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 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" estimates the number of Boers in Natal st 10,000, a considerable reduction on its previous estimates. ...
Article : 51 wordsHer Majesty the Queen was most [?] [?]toward the Australian federal [?] [?]on the occasion of their visit to Windsor Castle on Monday. ...
Article : 107 wordsA 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 wordsThe latest news from Mafeking is to the effect that the town was safe on the 26th inst. I ...
Article : 27 wordsTwo of the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town have managed to effect their escape. ...
Article : 25 wordsActing 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 wordsThe correspondence which took place between the various powers in connection with the agreement to maintain the "open door" in China has been ...
Article : 104 wordsThe 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 wordsAfter Mr. Chamberlain has replied to [?] drawn up by the [?] with reference to the criticisms of [?] law officers, he will invite the ...
Article : 172 wordsGeneral Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Commander -in-Chief of the Boer forces, died unexpectedly at Pretoria on Tuesday right from the internal complaint from ...
Article : 203 wordsThe British Government has withdrawn the proposal to impose a tax on brokers' licences for the sale of produce.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 wordsThe 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 wordsTenders 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 wordsThe editor of the Birmingham "Daily [?] has been fined £100 by the [?] Bench Division of the High [?] of Justice. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe 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 ...
Article : 1,482 wordsReuter's special correspondent at Bloemfontein telegraphs that a strong force of Boers has reoccupied Ladybrand, near the Basutoland border, from ...
Article : 81 wordsMajor-General Clements found a 9. pounder and a Maxim in a well at Koffyfonteir, between Fauresmith and Jacobsdal. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe British newspapers describe General Joubert as a man who was altogether superior to his surroundings. They express regret at the absence of ...
Article : 35 wordsLady Brassey, wife of the Governor Victoria, has arrived in London. Lady Brassey left the yacht Sunbeam ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. 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 wordsThe Australian horse Survivor started favorite at 4 to 1 for the Lincolnshire Handicap, but could get no nearer than sixth. ...
Article : 28 wordsPretoria announces that President Kroger will personally command the Beer forces, in the place of the late General Joubert. ...
Article : 27 wordsCommandant 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 wordsLord Brassey, in a letter to the London Times, suggests that Rear-Admiral Pearson, in command on the Australian [?] should consult the various ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. 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 wordsA notice has been gazetted that the following Australians will be allowed to retain the title of "honorable":— ...
Article : 103 wordsOn 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 wordsSir Alfred Milner, the British High Commissioner for South Africa, is at Bloemfontein. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" telegraphs that 400 Freestaters are threatening the railway line to Kimbarley near Jacobedal. ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is reported that the Transvaal Boers are looting farms in the Free State, and attributing the deed to the British. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe 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 wordsMr. Davitt is on a visit to Mr. F. W Reits, the Transvaal Secretary of State, at Pretoria. ...
Article : 25 wordsLieutenant 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 wordsThe Transvaalers have arrested Commandant Prinsloo, formerly the head of the Free State forces. He had retired to his farm, but had ...
Article : 39 wordsA 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. ...
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Advertising : 120 wordsCaptain 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 wordsA Cape Town despatch has just been received stating that Major-General Clements has occupied Jagersfontein and Fauresmith unopposed. ...
Article : 42 wordsTwo 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 wordsThe Boers report that they have destroyed the shafts and machinery at the Dundee colliery. They threaten to destroy all the other ...
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Advertising : 66 wordsColonel J. C Hoad, the officer commanding the Australian Regiment of Mounted Infantry, has forwarded the following letter to the Premier:—"In ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 6 Apr 1900, Page 2
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