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  2. COMMONWEALTH BILL.

    At a banquet given by the United Law Society in London on Monday evening, Mr. I. A. Isaacs, Attorney-General in the late Turner Ministry in Victoria, who was one of ...

    Article : 163 words
  3. BRITISH DEFENCE.

    Sir John Colomb, M.P., who is well known as a writer and lecturer on matters connected with Imperial defence, read a paper on the defence of the British Empire before ...

    Article : 291 words
  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    It is now reported that F. R. Burnham, the celebrated American scout, who was specially engaged by Lord Roberts, and has been doing excellent service in scouting work at ...

    Article : 121 words
  5. THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH.

    There was one incident in the retreat from Dundee which I have not previously mentioned, and of which the volunteers only speak with a blush. A section of the ...

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  6. KAFFIRS KILLED AT MAFEKING.

    It is reported from Boer sources that a force of Beers surrounded a band of armed Kaffirs who were attempting to escape from Mafeking. They shelled the natives, and ...

    Article : 43 words
  7. OPERATIONS IN NATAL.

    News from Natal states that a British naval force is now bombarding the positions held by the Boers beyond the Sundays River, to the north-east of Ladysmith, and a few ...

    Article : 70 words
  8. CONFERENCE OF PREIMIERS.

    It has been definitely arranged that a conference of Premiers in connection with the Australian Commonwealth Bill shall be held in Melbourne on the 19th instant. The ...

    Article : 41 words
  9. CABLE MESSAGES.

    H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has expressed his thanks to the Australian federal delegates now in London for their congratulations to him on his escape from injury at ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. THE RHODESIAN FORCE.

    The transport steamer Duke of Portland, which recently arrived at Capetown with the Third Contingent of Queensland troops, has now sailed for Beira, in Portuguese East ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Percival Ball, the sculptor. ...

    Article : 14 words
  12. GENERAL CARRINGTON.

    General Sir Frederick Carrington, who has been appointed to the command of the colonial mounted force which is to operate In Rhodesia, has arrived at Capetown, and ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. THE CAPE CABLE.

    The Premier has telegraphed to the Agent-General, authorising him to sign the agreement with the Easton Extension Company under which the cable rates to Europe will ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. AN APPEAL CASE.

    The appeal in the case of the Queen v. Bullivant has been dismissed by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ...

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  15. WAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.

    The transports Manchester Port and Manhattan arrived at Port Jackson to-day. ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    Mr. A. Fischer, a member of the Orange Free State Executive, who is now visiting Europe, and is stated to be fully empowered to negotiate for peace between the South ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. NEW ZEALAND LIBERALITY.

    Inquiries which have been made by the Government show that over £100,000 has been contributed by the people of New Zealand to the Patriotic and "More Men" ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. ATTITUDE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Postmaster-General has published correspondence to show that New South Wales never agreed to refer the effect of the Cape cable on the Pacific cable to the ...

    Article : 202 words
  19. THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHMEN.

    It is expected that the second in command of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen will be an Imperial officer, who will be chosen after arrival of the contingent at ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. BOERS NEAR SPRINGPONTEIN.

    A Boer commando, 2000 strong, is reported to be marching on Springfontein, and in, consequence Lieutenant-General Rundle's command—the eighth army division—has ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. THE "PATTERSON" WHO WAS AT KIMBERLEY.

    There has been some speculation as to who the "Patterson" was who was the first to enter Kimberley (says the "S. D. Telegraph"). It will be remembered that a ...

    Article : 335 words
  22. SHARP FIGHTING AT WEPENER.

    There has been sharp fighting at We[?]ener, on the Basutoland frontier, where Captain Dalgety, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, is now in command of a British force. The ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Acting Commandant (Colonel Lyster) had something to say yesterday morning on the question of the appointment of officers of the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, about ...

    Article : 620 words
  24. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Reports are to hand that Private F. J. Matthews, of the South Australian Mounted Infantry, has died of enteric fever, at Driefontein. ...

    Article : 56 words
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  26. FOREIGNERS AMONG THE BOERS.

    It has been ascertained that nearly the whole of the fifty-four prisoners captured in the recent engagement between General Lord Methuen and the enemy at Boshof, ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. CRONJE AT ST. HELENA.

    General Cronje, the Boer commander who was captured at Koodoosrand in February last, and who, with 1000 Boer prisoners of war, recently left Capetown for the island ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. LORD METHUEN'S ADVANCE.

    General Lord Methuen, who recently had a successful engagement with the enemy at Boshof, in the Orange Free State, has now advanced from Zwartkopjes Fontein, in the ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. HORSES FOR THE TROOPS.

    Twenty thousand horses for the troops in South Africa, which have been purchased by the Imperial Government in the Australian colonies, the Argentine Republic, ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. GUNS FOR THE BOERS.

    Information is to hand that the Boers have lately received thirty new guns, some of them of large calibre, which were landed at a western port in South Africa, ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. RISING OF FREE STATERS.

    It is reported that many of the Free State burghers, who actually surrendered at Rouxville (near the southern frontier of the Orange Free State), including the ...

    Article : 58 words
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  33. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    At Wepener, a few miles to the east of the Caledon River, which forms the dividing line between the Free State and Basutoland, Captain Dalgety, in command of a British ...

    Article : 1,076 words
  34. SURRENDER OF OBSOLETE ARMS.

    There is now abundant confirmation of the reports previously received that the arms receutly surrendered to the British commanders by the Orange Free State burghers ...

    Article : 103 words
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  36. THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING.

    There are indications that the vanguard of the force which was recently despatched from Kimberley for the relief of Mafeking, under the command of Lord Methuen (who ...

    Article : 164 words
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