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  2. THE WAR SUBMISSION OF FREE STATERS.

    At Bloemfontein the proclamation by the Governor, Major-General Pretyman, calling on all burghers within a radius of 10 miles to submit and disarm is being ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    St. Patrick's Day was celebrated throughout the United Kingdom and the Empire with unparalleled enthusiasm. Roferences were everywhere made to ...

    Article : 79 words
  4. LATE EDITION. HERALD 0FFICE, 6.20 a.m. THE WAR.

    A Boer commandant's note book found at the Tugela indicntes that the enemy's casualties between December 12 and January 24 numbered 1494. ...

    Article : 38 words
  5. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    At Edenburg 800 Free Staters surrendered. General Gatacre captured 40 waggons and two engines at Springfontein. Some Transvaalcrs ...

    Article : 6,847 words
  6. ENEMY RETREAT FEOM WINDSORTEN.

    The Boers have quitted Windsorten, between Warrenton and Kimberley, and some distance west of the railway line. Their adjutant is Holloway, a prize ...

    Article : 45 words
  7. ARREST OF A LEGISLATOR.

    Mr. P. J. de Wet, M.L.A. for Wode-house, Cape Colony, and a member of the Afrikander Bund has been arrested at Burghersdorp on a charge of treason. ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. THE TRANSPORTS EMPLOYED.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 words
  9. THE SITUATION.

    The war news to-day indicales progress on all hands-useful icconnaissances in Natal, a strong advance in the direction of Mafeking, the capture of some ...

    Article : 1,331 words
  10. LORD METHUEN AT WARRENTON.

    Lieutenant-Genernl Lord Methuen, Administrator of the Kimberley district, on Friday arrived at Warrenton, 43 miles north of Kimberley. ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. THE BOEE PEISONERES.

    The occurrence of infectious cases of sickness has delayed the departure of the Boer prisoners for St. Helena. No Free Staters are going. ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. THE NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENTS.

    The Government has decided to divide the fourth contingent into two sections. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis, with the rank of major, goes in command of one, and Captain Davies, now at the Cape ...

    Article : 408 words
  13. FREE STATERS RETURNING TO THEIR FARMS.

    Thr ee-fourths of the Free Staters who were under arms have returned to their farms. ...

    Article : 25 words
  14. TAVAL MOVEMENTS.

    H.M.S. Powerful has been ordered homeward from Table Bay, and will not go to China as previously announced. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. SIEGE OF MAFEKING.

    In the siege of Mafeking desperate sapping has been done by the besiegers and desperate counter-sapping by the garrison, The Boers, who had advanced nearer ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. FREE STATERS INDIGNANT WITH PEESIDENT STEYN.

    The Free State burghers are increasingly indignant with President Steyn's concealment of the number of casualties. ...

    Article : 26 words
  17. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.

    Mr. Wyndham, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, states that since October 30,000 men have joined tho volunteers, and 20,000 men ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. THE MARKET FOR MULES.

    In times of war and of peace there is always a good demand for horseflesh in the markets of the world, and it will be acknowledged that Australia is a great equine-producing country. Possibly there has ...

    Article : 515 words
  19. RECRIMINATIONS BETWEEN FREE STATERS AND TRANSVAALERS.

    Recriminations between tho Free Staters and the Transvaal Boers imprisoned at Simons. Town have compelled the authorities to take precautions to ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. THE INDIAN FAMINE.

    Nearly 5,000,000 persons in the faminestricken districts of India are being fed by the Government. '. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. BAD BOOTS IN THE ARMY.

    Many complaints have been made to Lord Roberts that bad boots have been issued to soldiers on service in South Africa. ...

    Article : 30 words
  22. CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES OF WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Consolidated Gold Mines of West Australia is being floated with a capital of £150,000. Forty thousand shares are being issued at par, where of £30,000 ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. REBELS SURRENDERING.

    In the Orange River districts some Transvaal Boers have been taken prisoners and thousands of rebels have surrendered to the British authorities. ...

    Article : 27 words
  24. BOEES AT BIGGARSBERG.

    Mr. Winston Churchill states that there are 14,000 Boers, with 20 guns, at Biggarsberg. ...

