The inscription had a handsome silver cross on top and beneath. Wreaths of the most handsome description were received from all quarters, amongst which were ...
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Article : 44 wordsIt has now been finally decided that their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra will go on to Potsdam to be present at the funeral service of the late ...
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Article : 32 wordsThe arbitrators who were appointed in connection with the recent dispute between the iron trade employers and the Ironworkers' Assistants' Union have fixed the ...
Article : 168 wordsThe death is announced of Father F. Timoney, who went to South Africa with the New South Wales forces as Roman Catholic chaplain, but lately came to ...
Article : 57 wordsThe total receipts from indirect taxation in France during the month of July were 9,000,000 francs (about £360,000) below the estimate, and 20,000,000 francs (about ...
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Article : 26 wordsThe other allied Powers are stated to be strongly protesting against the reoccupation of the Summer Palace at Peking by British troops. ...
Article : 80 wordsMr. Bennet Burleigh, the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," has reported that the Boers are receiving supplies through Basutoland. ...
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Article : 47 wordsLord Kitchener has reported that, a blockhouse on the railway line near Brandfort, about thirfy-five miles north of Bloemfontein, was rushed and captured by the Boers ...
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Article : 108 wordsThe Ministerial supporters regard the new proclamation, if it errs at all, as erring on the side of leniency. On the other hand, the pro-Boer party ...
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Article : 34 wordsThe South African proclamation has provoked a great outburst of unfriendliness towards Great Britain in France and Germany, and some of the newspapers ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 12 Aug 1901, Page 5
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