FROM PAARDEBERG TO BRANDFORDT. From the Modder River base camp we droned along with a supply convoy up the river to Paardeberg, or rather Lord Roberts' camp at ...
Article : 2,406 wordsWhen a truce was observed on Sunday recently at Mafeking, our men, sitting on the parapets held friendly conversation with a detachment of the enemy. An enterprising photographer tried to get the group into focus, but the Boers were suspicious, and seemed to regard the camera as a machine that might possibly turn into a Maxim gun. Small parties appeared ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 78 wordsFive new cases of plague were reported yesterday. They were:--Ah Chow (26), living at Surry-hills; place of employment not yet ascertained. Two contacts. ...
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Advertising : 299 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In inky darkness and during a roaring gale between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning the ship Sierra Nevada, 1400 tons, shot past Port ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsA meeting of the committee of the Newcastle and Northumberland Benevolent Society was held yesterday afternoon at the board-room. Parry-street. Mr. G. P. Lock, deputy-president ...
Article : 181 wordsOnly brief statements by survivors have yet been received. Robt. Griffiths says that about 2.30 this morning the sea was very rough and a gale was blowing; then, laconically, "We were ...
Article : 153 wordsMAJOR-GENERAL MURRAY. Commanding a Brigade of the 8th Division. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsALBURY, Wednesday.--Information having been received that Lieutenant Dowling was en route to Sydney by the express last night, the Albury Patriotic League decided to tender him a ...
Article : 378 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Cottrell, the plague patient, and contacts were conveyed from their house at Port Adelaide to the Quarantine Station to-day. A crowd of curious people assembled ...
Article : 193 words"A cowardly and brutal assault," was how Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., sitting in the Newcastle Court yesterday, described an offence of which two Danish seamen, named William Nelson (22) ...
Article : 212 wordsThe following telegrams were received by the Superintendent of Telegraphs yesterday morning:--"Melbourne, Wednesday.--Seaman reports to an official that ship Sierra Nevada went ashore at ...
Article : 75 wordsM'Guffin, when interviewed, said: "I am an able seaman, and sailed in the ship Sierra Nevada for seven years. We were about 112 days out from Liverpool on this voyage, and had ...
Article : 429 wordsLondon Bridge, on the back shore of Portsea, is a rugged spot, from which the visitor looks out to the far horizon over Bass Straits. It is a rocky, forbidding, and dangerous shore. In heavy ...
Article : 129 wordsBRISBANE. Wednesday.--No fresh cases of plague have been reported to-day, and no suspicious cases are under observation. The four patients are all doing well. ...
Article : 120 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board the engineer-in-chief submitted an exhaustive report dealing with the work accomplished in connection with the fumigation of the old ...
Article : 327 wordsThe Railway Commissioners intend visaing Newcastle to-day to receive deputations. Ten separate bodies have sent in notice of their desire to wait upon them, and the sitting will, ...
Article : 173 wordsMiss A. Greenway, secretary of the St. John Ambulance Association, has received a liberal donation from Miss Forster, St. Canice, Darling Point, for our soldiers in South Africa. The ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Sierra Nevada was a fine stamp of merchantman, sailing under the auspices of the Sierra Shipping Company, of Liverpool. She was built of iron, and carried Lloyd's 100 A1 class. ...
Article : 121 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.--A bacteriological examination of blood taken from the supposed plague patient at Coolgardie has been concluded in Perth to-day, and has revealed that not only was there ...
Article : 70 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Lord Roberts recently wired the Governor saying he understood that a number of commissions in the Imperial Army had been placed at the disposal ...
Article : 85 wordsLieutenant Dowling arrived in Sydney by yesterday's Melbourne express. Upon stepping from the carriage at Redfern station Lieutenant Dowling was warmly welcomed, among the first to ...
Article : 114 wordsSir,--I have read with interest your remarks in Tuesday's paper, and the sensible letter from the city merchant on the question of sending for a hygienic expert like Professor W. J. Simpson, ...
