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  2. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY.

    Mr. Justice Bigham, of the Queen's Bench Division, has granted Lloyd's Bank, of 72 Lombard street, London, E.C. damages to the extent of £10.826 ...

    Article : 85 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    In the opinion of military experts, it is considered that the Australian troops would be of much more use in the field if they were all mounted. ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The Government statistician estimates the present season's wheat yield at 13,660,700 bushels from 1,361,511 acres, saved for grain. ...

    Article : 29 words
  5. POLICE COURTS.

    Disorderly.—Antonio Molinas (30) was fined 15s., in default three days' hard labor, for having annoyed the patrons of Cremorne Theatre ; and H.M. Grant (35) 20s., for ...

    Article : 928 words
  6. IN NATAL.

    The British forces at Frere, in Natal, hare commenced their march to the north, with the object of relieving Ladysmith. A general advance on Colenso has be ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. HIGHLANDERS' ATTACK.

    Some of the Boers were located at the foot of the eastern spur of the kopje at Magersfontein, and waited there on Monday till before daybreak. ...

    Article : 246 words
  8. STEAMER LANGTON GRANGE.

    Messrs. Houlder Bros. have been informed, by cable message, that the steamer Langton Grange arrived at Durban yesterday. She lost only six ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly sat ali night, and continued the sitting throughout to-day, until the usual hour for to-day's sitting (adjourning only ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. PRIVY COUNCIL.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has reserved its judgment in the ease of Jonathan Falkingham and .Sons v.the Victorian Railway Commissioner. ...

    Article : 225 words
  11. FURTHER COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Mr. Lyne to-night sent a cable message to the Imperial Government regarding the "Times" article, to ascertain whether additional [?] were ...

    Article : 130 words
  12. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A special sitting of the Quarter Sessions was held before Messrs. Wright, R.M. (chairman), and R. M. Thomas, J.P., on December 7, W. Berryman was ...

    Article : 319 words
  13. ALLEGED IMPOSITION.

    On charges of having imposed on the managers of the branches of the Commercial Banking Company and the Bank of Australia at Bathurst by ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. UNEMPLOYED PRINTERS.

    The Premier has decided to follow the precedent already established by giving a fortnight's work at the Government Printing Office to some 50 printers who ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. OBITUARY.

    Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wanehope was born in 1846, being the only surviving son of the late Mr. Andrew Wauchope, of Niddrie Marischal ...

    Article : 98 words
  16. SEAMEN'S WAGES.

    The Steamship Owners' Association has decided to grant an advance in the wages of seamen and firemen engaged on intercolonial vessels. The men asked ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. COMMERCIAL.

    The visible supply of wheat in America east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated by "Bradstreet's" at 86,757,000 bushels, as against 84,687,000 ...

    Article : 41 words
  18. WHAT THE " TIMES" SAYS.

    The London 'Times " of this morning says that the repulse of the British at Magersfontein is the most serious event of the war. ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. ALLEGED LIBEL.

    A case which has been before the court for some days, and has not yet been concluded, is remarkable for the number of witnesses being called for the plaintiff, ...

    Article : 76 words
  20. LORD WINCHESTER.

    The Marquis of Winchester was born in 1858. He became a major in the Coldstream Guards in 1897, having joined that regiment as second ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. FINANCIAL.

    The debenture-holders of the Union Mortgage and Agency Co. have approved of the scheme which provides for the amalgamation of the company with the ...

    Article : 188 words
  22. AMBULANCE VOLUNTEERS.

    In response to the request of General. Sir Redvers Henry Buller for 2,200 i European stretcher-bearers and ambulance men to go to the front, 700 have ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. APROPOS OF THE WAR.

    "We" shall drink champagne in Mafeking to-morrow," telegraphed a man attached to the Western Border commandoes to a friend in Pretoria. Thus the I ...

    Article : 729 words
  24. VICTORIA.

    A conference of the Amalgamated Engine-drivers' Association was held at Eaglehawk to-day. The first business taken was the calling-out of the drivers ...

    Article : 146 words
  25. TRANSPORT DISASTER.

    Yet another disaster to a British transport has to be recorded, the steamer Denton Grange, 5,742 tons (Houlder Bros. and Co., Ltd.), having gone ashore ...

    Article : 80 words
  26. BUNBURY.

    The Bunbury Municipal Council has at last moved in regard to the formation of a fire brigade for the town. At an informal meeting, which was held for the ...

    Article : 149 words
  27. FURTHER MESSAGE.

    Telegraphing on Tuesday, Lord Methuen said:—"To-day I am holding my position, which is being entrenched. We faced at least 12,000 of the enemy ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. LADY SARAH WILSON.

    The Boers report that Lady Sarah Wilson, who was made a prisoner near Mafeking, and sent to Pretoria, has been exchanged. ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. AN APPROVAL.

    The contributories of the Union Mortgage and Agency Company have approved of the amalgamation scheme. ...

    Article : 28 words
  30. BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN.

    Further particulars have come to hand in reference to the fighting at Magersfontein, between the British under Major-General Lord Methuen and ...

    Article : 141 words
  31. SCHOOL PICNIC.

    Lord and Lady Brassey gave a garden fete at Government-house this afternoon to some 4,000 senior school children. The weather was not too favorable, but ...

    Article : 33 words
  32. FIRE AT COOLGARDIE.

    A child named Sarah Ann Clarke was burned to death at 3 o'clock this morning. At the hoar named the father was [?]by the noise of roaring flames, and ...

    Article : 248 words
  33. COOLGARDIE.

    At the Quarter Sesions on Dec 7, Thomas G. A. Brown was found guilty of having obtained the sum of £5 from Charles Sommers, and he was sentenced ...

    Article : 246 words
  34. BRITISH RETREAT TO MODDER.

    Telegraphing from Modder River on Tuesday evening, Lord Methuen said:—"As the Boers were occupying their trenches strongly, I retired here in ...

    Article : 133 words
  35. COLONEL UMPHELBY.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Umphelby, of Victoria, who was recently appointed to the staff at Cape Town, has been attached to a howitzer division. He left ...

    Article : 37 words
  36. NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.

    The report and balance-sheet of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia, to September 30, shows 4,865 new policies, amounting in value to ...

    Article : 73 words
  37. GATACRE'S MOVEMENTS.

    Major-General Gataere, after having abandoned Molteno, retired to Strekstroom, about 20 miles to the southeast, on the line to East London. ...

    Article : 117 words
  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. P. O. Hatehinson, chairman of the Encounter Bay district, shot himself on his farm, at Hindmarsh Valley, to-day. No cause has been assigned ...

    Article : 103 words
  39. MESSAGE FROM METHUEN.

    The War Office has received a telegram from Major-General Lord Methuen in reference to the fighting at Magers fontein. ...

    Article : 183 words
  40. Advertising

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    Advertising : 631 words
  41. WOUNDED BRITISH.

    On Tuesday 293 wounded British arrived at Orange River from Modder River. The number included 27 officers. ...

    Article : 27 words
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