It is reported from Washington that the Government of the United States strongly objects to the activity which is being displayed by the German troops operating with the allied ...
Article : 70 wordsThe latest news from Pretoria states that Lord Kitchener, who personally superintended the recent movements against General Christian De Wet, has returned to his headquarters. ...
Article : 108 wordsA special meeting of the above Council, to transact ordinary business, was held to-day. Present-- Crs Irwin (President), J. Smith, T. Smith, Cooney, Matson, Maltby, Poole, ...
Article : 986 wordsFurther arrangements have been made m connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia to open the Commonwealth Parliament. ...
Article : 111 wordsSerious defection has occurred in General De Wet's force lately, owing to the severe treatment meted out by the Boer leader to his men. De Wet has issued a general order, stating that ...
Article : 49 wordsA raid was made on a British provision train at Vereeniging, a town between the border of the Orange River Colony and Pretoria. The enemy, however, was repulsed before they were ...
Article : 42 wordsThe marriage of General Pole-Carew, who has been suggested as the first Commandant of the Australian Federal Defence Forces, to Lady Beatrice Butler, the eldest daughter of Lord and ...
Article : 43 wordsGeneral Schalk Burger, who took an active part in the operations against the British in the earlier part of the war, has now returned to the Transvaal. ...
Article : 51 wordsAn offer has been made by the United States Government to Denmark for the purchase of a Danish possession in the West Indies for the sum of L12,000,000 kroner. The offer has, ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Pretoria correspondent of the 'Daily Mail' states that an extensive expedition is being organised, with a view to expelling the Boers from Pietersburg, 120 miles-north-east of ...
Article : 42 wordsAs a result of the discovery that the Boers in the field have been supplied from time to time with provisions from unknown sources, all the stores have been closed at Komati Poort, the ...
Article : 220 wordsConsiderable discussion has arisen between the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society with regard to the command of the proposed antarctic expedition. ...
Article : 67 wordsIn consequence of the outbreak of smallpox at Glasgow, a quarter of a million of people in that city have been re-vaccinated. ...
Article : 31 wordsAt a meeting of the Sussex County Cricket Club a resolution was passed to the effect that the action of the captains of County Clubs on the question of throwing was 'ultra vires.' ...
Article : 39 wordsNews from China, states that Tseng-chi, a Tartar general, had been dismissed for having sanctioned an agreement between China and Russia regarding Manchuria. ...
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Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917), Thu 21 Feb 1901, Page 3
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