A strong column of Imperial Yeomanry has been sent to Griquatown, west of Kimberley. The column will proceed to the relief of ...
Article : 261 wordsThe federal delegates of the Australian colonies, with their wives, had lunch at Windsor on Monday. Mr. S. H. Parker, the representative of Western Australia, was present. The guests ...
Article : 5,080 wordsCommandant Olivier's column, with 800 waggons, by forced marches has reached Clocolan, 25 miles north-east of Ladybrand. ...
Article : 101 wordsH.M.S. Goliath has been commissioned as flagship on the China station. H.M.S. Goliath is a twin-screw battleship of the first-class, armoured. She is built of steel, and ...
Article : 79 wordsLast evening, at the Waverley Hall, Ebley-street, a successful concert was given in aid of the local branch of the Patriotic Fund. Messrs. H. N. Southwell and E. Power had charge of the affair. Those ...
Article : 385 wordsMr. W. S. Fielding, Q.C., Minister for Finance in the Government of the Dominion of Canada, delivered his budget statement yesterday in the Dominion ...
Article : 91 wordsLieutenant-Colonel T. D. Pilcher, with a small force on Monday, drove in the Boer outposts at Ladybrand, and captured the Landdrost. ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. W. Noel Tomkins, secretary of the London Bank of Australia, has retired, and will be succeeded by Mr. F. Jordan Curtis, the accountant. ...
Article : 32 wordsPrivate A. H. Whiley, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry (the first contingent), writing from Nnauwpoort hospital, February 17, to Captain Lamrock, of Orange, referring to the action of ...
Article : 772 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3?d per 9z, standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsOn Monday a reconnaissance was made from the Glen Camp on the Modder towards Brandfort, which is 35 miles to the north. ...
Article : 74 wordsLieutenant J. B. N. Osborne, of the Australian Horse, has received commission in the 16th Lancers. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Lincoln Spring Meeting, which was commenced yesterday, was continued to-day, when the Lincolnshire Handicap, the first of the important handicap events of ...
Article : 121 wordsOn account of the Kensington races yesterday morning the tents of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent on the course ware struck so that the spectators' view of the various events might not be ...
Article : 460 wordsTrooper J. A. Roberts, of the New South Wales Lancers, has been discharged from the hospital at Pretoria. [The Premier has received word that Trooper ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Pott, a consul at Delagoa Bay, has been fined £210 for having indirectly imported heliographs and other contraband good ...
Article : 289 wordsBasutos are at work repairing the railway north of Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 20 wordsOne hundred of the Boer prisoners at Simonstown are suffering from typhoid. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe following is a complete list of the officers and drew of the steamer Glenelg (the wreck of which is reported on another page):—Captain F. H. English, aged 45, married, with ...
Article : 272 wordsLarge quantities of shrapnel and machine-gun ammunition have been found in farm-houses at Springfontein. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 wordsIn the war news which we published early yesterday morning it was stated that Commandant Olivier's column had reached Clocolan, and had rested for two days, the men being prostrated. ...
Article : 1,099 wordsOwing to the racial susceptibility of the Free Staters, the Cape Police have not been sent to do duty in the State, but have been retained south of the Orange ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is certainly very regrettable that typhoid has become an illness in the camp of the enemy's prisoners in Capetown, since it is probable that all sorts of stories may be circulated among the Boers and ...
Article : 426 wordsThirty-four volunteers for the Bushmen's Contingent were tested at Karrakatta yesterday. There are 130 men in camp. ...
Article : 23 wordsOn the 13th instant Colonel Baden-Powell, commanding the beleaguered garrison at Mafeking, captured a Boer trench and killed 12 of the enemy. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 wordsMessrs. Tunor and Henderson, of Hunter-street, have forwarded as a letter which they recently received from London bearing testimony to the appreciative feeling among London merchants on the ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Agent-General has sent a cablegram to the Minister for Defence, giving particulars as to number of officers and men of the Australian Imperial Regiment which is now being raised throughout ...
Article : 227 wordsIt is reported that the Boers are employing kaffirs at digging trenches on the kopjes near Johannesberg. ...
Article : 24 wordsIn reference to the separation petition, it has now transpired that the first intimation that it had been left behind by the Governor was contained in a communication received from Mr. Matheson on ...
Article : 236 wordsAt the meeting of the Manly Council ou Tuesday the Mayor (Alderman W. H. Fletcher) moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Alderman Quirk and carried,—"That this council desire ...
Article : 81 wordsGeneral Joubert, who was reported to be commanding the Boers massed at Kroonstad, has returned to Pretoria. ...
Article : 21 wordsFew people are aware (says "M.A.P.") how great an influence the Crimean War exercised on all the Queen's children. The elder princesses were at that time at a most impressionable age, and their ...
Article : 265 wordsThe Boers are massing in entrenched positions on the Biggarsberg. Their baggage and their waggons at Newcastle are packed in readiness for a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 wordsThe following is a copy of the cable forwarded by Mr. Lyne to the Secretary of State for the Colonies: —"I have been in communication with the Australian colonies, with the result that ...
Article : 86 wordsThe steamer Karrakatta arrived yesterday at fremantle from Singapore, and reported that a young Malay, one of the crew, was suffering from sickness. He was examined by the local medical ...
Article : 60 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that he withdrew the proposal to place a stamp ...
Article : 57 wordsIn yesterday's issue of the "Herald" appeared au account of the bombardment of General Cronje in the almost dry bed of a river. It was taken from the London "Daily ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 276 wordsHeavy rains have fallen throughout South Africa. Many camps are swamps. A troop train was overturned on the embankment on Victoria Road, owing to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 wordsA meeting of the Petersham and district ladies' committees who are working up a military tattoo was held at the Petersham Town Hall on Tuesday. The Mayor of Petersham (Alderman J. W. Cockbaine) ...
Article : 87 wordsThe selection of men for the Imperial Contingent is proceeding rapidly. It appears that the final selection will yet have to be made at Langwarrin, as the general excellence of the candidates has been such ...
Article : 391 wordsSurvivor, an Australian horse, which started favourite at 4 to 1 against for the Lincoinshire Handicap, finished sixth. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn reference to a case recently brought under public notice, the secretary of the Patriotic Fund reports the receipt of the following letter:— "Premier's Office, Sydney, New South Wales, ...
Article : 190 wordsThe "Daily News" states that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts will shortly meet his wife at Capetown. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 29 Mar 1900, Page 7
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