The Rev. James Green, chaplain representing the Evangelical Churches other than the Presbyterian with the members of the Bush Contingent, who left in the Maplemore, has forwarded two ...
Article : 389 wordsBy the Union Company's steamer Hauroto, which arrived on Friday from Samoa, there reached Sydney a party of Samoan men and women who are on their way to the Paris Exhibition, where they will ...
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Advertising : 469 wordsLatters have been received from the Rev. E. C. Beck (of Mosman), who went with the "A" Battery as chaplain. After giving some general account of the voyage, he goes on to speak of the services each ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Y.M.C.A. tent continues at Kensington with the third contingent. The interest in the meetings is sustained, the tent being well filled each night. The Revs. A. E. Bellingham, C. H. Talbot, Mr. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe news of the relief of Ladysmith was the signal for a patriotic demonstration, not only in Melbourne, but throughout Victoria. Flags were hoisted over all ...
Article : 236 wordsA private letter received in Ballarat from one of the officers of the second Victorian contingent contained complaints that the drill clothes of the men had washed nearly all white, and that the helmets ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 696 wordsThe following is an extract from a letter received by Mr. James Mulheron from Captain J. E. Hawkins, of the steamer Rob Roy, with reference to the accident to the steamer, the news of which reached here ...
Article : 286 wordsSergeant Houston, of the New South Wales Lancers, writing to his wife at Auburn, says:— "Lieutenant-General French is in command of our division, and he makes very much use of the colonial ...
Article : 146 wordsThe relatives of some of those members of the first Victorian contingent who were killed in the encounter with the Boers at Homburg have asked the Defence Department whether the bodies could be ...
Article : 128 wordsThe news of the relief of Ladysmith was the subject of much jubilation. The Civil servants of the various departments mustered at noon and gave cheers For the Queen, "Bobs," and the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe special war correspondent of the "Cape Times," in describing the scene on the battlefield after the desperate attempt of the Boers on January 6 to capture Ladysmith, gives the following account ...
Article : 425 wordsIt is estimated that upwards of 35,000 persons last evening attended the Exhibition Buil[?]ing carnival which was arranged by the members of the police force in connection with the Empire Patriotic Fund. ...
Article : 109 wordsThere was great delight in Adelaide when the news became known that Ladysmith had been relieved. The Town Hall bella were rung, and the Police Band played patriotic airs on the balcony. ...
Article : 131 wordsA cable message has been received in Melbourne from Mr. Rudyard Kipling as follows:—"Capetown, Friday.—Approaching dearth of horses. Insist increased Australian supplies." ...
Article : 37 wordsThe funeral of Commander Maurice J. Keating, whose death occurred on Friday at Bathurst after an illness extending over a long period, took place on Saturday. The remains arrived from Bathurst by ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Government is negotiating for the charter of a steamer to convey the fifth contingent of 500 men to South Africa. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe news of the relief of Ladysmith was enthusiastically received throughout Queensland. In Brisbane the bells of the cathedral rang out a merry peal, and most of the business places, the shipping, ...
Article : 207 wordsAt the Wesleyan Conference on Friday the President (Rev. W. H. Beale) said they all rejoiced in the intelligence that had reached them of the relief of Ladysmith, and in the gratifying turn in the ...
Article : 308 wordsThe ladies of Perth entertained the Bushmen's Contingent on Saturday afternoon. The same day the Governor inspected the troops on the Esplanade. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe hunter Bugler, concluded his tour on Saturday, and J. C. F. Johnson, the promoter of the tour handed over the net proceeds, amounting to £2500, to the Bushmen's Fund. ...
Article : 37 wordsAt London: Devon. s., Leitrim, s., Yallaroi, ship, from Sydney; Ju[?]na, s., from Brisbane. At Southampton: Friedrich der Grosse, N. G. L. steamer, from Sydney. ...
Article : 618 wordsOn Saturday the annual picnic in connection with the employees at Resch's Waverley Brewery took place at Correy's Gardens, Cabarita. About 200 employees with their friends were carried to the ...
Article : 238 wordsPrivate Vince Davies, of the first New South Wales contingent, formerly a resident of Sydney, writes to his brother here as follows:—"We are practically at the front, a few miles from Magersfontein, ...
