A considerable success has been scored by Kitchener's Scouts under the command of Colonel H. M. Grenfell, of the 1st Life Guards. ...
Article : 175 wordsFurther details are published of the fighting at Haishankwan, near Paoting-fu. in which the Chinese were defeated with heavy loss by a German force. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Ophir has safely reached Australian waters in good time, and there is every reason to hope that, according to the carefully-drawn-up ...
Article : 5,106 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Hopetoun entertained the Premier and Mrs. Peacock, Major-General Sir Edwin and Lady Collen, of India, and Mr. ...
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Article : 211 wordsThe movement carried out by Sir Bindon Blood, in the Middelburg district of the Transvaal, has resulted in large captures of stock and transport material. A ...
Article : 81 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the duty on spirits was renewed. The loan bill was agreed to by 213 votes to 128. The resolution passed in ...
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Article : 64 wordsTo perpetuate the memory of the late Major George A. Eddy, a former resident of Beaufort, the residents have placed a brass tablet in the shire-hall. Last night ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Victorian troops, commanded by Colonel F. B. M. Henniker, of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, have inflicted losses on Commandant Malan, in the Cradock ...
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Article : 48 wordsJapan is actively continuing her military preparations. The naval port of Matsmai, or Fukayama, on the north island of Yezo, at the ...
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Article : 72 wordsGeneral Louis Botha, the Boer commander, is now at Ermelo, in the South-eastern Transvaal. A British force under General Dartnell is moving thither, with the object ...
Article : 41 wordsA movement has been started to erect a statue of her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Ireland. It is proposed that the statue shall be surrounded by figures of ...
Article : 59 wordsA number of the returned troops on the Tongarira were questioned as to the authenticity of the tale of the wreeking of the "South African News" office at Cape ...
Article : 278 wordsCommandant Beyers is showing some activity in the Waterberg district of the Northern Transvaal, west of Pictersburg, when he occupies a strong position in the ...
Article : 60 wordsThe following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Gulf of Martaban, from Brisbane February 15; Lutterworth, from ...
Article : 71 wordsMajor W. C. G. Heneker (Connaught Rangers), of the West African frontier force, has had several severe engagements with the natives, in subduing the Ishan ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Boers have blown up the line in three places between Graspan and Belmont, on the Kimberley railway. At Belmont they entered the station in search of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsA large amount has been subscribed towards the fund for the erection of a cathcdral in Liverpool. Among the subscriptions are several of £10,000 each, and several of ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Liberds are greatly irritated by a declaration made by Mr. Herbert Gladstone, the chief whip of the party, at a meeting at Leeds. ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. Baracehi, Government astronomer, informs us that it is practically impossible to obtain a photograph of the comet now visible shortly before dawn, but it is ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 wordsSOMERVILLE.—A public meeting, convened by the president of the shire, was held to consider what form of welcome home should be accorded to Privates J. Firth and A. Murray, of the second ...
Article : 70 wordsCommander Scheeper, one of the most active of the Boer raiders in the Cape Colony, has burnt the residence of Dr. Moolman, a Dutch loyalist, at Zwagelshock. ...
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Article : 25 wordsThe hon, treasurer of the fund acknowledges the following additional subscriptions:—J. G. Addison, manager National Bank of Australasia, £[?]/3/; Victorian Stevedoring and General Contracting ...
Article : 81 wordsSir Archibald Hunter, who, after greatly distinguishing himself in the Boer war, was invalided home in January last, has been appointed to the new position of ...
Article : 74 wordsWheat.—The "Gazette" average price for English wheat sold last week shows an advance of 6d. per quarter on the previous week. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 wordsThe Warrigal, with the 6th South Australian Contingant, which left Adelaide on the 5th inst., arrived at Durban on Sunday last. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 1 May 1901, Page 7
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