The management of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Shipping Company (which is the largest shipping company in the world) have decided to equip all the vessels of their ...
Article : 50 wordsReports have been received through Delagoa Bay that a force of 35,000 Boers is now entrenched in a position between Kroonstad and Winburg, to the north-east of ...
Article : 104 wordsMr. J. H. Carruthers, late Secretary for Lands in New South Wales, in a letter to the "Times" published to-day, declares that the rejection by the Imperial ...
Article : 188 wordsFor nine days our intelligence department had heard nothing definite from the outside world, and then the news came through an unexpected channel. A ...
Article : 1,646 wordsKing Leopold II. of Belgium has presented to the Belgian nation of the royal palaces at Ostend, Laeken, and Clergnon. Ostend is a town of about 35,000 ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Governments of t[?]e Two South African Republics have made a protest against the action of Portugal in permitting the debarkation of British troops at Beira, in ...
Article : 57 wordsA terrible disaster in connection with the lifeboat service has occurred at Padston, on the coast of Cornwall. Two lifeboats went out to rescue the crew of a fishing vessel ...
Article : 71 wordsThere are indications that if Portuguese territory in South Africa should be attacked by the Boers, and Portugal should ask for assistance, General Buller will send a force ...
Article : 49 wordsIn consequence of the complaints made by the British Government since the outbreak of the war in South Africa that intending combatants were freely allowed to ...
Article : 111 wordsThe annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society was formally opened to-day by the president, Mr. John See, who subsequently presided at the official luncheon, ...
Article : 61 wordsThe "Daily Mail" publishes the statement that Mr. Armstrong, husband of Madame Melba, the celebrated Australian prima donna, has obtained a divorce from his wife ...
Article : 45 wordsMessrs. Fitzgerald Brothers have secured for Australia Wyld Freemen's biograph pictures of the war in South Africa, which have lately been exhibited at the Palace Theatre ...
Article : 56 wordsThe following casualties among the Australian troops who took pa[?]t in the engagement at Glen, a short distance north of Bloemfonteln, on the 28th March, have been ...
Article : 73 wordsA team of cricketers from the Brisbane Electric Telegraph Department reached Sydney and were welcomed this afternoon by Mr. Crick, Postmaster-General. ...
Article : 29 wordsThere is one corner of Ladysmith defences which, escaping the general line of shell fire, occasionally receives special attention from the Boer gunners. The inner ...
Article : 4,302 wordsThe shipment of apples by the R.M.S. Oceana is generally in good condition, but some of the Tasmanian fruit is small, and appears to consist of windfalls. The ...
Article : 91 wordsSubscriptions to the amount of £57, which includes a cheque for £25 from Mr. Hugh Ross, of Bondi, have been received by the Mayor for the Indian Famine Relief Fund, ...
Article : 47 wordsA fearful accident happened at Broken Hill to a braceman named Thomas Maguire. He stepped into a cage which had been thrown out of gear, and fell in it down the ...
Article : 60 wordsReports have been received from Capetown of an important speech made by Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor of Cape Colony, and High Commissioner for British South Africa. ...
Article : 163 wordsThe secretary of the Provincial Council of the Australian Labour Federation has received a communication from the Australian Woikers' Association of Western ...
Article : 96 wordsSir,—Colonel Lyster's explanation to my mind seems rather weak. From his remarks we can only gather that Queensland is not in a position to send trained and ...
Article : 213 wordsArrival.—Ruahine, s., from Wellington. Departures.—For Sydney: Woolloomooloo, s.,; Bessie Clark. For Newcastle: ...
Article : 55 wordsLord Roberts has now received a supply of new boots to replace the worn-out footgear of his troops, and also khaki serge uniforms, to be worn instead of the present ...
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Advertising : 32 wordsSpeaking at an Eisteddfod gathering in the Newcastle district to-night, the Premier, Mr. Lyne, made the announcement that an Arbitration and Conciliation Bill would be ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" of 9th March says:—The Marquis of Lansdowne, replying last night to a question in the House of Lords, said that the nation might rest ...
Article : 448 wordsSix additional cases of plague were reported to-day, the patients being—Mary Davis, aged 20; Hugo Bogan, 17; John Hackett, 9, all residing in the city; John ...
Article : 287 wordsThe attendance at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show to-day numbered nearly 35,000. There were numerous horse and cattle parades, and one of the special features of ...
Article : 47 wordsWith reference to the report previously published that Major-General Hart, with his Irish Brigade, which took so prominent a part in the campaign in Natal, was ...
Article : 131 wordsIt is reported that the Italian Government have assured Mr. A. Fischer, the South African peace delegate to Europe, that Italy has no intention of intervening in the ...
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Advertising : 163 wordsThe Easter encampment is being dispensed with this year; but several regiments are holding camps on their own account. The Engineers are undergoing ...
Article : 60 wordsHer Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of York have sent their congratulations to the officers and men of H.M.S. Powerful, who have just arrived in ...
Article : 56 wordsRegarding the troopships for the Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, the Minister of Defence made to-day quite a different statement from that of the Premier yesterday. ...
Article : 60 wordsIt is announced that the prisoners who were captured by Lord Methuen in the recent engagement at Boshof, in the Orange Free State, and who consisted almost entirely of ...
Article : 52 wordsIt has been definitely decided to send Stanley Rowley, who holds the Australasian championship up to 440 yards, to England and Paris to compete in the championships ...
Article : 42 wordsNews has been received from Johannesburg that the Boer authorities have expelled from that place Father Delacy, a well-known and very popular Catholic ...
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Advertising : 258 wordsOur Adelaide correspondent telegraphs as follows, under yesterday's date:—Mr. Warren, the manager in Australia for the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, ...
Article : 40 wordsLatest news regarding the operations in Natal states that the Boer force, under Commandant Louis Botha, endeavoured to isolate General Clery's force at the Sundays ...
Article : 139 wordsThe War Office authorities in England have notified their intention of making no fresh purchase of forage for the army in South Africa until October next. ...
Article : 71 wordsColonel Finn, who has come out from England at the invitation of the Government to assume command of the Queensland Defence Force, arrived by mail train ...
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Advertising : 187 wordsSince the fine weather commenced the conditions at the camp at Lytton have become much more pleasant, though the nights are somewhat cold. The ground has dried up, ...
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Advertising : 178 wordsCoincident with the remarkable activity of the Boers in the southern portion of the Free State comes the intelligence that 35,000 of the enemy, with a powerful complement ...
Article : 999 wordsIt has been announced that the total casualties and losses sustained by the British forces in South Africa since the beginning of the war to the 7th of this month ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 14 Apr 1900, Page 9
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