A high Chinese official in London declared that the Boxers, who were momentarily uppermost, shelled the Legations, but the Government were now uppermost, and were ...
Article : 56 wordsThe usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last night. There were present: Alderman Simmons (in the chair), Aldermen E, T. Webb, James ...
Article : 1,939 wordsMr. Conger, the United States Minister at Pekin, on the 21st ultimo, reported as follows :-"Since the 16th a mutual truce has been observed. We have sufficient ...
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Advertising : 166 wordsOne of the Admirals at Chifu telegraphs that there are strong signs of matters quieting. An Imperial edict declares that the Government had done their utmost to ...
Article : 50 wordsSir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been authorised to borrow £13,000,000 in connection with war expenditure ...
Article : 58 wordsA competition in connection with the Railway Ambulance Association was held last Monday at the Railway Institute, Devonshire-street, Sydney. The examiner ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 wordsThe troopship Salamis with the Victorian naval contingent is due to-morrow to embark the Sydney men. ...
Article : 21 wordsA private message from Pekin, dated the 21st July, stated that the first outside news received by the Legations reached them on the 18th, and that the failure of the relief ...
Article : 147 wordsINDIAN FAMINE FUND MEETING.—The adjourned meeting of the Committee of the Indian Famine Fund will be held in the Mayor's room to-night. ...
Article : 740 wordsCommandants Prinsloo, Villiers, and Crowther, with 986 men, chiefly belonging to the Ficksburg and Lady brand commandos, 1482horses, 955 rifles, a Krupp nine-pounder ...
Article : 188 wordsThe American Military Attache at Pekin in a message, dated July 22nd, says :-Un-less we are reinforced in less than a week the Legations will probably succumb." He does ...
Article : 84 wordsSheng, the Director of Telegraphs, announces that the Tsung-li-Yamen declines to transmit Legation telegrams unless they are in plain language. ...
Article : 44 wordsMajor-General Lord Kitchener has gone to Krugersdorp to organise a force for the relief oE Rustenburg, which is still besieged, the garrison being under Lieutenant ...
Article : 50 wordsA match in connection with the Half-Holiday Competition was played on the Association Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon between Bathurst B[?]and St. Stanislaus' ...
Article : 104 wordsNothing has yet been heard from M. Pichou, the French Ambassador. ...
Article : 17 wordsLieutenant-General Ian Hamilton's column has marched through Pretoria in a westerly direction. ...
Article : 17 wordsLi Hung Chang and other Viceroys are pressing the Chinese Government to expedite the transfer of foreign Ministers to Tientsin. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe following items, extracted from the balance-sheet of the Notts County football team, just issued, affords a glimpse into the amount of money expended on maintenance ...
Article : 267 wordsThe following South Australians were wounded at Palmietfontein :-Sergeant H. Prosser, severely, and Private W. Sayers, slightly. ...
Article : 24 wordsWhen Tientsin was captured the British seized a river steamer and 200 junks in anticipation of the advance to Pekin. ...
Article : 24 wordsAlderman R. L. Gilmour (Mayor) having been granted leave of absence for a period of three months his duties of necessity devolved on one of his colleagues; and all will be ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Premier has received a cable from South Africa stating that Corporal W. J. Stinson and Private E. Osborne, of Now South Wales, have been wounded. ...
Article : 35 wordsImperial edicts have been issued commending the Boxers, and ordering the missionaries to quit the interior. They also commanded the Viceroys to help in the ...
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Advertising : 141 wordsLatest intelligence from China states that Brigadier-General Sir A. Gaselee, contemplates an immediate advance on Pekin, hoping that the Allies will co-operate. ...
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Advertising : 31 wordsThe H.M.S. Mohawk is rescuing foreigners at Hainan, and the H.M.S. Wallaroo is doing likewise at Hong Kong. ...
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