It is for all practical purposes settled that the next draft of the second New South Wales contingent will leave on the 16th instant by the Southern Cross. Which particular units it will comprise is not ...
Article : 1,223 wordsDuring the operations carried on by Major-General French north of Arundel he succeeded, by the mobility of his force, in out-manœuvring the Boers at every ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Odessa correspondent of the "Standard" states that 60,000 Russian troops will shortly be pushed forward to the Russo-Afghan frontier. ...
Article : 68 wordsMajor-General J. D. P. French, after a sharp engagement, on Monday defeated the Boers and occupied Colesberg. By a rapid advance on Sunday night, ...
Article : 6,560 wordsA heliograph message has been received in Lord Mothuen's camp, near Modder River, from Kimberley, conveying New Year's greetings to the troops. ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. George Connolly, of Carenar, arrived in Sydney yesterday, and as this gentleman is well versed in the surroundings of the bush, and further a man of considerable travel in European and other ...
Article : 1,312 wordsTo-night Dr. Cortis, who has been appointed surgeon-captain of the Mounted Rifles volunteering for the Transvaal, received a send-off at the Royal Hotel. Mr. J. H. M'Intosh, the chairman, proposed ...
Article : 115 wordsThe American newspapers contain extravagant statemouts ia regard to preparations by Fenians to invade Canada. ...
Article : 23 wordsNumbers of European officers are reported to be arriving every week at Delagoa Bay, and proceeding thence to Pretoria to assist the Boers in the ...
Article : 90 wordsIn response to the movement for obtaining gift[?] of horses, Sir Joseph Abbott writes to Mr. C. Kilgour that be thinks the stationowners will respond t[?] the call, and states that he and his brother are ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Trans-Baikal section of the Siberian railway has been completed. Direct communication between St. Petersburg and the Pacific has now been ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Hamburg and South American liner Pelotas was stranded at Dungeness, but was refloated after a quantity of the cargo had been jettisoned. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe members of the Victorian contingent went into camp to-day at the Flemington showground, and the work of preparation is to be commenced in [?]rnest to-morrow. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe last portion of the siege train intended for the reinforcement of General Sir Redvers Buller's command in Natal has left Capetown for the front. ...
Article : 33 wordsFour torpedo boat destroyers are being commissioned for service on the Australian station. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Victorian patriotic fund has reached £2487. Upwards of 20,485 shillings have been subscribed to the "Absent-minded Beggar" fund. ...
Article : 26 wordsOnly the smartest men are picked for scouting work, and the cables this morning will go a long way to prove that Captain the Hon. de Montmorency's scouts were of the kind [?] of men suitable for South ...
Article : 240 wordsAbout 220 officers and men are enrolled, and are still camped in the Exhibition-building. The second contingent will be a fine body of men. The average taken of 60 selected at random gives a height of ...
Article : 144 wordsTwelve hundred railway pioneers have been embodied in the Cape Railway Corps, organised for the protection of the lines of communication. The men are ...
Article : 53 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s 3?d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe stock of tallow on hand is 17,401 casks, the imports 7446 casks, and the deliveries 6896 casks. TIN STATISTICS. LONDON, Jan. 2. ...
Article : 65 wordsFor two months the Boers were in occuption of Colesberg. Only a small force was necessary to take possession of the defenceless position No opposition waa offered to the invasion. The ...
Article : 1,374 wordsA body of British cavalry, sent out for reconnoitring purposes, met and engaged the enemy north, of Dordrecht, After six hours' fighting the Boers received ...
Article : 118 wordsThis morning the members of the eecond contingent paraded for inspection by the commandant, Colonel Gordon. The examination was merely a preliminary one, and the volunteers have yet to be ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 302 wordsMiss Blanche Hoskins, who was seriously injured in the railway accident near Bendigo yesterday, died to-day, making the third death. The other sufferers are progressing favourably. ...
Article : 107 wordsCaptain Collins, Secretary for Defence, visited the troopship Warrigal to-day, and paid his respects to Colonel Smith, the officer commanding the battery of artillery. Later in the day the ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. D. Bothe, of the Tea Gardens Hotel, Waverley, is in receipt of two letters from his brother (Private A. D. Bothe), of the South Australian contingent, per steamer Medic, who writes at the time of ...
Article : 775 wordsThe weather continues intensely hot, 105[?]2 in the shade and 160[?]2 in the sun being registered at the Observatory. In the city higher readings were registered owing to the heat thrown out ...
Article : 217 wordsOwing to the fact that the colonial troops were mistaken for the enemy at Arundel an order has been issued that they shall wear helmets instead of hats. ...
Article : 36 wordsTrooper G. Bradford, one of the members of the New Zealand Contingent, who was wounded in the engagement near Arundel on December 19, has died in ...
Article : 79 wordsWe are requested tp state that the Very Rev. Father Patrick, C.P., of Marrickville, who volunteered as chaplain for the first contingent, has been notified that he is to accompany the troops to South ...
Article : 95 wordsLast eveniug an entertainment was held at the Paddington Town Hall in aid of the New South Wales Patriotic Fund. The patronage of his Excolleney the Governor (Earl Beauchamp), Admiral ...
Article : 255 wordsThe holidays being now virtually periods of the past, the men in camp at Randwick have settled down to the actual work for which they have been placed under canvas, and drill was proceeding ...
Article : 369 wordsApropos of Sir John Forrest's visit to the Eastern colonies the executive committee of the Goldfields' Separation League deemed it advisable last week to despatch a strongly worded letter to ...
Article : 146 wordsA burning fatality oocurred nt Glanville on Monday morning. A child named Cyril Albert Pudney, aged 2 years and 4 months, secured possession of a box of matches and set fire to his ...
Article : 213 wordsOur Parramatta correspondent writes:— Messrs. H. Crisp and Rawe, of Parramatta, have been passed for the Transvaal contingent, and are now in camp at Randwick. Constable Helsham, Private Ward, ...
Article : 93 wordsAt Christmas time the Boers varied the order of the siege at Ladysmith by firing into the town unloaded shells containing plum pudding and messages wishing the ...
Article : 46 wordsA poem entitled "The Trumpet Calls," written by Mr. George Dunne, of Mosman, was offered for sale on Monday at the Highland Gathering, held on the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the proceeds, £2 2s, ...
Article : 265 wordsActing upon information contained in a cablegram published in the "Herald" of Tuesday regarding the difficulty experienced by the Imperial War Office in obtaining transport waggons for ...
Article : 386 wordsIt is stated that the Boers have constructed fresh fortifications at many points between Colenso and Springfield. ...
Article : 26 wordsAustralinn Church, I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth-street; Entertainment, 8 p.m. Meeting, 52 Missenden-road, Newtown, to Establish labour Exchange, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 145 wordsThe railway line between Colonso and Ladysmiih has been destroyed by the Boers. ...
Article : 23 wordsMr. Thomas Mackenzio has been appointed colonial adviser to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Copany. J. R. Cooper, of Auckland, has won the Lawn ...
Article : 53 wordsArrangements are almost complete for the formation of a committee of gentlemen who will organise the project for despatching a troop of 500 sharpshooters to South Africa. Strong interest is being ...
Article : 165 wordsIt is reported that General Joubert's head quarters are ensconced in the hills towards Springfield, about 20 miles west of Colenso. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe following is a copy of a letter from Sergeant Major Henry Robson, of Wyrallah, now in South Africa with the New South Wales Lancers, to Major Taylor:— ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 3 Jan 1900, Page 7
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