Silently the Empire waited Tense and strung from day to day. Sullenly the huge commandoes Gathered slowly round their pr[?]y. ...
Article : 202 wordsCommunications have beeu received from several of the newspaper correspondents who are with the British garrison at Ladysmith, dated to-day ...
Article : 144 wordsThe strike of engine-drivers and firemen is paralysing business in all directions, and stores of all kinds are jumping to famine prices. Wealthy people are buying large ...
Article : 223 wordsThe "Daily Mail," in an article published this morning, hints that one of the British generals now at the front in South Africa will shortly be superseded ...
Article : 51 wordsLast night a meeting was held in [?]he Town Hall with the twofold object of dealing with, the formation of a mounted infantry corps here, and also forming a ...
Article : 421 wordsIt is reported that when Major-General French's force was approaching Colesberg recently, the New Zealand contingent serving with him offered to go ...
Article : 68 wordsAccording to reports from Capetown, it has transpired that in 1896 the Afrikander Bond party secured the appointment of two examiners of ...
Article : 61 wordsReports are to hand that the Boers are being reinforced in the neighbourhood of Colesberg, in the north of Cape Colony, where Major-General French's ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is reported that President Kruger, notwithstanding the protest of the United States Government, has again refused to allow the American Consul ...
Article : 229 wordsThe strike is now at an end, the executive of the drivers and firemen having accepted the terms of the settlement agreed to by the Minister and representatives of the men. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe subscription list opened by the proprietors of the "Courier" for the benefit of those of the Queensland contingent who may suffer during the war in South Africa is ...
Article : 528 wordsThe composite regiment of Household Cavalry, which has just arrived in Cape Colony, and has temporarily reinforced the troops under the command of ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,—Bubonic plague is not far off. There is a very strong probability of its coming to Queensland. It is also very likely that its first appearance will be among the Asiatics ...
Article : 359 wordsThe intercolonial conference on the matter of the tick trouble, for which delegates have arrived from New South Wales and Victoria, completed its work yesterday. The ...
Article : 358 wordsFurther particulars of the reverse sustained recently by the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, forming part of General bench's force, in a midnight ...
Article : 168 wordsThe work of swearing-in the men who are to form the second contingent was resumed yesterday morning, and though the list was regarded as practically complete, the ...
Article : 516 wordsIn consequence of the success achieved by General White in the defence of Ladysmith against the attack by the Beor forces, there has been a strong and ...
Article : 43 wordsWith reference to the recent seizures of German steamers at Delagoa Bay, on the ground of their carrying contraband of war, the British Government ...
Article : 151 wordsSir,—I read with delight your leader in this morning's "Courier" advocating the taking into immediate training sufficient men to form another contingent, should such ...
Article : 508 wordsIn connection with the battle at Magersfontein on the 11th December last, in which General Methuen's force sustained a serious reverse, the ...
Article : 81 wordsAt the wool sales to-day 8579 bales were offered and 5986 sold. The market was unaltered as compared with previous sales of this year, except that the decline in heavy, unskirted, and faulty ...
Article : 95 wordsIt is a notorious fact that most men have a difficulty in getting a hat to please them. We recommend such to Charles Gilbert, Queen-street (near Bridge). They will ...
Article : 59 wordsHas been held for many years by Charles Gilbert, the leading tailor, Queen-street (near Bridge), whose selection in these goods is simply unrivalled. He guarantees ...
Article : 73 wordsSee what Woodcock's jester says! Queen-street, Petrie's Bight. The Artist Tailors.* ...
Article : 17 wordsIt is stated that the entrenchments formed by the Boers in the vicinity of the Modder River for the purpose of opposing the advance of the British ...
Article : 63 wordsDuring the present campaign the Boers have shown the British a few "wrinkles" that might possibly be copied with excellent effect. Their adaptation of the ...
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Advertising : 365 wordsThe following additional subscriptions have been received by the Major towards the Queensland Patriotic Fund:—Lodge Saltoun, No. 825, S.C., £5 5s.; Loyalty, £1; ...
Article : 56 wordsThe prisoners captured by Colonel Pilcher at Sunnyside (where the Queensland troops recently distinguished themselves), and who consisted of Dutch ...
Article : 47 wordsBefore the close of the proceedings of the annual conference of the Queensland Teachers' Union yesterday, the question of subscribing to the Patriotic Fund was raised. ...
Article : 152 wordsCompare Charles Gilbert's values in men's ready-made and juvenile clothing with what are being offered at so-called "sale prices." You will get a finer selection, at lower prices, ...
Article : 43 wordsThe members of the Hiram Lodge, 286, I.C., bid farewell on Tuesday night to Bro. Hubert Harris, who goes to South Africa as a lieutenant of the second Queensland contingent. ...
Article : 237 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has telegraphed her congratulations to General Sir George White and the troops under his command on their late billliant ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is expected that by the end of the present week further British reinforcements, consisting of 6000 troops [?]nd six guns, will be landed in South Africa. ...
Article : 37 wordsAbout midday yesterday serious delay occurred in the transmission and receiving of telegrams between Brisbane and Sydney, owing to a serious break occurring in the ...
Article : 201 wordsIt has transpired that General Joubert, the Transvaal Commander-in-Chief, held a great council of war before finally determining to commence the recent ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Imperial Government have accepted an offer from India of 250 mounted volunteers for service in South Africa. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is now publicly stated that Mr. S. Horden is the well-known merchant who was credited with a donation of £3000 to the Bushmen's Contingent Fund. In addition ...
Article : 120 wordsA patriotic demonstration, for the purpose of augmenting the local patriotic fund, has been arranged to take place here on the night of the 18th instant (writes our Ipswich ...
Article : 334 wordsIt has been discovered that the Boers have laid electric alarm wires across the roads near Ladysmith in order to-apprise them of any approach of the British ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is reported that Dordrecht, in the north-east of Cape Colony, which place was recently reoccupied by the enemy, is now garrisoned by 1000 rebel colonists. ...
Article : 38 wordsA public meeting was held in the Town Hall to-night to bid good-bye to the Maryborough and district representatives in the second Queensland contingent for South ...
Article : 98 wordsInformation is to hand that on Friday last, the day previous to the general attack on Ladysmith, General Joubert sent a messenger to General White ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is reported that after the recent capture of Arundel, about midway between Naa[?]wpoort and Colesberg, by Major-General French, the Transvaal ...
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Advertising : 94 wordsMr. Lyne has replied to the Queensland proposal to increase the Australian force in South Africa that this colony would be prepared to find the extra men, provided the ...
Article : 72 wordsIt is stated that the activity displayed bv the Queensland and Canadian troops in the neighbourhood of Belmont, between the Orange River and the Modder ...
Article : 61 wordsIt is reported from Pretoria that the residents of Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State, are preparing to quit that place, fearing a British ...
Article : 52 wordsThe steamer Maori King, which has been chartered to convey the second Queensland contingent to South Africa, arrived in Brisbane yesterday afternoon. She is now ...
Article : 761 wordsThe Premier, Mr. M'Lean, agrees with [?] New South Wales Premier that there is no necessity for a warship to convoy the Australian troopships to South Africa. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 11 Jan 1900, Page 5
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