A force of 500 French troops is in a somewhat dangerous position at Chengting, in the west of the province of Chihli, and 150 miles south-west of Peking. ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. O'Sullivan, tho Minister of Public Works, had evidently noted with regret that those pleasant little social fixtures which do so much to promote genial good ...
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Article : 186 wordsLord Hopetoun had yesterday in a large measure recovered from the fatigue of the previous day, and entertained a company at dinner at Sydney Government-house last ...
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Article : 5,613 wordsThe following casualties are reported:— NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHMEN. Lieutenant Miller and Private L. Morgan, severely wounded at Wetport; ...
Article : 53 wordsSeven Australian soldiers, invalided from South Africa to London, arrived here last evening in the R.M.S Orizaba. They comprised two Victorians and five New ...
Article : 124 wordsThe murderer of Baron Ketteler, the German Minister at Peking, who was shot by Chinese soldiers in the streets of the capital on June 18, has paid the penalty of ...
Article : 59 wordsA telegram was received yesterday by the Defence department stating that the s.s. Orient, which is bringing about 800 soldiers to the eastern states from South ...
Article : 108 wordsHis Royal Highness the Duke of York has been gazetted a rear-admiral. ...
Article : 23 wordsGeneral Knox has captured some of De Wet's horses, also five waggons loaded with supplies and 6,000 rounds of ammunition. ...
Article : 29 wordsA petition for the compulsory winding-up of the London and Globe Finance Corporation has been presented by creditors of the company. The case will be heard on the ...
Article : 81 wordsTwo hundred Boers, belonging to the eastern division of the Cape Colony raidors, have made a descent on the Port Elizabeth railway between Middelburg and ...
Article : 144 wordsYesterday the Lieutenant-Governor received a cable message from the High Commisioner of South Africa announcing that the s.s. Damascus had sailed from Cape ...
Article : 47 wordsThe members of the Imperial Bushmen, of fourth contingent, which left here in May under the command of Colonel Kelly, were sworn in for service during the ...
Article : 142 wordsWheat and Flour.—The quantity of Wheat and flour afloat for the Untied Kingdom is estimated at 2,460,000 quarters, as against 2,430,000 quarters last week, and ...
Article : 136 wordsIn consequence of the Boer railway raid between Rosmead Junction and Shorborne, the Cape Government has specially appealed to the loyalists to join defence ...
Article : 79 wordsA cable message received by the Defence department yesterday from South Africa stated that Private T. H. Raggatt, of the third Victorian contingent, formerly of ...
Article : 39 wordsA local resident has received a lengthy letter, dated November 25, from Mr. Robert Eadic, manager at the Vereening Estates, Vaal River, South Africa, and ...
Article : 176 wordsThe charge against Commandant Cuignet, who was recently sentenced to 60 days' detention in a fortress for having referred to secret War Office documents during the ...
Article : 67 wordsA number of small Boer commandos are operating in the Cape Colony between the Orange River and Rosmead Junction. They have no definite plan, and gain no ...
Article : 111 wordsThe interruption of work by the holidays has had the effect of delaying the issue of application forms under the Old-age Pensions Act. Up to yesterday afternoon the ...
Article : 200 wordsSir,—I would like to draw attention to the fact that the Defence department does not intend issuing free railway passes to the parents or other relations of the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 3 Jan 1901, Page 5
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