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  2. BOER REPORTS.

    When the steamer Clitus called at Java some extraordinary war news had reached there from Boer sources. The general opinion there is that when ...

    Article : 77 words
  3. VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

    The towns of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Durham, in the north of England, have raised the sum of £40,000 for the purpose of equipping the local yeomanry ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. A COAL FAMINE.

    There is a coal famine in England, owing to the rolling-stock on the railways being insufficient to meet the demands by manufacturers. ...

    Article : 58 words
  5. THE BOER WAR.

    In 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 words
  6. INFLUENZA IN ENGLAND.

    There is an epidemic of influenza in England, and the mortality is reported to be heavy. ...

    Article : 28 words
  7. QUEENSLANDERS AT THE FRONT.

    In addition to the casualties among the Queensland contingent, already mentioned,. Private Victor Jones, of Mount Morgan, has been killed. Sir ...

    Article : 155 words
  8. ANOTHER STEAMER SEIZED.

    Another steamer has been seized by the British at Delagoa Bay for contraband trading. The offending steamer is the Hans Wagner, of Hamburg. ...

    Article : 33 words
  9. AFRICA.

    The French expedition which left Algeria over a year ago under the command of Commandant Lamy, of the French army, and M. Fourreau, the ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND OFFICER.

    Lieutenant Pilkington, a New Zealander serving with the Imperial Army, has been ordered to proceed to South Africa. ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. FRENCH'S VICTORY.

    The 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 words
  12. THE COST OF THE WAR.

    Just 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 words
  13. THE SECOND CONTINGENT.

    The following additional men have enlisted in the Western Australian Mounted Infantry corps since the publication of the list as it stood previously to the ...

    Article : 300 words
  14. FIGHT AT SUNNYSIDE.

    Particulars which have come to hand in regard to the engagement at Sunnyside, to the north-west of Belmont, show that at that place there are ...

    Article : 350 words
  15. FEELING IN CANADA.

    Unbounded enthusiasm prevails in Canada in connection with the despatch of the second contingent to South Africa. ...

    Article : 81 words
  16. CHINA.

    A party of French marines recently landed in the Montao district in the south of China, and defeated a force of 1,500 Chinese. ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. OUR FIELD GUNS.

    Replying 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 words
  18. BOERS IN NATAL.

    The Boers are in strong force on the Upper Tugela River, as far as Actor Homes. From here to the new camp near ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. HOT ENGAGEMENT.

    A 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. ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. MOTHER QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY.

    A brutal murder was committed near Goondiwindi on Saturday or Sunday night. Mrs. Valentine Plingst, the wife of a selector, was the victim. ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. NEW ARTILLERY.

    According to the London "Daily Mail," the British Government intends to spead shortly the sum of £5,000,000 on new artillery. ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. INDIAN LOYALTY.

    Following 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. ...

    Article : 41 words
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  24. CHESHAM'S YEOMANRY.

    Twenty-five English-speaking foreigners, who are supposed to be spies in the pay of Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Transvaal Government's European agent ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. SUPPLY OF WAGGONS.

    in the war news it has been suggested by the London press that owing to the shortage of transit waggons for South Africa serious delay is created in ...

    Article : 194 words
  26. ALLEGED DISLOYALTY.

    Repeated reports of open expressions of disloyalty by State paid employes have led to the Ballina Municipal Council taking strong action. A resolution ...

    Article : 71 words
  27. CASUALTIES AT RENSBURG.

    Major-General French has reported to the War Office that the British casualties sustained during the engagement at Rensburg were three killed i and seven wounded. ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. PROCESSION OF BABIES.

    It will probably startle a good many persons to find, on the authority of a well-known statistician that, could the infants of a year be ranged in a line ...

    Article : 205 words
  29. IN VICTORIA.

    Practically the whole of the men forming the second Victorian contingent went into camp to-night. ...

    Article : 20 words
  30. NEW ARMORED TRAIN.

    A 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 words
  31. MIDSHIPMAN HUDDART.

    Her 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 words
  32. CONTINGENT OF BUSHMEN.

    Mr. 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 words
  33. OCCUPATION OF DOUGLAS.

    After 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 words
  34. EUROPEAN ADVENTURERS.

    Reports 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 words
  35. WITH THE CONTINGENTS.

    An 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 ...

    Article : 1,265 words
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