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Advertising : 135 wordsThe "Times" hints that the British Government is about to take steps with a view to dealing with Cape disloyalists. ...
Article : 35 wordsA telegram from Bradford, a place about 25 miles from Melbourne, states that the mystery attached to the strange disappearance of a little girl named Rita Jones, who ...
Article : 967 wordsThe Boers heavily bombarded Mafeking on the 21st instant, and the plucky little garrison briskly replied. ...
Article : 28 wordsChristmas Day was celebrated at Ladysmith with the usual festivities. On the 22nd instant a Boer shell burst in the midst of a number of men of the ...
Article : 53 wordsLieutenant-General Lord Methuen whilst reconnoitring along the railway line, unmasked six batteries belonging to the enemy. ...
Article : 23 wordsConsiderable activity is being displayed with regard the the volunteer movement in Cape Colony, and several additional corps have been formed for active service. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe War Office has accepted the offer by the Indian Government of two batteries of artillery. ...
Article : 25 wordsFurther particulars have come to hand regarding the escape of Mr. Winston Churchill, the special correspondent of the " Morning Post," from the Boers at Pretoria. ...
Article : 91 wordsTwo cases were brought before the Court this morning in which the defendants were charged with neglecting to provide for their wives and children. ...
Article : 384 wordsField-Marsbal Count Gourko will represent Russia during the South African campaign. Three other Russian officers will join the Boers. ...
Article : 38 wordsIntelligence from Ladysmith states that the British on Tuesday shelled Isimbulwana. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 wordsSir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Limited (Newcastle), manufacturers of the Elswick guns, are engaged in hastily transforming a battery of 12-pounder Elswick ...
Article : 149 wordsThe British cruiser Forte, one of the vessels of the Gape of Good Hope and West African station, has captured a cargo of stretchers and railway sleeper's in Delagoa ...
Article : 44 wordsThe enemy has erected a rough bridge across the Tugela River, near Pieters, about 5 miles north of Colenso, and a strong Boer commando has crossed the river and fortified ...
Article : 218 wordsSHOPKEEPERS and their employees in Sydney, Newcastle, and all incorporated towns in the colony outside those districts, will, at the commencement of the New Year enter upon new ...
Article : 1,111 wordsRough-riders are being increasingly enrolled as scouts in Cape Colony and Natal. ...
Article : 19 wordsTwo Indian princes have offered the British Government troops and money and their own swords for service in South Africa. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Hon. Harry Escombe, late Premier, of Natal, has died suddenly. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Cabinet last night decided on the following appointments for the second contingent:— IN COMMAND. ...
Article : 267 wordsThe Sisters of Mercy gratefully acknowledge the generosity and kindness bestowed on their orphans by the following thoughtful, charitable persons: Mr. John Meagher, ...
Article : 247 wordsEvents would seem to be drawing towards a bead at Modder River, where a desultory shelling has been continued for some time past, and the belligerents are gradually ...
Article : 75 wordsLOSS OF SHEEP.—Out of a mob of 2500 fat sheep travelling from Barmedman, en route to Sydney, 800 died near Gilgandra from thirst. The loss is estimated at £400. ...
Article : 478 wordsGeneral Gronje, the commander of the Boer forces at Magersfontein, has been rein forced and is entrenching his forces within three and a half miles of the British ...
Article : 45 wordsThere was a large attendance of buyers at the Homebush fat stock sales yesterday, when 1404 bead of cattle wore yarded. The quality was fairly good, but prime bullocks ...
Article : 159 wordsYour 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 wordsWhen Vryburg, the capital of British Bechuanaland, 127 miles north of Kimberley and 90 miles south of Mafeking, was deserted by the Britishers at the outbreak of ...
Article : 81 wordsThe dates of the departure of the troopships other than the Warrigal have not yet, been definitely fixed, and it will depend upon the movements of the steamers the dates ...
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