Additional paiticulars of the engagement between the British troops and the Boers under General Botha at Eerste Fabrieken, neal Pretoria, on Monday last, show that ...
Article : 164 wordsNews from China states that the " Boxers" are now openly engaged in drilling their forces in the vicinity of Tientsin. LONDON, June 16. ...
Article : 277 wordsMr. J. P. Abbott, chairman of directors of the A.M.P. Society, has propared the following statement:- Sir,—So much misunderstanding appears ...
Article : 3,822 wordsIn an interview with a representative of this journal on Saturday evening, his Honour the Chief Justice gave expression to his views of clause 74 as then before ...
Article : 1,016 wordsThe town of K[?]erksdorp, which is the terminal point of the Netherlands Company's Western Railway, and situated about 118 miles south-west of Johannesburg, ...
Article : 41 wordsLatent reports concerning the British prisoners who were conveyed from Waterval, near Pretoria, to Nooitgedacht, state that they are quite unsheltered, and are ...
Article : 68 wordsThe latest reports to hand regarding President Kruger's movements state that he is living in the train which he has made his headquarters at Machadodorp, and he ...
Article : 92 wordsA report has been received that the Boers made a second attack upon the British Royal Engineers, who are reconstructing the railway line which was recently destroyed by ...
Article : 66 wordsNews is to hand that General Rundle intimated to the Boer settlers of the Ficksburg district, in the south-east of the Orange Free State, that unless they surrendered to the ...
Article : 54 wordsReports from Peking state that all the foreigners there are now confined to their respective Legations. Later. ...
Article : 69 wordsReports have been received that Lord Roberts, with a view to isolating the Orange Free State burghers who are still in arms against the British troops, has ordered ...
Article : 120 wordsWhat was apparently an attempt to enter the Bank of Australasia at Bathurst, was made late last night. About 11 o'clock a man named Dargin was walking away ...
Article : 178 wordsIt is announced that the remains of Mrs. Gladstone will be burled in Westminster Abbey bestide those of her late husband. ...
Article : 33 wordsReports received from Natal show that the Boers had 140 men killed at Laing's Nek before they evacuated that position. ...
Article : 34 wordsAn offidal report has now been received by the War Office, giving further details of the important engagement at Eerste Fabrieken. It appears that General Botha, ...
Article : 222 wordsSir,—Dr. Dunlop, in his letter in your issue to-day, does me an injustice which I am sure, as a high-minded and intelligent man, he will regret upon reflection and with ...
Article : 417 wordsThe Shah of Persia, who is making an extended European tour, has arrived in Paris. The Shah will shortly visit London, where ...
Article : 42 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has sent a telegram to General Sir Redvers Buller, congratulating him upon the success of his recent operations, which resulted in the ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. A. M. Paton has obtained a first class in the inter-collegiate examination in mechanical sciences at Camibildge University. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe steamer Cooraki, which went ashore at the Manning River Heads last week, was successfully floated this afternoon. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Boers who were driven from the north of Natal are reported to be massing at Paardekop, on the railway line between Natal and Pretoria, about twenty-five miles ...
Article : 89 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" publishes a report from West Africa that 23,000 natives in the Congo Free State have risen against the Belgiian authorities. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Lieutenant-Governor has sent a cable message to General Sir Redvers Buller congratulating him on his success in delivering Natal from the Boers. ...
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Advertising : 318 wordsThe exodus of Victorians to South Africa is becoming most marked, and second and third class, accommodation on steamers bound for the Cape is unequal to the ...
Article : 34 wordsHis Excellency Lord Lamington has received the following telegram from Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor of Cape Colony:- "I regret to report that on 12th June ...
Article : 86 wordsIt is estimated that the railway revenue for the year ending on the 30th instant will show a deficit of £264,000. Last year the deficit was £294,801. ...
Article : 30 wordsSeveral of the Natal rebels who fought with the Boers at Spionkop in January last have been tried on the charge of treason and fined £250 each, in addition to being ...
Article : 53 wordsA further official report states that General Botha, after his defeat at Eerste Fabrieken, retreated to Middleburg, on the Delagoa Bay Railway line, ninety-five miles ...
Article : 71 wordsA feeling of dissatisfaction is increasingly expressed in mercantile circles at the anomalous position of the cable rates. The charge at present 1s 4s. 10d. per word from ...
Article : 49 wordsLatest news from Capetown regarding the political situation arising out of the resignation of the Schreiner Cabinet, states that Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, who was summoned ...
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Advertising : 225 wordsThe manager of the Vauxhall Distillery at Abbotsford has admitted to the Customs department that the payment of duty on spirits manufactured In the distillery has ...
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Advertising : 236 wordsMajor-General Baden-Powell, the defender of Mafeking, who has been appointed to the local rank of Lieutenant-General, is now, with a force of 800 men under his ...
Article : 141 wordsThe steamer Ormazan takes 500 horses to Cape Colony, 200 being for the Imperial Government and the rest-for the New Zealand contingents. ...
Article : 32 wordsCaptain R. R. Thompson, of the First Australian Horse (New South Wales) has arrived at Capetown, having been invalided from the front on account of an attack of ...
Article : 67 wordsA schoolgirl named May, while playing on the railway line near Port Chalmers, was struck by a passing train and killed on the spot. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe sentence of death passed on John Deighton for child murder has been commuted to imprisonment for life. ...
Article : 24 wordsInformation has been received that Private Smith, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, has been missing since the fighting at Kroonstad on the 5th instant. ...
Article : 27 wordsAt a meeting of policy-holders of the A.M.P. Society, held at Dunedin, resolutions were passed strongly disapproving of the proposal of the society to extend its ...
Article : 37 wordsThe western portion of the Transvaal is being rapidly subdued, and there is probably, little chance of the Boers in this part ...
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Advertising : 26 wordsMajor Lord Edward Cecil (son of the Marquis of Salisbury), who was chief staff officer to Major-General Baden-powell during the siege of Mafeking, has been ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 18 Jun 1900, Page 5
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