The sea, the ever changing sea, So fresh, so boundless, and so free, O'er which the albatrosses sail With grace and case in calm or gale: ...
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Article : 35 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that since the' repulse of the Tientsin relief force on ...
Article : 56 wordsThe annual meeting of the Beechworth Rifle Club, was held at Lowe's Star Hotel on Tuesday night. Mr. J. Thomson presided, and there were 26 members ...
Article : 981 wordsMr. M'Intosh, the well-known Victorian pigeon shot, who has of late been shooting brilliantly in French matches, yesterday won the Prix Centenaire de ...
Article : 35 wordsFive hundred British prisoners have arrived at Machadodorp, and while being marched past saluted, Kruger, who raised his hat. ...
Article : 45 wordsA cable message has been received from Rear-Admiral Bruce, stating that he was not aware that the force of marines under the command of Sir Edward Seymour, ...
Article : 68 wordsThe wheat market is very strong. Mark-lane prices have advanced 4s. per quarter. Owing to the failure of the American spring crops the quantity of ...
Article : 46 wordsThe railway is now open to Standerton. The vital portions of some of the railway engines which fell into the hands of General Buller had been removed, but ...
Article : 40 wordsFurther interesting details are published of the capture of the Taku forts by the allied forces on Sunday, the 17th. The first fort on the north was attacked ...
Article : 198 wordsIt is announced in connection with the Western Australian agitation for making Fremantle a port of call for the Australian mail steamers that the Orient Steamship ...
Article : 42 wordsIt is officially announced by despatches from the front that a very important success has been gained by General Clements in the Orange River Colony. ...
Article : 138 wordsDuring the recent engagement at Honning Spruit 400 released British prisoners from Waterval, armed with Mausers, arrived by train and assisted the Engineers ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Catani, an officer of the Public Works Department, arrived at Wangaratta on Monday in response to a request made by Mr. J. Bowser, M.L.A., on ...
Article : 868 wordsDr. Jameson has been elected unopposed for the Kimberley division in the Gape Assembly. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Rev. C. E. Drought, M.A., incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, has been unanimously selected to fill the vacancy in the parish of St. John's, Toorak. ...
Article : 788 wordsFat Cattle. -- 1520 were yarded at Newmarket to-day, comprised of 800 from the north-east, 600 from Gippsland, 70 from New South Wales, and the remainder ...
Article : 214 wordsAs already reported, the British torpedo-boat destroyers Fame, 275 tons, armed with one 12-pounder and five 6 pounder guns., Lieutenant Commander ...
Article : 106 wordsThe presence of bodies or Boers having been discovered south-east of Pretoria, Lord Roberts despatched General Hutton with his Mounted Infantry Brigade to ...
Article : 52 wordsGreat activity continues to be shown by General De Wet in the eastern districts of the Orange River Colony, his last exploit having been to destroy the railway ...
Article : 77 wordsA cable message from Rear-Admiral Bruce gives the reasons why the allied forces decided to capture the Taku forts. He states that the decision to seize the ...
Article : 80 wordsA child named Mary Chafer was very seriously burned to-night, and admitted to the Melbourne Hospital in a precarious condition. The father is caretaker at the ...
Article : 513 wordsThe Chinese legation at St. Petersburg received yesterday a telegram from Li Hung Chang, the Viceroy of Canton, stating that the European diplomatists in ...
Article : 103 wordsParticulars which have been received of the mishap to the Imperial Yeomanry on May 31, near Lindley, in the Orange River Colony, show that the capture of ...
Article : 123 wordsBrigadier-General Sir Alfred Gaselee who has been appointed to command the Indian contingent ordered to China, which will consist of 10,000 men, will sail from ...
Article : 65 wordsAn unpleasant accident has been met with by General Ian Hamilton, who commands the column despatched southwards by Lord Roberts to co-operate with Sir ...
Article : 61 wordsRussia is showing great military activity in the provinces bordering on China. In the Siberian and Amur military districts the reserves have been ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 682 wordsA message has been received by Lord Roberts from Sir Charles Warren, the military administrator of Bechuanaland, with very satisfactory news. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe following additional casualties are reported amongst the colonial troops :-- New Zealand.--Private A. M'Intyre, died at Elandsfontein. ...
Article : 47 wordsIt is announced, from Pretoria that the foreign military attaches who have been representing their respective Governments with Lord Roberts's army, are returning ...
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