten pastorals of Archbishop Carr and other Roman Catholic prelates were read in the churches to-day Archbishop Carr's pastoral contains a referenco to the war in South Africa, ...

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  48. BRITISH LOSSES DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  49. LATE SPORTING.

    There were some alterations in the betting quota tions for the Newmarket on Saturday evening Odds at 100 to 8 were offered on the field, Cornquist, Sequence, and Foret figuring at that price, whilo ...

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  50. ORONJE'S COMMUNICATIONS.

    President Kruger claims that the line of communications of General Cronje's forces has not been severed. ...

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  51. DEATH OF MR. C. G. MILLAR.

    Mr. Charles Gibson Millar, the senior partner of Mossrs. C. and E. Millar, contractors, Western Australia, died at Madeira. ...

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  52. FIGHTING IN THE PAAR DE BERG DISTRICT.

    In the fighting in the Puarde Berg district on Sunday the British losses included 146 rank oud file killed. Among them were 35 of the Seaforth Highlanders. ...

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  53. THE VICTORIAN CASUALTIES.

    It has been decided by the Miuistor of Defenca that the pay of tbose office aud men of the Victorian contingent who have fallen in bouth Africa shall bo continued, and handed to widows or ...

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  54. ENGLISH COURSING.

    The Waterloo Cup meeting, after being postponed owing to the seventy of the frost, was run off during the wook at Altear, and on Friday in the final course ...

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  55. AUSTRALIANS AT NAAUWPOORT.

    The Australian troops frustrated an attempt by the Boers to cut the railway line near Naauwpoort. ...

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  56. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The funeral of Mr. J. C. Soundrett took place yesterday. The attondance was one of the largest seen at a goldfiolds funeral, and testified to the esteem in which Mr. Soandrett had ...

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  57. AUSTRALIANS LOST IN BATTLE.

    The Premier states that it ia very piobablo that it will be uccessary for the Government to take etops with the view of rendering monetary assistance to the relatives of those New ...

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  58. LIEUTENANT G. J. GRIEVE KILLED.

    Included in those killed in the Paarde Berg district was Lieutenant G. J. Grieve, formerly adjutant to the 6th Regiment of New South Wales infantry, and ...

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  59. BOERS RETREATING.

    The Inniskilling Dragoons and the Australians have occupied Mooifontein, oxpelling the Boers, who are retreating northwards. ...

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  60. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The following officers have been selected for the Bushmen's Contingent:—Captaine: Captain Harry George Vialls and Captain Howard Edward Murst. Lieutenants: Captain Andrew, Fitzgerald, ...

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  61. INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS.

    The intercolonial tennis tournament was concluded on Saturday. Dunlop and Brookes (Victorians) beat Bowen and Baker (South Australians) in the cham pionship Binples, the secres being 5-7, 1-6, 6-2, 7-5, ...

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  62. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN KILLED.

    In the fighting at Arundel on the 21st instant Private W. E. Smith, of the first South Australian contingent, was killed. ...

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  63. FRUIT FOR THE CONTINGENT.

    A short time ago Mr. Georgo Howarth, M.L.A., reccived a promise from the fruitgrowers in the Willoughby and Pymble distrlets to forward n supply of fruit for the use of the Bushmen's ...

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  64. AUSTRALIANS WOUNDED AT KLIP KRAAL.

    Seventy-six men of the British forces were wounded in the fighting at Klip Kraal on the 16th instant. Inoluded amongst these was Private E. ...

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  66. DEATH OF PRIVATE JOHN ORAM.

    Private John Oram, of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, has died at the Orange River from enteric fever. ...

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