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  2. THE WAR.

    General Joubert, who recently went to Pretoria from Kroonstad, expired suddenly at the Transvaal capital on Tuesday from an internal complaint. By a strange coincidence, General White had a few hours earlier made eulogistic references to the Boer leader in a, speech which he delivered at Cape Town. ...

    Article : 241 words
  3. BOERS IN NATAL.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" estimates the number of Boers in Natal st 10,000, a considerable reduction on its previous estimates. ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. FEDERATION.

    Her Majesty the Queen was most [?] [?]toward the Australian federal [?] [?]on the occasion of their visit to Windsor Castle on Monday. ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A terrible railway accident is reported from Glasgow, where a train, which was following another train, came up with it in a tunnel. The two trains ...

    Article : 49 words
  6. SAFETY OF MAFEKING.

    The latest news from Mafeking is to the effect that the town was safe on the 26th inst. I ...

    Article : 27 words
  7. CAPE COLONY.

    Two of the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town have managed to effect their escape. ...

    Article : 25 words
  8. JOHANNESBURG.

    Acting on the orders given by President Kruger, the Boers have undermined the British mines on the Band, and the British buildings in Johannesburg, with ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. CHINA.

    The correspondence which took place between the various powers in connection with the agreement to maintain the "open door" in China has been ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. APPEAL FOR MEDIATION.

    The Russian Government, in its reply to the appeals made to it for mediation by Presidents Kruger and Steyn, explains that had the Presidents ...

    Article : 275 words
  11. MR. M'LEAN'S REMARKS.

    After Mr. Chamberlain has replied to [?] drawn up by the [?] with reference to the criticisms of [?] law officers, he will invite the ...

    Article : 172 words
  12. DEATH OF JOUBERT.

    General Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Commander -in-Chief of the Boer forces, died unexpectedly at Pretoria on Tuesday right from the internal complaint from ...

    Article : 203 words
  13. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The British Government has withdrawn the proposal to impose a tax on brokers' licences for the sale of produce. The reason assigned is that the tax ...

    Article : 42 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.

    The Government has decided to keep the first contingent of mounted infantry at its original strength. It will despatch men to take the places of those ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. FINANCIAL.

    Tenders are invited by the South Australian Government for a loan of £1,000,000, at 3 per cent., with a minimum of £94 10s. ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. INDECENT EVIDENCE.

    The editor of the Birmingham "Daily [?] has been fined £100 by the [?] Bench Division of the High [?] of Justice. ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. THE ROLL.

    The names of those enlisted in the Imperial Bushmen's Corps are given below, with the regiments number, age, birthplace, occupation, and locality where stationed before ...

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  18. ORANGE FREE STATE.

    Reuter's special correspondent at Bloemfontein telegraphs that a strong force of Boers has reoccupied Ladybrand, near the Basutoland border, from ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. GUNS IN A WELL.

    Major-General Clements found a 9. pounder and a Maxim in a well at Koffyfonteir, between Fauresmith and Jacobsdal. ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. BRITISH REFERENCES.

    The British newspapers describe General Joubert as a man who was altogether superior to his surroundings. They express regret at the absence of ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. PERSONAL.

    Lady Brassey, wife of the Governor Victoria, has arrived in London. Lady Brassey left the yacht Sunbeam ...

    Article : 43 words
  22. DELAGOA BAY.

    Mr. G. Pott, the Transvaal consul at Delagoa Bay, has been fined £210 for having indirectly imported heliographs and other articles, contraband of war. ...

    Article : 32 words
  23. ENGLISH TURF.

    The Australian horse Survivor started favorite at 4 to 1 for the Lincolnshire Handicap, but could get no nearer than sixth. ...

    Article : 28 words
  24. PRESIDENT KRUGER.

    Pretoria announces that President Kroger will personally command the Beer forces, in the place of the late General Joubert. ...

    Article : 27 words
  25. FORCE OF 6,000 BOERS.

    Commandant Grobler, with a force of 6,000 Boers, who were lately in the Colesberg district, is now located at a spot about midway between ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE.

    Lord Brassey, in a letter to the London Times, suggests that Rear-Admiral Pearson, in command on the Australian [?] should consult the various ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. MICHAEL DAVITT.

    Mr. Michael Davitt, the Irish Nationalist, who resigned his seat for East Kerry a few months ago as a protest against the war,.has arrived at Delagoa ...

    Article : 37 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS.

    A notice has been gazetted that the following Australians will be allowed to retain the title of "honorable":— ...

    Article : 103 words
  29. IMPERIAL BUSHMEN'S CORPS.

    On March 29 there was no alteration in the daily routine of drill at the camp at Karrakatta. Twenty horses from the country were put in the lines, and ...

    Article : 753 words
  30. MILNER AT BLOEMFONTEIN.

    Sir Alfred Milner, the British High Commissioner for South Africa, is at Bloemfontein. ...

    Article : 19 words
  31. THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

    The special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" telegraphs that 400 Freestaters are threatening the railway line to Kimbarley near Jacobedal. ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. LOOTING OF FARMS.

    It is reported that the Transvaal Boers are looting farms in the Free State, and attributing the deed to the British. ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Count Vinsent de Benedetti, a celebrated French [?] at the age of 85 years. Count Benedetti, who was of Italian ...

    Article : 329 words
  34. VISIT TO PRETORIA.

    Mr. Davitt is on a visit to Mr. F. W Reits, the Transvaal Secretary of State, at Pretoria. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. PERSONAL.

    Lieutenant M. E. Lindsay, who went to South Africa, with the first New Zealand Contingent, has obtained a commission in the 7th Dragoon Guards ...

    Article : 35 words
  36. COMMANDANT PRINSLOO.

    The Transvaalers have arrested Commandant Prinsloo, formerly the head of the Free State forces. He had retired to his farm, but had ...

    Article : 39 words
  37. IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.

    A strong column of the Imperial Yeomanry has been sent to Griqualand, 95 miles to the west of Kimberley, owing to its having been re-occupied by the Boers. ...

    Article : 56 words
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  39. CAPTAIN M'INERNEY.

    Captain T. M. M'Inerney, of Victoria, who was wounded and captured by the Boers at Rensburg on February 12, has recovered from his wounds. ...

    Article : 29 words
  40. CLEMENTS'S ADVANCE.

    A Cape Town despatch has just been received stating that Major-General Clements has occupied Jagersfontein and Fauresmith unopposed. ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. GRIQUALAND WEST REBELS.

    Two hundred rebels in the Prieska district have submitted to the British, while others have decamped. There is said to be a rebel force at ...

    Article : 81 words
  42. THE NATAL FRONTIER.

    The Boers report that they have destroyed the shafts and machinery at the Dundee colliery. They threaten to destroy all the other ...

    Article : 40 words
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  46. OUR FIRST CONTINGENT.

    Colonel J. C Hoad, the officer commanding the Australian Regiment of Mounted Infantry, has forwarded the following letter to the Premier:—"In ...

    Article : 167 words
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