When the steamer Clitus called at Java some extraordinary war news had reached there from Boer sources. The general opinion there is that when ...
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Article : 106 wordsThere is a coal famine in England, owing to the rolling-stock on the railways being insufficient to meet the demands by manufacturers. ...
Article : 58 wordsIn spite of the fact that the Boers kept up a bombardment all the time, New Year's Day was duly celebrated in the British camp at Modder River. ...
Article : 254 wordsThere is an epidemic of influenza in England, and the mortality is reported to be heavy. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn addition to the casualties among the Queensland contingent, already mentioned,. Private Victor Jones, of Mount Morgan, has been killed. Sir ...
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Article : 179 wordsLieutenant Pilkington, a New Zealander serving with the Imperial Army, has been ordered to proceed to South Africa. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Boers who were routed by Major-General French at Colesberg on Monday numbered 4,000. One of the guns used by the enemy ...
Article : 105 wordsJust as in the field of military operations it has been decided by the Imperial Government that a considerable extension of its original plans must now ...
Article : 382 wordsThe following additional men have enlisted in the Western Australian Mounted Infantry corps since the publication of the list as it stood previously to the ...
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Article : 350 wordsUnbounded enthusiasm prevails in Canada in connection with the despatch of the second contingent to South Africa. ...
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Article : 95 wordsReplying to the criticisms in the press with reference to the quality of the British artillery as compared with that at the disposal of the Boers, the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Boers are in strong force on the Upper Tugela River, as far as Actor Homes. From here to the new camp near ...
Article : 59 wordsA despatch from Belmont states that the Queenslanders and Victorians were hotly engaged yesterday at Sunnyside, which lies 20 miles to the north-west of the town of Belmont. ...
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Article : 155 wordsAccording to the London "Daily Mail," the British Government intends to spead shortly the sum of £5,000,000 on new artillery. ...
Article : 69 wordsFollowing the example of the Maharajahs of Mysore, Kashmir, and Jodhpur, nearly every native ruler in India has offered horses for the use of the British cavalry in South Africa. ...
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Article : 194 wordsRepeated reports of open expressions of disloyalty by State paid employes have led to the Ballina Municipal Council taking strong action. A resolution ...
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Article : 20 wordsA new armored train has arrived at Estcourt for the use of the British. [As the Tugela railway bridge has been blown up, while the line between ...
Article : 62 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has asked for a portrait of Midshipman Huddart, of H.M.S. Doris, who was killed while in action with the Naval Brigade at the ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Lyne (the Premier) received a cable message from the Agent-General to-day with reference to the proposal made by Australians in London to form ...
Article : 77 wordsAfter the victory over the Boers at Sunnyside, the British, under Major Pilcher, occupied the town, of Douglas. The loyalist residents, who have, for ...
Article : 126 wordsReports from Delagoa Bay have reached Durban to the effect that European adventurers are entering that port, under the guise of members of the Red ...
Article : 97 wordsAn amusing incident fell to the lot of a Victorian Mounted Rifleman while in Cape Town. A sailor from one of the battle-ships in Simon's Bay, who had just ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 5 Jan 1900, Page 1
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