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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    An Incident ot Sea.—On December, 27th, when the G.M.S. Bremen was about 20 miles north of the Leeuwin, a barque carrying no canvas ...

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  3. MEDICAL DISCOVERY.

    A valuable medical discovery in connection with the treatment of alcoholism is reported from Paris. Drs. Thebot and Kepler, of that city ...

    Article : 53 words
  4. VALUE OF MOUNTED MEN.

    The Cape Mounted Rifles captured 1,000 cattle and 2,000 sheep at Belmont, to the north of the Modder River. ...

    Article : 52 words
  5. SECOND CONTINGENT.

    The work of enrolling candidates as members of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry for service in the Boer war was completed on Dec. 28, ...

    Article : 468 words
  6. THE BOER WAR.

    In connection with the escape of Mr. Winston Churchill, the war correspondent, from Boer custody, it is stated that he did not attempt to get away ...

    Article : 177 words
  7. GOLDFIELDS RELIEF FUND.

    A goldfields war relief fund has been inaugurated by the Mayor of Coolgardie, who has communicated with the mayors and chairmen of the road ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. RUSSIA AND BRITAIN.

    Mr. Lavigno. the Vienna correspondent of the London "Times," states that numbers of Russian troops are being drafted in the direction of Afghanistan. ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. GOURKO'S MISSION.

    It is explained that General Gourko, the famous Russian general, whose departure for Delagoa Bay was recently announced, is to represent Russia on ...

    Article : 45 words
  10. IN THE TRENCHES.

    A man a in a trench is just as safe from a shower of rifle bullets as if he were behind the walls of a fortification indeed, it has been shown that ...

    Article : 359 words
  11. BATTERIES FROM INDIA.

    The offer of the Indian Government to send two batteries to South. Africa has been accepted by the British authorities. ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. CHINA.

    The Chinese Government has compiled with the French demands in connection with the murder of two French officers at Kwong-chau-wan. ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. ROBERTS AND KITCHENER.

    Lord Roberts, the new Commander-in-Chief, has arrived at Gibraltar from London in the steamer Dunottar Castle. He was joined there by Lord ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. TRANSFORMING GUNS.

    The firm of Armstrong and Co., ordnance manufacturers of Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne, is hastily engaged in transforming a battery of ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. FINANCIAL.

    The balance-sheet of the North Bri­tish Australasian Co., Limited, of 10 Moorgate-street, London, E.C., has been published. ...

    Article : 37 words
  16. AT MODDER RIVER.

    Lord Methuen's artillery at Modder River has thrown a few shells in the direction of the Boer camp, without, however, eliciting a reply. ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. BOMB-PROOF WAYS.

    The Boers have constructed bombproof ways leading from the fortified kopjos on the month side of the Tugela River at Colenso. westward to the ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. ALLEGED FRAUD.

    Harry Jones, alias Muir, has been extradited to South Australia on the charge of having defrauded Michael Connell of the sum of £345 in [?] ...

    Article : 426 words
  19. THE ENLISTED.

    The undermentioned are the names of those already enlisted as members of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry for service in South Africa. The names are subject to ...

    Article : 1,261 words
  20. CRONJE REINFORCED.

    General Cronje, who is already reported to Lave 20,000 men under his command at Modder River and Magersfontein, has received still ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. COLONIAL CONTINGENTS.

    According to the London "Daily Chronicle," the colonial troops who are with Lord Methuen's forces to the north of De Aar Junction are stationed as ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. WHO BREAKS, PAYS.

    In the absence of any special news of fighting numbers of strange rumors are getting into circulation at the Cape and finding their way into Eglish papers ...

    Article : 436 words
  23. WARREN'S HORSE.

    Major Robert George Broadwood, of the 12th Lancers, is to command Warren's Irregular Horse, which is being organised in Cape Town. ...

    Article : 91 words
  24. POSITION IN NATAL.

    On Tuesday last General Sir George Stewart White shelled the Boer position on Mount Umbuiwana from Ladysmith. ...

    Article : 128 words
  25. IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Seven hundred and forty-four men had been accepted and passed into camp up to last evening. To-day 98 had been accepted for the mounted ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. THE TUGELA FORDS.

    In addition to depending the water at the two fords over the Tugela River by placing dams across the stream, the Boers stretched barbed wire at the ...

    Article : 97 words
  27. TRANSPORT OF STORES.

    The steamer Woolloomooloo, 3,521 tons, of the Lund Line, has been engaged by the British Government to transport stores to the Cape. ...

    Article : 28 words
  28. IN VICTORIA.

    The important work of selecting the members of the second Victorian contingent from the aggregate muster is certainly encouraging. Out of 119 men ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. CAPE VOLUNTEERS.

    A corps of 500 irregulars is being organised at East London, in Cape Colony. One thousand volunteer veterans have ...

    Article : 32 words
  30. MORE REINFORCEMENTS.

    The second battalion of the Lancaster Regiment, under Lieut-Colonel M. E. Crofron, and the second battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, under ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  32. TWO BRITISH OFFICERS.

    Captains Kirkwood and Grenfell, of the Imperial Light Horse, have both been captured by the Boers while out scouting near Chieveley. ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. SIEGE OF KURUMAN.

    The siege of Kuruman, in British Bechuanaland, 120 miles to the east of i Vryburg, has been raised by the Boers. The place has been defended by the ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. IN TASMANIA.

    The authorities say that there would be no difficulty in raising another 120 men for South Africa if necessary. The applications far exceed the number ...

    Article : 43 words
  35. MISSION TO AUSTRALIA.

    A number of fruit, dairy, and produce firms, of Liverpool, have entrusted Mr. Whittle with a mission to Australia, in order to develop direct shipments of ...

    Article : 42 words
  36. LORD RIPON ON THE WAR.

    A London paper says:—Lord Ripon, addressing a meeting at Bolton lately, said that we all felt proud of the qualities being displayed by our soldiers in ...

    Article : 384 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 227 words
  38. IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Public meetings in various parts of the colony have passed resolutions urging the Government to despatch more men to the Transvaal than is at present ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. VICTORIAN WHEAT.

    Sixteen thousand bushels of Victorian wheat to be shipped in January are quoted at 28s. 6d. ...

    Article : 23 words
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