Early to-day the Boers sholled Ladysmith with forty-pounders. "The British force, under General Sir G. S. White, returned the fire and quickly silenced the ...
Article : 135 wordsThe friendly reception by the London newspapers of the German Emperor's project for the increase of the German navy is appreciated in Berlin. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Legislative Assembly met yesterday to deal with private members' business. The Premier, before the formal business was disposed of, stated that he would consider the question of holding an ...
Article : 1,358 wordsA general engagement was fought at Ladysmith on Monday. General Sir G. S. White on Sunday sent two battalions of infantry and a ...
Article : 7,915 wordsThe preparations preliminary to the departure of the second draft of the New South Wales contingent are proceeding smoothly, and the bustle incidental to the despatch of the Kent's complement under ...
Article : 1,518 wordsGeneral Lord Kitchener, who has abandoned the pursuit of the Khalifa for the present in consequence of the latter having left his camp at Jobel Gebir, in ...
Article : 47 wordsPresident Kruger has gone to the front, and has arrived at Glencoe. ...
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Article : 269 wordsMr. Donaldson has given successful elocution recitals at Steinway Hall, London. ...
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Article : 36 wordsOur cablegrams of this morning shaw that Sir George White is holding his own at Ladysmith. Monday's engagement is minutely described, and the retirement of the British, in pursuance of the ...
Article : 126 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2[?]d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsA meeting of the executive appointed at the meeting held at the Town Hall on Monday was held yesterday morning in the Mayor's room, there being present his Worship the Mayor, the Hon. E. W. ...
Article : 455 wordsAn old man named Daniel Collins, a woodcarter, was stabbed in the abdomen last night, one of his employees being alleged to be the culprit. Collins's injuries are not considered ...
Article : 35 wordsSurgeon Buntine, an Australian, has been mentioned in General Sir G. S. White's despatches for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Glencoe. ...
Article : 196 wordsDoctor Robert Robertson died this morning Deceased had been a practitioner in the colonies for nearly 10 years. A fatal accident happened to a man named ...
Article : 57 wordsAt an early hour yesterday Messrs. J. G. Dempster and Co.'s warehouse, Northam, was totally destroyed by fire. The bodies of the two lads, Hans Rassmussen ...
Article : 159 wordsIt is officially announced by the War Office that the second battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, the first battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, and the ...
Article : 47 wordsA number of Australians belong to the Imperial Light Horse of Natal. ...
Article : 17 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night, The Premier read a message from her Majesty the Queen, which he had received through his Excellency the Governor, as follows:—Referring to ...
Article : 87 wordsThe British artillery were prevented from decimating the Boer troops when retreating from Glenco[?] through a subterfuge, the Boers using a white flag. ...
Article : 34 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Ireland, has inspected the First Battalion Connaught Rangers, and the First Battalion Royal ...
Article : 75 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of Mesars. Bell and Co. to-day declared a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum. The Cornwall Coal Company to-day declared a ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Orange Free States' commandos, which have been watching the Basutos, have gone to the front, believing that the British will prevent the Basutos from ...
Article : 38 wordsThe barque Pleiades is ashore north of Castle Point. The crew is safe. The barque was on her way from Port Chalmers to Napier at the time in ballast. ...
Article : 136 wordsNotice was given in the Legislative Assembly last night by the Colonial Secretary that he will move to-day,—"That this House will, on its next sitting day, resolve into a Committee of the Whole to cousider ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the meeting of the Grafton District Synod of the Wesleyan Church to-day the following resolution was unanimously adopted:—"That this synod, while deeply deploring the occurrence of war with ...
Article : 89 wordsThe military balloon sent out from Ladysmith to reconnoitre the enemy's position excited much wonderment among the Kaffirs. Many were observed ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Tugela River, which intersects Natal and runs near Ladysmith, is[?]in flood, impeding the Boer advance southward. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe newspapers in their articles on the departure of the Australian contingents re-echo the sentiments expressed by Lord Brassey (Governor of Victoria) and ...
Article : 45 wordsOn Sunday night General Sir G. S. White sent a mountain battery, together with the 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers (Colchester) and the 1st Battalion ...
Article : 326 wordsAn emergency meetiug of the Britannia Lodge, 179, was held list evening at Sinnott's Town Hall Hotel, Paddington. About 10 members attended, the occasion of the gathering being to bid farewell ...
Article : 360 wordsTo celebrate the close of the session this society held an enjoyable mock banquet in their rooms on Monday night. Mr E. H. Dollaham (president) occupied the chair. A long list, which included ...
Article : 121 wordsA deputation from the French-Africa Society, headed by M. Soller, the explorer, waited on M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, yesterday, ...
Article : 51 wordsFarewell Appearance of Miss Maud MacCarthy, Town Hall, [?] p.m. Stanmore Wealeyan Church: Fair and Conversazione. Petesham Town Hall, 3 p.m. ...
Article : 217 wordsThe French mail steamer, Tanais, which left Noumea on October 25 for Sydney, put into Moreton Bay partially disabled. The passengers, numbering about 36, including a number of ...
Article : 195 wordsIn the Live Stock Market to-day 12,500 fat sheep were yarded. The supply was even shorter than was expected, owing mainly to the increased number of lambs forward. The demand became execedingly spirit as the market ...
Article : 292 wordsThe steamer Wakan[?]i brings from the Cape files to October 9, detailing the events leading up to the outbreak of the war. At that date the Cape people were preparing for the inevitable. The volunteer ...
Article : 628 wordsThe Berlin newspapers interpret the telegram of the Emperor William to the Royal Dragoons, of which he is honorary colonel, wishing them a safe return, as ...
Article : 105 wordsOur Parramatta correspondent writes:—In selecting the infantry unit there seems to have been a feeling in favour of having as many companies as possible represented. The headquarlers company of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 1 Nov 1899, Page 7
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