The extraordinary cordiality of FieldMarshal Lord Roberts's reception at Bloemfontein is attributed to the relief which it gave the Free Staters from the ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Boers in the rebal districts of north-eastern Cape Colony are laying down their arms and surrendering. Lord Roberts reports that hundreds in the Free State are disarming and returning to ...
Article : 6,294 wordsThe onemy is in strengh at Van Reenan's Pass. A skirmish has taken place at De Beer's Pass, a few miles further north, between the Boer and the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Australian Federal delegates have had their first interview with the law officers of the Crown regarding the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill. ...
Article : 245 wordsOn Saturday afternoon an accident occurred at the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company's works, Balmain, which resulted in the immediate death of five men and slight injury to another. The works are ...
Article : 3,082 wordsMajor-General Polo-Carew, who was reported on Friday to have left Bloemfontein by train with 2000 of the Guards, Mounted Infantry, and two guns, and who ...
Article : 75 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily News" at Delagoa Bay reports that the Transvaal burghers admit that their cause is hopeless. ...
Article : 70 wordsLieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre, who on Friday was reported to have seized Bethulie, was well received by the inhabitants of the town. ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. Wyndham, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, states that since October 30,000 men have joined the volunteers, and 20,000 men ...
Article : 38 wordsThe steamer Australasian with the fourth contingent of N.S.W. Lancers aboard, from Sydney February 16, has arrived at Durban. ...
Article : 32 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, has offcially censured Lieutenant-General Sir W.F. Gatacre for his conduct of ...
Article : 34 wordsThere are no fresh developments inn connection with the military operations in South Africa. What has been going on during the past few days has been a continuation of the work of pacification ...
Article : 1,308 wordsThe casualtios at the battle of Driefontein on Saturday last were: Killed, 63; wounded, 308. Among the killed was Private W. ...
Article : 165 wordsA portion of the stores that were being carried by the British convoy, lost at the Riet River, was recovered at Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 68 wordsMajor Robins and the New Zealand Mounted Infantry, during the battle of Driefontein, repelled an attack on a convoy. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt St. Patrick Day celebrations in Dublin yesterday, the Lord Mayor of Dublin while driving in his carriage in the procession had the windows smashed. ...
Article : 86 wordsLord Roberts, in addressing the Guards, said that he regretted that a mistake had prevented him leading them into Bloomfontoin after their arduous march. ...
Article : 68 wordsAmong the British wounded prisoners who were in Bloemfontein at the occupation of the town by Lord Roberts were Privates F. M. Meagher and T. J. ...
Article : 63 wordsH.M.S. Powerful has been ordered homeward and will not go to China, as previously announced. ...
Article : 20 wordsCommandant De Wet and Mr. Condito (a member of the Cape House of Assembly) have been arrested at Burghersdorp. ...
Article : 27 wordsCaptain R. W. Salmon, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, and Private H. Budd, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, are seroiously ill. ...
Article : 95 wordsColonel Plumer, with his reliving force, is nearer Mafeking. The railway is reported clear. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe man David Wit[?]as, who was arrested at Melbopurne on a charge of diamond stealing, appeared at the Mansion House Court to-day, and was discharged, ...
Article : 41 wordsAt Bloemfontein the markets and the banks have resumed business. March 18. The railway from Capetown to ...
Article : 36 wordsSt. Patrick's Day was celebrated throughout the kingdom of the Empire with unparalleled enthsiasm. References were everywhere made to ...
Article : 68 wordsAt the wool sales to-day the biddings were spirited, at prices which were above the rates obtained at the opening of the series. The American buyers operated ...
Article : 138 wordsMajor-General Pretyman, Governor of Bloemfontein, has directed all burghers within a radius od 10 miles of the town to disarm on pain of forfeiture of their ...
Article : 33 wordsAmong the wounded at Poplar Grove was Trooper L. A. Palmer, of the Australian Horse. ...
Article : 23 wordsLord Roberts reports that many humdreds of the Boers are disarming and are submitting to the British. Lord Roberts also reports that 800 ...
Article : 71 wordsSir W. F. Gatacre on occupying Bethulie was amused to learn in the town that President kruger had issued a proclamation annexing the Orange Free ...
Article : 54 wordsJohn Camer on, aged 83, died at the Benevolent Asylum to-day from injuries received through being knocked down by a cab on Saturday morning at the corner of Collins and Swanston streets. ...
Article : 196 wordsThe separation potition of the Eastorn Goldfields Reform League was presented to the Governor on Saturday. It is stated to contain 27,733 signatures. His Excellency ...
Article : 116 wordsMafeking was reported safe on the 9th instant. The garrison had seized the enemy's advanced trench. Lady Sarah Wilson (the special ...
Article : 49 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3?d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe eavalry patrols operating to the north of Bloemfontein report that the country is clear of the enemy as far as the Modder River. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe death is announced of Sir Frederick William Burton, late director of the National Gallery, aged 84 years. ...
Article : 21 wordsThree officers of the south African Light Horse penetrated as far as Van Reenan's Pass, and sighted a Boer laager of two commandos and four guns. ...
Article : 35 wordsOn Saturday morning a miner named William Wills, aged 58, working at the Brown Hill Proprietary lease, was killed by a fall of earth. Deceased was one of a party of tributed, and at ...
Article : 82 wordsMajor-General Clements, who a few days ago occupied Norval's Pont, secretly constructed a road lined with mimosa bushes, so as to be invisible to the enemy. ...
Article : 146 wordsThe bye-election to fill the vacancy in the representation of West Adelaide in the house of Assembly caused by the retirement of Mr. Kingston was conducted on Saturday. The polling ...
Article : 105 wordsThe ceremony of opening the library recently established by the Newcastle Districk Public School Teachers' Association at the Wickham Public School was performed on Friday afternoon by Mr. Fegan, ...
Article : 309 wordsAfter the fight of the landdrost from Ladygrey, near the Basutoland border, the loyalists of the town pretended that the British were advancing. The loyalists ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the instance of Mrs. Hattie Wallance, of San Francisco, the Supreme Court here yesterday gave judgment in her favour for the amount of bottomry bond on the American yacht Norna, now in ...
Article : 60 wordsADELAIDE.—Arrivals: March 17, Prinz Regent Luitpold, from Bremen; Victoria, from London; Alcestis from New Zealand. March 18, Nemesis, from Kembla; Buninyong, from Fremanatle. Departures: March 17, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsMajor Hook, two civilians, and seven mounted police entered Barkly East, to the east of Burghersdrop, without encountering opposition. The loyalists ...
Article : 88 wordsJohn Healey, aged 60, and Charles William Ellis, about 27, were shot by another man on Satureday night. The men were employed at a vineyard, near Wahgunyah, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 19 Mar 1900, Page 7
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