Although the special train bringing the collin which contained the remains of Her late Mujesty Queen Victoria was timed to arrive from Paddington at Windsor station ...
Article : 6,955 wordsEfforts are still being made by those Boers who have given in their submission to induce their brothers still in the field to submit to the terms of the British. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 wordsA mysterious case of poisoning occurred at Port Melbonrne yesterday afternoon, which has resulted in the illness of four men, three seriously, two being patients at ...
Article : 1,503 wordsAt the conclusion of the meeting of the Executive Council yesterday afternoon the Lieutenant-Governor said that, constitutionally speaking, he had no knowledge yet ...
Article : 805 wordsSome months ago the members of the Cockburn (South Australia) Defence Rifle Club applied to and received from Lord Roberts a number of Mauser rifles captured ...
Article : 802 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Mr. M'Culloch) visited the Langwarrin camp yesterday, accompanied by the secretory for Defence (Captain Collins), the military commandant ...
Article : 806 wordsGeneral De Wet still displays great mobility with his small force, and succeeds in evading General Charles Knox, who has been in pursuit of him for some time. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 382 wordsA cable message was received yesterday by the Defence department from the High Commissioner of South Africa, through the Lieutenant-Governor, stating that ...
Article : 78 wordsA concerted movement is being made by the British to clear the enemy from the Eastern Transvaal, where General Smith. Dorri[?]n has recently fought some minor ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. Barton has prepared a cable message for submission to His Excellency the Governor-General, who will be asked to forward it to Mr. Chamberlain, having ...
Article : 118 wordsIn view of the activity of the Boers at Oudtshoorn, H.M.S. Doris, twin-screw cruiser, the flagship on the Cape station, with two gunboats, is guarding Mossels ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsWhen play in the inter-state match, Victoria v. New South Wales, ceased on Friday the scores stood—New South Wales, 170; Victoria, five wickets for 67 runs. Play ...
Article : 856 wordsThe death is reported of Private Clarke, of the Queensland forces. Private Clarke was shot in the groin and taken prisoner recently in a skirmish in the ...
Article : 100 wordsCommandant Hertzog, with the Boer force, is exceedingly active in the Sutherland district, which is only some 100 miles to the north of Cape Town. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 128 wordsColonel Creagh, who is organising the Scottish Horse for the Marquis of Tullibardine, visited the Victoria Barracks yesterday, and interviewed Major Parnell, to ...
Article : 144 wordsAnother instance of the daring with which underground robbers ply their vocation is afforded by their attempt on Saturday to rob the Princess Dagmar mine. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 wordsAn official communication has been received from Lord Kitchener announcing that a body of 1,000 Boers attacked the British garrison at Modderfontein, ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Derham, president of the chamber, referred at the meeting of the manufacturers last night to the bringing of a number of trades under the operation of ...
Article : 378 wordsThe despatch of the horses to South Africa has been postponed till Friday next. Colonel Otter visited Melbourne to-day in company with Colonel Freeman ...
Article : 104 wordsDuring January 52,805oz. of gold were received at the Sydney Mint, of which 29,887oz. were contributed by Queensland and 19,287oz. by New South Wales. ...
Article : 231 wordsColonel Blake, the Irish-American leader with the Boer forces, has crossed over the Transvaal border into the Delagoa Bay colony, with the object of releasing those ...
Article : 134 wordsAn unusual incident happened at St. Mark's Church on Sunday. A member of the sixth contingent was among the congregation, and did not remove his cap. The ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Premier, in reply to a deputation of members of Parliament, who asked that the new railways should be proceeded with in order to provide employment for men who ...
Article : 186 wordsA sharp attack has been made on a British convoy, which was proceeding under escort from Koffyfontein, in the west of the Orange River Colony, northwards, to ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Imperial authorities having notified that transports for 2,000 men and horses are being sent to Sydney, the enrolling of men to form the second contingent will be ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Horsham and Wimmera District Agricultural Society at a special meeting this afternoon appointed the president (Mr. R. G. Fincham) to represent the district ...
Article : 214 wordsAbout half-past 4 on Sunday morning a fire occurred in an old mining shaft north of the old Union plant. From some unaccountable cause the timbering in the ...
Article : 52 wordsOn saturday a body of irregulars and police and a detachment of the Welsh militi[?], with two Australian guns, attacked a foraging party of 400 Boers in ...
Article : 86 wordsThe members of the Marine Board will leave for Port Pirie to-morrow to hold an inquiry into the stranding of the barque Reaper, which grounded on the eastern ...
Article : 43 wordsA meeting of the committee and supporters of Mr. W. H. Williams, who is standing for the St. Kilda electorate in the Liberal interest, was held last night at ...
Article : 150 wordsThe following private advices have been received:— By Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., dated Feb. 1:—"The wool market is somewhat ...
Article : 115 wordsThe population returns were issued to-day. They show that the estimated population at the end of January was 181,239, of whom 117,750 were males and 63,480 were ...
Article : 102 wordsThe bursting of the water main from No. 7 reservoir necessitated the supply being drawn from that at Crusoe, and as it is the lowest, householders on the higher levels ...
Article : 75 wordsSir,—Some alterations were made in the arrangements of St. George's Chapel a few years ago, when a pair of heavy brass candelabra were removed from the ...
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Article : 346 wordsAt the Port Melbourne Court yesterday, Ellen Bourne, licensee of the Floodgate Hotel, was charged, before Mr. Cuscaden, J.P., with having her bar door open and trallicking in liquor on ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 5 Feb 1901, Page 6
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