Article : 542 wordsThe "Cape Times" of February 7, says:—The following has been handed to us for publication:— From their Honors the President of the Orange Free State and the President at the South ...
Article : 628 wordsHobart was wholly given over to rejoicing on Friday. Shortly after the receipt of the cable about the relief of Ladysmith, five guns were fired from the battery, and the Trinity Church bells ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. G. H. Reid has received by the last mail a letter from a very distinguished member of the Imperial Government which contains the following remarks:—" Do you remember telling me more than ...
Article : 99 wordsA number of prominent citizens of Newcastle despatched a congratulatory cable in the name of the Mayor on Friday afternoon to General Buller, as follows:—"Citizens of Newcastle, New South Wales, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 wordsAt the executive committee meeting of the New South Wales Christian Endcavour Union the treasurer of the relief committee reported that in response to the appeal for bandages, literature, & c., ...
Article : 1,075 wordsA salute of 21 guns was fired at noon on Saturday. This was in commemoration of the despatch of the New South Wales contingent for the Soudan, which took place on March 3, 1885, and also in ...
Article : 55 wordsThere were great rejoicings over the relief of Ladysmith and unbounded enthusiasm throughout the colony, all the cities being gaily decorated with bunting. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 282 wordsAustralian cricketers will be interested to know that Mr. J. J. Ferris, the well-known cricketer, is one of the South African Light Horse, and when the latest files to hand left England was with General Buller. ...
Article : 42 wordsWhat might be described as one of the largest gatherings ever held by the residents of Botany took place yesterday afternoon for the purpose of assisting the funds of the local branch of the patriotic ...
Article : 983 wordsA meeting of the committee appointed to make arrangements for the carrying out of the wishes of the public meeting held at Leichhardt last week in the matter of erecting a public memorial to the late ...
Article : 181 wordsMessrs. Dangar, Gedye, and Co. have received a cable advising the arrival of the steamer Johannesburg at London on Thursday last. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe four-masted barque Luch Nevis took up a discharging berth at Parbury's wharf on Saturday. The ship Wasdale has removed from the back of Garden Island to a berth at Messrs. Dangar, Gedye, and Co.'s ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Governor has received the following reply to a congratulatory message sent to her Majesty the Queen on the relief of Ladysmith:—"The Queen thanks her people in New Zealand for their loyal ...
Article : 1,247 wordsMrs. W. Warner, of 36 Harris-street, Balmain, has received a lengthy letter from her son, Gunner Walter Warner, who is now at the front with the N.S.W. "A" Battery, from which the following ...
Article : 500 wordsGymeric, s., 4002 tons, New Zealand to South A[?]produce, &c. Admiral Nelson, s., 2092 tons—time charter intercolonial trade. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 373 wordsAfter a smart run of two days from Wellington the barque Loongana arrived at Kaipara on 24th ultimo to load timber for Sydney. The ship Nelson arrived at Port Chalmers on February ...
Article : 57 wordsA memorial service to the memory of the late Private S. C. Atchison, of the Scottish Rifles, Sydney, was held in the Epping Presbyterian Church yesterday, in the presence of a crowded ...
Article : 151 wordsThe steamer Langton Grange is due here on Wednesday next to ship over 900 horses which have been purcharted by the Imperial authorities for South Africa. The horses are at present at Maitland ...
Article : 83 wordsIn reference to the reported death of the captain, wi[?] and some of the crew of the Sydney-owned barque Alde baran, from fever, Mr. W. Kopsen writes:—"It will be well to allay the fears of Captain Douglas's many friends ...
Article : 128 wordsMessrs. Weddeil, Turner, and Co., writing under date of January 23, report as follows:— South Australia.—Business continues quiet, with no f[?]ture reported. Rates nominal at 30s United Kingdom of ...
Article : 84 wordsAn inquest was held yesterday at the Cooma Hospital concerning the death of George Albert Smith, aged 21, who was found dead at 7 o'clock on the same morning about half a mile from the ...
Article : 124 wordsDuring the voyage of the s.s. Mararoa from New Zealand great interest was felt in the news which would probably await the passengers on their arrival in Sydney with respect to recent ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 5 Mar 1900, Page 8
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