It is announced that the Prince of Wales will not attend the opening of the Paris Exhibition. [It is aot stated whether this decision ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Bushmen's Fund now exceeds £13,600. Mr. William Knox D'Arcy (the Mount Morgan-millionaire), of Stanmere Hall, Stanmore, Middlesex, contributed £250. ...
Article : 29 wordsAfter the excitement of the last few days the news this morning is of a comparatively quiet and uneventful character, except in the case of Gape Colony, where several engagements have been fought. The Boers have made their escape from the vicinity OF Lady smith, with the possible exception of a ...
Article : 422 wordsThe Freestaters who were with General Cronje at Koodoosrand nearly mutinied on his refusing to surrender. The Fresstaters, recognising the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe steamer Maplenjere is here at- € o'clock to-morrow toostdag. The Bushmen's Corps a hearty "send-off" to-morrow: A halt-'?? bolidaj has been declared. Beftwe ifltf *j men embark a proceeson Will tske pl^ in the streets. At nifftt the offiaen ...
Article : 284 wordsThe Western Australian and South Australian Mounted Cautrngmhe, under Captain H. L. Pilirington and Gaptaw Charles James Reade, which arrived in ...
Article : 42 wordsPresident Kruger has announced that General Cronje's surrender was due to scarcity of ammunition and food. ...
Article : 24 wordsWhile Trooner M'Lellan, of New South Wales, was patrolling at Arundel on February 25 he was picked off by a Boer sharpehooter. ...
Article : 45 wordsOwing to the pressure of affairs Her Majesty the Queen has abandoned her projected visit in the spring to Bordighera, in the Italian Riviera. ...
Article : 34 wordsGeneral Joubert is reported to be collecting his forces at Abraham's Kraal. ...
Article : 21 wordsA British cotton and wool dyers' association is being floated with a capital of £3,000,000. The association will represent 80 per ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Canadian militia is to garrison Halifax, thus releasing the Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) for service in South Africa. ...
Article : 28 wordsGeneral Cronje and Commandant A. Wolmarans, who are both prisoners at Simon's Town, have thanked Lord Roberts for his considerate treatment of ...
Article : 35 wordsA force of 200 Victorians and Tasmanians, under Captains Hamilton and D. H. Jenkins, left Colesberg, and reconnoitred in the direction of Waggon ...
Article : 112 wordsParliament has been further prorogued to April 24. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe British newspapers insist that the cost of the war shall be made the first charge on the revenues of the two Republics after they have been annexed. ...
Article : 42 wordsA report has been received that three British officers, who were prisoners of war at Pretoria, escaped at night-time. They took advantage of the confusion ...
Article : 318 wordsA scheme for dealing with the unemployed problem trill be considered by the Cabinet at an early date. ...
Article : 21 wordsDr. W.J. Leyds declares that President Kruger wants peace, but that he will never sacrifice the independence of the Transvaal. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe gold yield for February WAS 74, 9470Z, a comparative increase of 10,464OZ. ...
Article : 19 wordsMajor Thompson is still purchasing horses on behalf of the Imperial army for Africa. Up to date he [?] 4,303 in this colony. Of these 1,923 ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Works Department is inviting competitive designs for a new post- office and telegraph office, estimated to cost £150,000. ...
Article : 22 wordsMajor-General Clements now holds Achtertang, to the east of Colesberg. The Boers are still in strong force at Norval's Pout. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn connection with the inauguration by the Methodist Conference of a thanksgiving fund of 40,000 guineas, at a ...
Article : 33 wordsThe steamer Lincolnshire has arrived at Durban from Lyttelton, New Zealand. She has on board a medical corps and a number of nurses. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe committee of the Chamber of Commerce has unanimously carried a resolution affirming the position taken up by the Premier respecting the Pacific ...
Article : 28 wordsThe special correspondent of the Cape "Mercury" telegraphs from Durban, South Africa, under date of January 19:— ...
Article : 867 wordsAs far as the Victorian wheat yield is concerned, in some districts the threshings are disappointing. The final results as far as can be gauged will give ...
Article : 53 wordsMajor C. Maxwell, of the Royal Engineers, with a mixed force of 1,100 men, attacked the Boers in the rear to the north of Dordrecht at dawn yesterday. ...
Article : 86 wordsThere are indications that the pacificatory proclamation issued by Lord Roberts is having a good effect in the lower portion of the Orange Free State. ...
Article : 44 wordsMessrs. Yuille and Co. held their annual sale of yearlings to-day. Nearly 100 lots were catalogued, and there was considerable competition. The best ...
Article : 61 wordsWestern Australian Bushmen's Contingent. There was nothing out of the ordinary run of affairs at the bushmen's camp at Karrakatta on Monday, and no more ...
Article : 1,057 wordsBrigadier-General Brabant, with his colonial force, marched by night to La-buschagne's Nek, in the Jamestown district, and occupied a strong position. ...
Article : 124 wordsThe R.M.S. India arrived at noon to-day, and was placed in strict quarantine. The passengers for Sydney, under arrangement with the New South Wales ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral Sir George White reports in regard to the relief of Ladysmith that Earl Dundonald came galloping into Ladysmith on Wednesday at sunset. ...
Article : 180 wordsIt has transpired that on the eve of the Boer ultimatum being sent to the British Government the Volksraad passed resolutions securing pensions for ...
Article : 61 wordsJoseph Ford, 25 when driving a lorry was unseated by the unexpected breaking of a strap, and wheels of the vehicle passed over his body. He was ...
Article : 46 wordsSeveral Boer children were found in the trenches at Pieter's Hill on the 27th, ult. after the position had been stormed by the British. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 wordsWhen seen to-night the Premier expressed some dissatisfaction at the action of the Imperial authorities in having decided not to introduce the ...
Article : 57 wordsSir William MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, who went out to South Africa to superintend the hospital arrangements at the front, has sailed for ...
Article : 68 wordsMany of tile Boars who have been investing Ladysmith are retreating by way of Biggarsberg, near Dundee. He British are sending additional ...
Article : 44 wordsWe have been favored by Mr. Under-1 wood Harvey, of this city, with tfiej perusal of -an interesting letter from an | American officer now residing at Santi-' ago de Cuba, from which we extract the following:-"All of us are very food of England and her people, and we jrreatly ...
Article : 228 wordsSpeaking in Auckland to-day, the Premier said, with regard to the finances and the present position of the colony, after meeting the extra charges for the ...
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Advertising : 241 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has congratulated the blue-jackets who have been co-operating with Sir Redvers Buller on the splendid services they have rendered in ...
Article : 38 wordsIn a big fire at Toris, near Balclutha, four children of Mr. James christie lost their lives. ...
Article : 19 wordsThere were only four days' rations remaining at ladysmith when the sown was relied. Lord Roberts has telegraphed to ...
Article : 91 wordsMessrs. M'Lean Bros., whose interests at Kapiti Island trere taken over by the Government, were awarded £1,125 to day by the Compensation Court. They ...
Article : 41 wordsWhen the news of relief of Lady. smith reached Durban and Cape Town the people of those two cities were delirious with joy. ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 9 Mar 1900, Page 11
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