Mr. Bennet Burleigh,the "Daily Telegraph " correspondent, reports by cable that a field-cornet and 200 Boers bare surrendered at Frankfort, in the north of the Orange ...
Article : 116 wordsThe following message from King Edward to his people has been published:—The King has received the welcome news of the cessation of hostilities in South Africa ...
Article : 85 wordsIt has transpired that on the receipt of the definite reply of the British Government to the peace proposals submitted, the Boer delegates went back to Vereeniging, being ...
Article : 37 wordsThe "Standard" states that as the long drama unfolded itself the feelings of spectators underwent a change, and the closing act will add to the prestige of Great Britain and ...
Article : 284 wordsThe "Daily Mail" reports that the Government have been, informed that the irreconcilables among the Boer leaders have accepted the preliminaries of peace, and only a few ...
Article : 37 wordsAfter signifying their acceptance of the terms of peace offered by Great Britain, all the Boer delegates arrived at Pretoria on Saturday, and at half-past 10 o'clcck that ...
Article : 57 wordsA party of Steinacker's Horse have captured four riders who were conveying despatches sent from Europe to the Boer generals in the field. Two of the riders were ...
Article : 36 wordsNews has been received stating that the peace agreement has been signed at Pretoria. ...
Article : 17 wordsSpeaking at the Australian Club at Capetown, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon (Premier of New Zealand), stated that since the colonies had voluntarily fought for the ...
Article : 55 wordsA message received at Washington, U.S.A. states that the Boer leaders were given till Sunday to decide as to whether they would or would not accent the conditions of surrender. ...
Article : 30 wordsWhen Commandant Lannerin was recently captured he told a British officer that the speeches about the war delivered by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Leader of the ...
Article : 59 wordsAt the Mansion House last night, the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Joseph Dimsdale) publicly announced that peace in South Africa had been proclaimed, and the ...
Article : 156 wordsIt has transpired that the Boer delegates wanted six times more than the British Government were inclined to grant for the reinstatement of farms and the rebuilding of ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Hon. Dr. J. W. Smart, K.C.M.G.. Commissioner of Public Works in Cape Colony, has resigned office because of his disapproval of the suspension of the constitution ...
Article : 37 wordsReports from St. Helena show that the Boer prisoners of war there insist that peace has been proclaimed, and they are packing up their belongings in readiness for a return ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Cape "Times," in advocating the suspension of the constitution of Cape Colony, states that neither the leaders of the Afrikander Bond nor the Dutch members of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe War Office authorities have requested Mr. See (Premier of New South Wales) to make arrangements for the analysis and inspection of 500,000 lbs. of preserved meat ...
Article : 54 wordsThe "Daily Express" reports that Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-chief In South Africa, will shortly he appointed Adjutantgeneral at the War Office. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe British troops and horses are in magnificent form after the rest they have had whilst awaiting the result of the peace negotiations. ...
Article : 29 wordsPrivate D. A. Cameron, of the second contingent New Zealand Mounted Infantry, has died from enteric fever, at Vryburg. LONDON, May 31. ...
Article : 103 wordsA severe outbreak of enteric fever has occurred in the Island of Sr. Helena, but the outbreak is chiefly among the British troops guarding the Boer prisoners of war. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "Daily Mail" reports that early last week the British Government rejected a proposal made by the Boer delegates in South Africa to submit the terms of peace to the ...
Article : 44 wordsColonel Delisle has been invalided to England. ...
Article : 9 wordsMr. John E. Redmond, Leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House of Commons, speaking at a meeting of the United Irish League at Kensington on Saturday, declared ...
Article : 88 wordsThe steamship Norfolk has arrived at Durban, in Natal. LONDON, May 29. Considering Boer Reply. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe news that the peace agreement had been signed at Pretoria quickly spread throughout London, and with extraordinary rapidity immense crowds gathered in the ...
Article : 259 wordsThe Boer conference at Vereeniging, at a meeting on Saturday, unanimously decided in favour of peace, and the principal Beer leaders accompanied the delegates to Pretoria ...
Article : 37 wordsThe "Daily Express" this morning reports that Mr. Kruger, on learning that peace had been arranged, exclaimed, "My God, it is impossible!" ...
Article : 27 wordsMajor Collett, with a party of the Jansonville Horse, made an attack on the Boers at Somerset East, in the cast of Cape Colony, on Tuesday, and after a prolonged fight the ...
Article : 60 wordsSir H. E. M'Callum, the Governor of Natal, Speaking at Grey town in Cape Colony, eulogised Louis Botha, the Boer Commandant-general, as a prospective colonist of ...
Article : 51 wordsConcerning the resignation of Dr. F. W. Smart, Commissioner of Public Works in the Ministry of Cape Colony, it now is stated that he advocated the suspension of the ...
Article : 97 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Express" reports that there was a knot of irreconcilables at the conference, but they were told that if they held out against peace they would have ...
Article : 47 wordsA proclamation was issued suspending the payment of interest on Transvaal bonds during the continuance of the war, but peace having been concluded, interest on the bonds ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Boers have made an attack on Roobepoorte, but they were repulsed. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe city and West End were illuminated List night, and at the close of the services in St. Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal the hymn. "Now thank we all our God "was sung. ...
Article : 186 wordsThe Right Hon. R. J. Seddon (Premier of New Zealand) had an immensely enthusiastic send-off on leaving Capetown for England. The loyalists in Cape Colony, though ...
Article : 122 wordsReports from Capetown show that the members of the Progressive party fear that the Dutch members of the Cape Parliament will refuse to pass the necessary bill to indemnify ...
Article : 195 wordsWhen it was known that the peace agreement had been signed at Pretoria, the British Government at first decided to withhold the news until Monday, but this decision was ...
Article : 42 wordsIt has transpired that a substantial minority of the Boer delegates at the conference at Vereeniging, at first urged the rejection of the terms offered by Great ...
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The Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934), Fri 6 Jun 1902, Page 11
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