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  2. THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    London, Friday Night.—Captain Nix, a Dutch military attache from Holland, who was in company with the Boers at the fight in the vicinity of the Bloemfontein ...

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  3. STANLEY.

    Potatoes opened at 35s and bags last week with the rise, but the latter did not eventuate and after the departure of the Sydney boats the tuber was easier, going down to 30s ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. Shipping.

    April 14—Koonya, ss, 1,093 tons, M. F. Livingstone, from Strahan. April 14—Amy, ss, 76 tons, J. Holyman, from Penguin. ...

    Article : 883 words
  5. SIR GEORGE WITHE IN ENGLAND.

    London, Sunday Night.—Sir George White, V.C., the hero of the defence of Lad smith, who has been invalided home after the relief, has arrived in England. ...

    Article : 75 words
  6. BOER ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    London, Monday Morning.—Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has despatched a strong remonstrance to President Kruger against treating Cape-Colonial prisoners as ...

    Article : 45 words
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  8. DARING ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE.

    London, Sunday Morning.—Colonel Schiel, the German strategist who was in charge of the artillery portion of the late General Joubert's forces and is now ...

    Article : 74 words
  9. ROCKY-CAPE.

    Farmers in this district are not sending potatoes to market at present, waiting for a better price. Clearing up ground is in full swing ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. STANLEY.

    Considering the very wilds night on Tuesday a fairly good audience was present at a social held in the Reading room in aid of the fund for repairs to the ...

    Article : 540 words
  11. A VALUABLE BOER PRIZE.

    London, Monday Morning.—Mr Frank Smith, a Rand diamond-mine owner, has been captured by the Boers at Barkly West, north-west of Kimberley, and sent ...

    Article : 33 words
  12. FOUR DAYS FIGHTING AT WEPENER.

    London, Monday Morning.—During four days continuous fighting at Wepener, 18 British were killed and 132 wounded. The besieging Boer forces, who are ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS.

    London, Monday Morning.—A number of Australians, who form part of Major-General Clements' column north of Bloemfontein have ambushed and captured at ...

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  14. THE SIEGE OF WEPENER.

    London, Saturday Morning.—Field-Marshal Lord Roberta reports to the War Office that the British garrison at Wepener, south-east of Bloemfontein, is ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. HUTTON'S COLONIAL DIVISION.

    London, Saturday Morning.—The new division recently formed by Lord Roberts under the command of Major-General Hutton, late of Canada, includes all the ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. Cape Colony.

    London, Sunday Night.—At a courtmartial held at Naauwpoort in the north of Cape Colony, two colonial Afrikanders were sentenced to five years' ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. THE GARRISON HARD PRESSED.

    London, Saturday Morning.—The Boers besieging Wepener are 1,000 strong, and are using eight guns, including two pompoms and two Maxims. They have ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. THE North Western Advocate AND The Emu Bay Times.

    Nominations of candidates for members of the Road Trust closed at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The retiring trustees were Messrs M. Mahoney and H. Britton. Six ...

    Article : 168 words
  19. FORTH.

    A day or two ago was despatched the last parcel from Forth for the Union Jack Society. The many ladies who have worked so willingly have now sent off 10 ...

    Article : 175 words
  20. REBELS IN SOUTH OF CAPE COLONY.

    London, Sunday Night.—The correspondent of the London "Daily News" at Capetown states there are sensational indications of a rebellions spirit among the ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. LORD ROBEETS' ARMY.

    London, Saturday morning.—Fresh troops and artillery batteries as well as cavalry remounts and food supplies, are being rapidly despatched to Bloemfontein ...

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  22. Imperial Australian Brigade.

    Occasion was taken, on the return of trooper Herbert Williams to Devonport for a few days holiday, to present him with a gold modal, by his former ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. DEATH OF A NEW ZEALANDER.

    London, Sunday Night.—Private Robert Morris, of the New Zealand contingent of rough riders, has died of enteric fever at East London. ...

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  24. REDDERSBERG OCCUPIED BY BRITISH.