    Article : 21 words
  25. COLONEL PLUMER NEARING MAFEKING.

    Colonel Plumer, with his relieving force, is nearer Mafeking. The railway is reported clear. March 19. ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. THE FIRST BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  27. THE NEW AGENT-GENERAL.

    The announcement contained in the "Herald" yesterday that the Hon. Henry Copeland had been selected by the Government to fill the important post of Agent-General led to a considerable amount of ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  28. DEMONSTRATION AT WALFISH BAT.

    A British warship has lauded a number of men and guns at Walfish Bay as a precaution against acts of aggression by the Damaraland Boers. ...

    Article : 33 words
  29. GUNS GIVEN UP.

    Deserters from the ranks of the Boers have brought a Maxim and a 9-pounder to the British camp at Belmont; another 9-pounder has been brought to the ...

    Article : 38 words
  30. VISIT OF THE KHEDIVE TO ENGLAND.

    The Khedive of Egypt, Abbas II., will visit England'in the summer, and will be entertained at Windsor Castle. ...

    Article : 28 words
  31. MR. SCHREINER AND JUBILANT DEMONSTRATIONS.

    Mr. W. P. Schreiner, Premier of Cape Colony, has prohibited the holding of jubilant colobrations to mark the British successes unless specially authorised. ...

    Article : 31 words
  32. THE OCCUPATION OF BLOEMFONTEIN.

    A. portion of the stores that were being carried by the British convoy, lost at the Riet River, was recovered at Bloemfoutein. ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. OBITUARY. SIR WILLIAM LOCKHART.

    The death is announced of General Sir William Lockhart, G.C.B., K.C.S.I., Commander-in-Chief in India, aged 59 years. ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. VICTORIA WEST THREATENED BY REBELS.

    The rebels at Wesburg threaten the British position at Victoria West, 75 miles south-west of De Aar. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. DISTRIBUTION OF THE £10,000 SUBSCRIBED IN ENGLAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  36. THE IMPERIAL BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    For days and days the officers and men stationed at the Kensington Camp have been patiently waiting for some definite information regarding their future movements. Everything was vague and ...

    Article : 955 words
  37. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 ll-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 17 words
  38. TRANSVAALERS' DELUSION.

    Despite the statements made by British Ministers and the rebuff which President Kruger received from Germany, the Transvaal Boers still cling to the delusion ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. LIEUTENANT DOWLING.

    Great pleasure is expressed at the release of Lieutenant Dowling at Bloemfontein. Advices received state that he has been appointed to Lord Roberts' staff. ...

    Article : 35 words
  40. HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN KALGOORLIE.

    A daring highway robbery of a similiar kind to that which happend at Boulder-road last year occurred shortly after noon to day, opposite the Government school, Cassidy-street, ...

    Article : 333 words
  41. THE ENGINEEES' HEROISM.

    Captain Hunter-Weston, R.E., and 10 Engineers, who traversed the Boer ' lines on Sunday night, cut the telegraph line to the north of the town, and wrecked with ...

    Article : 59 words
  42. MR. RAPHAEL TUCK.

    The death is announced of Mr. Raphael Tuck, of the firm of Raphael Tuck and Son, art publishers. ...

    Article : 24 words
  43. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 words
  44. PAYMENTS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    President Kruger and Mr. Steyn pay accounts of £300 and upwards in bar gold. ...

    Article : 21 words
  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Thomas William Mattinson, a single man, aged 40, died at Port Adelaide yesterday from the effects of taking spirits of salts on Saturday. Two inmates of the Parkside Lunatio Asylum ...

    Article : 68 words
  46. GENERAL POLE-CAREW RETURNS TO BLOEMFONTEIN.

    Major-General Pole-Carew, in charge of the Guards Brigade, has returned from Norval's Pont to Bloemfontein. ...

    Article : 23 words
  47. PRETORIA.

    The British officers prisoners at Pretoria have had their quarters transferred from the centre of the town to Daspoortridge on the outskirts. ...

    Article : 52 words
  48. CAVALRY ADVANCE EASTWARDS.

