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  3. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Thursday.--On Wednesday General Buller's main forces crossed the Tugela on a pontoon, and drove the enemy's rearguard from the kopjes on the northern ...

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  4. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--News has now been received that General Cronje, commanding the Boer forces in the, Orange Free State, has been surrounded for three ...

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  5. THE NEWS CONFIRMED.

    LATER.--The news of the British, success at Koodoosrand has been confirmed. General Cronje's forces have been completely surrounded, and there has been heavy ...

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  6. OUR FEDERAL DELEGATES.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--In the House of Commons last night, Mr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary, of,State for the Colonies, replying to a question by Mr. J. F. Hogan, member for ...

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  7. BATTLE OF KOODOOSRAND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Of the officers accompanying Lord Roberts' forces, nine were killed and 30,wounded up to Sunday night. Lieutenant-Colonel William Aldworth, ...

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  8. DISLOYALISTS INCRIMINATED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A burgher roll-call, incriminating many Cape Colony disloyalists, has been captured at Dordrecht by Brigadier-General Brabant. ...

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  9. THE RIVAL CABLE ROUTES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. W. Mulock, Q.C., Postmaster-General for the Dominion of Canada, has declared that if the concessions are granted to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, the ...

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  10. RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Kimberley residents describe the harrowing privations of the British women and children who were living underground on the mining ...

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  11. DISASTER TO VICTORIANS.

    To-day the Lieutenant-Governor received the following cablegram from Sir Alfred Milner, dated Capetown, February.21:--"Referring to my telegram of 17th February and your telegram of ...

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  12. THE FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 words
  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day 825 casks were offered, and 525 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follow:--Mutton, fine 31s, ...

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  14. WAR NOTES.

    The relief of Ladysmith is almost completed. Even away back in Homer's time they used to talk of the slip between the cup and the lip. All the indications are that there will be no slip in ...

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  15. NEWS FROM MAFEKING.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lieutenant-Colonel Baden-Powell, in command of the Mafeking garrison, has placed Boer prisoners in the women's laager and hospital of the town, in ...

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  16. CAPTAIN A. B. BAKER.

    Mr. Arthur Brander Baker joins the Bushmen's Contingent with the rank of captain, and goes in charge of "D" squadron. He is 34 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. THE RETREAT FROM NATAL.

    LONDON, Thursday.--It is estimated that the withdrawal of Boers from Natal to the Free State, which is already in progress, will amount to 20,000 men. ...

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  18. PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3[?]d per ounce standard, being a decline of [?]d. ...

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  19. HOME TO AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. G. Musgrove and Miss Nellie Stewart are booked to return to Melbourne in September, the latter appearing in pantomime at the Princess'. ...

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  20. AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Two hundred men of the Australian Regiment, under the command of Captains J. G. Legge (New South Wales), D. M'Leish (Victoria), ...

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  21. DEATH OF MR. HENRY TRAILL.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The death is announced of Mr. Henry Duff Traill, D.C.L., at the age of 57. ...

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  22. DR. LEYDS EXPLAINS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Europe, declares that Commandant-General Joubert, finding his ...

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    The late Mr. Traill was the editor of Literature." He originally practiced at the bar, but after three years, abandoned it for journalism, holding positions successively on the staffs of the ...

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  24. LIEUTENANT W. B. ALLEN.

    Mr. William Bell Allen accompanies the Bushmen's Contingent with the rank of first-lieutenant, and has been attached to the "A" squadron. . He is the eldest son of Mr. William J. Allen, of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. INVITATION TO THE SHAH.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Imperial Government has invited the Shah of Persia to visit England. ...

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  26. IN THE FREE STATE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. The Boer leader, General Cronje evading notice on Saturday rapidly crossed south of the Modder River before the arrival of British ...

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  27. BULLETS V. BAYONETS.

    Some interesting controversies from a purely military point of view are already arising out of the campaign. The San Francisco "News Letter" says that a quarter or a century ago, with the ...

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  28. THE CANADIAN TROOPS.

    LONDON. Thursday.--Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada, in announcing in the Dominion House of Commons the news that 20 Canadians had been killed and 69 ...

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  29. THE JAMESON RAID.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--In the House of Commons last night a motion to re-open the Parliamentary inquiry into the Jameson raid, 1895-96, was negatived by 286 ...

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  30. BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The numbered days that the Bush Brigade will spend on Australian soil are lessoning,, and the time is being taken up with preparations for the departure and fitting of the men for the serious ...

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  31. NORTH SYDNEY FAREWELLS.

    Corporal Horace C. Waters, of the Bushmen's Corps, was tendered a farewell at the Queen's Hotel, North Sydney, on Wednesday evening, by the members of the local rowing club, of which ...

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  32. INCREASING THE RESERVES

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Imperial Government has offered bounties of £22 to exsoldiers rejoining the Reserves for one year, and of £6 to those joining the Militia. ...

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  33. THE WAIWERA AT DURBAN.

    LONDON, Thursday,--The transport Waiwera, with the second New Zealand Contingent on board, arrived at Durban on Sunday, the 18th inst. ...

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  34. KITCHENER IN ACTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The British forces under Major-General Lord Kitchener, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant-General Kelly-Kenny, ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND LOSSES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lieutenant Arthur C. Neave (from Wellington), who arrived in South Africa with the 1st New Zealand Contingent, but was subsequently attached to ...

    Article : 67 words
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