There was a great deal of packing up at the camp yesterday, and much leave-taking. The theatre matinee broke in on the time of the men and the visits of their friends also impeded work. Yet much ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 wordsColonol J. M. Babington and Lieutenant-Colonel T. D. Pilcher, with squadrons of the 9th and 12th Lancers, Captain D. M'Leish, with the ...
Article : 239 wordsSeveral correspondents in the "Times" adversely criticise a letter written by Captain Collins, the Viotorian Secretary of Defence, to that journal defending the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Namoi will be barthed at Cowper Wharf, foot of Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo Bay, at 2 p.m., to witness the embarkation of the troopi at Woolloomooloo Bay, and will leave Cowper Wharf at 4 p.m. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe British soldiers who have worked with the Australian troops admire their quickness in mastering the lay of the country and their capacity for individual ...
Article : 40 wordsAn invitation was extended to Mr. W. T. Lyue (Premier) and Mr. John See (Colonial Seoretary), as representing the Government, to luncheon on board the steamship Southern Cross yesterday, by Mr. F. ...
Article : 201 wordsThe 'Czar Nicholas II. has issued a rescript in which he eulogises the services of Count Mouravieff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, in adhering to a ...
Article : 45 wordsThe offer of the Ceylon Government to provide a corps of mounted rifles numbering 125 men for service in South Africa has been accepted. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe first battalion of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), now at Alexandria, and the first battalion of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment ...
Article : 46 wordsM. Emile Zola, the novelist, has been prosented with a gold medal, weighing 5¼lb., in recognition of his advocacy in defence of Dreyfus. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt this date there are over 700 voluuteers registered at Mr. J. M. Atkinson's office, 6 spring-street, for the Australian Bushmen's Contingent, and anohter 100 applications to join have [?]n received by ...
Article : 1,026 wordsCertain of the men who went away with the first contingent left orders for the payment of the money accruing due to them to their relatives here. Under a mistaken notion of what the British Army ...
Article : 137 wordsThe number of persons in the drought-affected and famine-stricken districts of India now being fed by the Government has increasoe to 3,250,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Earl of Donoughmore has raised a force of 250 mounted gentlemen, who are providing themselves with all equipment. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe cut of the helmets of some of the contingent, which all people about town have observed during the lost day or two, is hardly an ideal one when Africa is concerned. True, the napo of the neck is ...
Article : 276 wordsEarl de la Warr, who has been acting as special war correspondent for the "Globe," has joined the mounted infantry raised and commanded by Captain ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. L. R. O. Bevan, a son of the Rev. Dr. Bevan, of Melbourne, has gained a law studentship at Cambridge University. ...
Article : 27 wordsFour additional nurses have been added to the corps from the Army Nursing Service Reserve. They are Misses Anna Gardiner Garden, Annie Jane Matchett, Marion Phillipa Martin, and — Austin. ...
Article : 33 words'A young man named Andrews was thrown from his horse and had his neck broken yesterday morning at the Burra. A serious disturbance took place on the ship ...
Article : 142 wordsThe War Office has notified that it has gladly accepted the colonists' gift of horses from New Zealand. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe following are extracts from a letter which ha[?] been received by Nurse Vyse, of Sydney, from her brother Vincent Davis, a member of the N.S.W. Infantry, dated De Aar December 9:—"We are ...
Article : 747 wordsMajor Carthew Yorstoun of the Black Watch has been appointed to the command of the Hotchkiss Battery, the guns of which have been presented by Lord ...
Article : 43 wordsColonel Dick Cunyngham, who was killed druing the battle at ladysmith last Saturday week distinguished himself at the battle of Elands Laagte by coolly smoking his pipe after he had been severely ...
Article : 462 wordsThe "Times" states that private letters which have been received from members of the British army at the Modder River supply ample evidence of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 420 wordsThe "Spectator" urges the doubling of the shifts at every arsenal and shipyard, the placing of contracts with private firme at home and abroad, the ...
Article : 65 wordsA sham fight took place at the Wellington samp, the New Zealand contingent being captured by the enemy. The camp was in an indefensible position, and the numbers of the enemy ...
Article : 83 wordsThe War Office has gladly accepted the remounts offered from New Zealand, and there can be no wonder, since in war time animals become very valuable, and long ago all tbe available stock in ...
Article : 414 wordsIt is reported that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren on Friday left Frere with a strong column, and proceeded in an easterly direction. ...
Article : 71 wordsWhen seen this morning regarding the proposed delegation to England to aid in the passing of the Commonwealth Bill throngh the British Parliament, the Premier, Mr. Holder, said: "I fear that ...
Article : 329 wordsA great prom British demonstration has taken place in the Greek Chamber of Deputies. ...
Article : 20 wordsGreat Britain's decision, that food stuffs on neutral ships destined for neutral ports aro not liable to be seized as contraband of war, does not apply to tinned meats ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. J. F. Hoffman, one of the members of the Cape Assembly for Paarl, is now at De Aar. He will probably be tried by Court-martial for acting on the medical ...
Article : 41 wordsField-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in South Africa, telegraphed on Sunday that Lieutenant-General J. D. P. French ...
Article : 56 wordsIn view of certain significant incidents which have manifested themselves during the last few days, the authorities have, as was stated yesterday, drawn on the resources of the police organisation to safeguard ...
Article : 599 wordsGeneral orders issued from headquarters give the following details of the arrangements for the embarkation:- The embarkation generally will take place under ...
Article : 435 wordsThe cargo of food stuffs on board the American vessel Maria has been released by the British authorities. [The Maria was seized in Delagoa Bay by an ...
Article : 57 wordsA complimentary farewell social was tendered at the Girls' High School last evening to Captains Pearce, Bennett, and other teachers who are leaving for the Transvaal with the second contingent. Mr. ...
Article : 414 wordsThe Boers made an attempt to seize a position between Rensburg and Colesberg, by means of which they would have been able to threaten the British lines of ...
Article : 72 wordsIn connection with the trouble that has arisen over the proposed delegation to England at the time of the passage through the Imperial parliament of the Federal Enabling Bill, the Government of ...
Article : 100 wordsWhat is known as "tucker" in Australia is appreciated as "scoff" in South Africa, and this term is used by Boer and native alike, as it is indeed in circles where the u[?]tlanders are wont to ...
Article : 276 wordsA meeting was held at the Town Hall this morning to consider the advisableness of Queensland sending a branch of the proposed Australian bushmen's contingent to South Africa. The Mayor stated that the ...
Article : 554 wordsIt has already been explained that Lord Methuen is constructing a pontoon bridge at the Modder River, and that it is "nearly completed." The last battle in which the Kimberley relief force was ...
Article : 1,097 wordsThe match committee of the Victorian Cricket Association met to-night, and definitely selected the following team to proceed to Sydney to take part in the match commencing on the 26th instant. The ...
Article : 244 wordsThe recent disaster sustained by four companies of the 1st battalion of the Suffolk Regiment when advancing upon a strong Boer position on a hill some ...
Article : 64 wordsThere is possibly no soldier in South Africa at the present momont who is more feared by the Boers than Sir Charles Warren, who is reported by the submarine wires to have left Frere, in Natal, and ...
Article : 208 wordsThe offer made by Lord Strathcona, High Commissionor for Canada, to equip a corps of 400 roughriders from the north-west of Canada for service in South ...
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Advertising : 25 wordsThere is certain to be a very large influx of people from the suburbs to the city to witness the demon[?]ration in connection with the departure of the contingent, and the tramway authorities are ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 16 Jan 1900, Page 5
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