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  2. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The situation in South Africa completely engrosses public attention throughout the United Kingdom, where the series of British reverses have ...

    Article : 181 words
  3. FRANCE AND BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The violent French displays of anti-British feeling have to a large extent subsided. The fact of the Prince of Wales presiding at ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. CONSPIRACIES OF THE TRANSVAAL.

    There are still to be found in odd corners some persons who profess to look upon England's action in going to war with the Transvaal as the outcome of tyranny and land-greed. A little ...

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  5. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, speaking at Aberdeen last night, urged that the ...

    Article : 37 words
  6. AMONG THE SOLDIERS.

    The "hay-foot-straw-foot" stage has been passed at headquarters, and the "general advance" sounded, a proceeding satisfactory alike to the army of patriots and the officers concerned. ...

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  7. INSULTING THE FRENCH SENATE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--M. Paul Deroulede, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, who is being tried on a charge of conspiracy against the State, has been sentenced to two years' ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The second battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, Lieutenant-Colonel C .J. Bloomfield, D.S.O., in command, has reached Capetown, and been ...

    Article : 69 words
  9. AN ISLAND OUTRAGE.

    The Island steamer Moresby, which arrived early yesterday morning from the Islands, brings news that the natives of the Admiralty Islands lately captured a schooner called the Nukamana, ...

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  10. BIG GUNS AND HOWITZERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A flying column, with eight guns, is organising at Woolwich. A howitzer brigade is also being hurriedly ...

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  11. AMBULANCE MEN KILLED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--During the battle at Tugela River, the Boers shot several civilians who were acting as stretcher-bearers in the Ambulance Corps. ...

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  12. POSITION OF LADYSMITH.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Newspaper correspondents confirm the rumor that Lieutenant-General Sir George White's force at Ladysmith is running short of shells. ...

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  13. A DAY OF PRAYER.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The recent reverses sustained by the British arms in South Africa have aroused a deep sense of the gravity of the situation, with tho result that there ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. IN NORTH CAPE COLONY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Boers are massing in great force in the abandoned British camp at Stormberg, 32 miles north of Lieutenant-General Sir William F. Gatacre's ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. DISLOYAL NATAL.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Colonial scouts attached to General Sir Redvers H. Buffer's forces, now stationed at Chleveley, with temporary headquarters at Frere, have seized ...

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  16. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CABLES.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The Agent-General, Mr. W. P. Reeves, to-day cabled to the Premier the following items of news in connection, with the war:-- ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. AT THE MODDER RIVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--With a view of checking the supply of information to the enemy by spies, a strict surveillance is being exercised in connection with all ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. NEW ZEALANDERS IN ACTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--An official dispatch has been received from Major-General French, dated from Arundel, giving particulars of a recent successful ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. CRONJE'S STRONGHOLD.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen has discovered, by means of a balloon reconnaissance, that General Cronje's position at Magersfontein and ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. WAR NOTES.

    Disquieting items of news from South Africa yesterday were that Ladysmith was reported to be short of shells, and that the enemy's artillery had frequently beaten that of the British in range. ...

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  21. "A" BATTERY PREPARATIONS.

    Attention to their newly-purchased horses forms the greater portion of the work of the members of "A" Battery at present. The animals have been passed by veterinary officer, and are now ...

    Article : 283 words
  22. BURGLARS AT BONDI.

    At 2.30 a.m. yesterday Constable Stokes, on duty on the Old South Head-road, Bondi, discovered two men who were apparently bent on fowl-stealing from the premises of a well-known resident. ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. BOER ARTILLERY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--There have been many instances proved in which the Boer artillery in recent battles has been able to out-range the British guns. ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. BATTLE OF COLENSO.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Additional particulars relating to the battle of Colenso still come slowly to hand. It now transpires that the Boers dammed ...

    Article : 290 words
  25. ARMOURED CONCRETE.

    The use of armored concrete, or elment arme, has been recently adopted to a very large extent in constructional work on the Continent. It consists of concrete in which layers of iron or ...

    Article : 356 words
  26. CANADIAN CONTINGENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--From North-west Canada an offer has been made to the Imperial authorities of a thousand experienced rough-riders and good shots. The ...

    Article : 86 words
  27. THE LANCERS' OFFER.

    The offer of the Now South Wales Lancers to furnish a complete half-squadron to serve as Lancers has not yet been considered, but it is not likely that it will be accepted. Yesterday a ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. PASSED THE DOCTOR.

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  29. BRITISH VOLUNTEERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The offer of the Lord Mayor of London (Alderman A. J. Newton) to organise a volunteer corps of 1000 marksmen has been accepted by ...

    Article : 118 words
  30. MOUNTED RIFLES.

    Willie the main body of the mounted men will be Mounted Rides, there will also he dispatched to strengthen the mounted riflemen already at the front a further detachment of 42 men to ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.--Arrived. December 21: Victoria,R.M.S. Anglian, str., from Melbourne. Sailed, December 21: Annersley and Gabo, strs., for Melbourne; Victoria, R.M.S., for London. ...

    Article : 234 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT

    Yesterday the Premier received a reply from Mr. Chamberlain to his cable of Tuesday night. In this cable Mr. Lyne made a formal offer of a contingent of a thousand mounted ...

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  33. THE AUSTRALIAN HORSE.

    There is every reason to believe that the offer of the Colonel of the Australian Horse, Colonel Mackay, to send a complete squadron out on active service will be rejected, the services as ...

    Article : 92 words
  34. ABANDONED BRITISH GUNS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The guns abandoned by the British force at Tugela River are not yet in the hands of the enemy. ...

    Article : 67 words
  35. THE MEDICAL STAFF HALF UNIT.

    In yesterday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph,"reference was made to the fact that there was every reason to fear that the half unit of the Medical Staff Corps, now being organised and ...

    Article : 393 words
  36. GENEROUS PATRIOTISM.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Charles Henry Wilson, M.P. for Hull, and senior partner in the firm pf Messrs. John T. Wilson, Son, and Co., shipowners, of Hull, has made a ...

    Article : 73 words
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