Trains crowded with refugees from Bloemfontein collided at the Victoria road station, in Cape Colony. Eight persons were killed. ...
Article : 63 wordsMinisterial.—The Chief Secretary (Hon. G. T. Collins) was in attendance at the Ministerial-room for about an hour yesterday for the transaction of ...
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Advertising : 807 wordsWhen Lieutenant Nesbit's train was bailed up by the Boers, he declared that Great Britain held the line, and he must proceed. ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is reported that the British have had some heavy fighting inside the border of the Orange Free State from Kimberley. ...
Article : 75 wordsCharlestown has been occupied by the Boers, while Newcastle is held by a force comprised of Transvaalers, Free Stators, and 400 Hollanders. ...
Article : 44 wordsAs anticipated, the Boers, finding Newcastle deserted, at once occupied it. They have also taken possession of ...
Article : 24 wordsEarl de la Warr has left for Capetown by the Dunottar Castle. He goes to the front as war correspondent for the "Globe" newspaper, ...
Article : 50 wordsGeneral Joubert is fortifying Laing's Nek, from which the British retired last weak in order to concentrate forces at Ladysmith. ...
Article : 24 wordsHerr Viljcon, the Boer leader, has issued a treasonable appeal, which has been circulated in Cape Colony. It declares that the colonial Afrikanders ...
Article : 74 wordsEvery effort is being made by the War Department to get the army corps away to South Africa. Six transports, conveying 9000 ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the wish of the Transvaal committee, a manifesto has been issued warning Irishmen that enlistment in the British army just now will be ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Treasurer (Hon. B. S. Bird) addressed the electors hi the Albert Hall, Esperance, to-night, and had a good attendance. Mr. Park presided. ...
Article : 237 wordsThe Vryburg hospital train, which was hastening to Kraapan to help the wounded, was nearly wrecked, owing to the destruction of the rails south ...
Article : 48 wordsSubscriptions continue to roll into the Mansion House fund for aiding the refugees from the Transvaal and Orange Free State. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Town Hall was crowded this evening to hear the Minister of Lands (Hon. Edward Mulcahy) expound his views. The Premier (Hon. N. E. ...
Article : 1,010 wordsThe commandoes have passed to the southward of Ingadane. Tremendous rains have fallen in Natal. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Capetown correspondent of "The Times" declares that the Premier (Hon. W. P. Schreiner, Q.C., C.M.G.) is considered an important hostage for the ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Victorian contingent for service in South Africa will go into camp this afternoon. The mounted infantry camp at Flemington show grounds, ...
Article : 161 wordsOnly two candidates were nominated to-day, Robert Charles Patterson and Frederick Shaw. ...
Article : 16 wordsMr. Conyngham Greene, British Agent at Pretoria, has arrived at Capetown. He was accorded a most enthusiastic ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. W. C. Simmons, returning officer for Richmond, publishes in this issue the arrangements for the by-election rendered necessary by the ...
Article : 184 words"Whenever any of my children are troubled with croup, colds, or whooping. cough," says Mr. A. Chapman, business manager of the "Advertiser" ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Free Staters are entrenched at the entrance to Tintwa Pass. It is evident they are determined to avoid meeting the British force under ...
Article : 54 wordsIn the retreat from Laing's Nek, Newcastle, and Dannhauser to Glencoe Junction, the British dismantled the railway line. ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Tue 17 Oct 1899, Page 5
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