That the Boers should make a strong effort to coerce the Free Staters near Bloemfontein into refusing to surrender was to be expected, and this was probably their only ...
Article : 3,041 wordsAn official report received at the War Office from Lord Roberts states that the first serious fighting north of Bloemfontein has resulted in a signal defeat being ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 366 wordsThe welcome news reached us by cable when the siege of Ladysmith was raised that Mr. Donald Macdonald, our special war correspondent, had survived the trying ordeal. It was then anticipated that we should soon receive graphic letters from his pen, and ...
Article : 3,349 wordsMr. R. B. Huldane, Q. C., Liberal member for Haddingtonshire, has made a suggestion in connection with the clause in the Commonwealth Constitution Bill relating ...
Article : 383 wordsHer Royal Highness the Duchess of York has given birth to a son. [The Duke and Duchess of York have previously had two sons and a daughter.] ...
Article : 36 wordsThe revenue returns for the nine months of the fi[?]ancial year 1800-1900 were issued by the Treasury on Saturday afternoon, and they show a satisfactory increase on the ...
Article : 738 wordsThe annual eight-cared boat race between the universities of Oxford and Cambiidge was rowed over the usual course on the Thames yesterday. ...
Article : 475 wordsSince President Kruger's interview with a representative of the New York "World," when he made most extravagant statements with reference to the consequences that ...
Article : 85 wordsA disorderly scene occurred in the Italian Chamber of Deputies last night. The members of the Extreme Left were obstructing business, and when the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsThe French have inflicted a crushing defeat on the tribes inhabiting the Twat oases, in the Sahara, south of Algeria. The natives lost very heavily, 600 being ...
Article : 60 wordsWe have explained that, under new rules of procedure in South Australia, means have been devised for quickly disposing of cases in courts, while in Victoria we suffer ...
Article : 769 wordsThe British Empire League will give a banquet on April 30 in honour of the Australian federation delegates, and in recognition of the great services rendered by the ...
Article : 58 wordsA serious accident happened on the Thames yesterday in connection with the Univeisty boat race. After a steam launch had landed a ...
Article : 54 wordsThe 22nd annual meeting of the council of thee National Liberal Federation has been held this year at Nottingham. No mention was made of Home Rule in ...
Article : 60 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has sent a cable message to Lord Roberts, with instructions to convey her condolences to Mrs. Joubert on the death of her husband, and also her ...
Article : 79 wordsThe report and balance-sheet of the Bank of Australian for the half-year ended October 10, 1899, have been issued. The balance-sheet shows that deposits amount ...
Article : 51 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Archibald Forbes, the famous war correspondent, aged 62 years. [Mr. Archibald Forbes was born in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsMr. A. Oliver, who has been deputed by the New South Wales Government to visit and report upon an eligible site for the federal capital, arrived in Corowa this ...
Article : 630 wordsPrecautions have already been taken by the Portuguese to prevent the Boers from crossing their frontier. In anticipation of the retreating Boers ...
Article : 48 wordsGreat assistance was rendered by the Australian troops in driving the Boers from the strong positions they held in the kopjes near Karree, of which every advantage had ...
Article : 239 wordsQuotations for frozen meat are as follows:— New Zealand Sheep,—Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes (551b. to 651b.)— ...
Article : 194 wordsThe "Daily Mail" states, on the authority of one of its war correspondents, that the Portuguese officials at Beira, a Portuguese port north of Delagoa Bay, and ...
Article : 117 wordsAnother [?] shaft disaster has occured. It was reported on Saturday that the steamer Kol[?]a had passed Cape Borda with the steamer Mortlake in tow. As ...
Article : 332 wordsIn consequence of Lord Roberts's absence in South Africa, it has been found necessary to make fresh arrangements with regard to his appointment as successor to ...
Article : 105 wordsAfter their defeat on Friday at Karree the Boers retreated to Brandfort, 38 miles north of Bloemfontein. The enemy in now reported to have left ...
Article : 47 wordsJ. Briggs, the famous Lancashire cricketer, who was taken seriously ill when playing against the Australian Eleven in the third test match at Leeds, in June last, ...
Article : 127 wordsAlthough apparently a deadlock exists at Warrenton, and no effort is seemingly being made to cross the Vaal River to drive the Boers from Fourteen Streams, it is believed ...
Article : 133 wordsWilliam Bartlett, [?]n Wills, engine driver. Liabilities, £66/5/6: assets, 10/. Mr. Ernest Watt, assignee, Bairnsdale. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Michael Davitt, late Nationalist member for South Mayo, and a strong sympathiser with the Boer's, who recently arrived at Delavou Bay, and then proceeded ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 2 Apr 1900, Page 5
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