There will probably be an alteration in the programme of the movements of the Imperial troops during their brief visit here a fortnight hence. It was intended ...
Article : 3,472 wordsIdentical protocols, or copies of the joint note, containing the terms on which the allied powers are willing to negotiate with China, have been handed by the foreign ...
Article : 80 wordsThe "Daily Express" and the "Dilly Mail" publish accounts of an interview with a Boer officer named Hagedoorn, at Marseilles. These accounts and advices ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Federal Cabinet met to-day at the rooms which have been assigned to them at the Treasury-buildings, all being present with the exception of Sir J. R. Dickson, ...
Article : 937 wordsIn its issue of yesterday the Melbourne high-tariff organ trics to commend the Victorian tariff as a model which may safely be copied by the framers of the federal tariff. ...
Article : 2,153 wordsA deputation representing 100,000 natives in the western provinces of the Cape Colony waited upon Sir Alfred Milner yesterday and assured him that they ...
Article : 98 wordsA German column, operating in the neighbourhood of the junction of the Great Wall, some miles due north of Peking, has had a sharp engagement with a Chinese force ...
Article : 86 wordsAlthough the 200 men of the Liverpool Regiment who were taken prisoners by the Boers on December 29 at Helvetia, near Machudodorp, on the Delagoa Bay railway, ...
Article : 66 wordsSir James Dickson, whose condition has been such as to cause serious alarm to his friends for the past few days, was at an early hour this morning in a very low ...
Article : 239 wordsThe steamer Persic arrived from Cape Town to-day, with 330 passengers, including 20 invalided soldiers. ...
Article : 25 wordsColonel J. W. Tulloch, of the Indian Army, who was recently sent in command of companies of Baluchi (Indian), Australian (naval), and Japanese troops, to ...
Article : 63 words"Jacobsdal, Transvaal, Dec. 6, 1900. "Dear Colonel Templeton,— "The present situation in the Western Transvaal is roughly this— ...
Article : 542 wordsInformation has been received that there are 1,500 Boers near Sutherland, 80 miles south-east of Calvinia, and that another force is near Jamestown, in the ...
Article : 70 wordsChang Chih Tung, the powerful Viceroy of Hupeh and Hunnn, on the Yangtse, who was recently reported to be gaining great influence over the Dowager Empress, is ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Premier received a cable message to-day from Sir Alfred Caselee from Peking reporting the death on the 6th inst. of A.B. Rose, of the New South Wales naval ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Cape Town correspondent of "The Times" states that many Afrikanders are joining in the defence of the Cape Colony. They declare that it is their plain duty to ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Treasury has undertaken to pay five native regiments, raised in India, for service in isolated colonies. By this means five line battalions will be ...
Article : 78 wordsA disastrous fire has occurred at an orphan asylum at Rochester, in the state of New York, in which there were 175 orphans. A boiler exploded, shattering a wing of ...
Article : 82 wordsThe "Worcester Advertiser," a weekly newspaper, published in English and Dutch at Worcester, where the Afrikander Bond Congress was recently held, has ...
Article : 53 wordsAn important movement is on foot amongst the Boer burghers to bring to an end the present guerilla war. Peace committees have been formed in various ...
Article : 336 wordsThe condition of the Bishop of London (the Right Rev. Mandell Creighton, D.D.), who has undergone two operations for an affection of the abdomen, is critical. After ...
Article : 58 wordsThe committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club has adopted a resolution in favour of a change in certain of the rules relating to the conduct of cricket matches. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Emperor William has shown his approval of Count Zeppelin's air-ship by conferring a decoration upon the inventor. His Majesty his also directed the Aerial ...
Article : 54 wordsA special meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to arrange for the suitable reception of their ...
Article : 220 wordsThe meeting of Scotsmen desirous of joining the Scottish force in Johannesburg being raised by the Marquis of Tullibardine will be held positively next ...
Article : 150 wordsThe arrivals for the first series of wool sales this year, which opens on the 15th inst., number 250,000 bales. Of these 41,000 have been forwarded direct to the ...
Article : 177 words"The Times," in its review of the year's trade, states that trade is on the down grade. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Union Steamship Company of New Zealand has purchased a half-interest in the Canadian-Australian Royal Mail line, from Sydney to Vancouver, which includes the ...
Article : 38 wordsCaptain D. J. Ham, of the third (Bushmen's) contingent, writes as follons from Rhenoster Kop, south of Prctoria, Transvaal, S.A., December 4:— ...
Article : 2,815 wordsAfter nine months' delay, during which the commercial community has been unnecessarily taxed in the matter of cable charges to the extent of £1,000 a month, ...
Article : 413 wordsThe movement among the Boer burghers in favour of peace is spreading. A few days ago a spontaneous meeting of burghers was held in Pretoria, at which ...
Article : 91 wordsAs soon as any British or foreign vessels berth alongside the Melbourne piers or wharves at the present time, Detective-inspector Christie, of the Customs ...
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Article : 326 wordsThe Afrikander members of the Cape House of Assembly have decided to send a deputation to England to represent their view of the situation in South Africa to ...
Article : 79 wordsThe inter-state match, South Australia v. New South Wales, was concluded to-day in the presence of not more than 30 spectators. The game at the close of the play ...
Article : 298 wordsBar silver is quoted at 29 7-16d. per oz. standard, being an advance of 1-16d. since yesterday. ...
Article : 22 wordsDetails have been received of an engagement fought on Sunday last between 1,500 British troops, commanded by Colonels Babington and Gordon, and 800 Boers, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 10 Jan 1901, Page 5
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