    The British cavalry have advanced eastwards from Bloemfontein and hold Thaba'nchu, midway to Ladybrand, which is situated near tho Basutoland ...

    Article : 27 words
  49. TASMANIA.

    The Treasurer has decided, in response to an appeal from the Northern Tasmanian manufacturers to be placed on the same footing as those on the mainland, to include the following articles ...

    Article : 104 words
  50. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SALMON.

    Captain R. W. Salmon, adjutant of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, has died of enteric fever at the Orange River station. ...

    Article : 27 words
  51. PATRIOTIC FUND CONCERT.

    Great interest is being shown in the concert to be given by the Amatour Orchestral Society at the Town Hall to-morrow night, as the function will be one of the most important yet arranged in aid of the ...

    Article : 262 words
  52. MAJOR FIASCHI IN CHAEGE OF AN ARMY HOSPITAL. N

    Lord Roberts has entrusted the army hospital at Bloemfontein, containing 500 beds, to Major Fiasehi, of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, and to the ...

    Article : 42 words
  53. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    A large squad of men areo busily engaged in the construction of the Boulder Perseverance sulphide plant. Most of the crushing aud gold-saving machinery has been crected, or is in course ...

    Article : 246 words
  54. ACCIDENT TO COLONEL PRICE.

    Colonel T. Price, commandant of the Victorian Mounted Infantry fell in a sluit (a dry ditch) and broke a rib. He has now recovered. ...

    Article : 35 words
  55. QUEENSLAND.

    News has been received by the police that a man has died from thirst at Hamilton Downs, near Kyuna. ...

    Article : 26 words
  56. OCCUPATION OF SPRINGFONTEIN.

    Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gataere, who a few days ago occupied Springfontein in the Free State, 100 miles south of Bloemfontein, captured in the town 40 ...

    Article : 47 words
  57. NEW ZEALANDERS AT DRIEFONTELN.

    Major Robins and the New Zealand Mounted Infantry, during the battle of Driefontein, repolled an attack on a convoy. ...

    Article : 29 words
  58. VICTORIA.

    To-day the Victorian Hardware Association gave a complimentary banquet to the chairman, Mr. Edward Keep, on the occasion of his departure for an extended trip to Europe by the ...

    Article : 36 words
  59. AN EXCURSIONIST KILLED.

    A sad fatality occurred this evening near the Huon-road, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to others A bruke conveying six excursionists and a driver was coming down ...

    Article : 106 words
  60. SIE W. F. GATACRE'S WORK AT STORMBERG.

    Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, has officially censured Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gatacre for his conduct of ...

    Article : 40 words
  61. TRANSVAALERS LEAVE THE MAFEKING LINE.

    The Transvaal Boers have quitted Taungs and Vryburg, on the line between Kimberley and Mafeking. Some rebels who were aiding them in holding these ...

    Article : 71 words
  62. FIRE IN A WORKSHOP.

    A fivel was discovered early this moringing in a workshop in Belmore-Street. St Peters, occupied by Mr. H. E. Smith, gasfitte[?]. The workshop and its contents were burnt out, the further spread of the fire ...

    Article : 148 words
  63. PATRIOTIC IRISHMEN IN BRISBANE.

    These present at the sports on the Brisbane Cricket Ground to-day were asked to attend a mass meeting announced for the purpose of carrying a resolution expressing gratification at the approaching visit of ...

    Article : 219 words
  64. TODAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 words
  65. THE NATAL-FREE STATE BORDER.

    The enemy is in strength 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 : 45 words
  66. FROM CAPETOWN TO PRETORIA.

    There is cabled an important matter, and that is the line is open from Capetown to Bloemfontein. This will be an immense advantage to the British. Even on an express train, and without the slightest ...

    Article : 519 words
  67. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADLLAIDE.—Arrivals March. 10, Kalgoorlie, s., from Melbourne Dovedale s., from Newcustle. Departure: March 20, Buninyong. s., for Melbourne. PORT [?]IE.—Arrival March l8, Moonta, s., from ...

    Article : 37 words
  68. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.

    A meeting of the selection committee of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent was held yesterday under the presidency of his Excellency the Governor. There were also present Major-General ...

    Article : 111 words
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