Miss Meta Buring, the possessor of a powerful and most promising contralto voice, who went to England some few months ago to obtain further training, is to pursue her ...
Article : 68 wordsThe recent movement of the forces under Lord Methuen, who were at Warrenton, on the Vaal River, on Friday last, is interpreted as indicating an advance on Pretoria, ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Naval Committee of the French Senate have agreed to an increase in the national expenditure on the various naval bases in France to 61,500,000 franes (about ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Chamber of Commerce further discussed to-night a motion favourable to the construction of the proposed Cape cable, but entering a protest against any action which ...
Article : 129 wordsIt is reported that, owing to the fact that a number of the Boers who were captured at Koodoosrand upon the surrender of General Cronje are suffering from ...
Article : 72 wordsA few days ago Mr. Lyne (Premier of New South Wales) suggested to Mr. Philp (Premier of Queensland) that the number of men (2000) to be sent with the next ...
Article : 387 wordsHerr Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the production of beet sugar for the present campaign is 305,000,-000 tons, and that his estimate for the whole ...
Article : 42 wordsMany complaints are made concerning the bad quality of the boots supplied to the troops constituting the army under Lord Roberts. ...
Article : 31 wordsA deputation consisting of Messrs. E. B. Forrest, F. M'Donnell, and W. G. Higgs, M'M.L.A., Rev. Hugh Jones, Messrs. J. H. Forrest, and T. Donovan (hon. secretary of ...
Article : 971 wordsThe New South Wales Patriotic Fund now amounts to £31,085. ...
Article : 19 wordsM. Lockroy, formerly Minister for Marine in the French Ministry, in an interview with a representative of the "Patrie," one of the Paris newspapers, states that war between ...
Article : 51 wordsIt is stated that a gathering held in New York in celebration of St. Patrick's Day degenerated into a pro-Boer and Home Rule demonstration. ...
Article : 36 wordsGeneral Gatacre has despatched a mounted force to Smithfield, in the southeastern portion of the Orange Free State, with a proclamation from Lord Roberts. ...
Article : 75 wordsOne hundred men enrolled for the Corps of Imperial Bushmen are now in camp, and applications for places largely exceed requirements. The corps promises to be ...
Article : 37 wordsSir Michael Hicks-Beach has announced that the applicants for a portion of the war loan numbered 39,800. Of this number, forty-seven applied for amounts of £10,000 ...
Article : 267 wordsWith regard to the Australian Commonwealth Bill, it is stated that the Crown law officers object chiefly to claude 74 on the ground that it impairs the Queen's ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Premier has received a message from Sir Alfred Milner, stating that forty to fifty men are required for South Africa, aged 25 to 32, with railway experience, as traffic ...
Article : 61 wordsDuring the recent engagement an Driefontein, one of the enemy was seen to be firing under cover of the white flag. He was promptly bayoneted by Corporal Raff, ...
Article : 50 wordsThe "St. James's Gazette" publishes the following message sent by Reuter's correspondent at Mafeking, and dated 16th January:—Last week was spent in ...
Article : 1,003 wordsThe New Zealand troops have w[?]n admiration by their accomp[?]lshment of a march of some forty miles—from Carnarvon to Vanwyksvlel—in twenty-four hours. ...
Article : 35 wordsIt is announced that there are now 31,000 troops on the voyage to South Africa, including the whole of the Eighth Division. ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is proposed to establish another camp at Lytton, and, when this idea has b en carried out, the men accepted for the contingent will be set there, and no others. ...
Article : 79 wordsWitjas, who recently created something of a sensation in Melbourne, where he was arrested on a charge of stealing a large quantity of diamonds from an Amsterdam ...
Article : 47 wordsAdvices have been received that a British warship has landed men and guns at Walfisch Bay, a British possession on the south-west coast of Africa. It is stated that this ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is now understood that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has practically abandoned the tax on produce contracts, which was proposed as one of the ...
Article : 50 wordsIn the 150 yards Swimming Championship of London, held yesterday, Percy Cavill, the crack Australian swimmer, beat Long by six yards. ...
Article : 28 wordsColonel Peakman, with the Kimberley mounted force, has had a brisk skirmish with the enemy. He attacked and defeated a body of 500 Boers opposite the township of ...
Article : 73 wordsThe men of the Queensland contingent will have an advantage over those from the other colonies. The Government has decided that the pay will be made up to 4s. ...
Article : 115 words"Dido" Plumb, a well-known English middleweight, has beaten "Jim" Ryan, of Australia, for the 11st. championship of England and a purse of £400 offered by the ...
Article : 71 wordsArrivals.—Henny, barque, from Fremantle; Bonovento, barque, from Adelaide; Star of Australia, s., from Sydney and New Zealand ports; Duke of Argyll, s., from ...
Article : 79 wordsThe strong force of mounteds which left Kimberloy for the north over a fortnight ago has not made very rapid progress, as the column appears to be still somewhere ...
Article : 833 wordsThe following contributions have been received towards the patriotic smoke concert.: —W. Flynn, Carlton Club Hotel, one case special Carlton Club cream whisky; J. ...
Article : 117 wordsAdvices from Mafeking state that the fire from the investing troops has now slackened somewhat. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Maharajah of Jeypore has given fifteen lakhs of rupees, or a about £100,000, as a contribution to the Indian Famine Fund. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. Bathurst, Miss M'Neillic, Mr. and Mrs. R Smith, Miss Smith, Miss ...
Article : 153 wordsThe recriminations between the Boers of the Orange Free State and those of the Transvaal who are prisoners of war at Simonstown have compelled the British ...
Article : 52 wordsA daring robbery was committed in the centre of the town within a quarter of a mile of the police station yesterday. Two clerks in the employ of the Railway ...
Article : 152 wordsThe following telegrams have been handed to us for publication, as throwing light upon the complaints made by the Mackay people concerning the despatch of men from that ...
Article : 232 wordsPresumably as a sop to the Afrikander Bond, Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the Premier of Cape Colony, has prohibited any demonstrations expressive of rejoicing at British ...
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Advertising : 373 wordsReuter's correspondent states that Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony, accompanied by his military secretaries, has left Capetown by special train, but nothing ...
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Advertising : 326 wordsMr. Winston Spencer Churchill, the special correspondent of the "Morning Post," states that there are now 14,000 Boers with twenty guns at Biggarsberg, about thirty miles to ...
Article : 41 wordsA telegram published this morning to the effect that Colonel Lyster, when seen regarding the complaint concerning the enrolment of men at Mackay for the Fourth ...
Article : 229 wordsA note-book belonging to one of the Boer commandants has been found at the Tugela River which indicates that the Boer casualties numbered 1494 between 12th December ...
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Advertising : 170 wordsTrains are now regularly crossing the restored railway bridge at Colenso, laden with supplies and ammunition for the troops under Sir Redvers Buller, who is evidently ...
Article : 39 wordsAt the Kensington camp to-day, 105 candidates, principally from the country, were medically examined, and ninety-five passed. About 180 civilians have applied for ...
Article : 268 wordsIt is reported that three-fourths of the Boers of the Orange Free State, hitherto fighting against the British, have now returned to their homes. ...
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Advertising : 92 wordsThe burghers of the Orange Free State are increasingly indignant at the action of President Steyn in concealing the casualties of the Boer troops during the progress of ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 21 Mar 1900, Page 5
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