Article : 234 wordsSir,--I believe that all who have the interests of the city of Sydney at heart will agree that the proposal made in your columns to-day to bring a sanitary expert from England, is worthy of ...
Article : 1,343 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Hunter District Water Board papers were submitted in connection with the difference of opinion between the board and the committee of the Newcastle ...
Article : 268 wordsLittle information is obtainable about the cargo, but it is said to consist of 2603 tons general merchandise, comprising machinery, cotton, brandy, a large quantity bar, sheet, and hoop iron, paper, a ...
Article : 69 wordsAs further facts come to hand, the suddenness and sadness of the whole business is more striking. Yesterday morning the Sierra Nevada sighted Cape Otway, and signalled "All's well." ...
Article : 832 wordsULMARRA, Wednesday.--The Ulmarra Patriotic Fund committee has met. Very much credit was given to Messrs. Swan, Glissan, Harman, Mawhinney, M'Mahon, Kearey, Taylor, Spring, and ...
Article : 59 wordsInformation was received last night that another shipwreck had occurred on the Victorian coast. The details to hand are very meagre, and are all contained in a brief telegram sent by ...
Article : 166 wordsA meeting of the executive of the King Division Vigilance Committee was held last night, Dr. S. T. Knaggs in the chair. There was a very large attendance. It was decided that all ...
Article : 81 wordsCorporal Harkus, who was one of the best-known men in the New South Wales Lancer Regiment, has, like many another brave fellow, ended his career in South Africa. Colonel Burns ...
Article : 357 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Lieutenant-Governor received a cablegram to-day from Sir Alfred Milner, dated 8th May, "Regret to report that Privates S. W. Edwards, S. E. Gazzard, Geo. ...
Article : 71 wordsAt the last meeting of the Willoughby Council, the additional inspector recently appointed to carry out a house-to-house examination of the borough presented a voluminous and detailed ...
Article : 218 wordsSir,--As Drs. Creed and MacCarthy have advocated the use of sulphurous acid as a germicide and preventive of plague, I would like to ask those gentlemen through the press, for the sake ...
Article : 119 wordsThe annual distribution of prizes and certificates in connection with the Newcastle Technical College took place in the museum of the college last night by Dr. Morris, Superintendent ...
Article : 181 wordsBRISBANE,Wednesday.--There was a stampede of horses of the Bushmen's Contingent at Lytton this morning; 350 broke away; 110 were afterwards captured, but the remainder are scattered ...
Article : 94 wordsA second submarine mining boat is to be purchased by the Defence Department for use in Wellington Harbor. The Cabinet has decided to acquire 80 acres ...
Article : 107 wordsWELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The first, second, and third New Zealand contingents are being merged into one regiment in Major-General Hutton's Brigade. The fourth and fifth ...
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Advertising : 78 wordsWhat was practically the first annual meeting of members of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society was held last night in the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. J. L. ...
Article : 371 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Colonel Rowell, commanding officer of the South Australian Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, when at Frermantle, telegraphed to the Minister for War that two South ...
Article : 41 wordsBoth Sydney and Parramatta half-squadrons of the New South Wales Lancer Regiment have proffered support to the movement initiated by Mrs. Acraman, of Parramatta for providing a ...
Article : 140 wordsBALLINA, Wednesday.--A large and influential meeting was held last night, presided over by the Mayor, to express indignation at the apathy shown by the central health authority in not ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.--There was great enthusiasm yesterday on the departure of the contingent. The South Australians and Tasmanians landed and visited Perth in the morning, ...
Article : 140 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Ernest Cooper, his wife, and the children, together with two other contacts, Miss M'Avoy and Mrs, Parry, who is 90 years of age, were removed to the ...
Article : 341 wordsThe receipt of various articles of clothing, etc., from the Newtown Public School has been acknowledged by Colonel Charles F. Roberts, who has informed Mr. J. A. Faulks, acting-master, ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Thu 10 May 1900, Page 6
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