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  2. Meteorological Report.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 words
  3. THE WAR

    The combatants who were at the late engagement at Colenso are now stationary on either side of the Tugela River. No attempt has been made yet by the ...

    Article : 393 words
  4. Disloyal Natal Farmers.

    Colonial scouts attached to General Redvers H. Bulier's forces, now stationed at Chieveley, with temporary headquarters at Frere, have seized £15,000 worth of stook ...

    Article : 35 words
  5. Cricket.

    The following is the team selected to represent the Half Holiday Club against Blayney, on the Blayney wicket on Boxing Day, to proceed by the 5.45 a.m. train:—H. West, A. ...

    Article : 53 words
  6. IN PARLIAMENT.

    The new taxation proposals of the Government were brought before the Assembly at an early hour yesterday morning. A good deal of opposition was shown to them by ...

    Article : 616 words
  7. THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.

    Mr. Lyne received a cable yesterday from Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary, of State, for the Colonies, notifying the "grateful acceptances" by the Imperial authorities of the ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. Police Court.

    Sis Cameron was charged with stealing £2 from the person of Fhomas Flanagan. Constable McIntosh deposed that while on duty last night in George-street Flanagan ...

    Article : 992 words
  9. BATHURST. Daily Free Press "Magna est veritas et prevalebit." FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 1899

    MR. Lyne is experiencing his initial difficulties as leader of a divided following. The trouble would have come upon him before, but for the intrusion into active ...

    Article : 548 words
  10. Arrival of British Reinforcements.

    The second batallion of the Lancashire Fusiliers arrived at Capetown and have been ordered to Durban. The second batallion of the Dorsetshire ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. Later Intelligence.

    The Boers have commandeered a number of Salvation Army officers, compelling them to fight against the British. ...

    Article : 30 words
  12. Lords Roberts and Kitchener.

    Lord Roberts and General Kitchener are to meet at Madiera on the way to the front. ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. 740 MEN GO FROM NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A tabulated list presented to Mr. Lyne by Major-General French yesterday morning shows that the contribution of New South Wales to the second contingent for South ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. General Buller's Suggestion.

    General Buller suggests the sending of a force of 6000 Imperial Yeomanry to the seat of war. Nearly every Yeomanry officer volunteered ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. Methuen's Position.

    Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen is awaiting the arrival of cavalry and artillery reinforcements before' making another attack. ...

    Article : 37 words
  16. Plucky Mafeking.

    The Boers have fired an empty shell into Mafeking containing a message advising the besieged not to drink all the whisky. ...

    Article : 28 words
  17. THE LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.

    Up to the present, we learn, the number of names received at the Military Hall from those desirous of accompanying the Second Australian Contingent to South Africa ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. Shrapnell Shells.

    The British Government have ordered 26,0000 shrapnell shells from Krupp's factory. ...

    Article : 15 words
  19. Major-General French's Division.

    Official intimation has been received from Major-General J. P. D. French, who is operating in Northern Cape Colony, to the effect that he made a reconnaissance on the ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. The Power of Lyddite Shells.

    During the battle of Magersfontein many Boors were killed by the shook of the explosion from Lyddite shells, and were found dead standing upright. ...

    Article : 37 words
  21. To-Day's Telegrams.

    The Attorney-General has penned an important minute to Civil Servants with regard to. notices of retirement. He says he is determined that the present harsh rule of ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. Honours for the Foreigners.

    It is stated that the Boers put the Germans, Hollanders, and Irish, who are fighting with them, in the most dangerous positions in every engagement. ...

    Article : 41 words
  23. A Generous Offer.

    The Earl and Countess of Carrington have offered their large house at Bucks as a soldiers convalescent home. ...

    Article : 25 words
  24. Special Lines For Xmas.

    Your particular attention is directed to the very pretty Xmas. Millinery at EDGLEY'S—which is just as cheap as it is pretty; also to the Pique and Holland Overskirts, the ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 380 words
  26. British Volunteers.

    The offer of the Mayor of London (Alderman A. J. Newton) to organise a volunteer corps of 1000 marksmen has been accepted by Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley ...

    Article : 106 words
  27. The Battle of Colenso.

    The official report received at the War Office of the casualties to the British in the recent fighting at the Tugela River gives 187 rank and file killed. ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. OLD AND DESPAIRING.

    Hugh McFadyen, aged 81, an engine driver, was admitted to the hospital, suffer from a severe wound in the throat, self-inflcted, with a razor. ...

    Article : 31 words
  29. Sydney Wool Market.

    The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association—The Australian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Golsborough, Mort and Co Ltd. ...

    Article : 267 words
  30. Rifle Shooting.

    We are requested to state that entries for the matches in connection with the forthcoming Western Rifle Association meeting close on Saturday (to-morrow). Intending competitors ...

    Article : 178 words
  31. The Enemy at Magers-fontein.

    Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, by means of balloons, has ascertained that General Cronje's position at Magersfontein is vary formidable. ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. Generous Patriotism.

    Mr. Charles Henry Wilson, M.P. for Hull, and senior partner in the firm of Messrs. T. Wilson, Bon, and Co., shipowners, of Hull, has made a most generous and patriotic ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 308 words
  34. The Second Canadian Contingent.

    The second Canadian contingent, the services of which the British Government has already accepted, will consist of 1050 men. This number will be made up by ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. Boers at Stormberg.

    The Boers are massing at Stormberg, where great numbers of disloyalists are joining them. ...

    Article : 21 words
  36. FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    The situation in south Africa completely, engrosses public attention throughout the United Kidgdom, where the series of British reverses have had the effect of arousing the patriotic feelings of the people. The excitement is, probably, more marked and ...

    Article : 131 words
  37. A Day of Prayer.

    The recent reverses sustained by tho British arms in South Africa have aroused a deep sense of the gravity of the situation, with the result that there is a strong outery ...

    Article : 53 words
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