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  2. A VICTORIAN CAPTURED.

    Dr. M'Inerney has received a cable message stating that his brother, who is a captain in the first Victorian contingent, has been slightly wounded, and is ...

    Article : 103 words
  3. A GREAT HEAT WAVE.

    A great heat wave has been, experienced here this week. The highest temperature recorded was 124 degrees in the shade. In the principal offices ...

    Article : 369 words
  4. OUTRAGE IN ASIA.

    The work of delimitation of the Burmo Chinese boundary 'by the British and Chinese Commission, which has been proceeding for some time and is ...

    Article : 97 words
  5. THE BOER WAR.

    Further particulars have, been received from Rensburg in connection with the death on February 9 of Mr. W. J. Lambie, the war correspondent of ...

    Article : 243 words
  6. BULLER AT CHIEVELEY.

    General Buller has withdrawn from the neighborhood of the Tugela. River, and is now at Chieveley. ...

    Article : 22 words
  7. ZOUTPAN'S DRIFT.

    The British have seized Zoutpan's Drift, on the Orange River, lying ten miles to the east of the Orange River railway station. ...

    Article : 50 words
  8. CHINESE SUBSCRIPTION.

    The Chinamen here have subscribed £60 towards the equipment of the rough-riders. ...

    Article : 17 words
  9. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Government has floated £300,000 worth of 4 per cent. Treasury bonds, the term of currensy being two years. The minimum price ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The Australian casualties reported to date, are as follow:- Killed. Trooper G. R. Bradford, New Zealand. private V. S. Jones, Queensland. Private D. C. M'Leod. Queensland. Trooper J. Connell, New Zealand. ...

    Article : 257 words
  11. MAFEKING SAFE.

    Mafeking is reported to have been well on the 2nd inst. Lord Roberts has sent to the garrison a message promising speedy relief. ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. UNITED STATES.

    The Foreign Commerce Committee of the United States Congress is in favor of granting a subsidy of 400,000 dollars (about£80,000), for twenty years, for ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. FOOD TILL JUNE.

    News has been received from Mafeking to the effect that the food supply is sufficient to last the garrison till June. ...

    Article : 28 words
  14. BOERS IN ZULULAND.

    A force of Boers with nine guns has arrived at Ngutu in Zululand. ...

    Article : 19 words
  15. BULLER'S CASUALTIES.

    The casualties sustained by General Sir Redvers Buller's forces on February 5, 6, and 7, during the attempt to force the road to Ladysmith, numbered 24 ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. ARISTOCRATIC ENTERTAINMENT.

    An entertainment given by amateurs belonging to the British aristocracy, and consisting of a number of effective tableaux, was held at Her Majesty's ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. DEATH OF MR. W.B. CADELL.

    Surprise and regret were expressed yesterday morning when it became known that the dead body of Mr. William Bowman Cadell secretary of the Weld ...

    Article : 553 words
  18. BRITISH POLITICS.

    An election took place yesterday for the Rossendale Division of Lancashire, to fill the position vacated by Mr. J. H. Maden, who recently resigned. ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. AT MODDER RIVER.

    It is believed that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts will command an Army Corps Cavalry Division at'Modder River. Major-General Sir H. E. Colvile ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. RIMINGTON'S GUIDES.

    As brave a man as any is Major Rimington, head of the Imperial Corps of Guides (writes Julian Raiph in the London "Daily Mail"). "You may be ...

    Article : 276 words
  21. ENGLISH WEATHER.

    A' severe blizzard has prevailed throughout England. The telegraph lines have been damaged, and the railways in many places ...

    Article : 33 words
  22. EXPLOSIVE BULLETS.

    A war correspondent, writing with reference to Colonel Baden-Powell's Boxing Day sortie at Mafeking, says: - It appeared from the majority of the ...

    Article : 190 words
  23. FRENCH'S SUCCESSES.

    The British newspapers, in referring to the recent operations in the Colesberg district, express regret that the successes which have been gained from ...

    Article : 118 words
  24. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    The London "Times" of this morning says that the distinction which the Australian soldiers have gained in their recent engagements at Rensburg affords ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. SHOT IN THE HEAD.

    Mr. Lambie was shot in the head, and died in a quarter of an hour. He was buried on the field where he fell. Commandant Delarey expressed his ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. SHIPPING.

    The shareholders of the Castle Mail Packets Co. (Donald Currie and Co.) and the Union Steamship Company, have endorsed the scheme of ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. BOER PRISONERS.

    The number of Boer prisoners at Cape Town is 43S. The Victorian contingent, under Colonel T. Price, which, recently ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    The bushmen's committee, by its labors of the two previous days, had made a considerable hole in the number of applicants for bushmen's certificates. ...

    Article : 1,007 words
  29. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The medical officer who has been attending the bubonic patient Payne was released from quarantine to-day. Payne will be set free in a day or two. ...

    Article : 279 words
  30. THE GOLDFIELDS FUND.

    An auction sale of goods in aid of the Goldfields War Relief Fund was held here last night. It realised £140. The total amount of the fund to date is ...

    Article : 37 words
  31. BOERS ROB THE DEAD.

    The same correspondent writes:—A little later, when we were attending some further wounded, I called the attention of the field cornet to the fact ...

    Article : 226 words
  32. THE MILITARY SCHEME.

    Speaking in the House of Commons on the new military scheme, Mr. George Wyndham, Under-Secretary of State for War, deprecated a fuss being made ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. THE SICK-LIST.

    One of the Australian war correspondents writes from Modder River on January 6: -It may be interesting to some to know how, comparatively, the ...

    Article : 171 words
  34. POSITION AT COLESBERG.

    The chief reason for the abandonment by the British of their position at Slingersfontein, near Colesberg, and their subsequent retirement to ...

    Article : 156 words
  35. THE BUSHMEN'S CORPS.

    In connection with the bushmen's contingent, there are 102 men in camp. Drilling is carried on assiduously. In regard to the transport of the ...

    Article : 187 words
  36. LATE TURF NEWS.

    There was little betting to-night One thousand to 40 was laid against Sequence for the Newmarket Handicap, and Seahorse was backed at 100 to 12 ...

    Article : 77 words
  37. FOREIGN CRITICISM.

    The German and Austrian newspapers consider the British military scheme, as enunciated by Mr. G. Wyndham in the House of Commons, to be ...

    Article : 65 words
  38. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Sir Eedvers Buller is foad of telling how shy he felt when he joined his first regiment. For a long while his fierce expression, a mask for [?], earned ...

    Article : 593 words
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