    London, Saturday Morning.—Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside, who succeeded Major-General Sir William Gatacre in command of the 3rd Division, ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. ULVERSTONE.

    The trains have been fairly well filled during the holidays, and but for the excursion trips and facilities for travelling on single fares for return tickets the town ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. AUSTRALIANS RETURN TO DE AAR.

    London, Monday Morning.—Forces of Westralians and Canadians have returned to De Aar after pacifying a large rebel district around Kenhardt, north-west of ...

    Article : 167 words
  27. LORD ROBERTS' TACTICS.

    London, Sunday Night.—"The Times " states Lord Roberts fully expected that the Boers would commence raiding the country in the centre and south of the ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. PENGUIN.

    The landholders, of the Penguin road district, at the annual meeting on Saturday next will have a choice of six candidates to choose three trustees from for the ...

    Article : 352 words
  29. BURNIE.

    Private A. M'Leod of the Burnie detachment of the 3rd Battalion, T.I.R., who has been finally accepted for the Tasmanian contingent of the Imperial ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. LATROBE.

    Messrs Nichols Bros have just completed to the order of Dr Ick, a convertible hooded baggy, which is certainly a curiosity. First it is a two-passenger hooded ...

    Article : 120 words
  31. WARATAH.

    On Sunday we experienced, the first snow of the season, quite a heavy fall occuring in the afternoon. About midnight a strong gale sprang up from the south ...

    Article : 211 words
  32. New South Wales.

    Sydney, Sunday.—The arrangements for the transport of the Imperial Australian Mounted Brigade to South Africa have now been completed. The ss ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. COLONEL KEKEWICH.

    London, Sunday Night.—Colonel Kekewich, who commanded the garrison dur the siege of Kimberley has been appointed to the charge of Boshof, in the Free State, ...

    Article : 52 words
  34. NORTHDOWN.

    Nominations of candidates for election to the Harford and Templeton Road Trust close with the chairman, at Northdown, at 4 p.m. to-day. The retiring trustees ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. Commercial.

    The weather has taken a decided change, and Sunday was the coldest day experienced for some time. Grass has been plentiful this autumn. and all stock is in excellent ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. The North of Natal.

    London, Friday Night.—General Sir Redvers Buller, the officer in command of the British forces in Natal, has in a private letter given a description of the later ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. BRITISH AT WARRENTON.

    London, Sunday Night.—The British trenches at Warrenton (south of the Vaal River, and about 42 miles north of Kimberley), who form part of ...

    Article : 52 words
  38. DEVONPORT.

    Nominations closed at 4 p.m. on Saturday day the annual Town Board elections, and resulted in Messrs H. Powell and A. J. Stokes being returned unopposed for ...

    Article : 568 words
  39. Christian Endeavor Convention.

    A Christian Endeavor Convention was held in the Primitive Methodist Church Penguin, on Friday at 10.30 a. m., the Rev W. Hamilton presiding. The subject, ...

    Article : 189 words
  40. DEVONPORT.

    Business in the produce market on Saturday was conducted under very uncongenial surroundings. The banks and customs officials recognised the day as a holiday, and ...

    Article : 229 words
  41. A BRITISH RECONNAISSANCE.

    London, Monday Morning.—A patrol force belonging to Kitchener's Horse recently made a reconnaissance to within six roiles of Brandfort, 28 miles north of ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. Other Interesting Items.

    Proclamations.—On the fourth page of this issue will be found several proclamations by His Excellency the Governor, defining land to be acquired for new lines ...

    Article : 270 words
  43. General Items.

    London, Friday Night.—Dr W. J. Leyds, the Transvaal representative in Europe, met the three, recently-arrived Boer emissaries (Messrs A. Fischer, ...

    Article : 162 words
  44. BURNIE.

    A very successful bazaar was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon and evening, in aid of a charitable object. The bazaar was organised by children of ...

    Article : 370 words
  45. BOER CONFERENCE AT BRANDFORT.

    London, Monday Morning.—A conference of Boer commandants will shortly be held at Brandfort, north of Bloemfontein, at which President Kruger will be ...

    Article : 90 words
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