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  2. NEW SOUTH WALES PRIVATE.

    Private A. L. Cameron, of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, has died from fever at Naauwpoort. ...

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  3. THE QUEEN.

    Her Majesty the Queen will arrive in Dublin on April 4 in connection with her Irish visit. ...

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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    The British troops under Lord Roberts have continued their triumphal march into the Orange Free State, with the result that its capital, Bloemfontein, has surrendered without any attempt having been made at resistance. Major-General French approached the town on Monday, and sent a message intimating ...

    Article : 460 words
  5. BURGHERS' WIVES.

    The news of the British victories has made the wives of the burghers anxious for their husbands to give up fighting, and return to their homes. ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN MOUNTEDS.

    Major R. F. Rankin, a Queenslander, has been appointed second officer of the Australian Mounted Contingent, now at Norval's Pont. ...

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  7. TURKEY.

    According to the London "Daily Telegraph," the favorite daughter of Abdul Hamid, the Sultan of Turkey, has eloped with a Turkish poet. ...

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  8. BOER PRISONERS.

    Further particulars concerning the recent attempt of the Boer prisoners, at Simon's Town, to effect their escape by digging a tunnel, show that the plot was ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. BRITISH AT NORVAL'S PONT.

    The Boers who retreated northwards from Colesberg are still entrenched on the north bank of the Orange River at Norval's Pont. ...

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  10. DUKE OF ORLEANS.

    Three of the London clubs have expelled the Duke-of Orleans owing to his action in having congratulated M. Willette, who caricatured Her Majesty the ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. THE QUEEN OVERJOYED.

    Her Majesty the Queen was overjoyed on hearing the news of the surrender of Bloemfontein, and ordered the intelligence to he forthwith published at ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. "TOMMY ATKINS."

    Colonel Gourko (a son of the famous Russian General), who is acting as the Russian military attache on the Boer Staff, has telegraphed to the Czar ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. THE NATAL FRONTIER.

    The coolies have extinguished the fire at the Elands Laagte Colliery, which was ignited by the Boers on their retreat from. Ladysmith northwards to ...

    Article : 46 words
  14. STEYN AT KROONSTAD.

    President Steyn, who fled from Bloemfontein, is now at Kroonstad, about 120 miles to the northward on the mainline to Pretoria. ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. COMMERCIAL.

    At the weekly auction sales of Australasian tallow to-day, 543 casks were offered and 64 sold. Prices were unchanged. ...

    Article : 26 words
  16. IMPERIAL BUSHMEN.

    Captain J. Rose, of the Perth Infantry, has been offered the command of the Western Australian unit of Imperial Bushmen now being raised, and he has ...

    Article : 996 words
  17. PEACE OVERTURES.

    In commenting on the despatch from Presidents Steyn and Kruger and on Lord Salisbury's reply thereto, the prees is almost unanimous, the general ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. HOW THE CAPITAL SURRENDERED.

    The special war correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" was the first-Britisher who entered Bloemfontein. He reports that, on Monday ...

    Article : 237 words
  19. DEAD MEN'S GARMENTS.

    Thus an Australian war correspondent:—It is no unusual thing to see members of the Australian Regiment walking about the camp in the costume ...

    Article : 202 words
  20. PRIVATE DAVEY'S DISCHARGE.

    Private Davey received his official discharge to-day. His character was given as "very good" The sub-committee of the Cabinet has practically completed ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. THE WOOL SALES.

    There was good competition at the London wool sales to-day, prices being unchanged. ...

    Article : 23 words
  22. SPECIAL CLIP RATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  23. BRITAIN'S POLICY.

    The Mayor was approached to-day, and requested to convene a public meeting to support the policy of the Imperial Government in dealing with the ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. THE TIN MARKET.

    The tin market has slumped, owing to "bear" sales. The price has fallen to £140. ...

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  25. PRETORIA DISAPPOINTED.

    The authorities at Pretoria profess to be bitterly disappointed at Lord Salisbury's unfavorable reply to the Presidents' despatch. ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. WHEAT SUPPLY.

    The visible wheat supply in America to the east of the Rocky Mountains is 83,935,000 bushels, against 85,579,000 bushels a week ago. ...

    Article : 27 words
  27. AT "LONG TOM'S" BIRTHPLACE.

    After spending two days in careful inquiry on the spot, says a London "Daily Mail" correspondent at Creusot, I have no hesitation in saying that not only is ...

    Article : 384 words
  28. ENGLISH TURF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  29. NEW ZEALANDERS INVALIDED.

    The Premier has been informed by Lord Roberts that ten men of the first contingent have been invalided. ...

    Article : 23 words
  30. KRUGER DEFIANT.

    President Kruger telegraphed the following message to a New York newspaper on the 13th inst.:—"The burghers will fight to the death ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. TOMMY THE SCRIBE.

    The London "Daily News" says:—The most vivid, if not the most exact, descriptions of the fighting going on in South Africa still come from the pen or ...

    Article : 763 words
  32. SAMOA.

    A cable message has been received from Auckland giving Apia news up to the beginning of March. On Savaii and the adjacent small islands, on March 1 ...

    Article : 139 words
  33. THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

    The latest news from Mafeking is to the effect that Colonel Baden-Powell has sent a warning to Commandant Snyman, who is investing the place, that unless ...

    Article : 61 words
  34. PRESIDENT STEYN.

    It is stated that after the battle at Driefontein on Saturday last President M. T. Steyn fled from Bloemfontein towards the north. ...

    Article : 31 words
  35. NEWS RECEIVED IN EUROPE.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" telegraphed the news of the surrender of Bloemfontein to its correspondents in the various European capitals. An ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. A FORCE FOR PRIESKA.

    A force, consisting of the Cheshire Yeomanry and the Canadians, has proceeded to Prieska, in the neighborhood of which the rebels have again been ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. METHUEN AT BOSHOF.

    Major-General Lord Methuen is at Boshof, a town in the Free State, 40 miles to the north-east of Kimberley. He has seized several guns and 70,000 ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. PATRIOTIC FUND.

    The proprietors of the London "Daily Telegraph" have decided to devote from their fund to the Australian Local Patriotic Fund the proceeds of the sale of ...

    Article : 48 words
  39. RAILWAY AT KIMBERLEY.

    The main railway line to Bulawayo has now been re-opened to a point 30 miles north of Kimberley. Trains are running, and the line is in full working ...

    Article : 39 words
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  41. ROBERTS ENTERS BLOEMFONTEIN.

    The War Office have just received a despatch stating that Field Marshal Lord Roberts, in command of the British troops in South Africa, has arrived at ...

    Article : 53 words
  42. THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

    The rebel movement is collapsing in the Herschel district, in the northeastern portion of Cape Colony, near, Barkly East. ...

    Article : 59 words
  43. CAVALRY REMOUNTS.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. George Wyndham, Under-Secretary for War, in reply to a question, stated that 12,000 remounts bad been sent to ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. ADVANCE TO BLOEMFONTEIN.

    On the British, troops advancing on Bloemfontein Major-General Hector, MacDonald ordered the pipers to play. They struck up martial Scottish airs ...

    Article : 38 words
  45. BULLER IN TEARS.

    A letter has been received through Mr. George Gibson, cab-driver, of the Central Railway Station, Newcastle, from Private J. J. Arnold, of the Royal ...

    Article : 230 words
  46. THE BRITISH FLAG.

    Lord Roberts has sent the following despatch to the British War Office, under date of March 13:— "By the help of God, and the bravery ...

    Article : 128 words
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