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  2. THE WAR.

    It is not expected that the British will advance towards Kroonsted for the next few day, as the men and horses are bening given a thorough chance to recuperate before the long march and probable heavy fighting. It is thought that the first serious opposition will be encountered at Brandfort, as the Boers ...

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  3. DELAGOA BAY.

    The Berne tribunal, consisting of [?] Joseph Blaesi (Vice-President of the Swiss Federal Tribunal), M. Charles [?] (President of the Council of State. ...

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  4. GENERAL JOUBERT.

    The body of the late General Joubert is lying in state at Pretoria. The authorities refused to respect his wish for a private non-military funeral. ...

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  5. BRITISH COLUMN MOVING.

    Colonel Drummond, with 3,000 mounted men, three batteries of artillery, and the material for pontoon bridges, traversed Barkly West on ...

    Article : 39 words
  6. THE NATAL FRONTIER.

    General Sir Redvers Buller is concentrating his forces at Elands Laagte, to the north of Ladysmith. ...

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  7. METHUEN'S FORCE RECALLED.

    Lord Roberts has recalled Lord Methuen' column from Warrenton to Kimberley. ...

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  8. THE SINEWS OF WAR.

    The Transvaal Government has commandeered half a million sovereigns from five of the beaks doing business in Pretoria. Half of the amount was taken ...

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  9. MICHAEL DAVITT.

    Mr. Michael Davitt, the Irish Nationalist who has been visiting Mr. F. W. Reitz at Pretoria, has gone to Kroonstad. ...

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  10. OUR SECOND CONTINGENT.

    The Premier has received despatches written by Major H. L. Pilkington, from Maitland Camp, near Cape Town, on February 28. The officer in command ...

    Article : 406 words
  11. MEDIATION APPEAL.

    It is stated that Russia, in response to the appeal of the Boer Presidents for mediation, began to sound the other Powers, with the view of presenting a ...

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  12. BOER PRISONERS.

    Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the Premier of Cape-Colony, unsuccessfully remonstrated with the Imperial authorities in connection with the proposal to deport the ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. BRITISH OPINION.

    The Delagoa award is two thirds lower than it was expected to be. The lengthy nature of the proceedings and the unsatisfactory award are regarded as ...

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  14. PRESIDENT KRUGER.

    A report of an interview with President Kruger has been published in the New York "World." President Kruger is reported to have ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. IMPERIAL BUSHMEN'S CORPS.

    There were 135 horses on the lines at the camp at Karrakatta on March 30, and another 18 were expected during the night, m wiring 153 in all. This is more ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. SEPARATION.

    Quite a panic exists among a number of civil servants on the fields at the prospect of the Government inspecting the separation petition. Hundreds of ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. DECEIVING THE BOERS.

    It is said thai President Kruger has succeeded in convincing the Boers that 150,000 foreign troops hare already been landed at Delagoa Bay to assist the two ...

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  18. THE LESSONS OF THE WAR.

    "The Army and Navy Gazette" writes: —"The present war is merciless on old and cherished traditions. Science made in Europe is being driven to the ...

    Article : 422 words
  19. ORANGE FREE STATE.

    Many of the Australian troops are at tached to Major-General Clements column, which is marching from Norval's Port, on the Orange River, through the ...

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  20. BOERS NEAR LADYBRAND.

    The Boers who retreated northwards to Clocolane have returned to Ladybrand. They are now strongly posted at Platberg, towards Maseru, the ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. THE CLOTHING OF THE CONTINGENTS.

    On March 30, a representative of this journal saw Mr. H. Ives (of Messrs. Morris and Co.), the chairman at the recent meeting of master tailors. With regard ...

    Article : 264 words
  22. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Captain W. F. Hopkins, head of the medical staff attached to the First Victorian Contingent, Las died from typhoid fever at Naauwpoort, in Cape ...

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  23. WELCOME FROM CAPE CITIZENS.

    Major Pilkington has also forwarded a despatch, dated Marek 2, from Cape Town. It is as follows:—"I enclose a letter of to-day's date from Mr. H. M. ...

    Article : 318 words
  24. THE FAR EAST.

    Russia is pressing the Government of Korea for the lease of land outside the settlement of Masanpo. [Russia endeavored last year to gain ...

    Article : 306 words
  25. DISPOSITION OF FORCES.

    Major-General Tucker's brigade and a portion of Major-General French's cavalry brigade are at the Glen camp, near the Modder River. ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. INDIAN FAMINE.

    Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, in his official report to the Imperial Government on the famine, states that the recent drought has depreciated ...

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  27. AFTER THE WAR.

    Speaking at a meeting of the National Liberal Federation at Nottingham yesterday, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Liberal member for West Leeds, said that the ...

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  28. OPINION IN CANADA.

    In the Canadian House of Commons at Ottawa, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, former Premier of the Dominion, expressed the hope that Canada would follow the lead ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. NORVAL'S PONT RAILWAY.

    The railway bridge at Norval's Pont has been repaired, and the line is now open all the way from, the Cape to Bloemfontein. ...

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  30. STORIES OF THE WAR.

    A letter from a private in the 1st Soots Guards, dated Modder River Camp, January 22, contains particulars of the life the British, troops, under Lord ...

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  31. OLIVIER'S ESCAPE.

    Major-General French's cavalry horses, were not in a fit condition to go in pursuit of Commandant Olivier during his retreat towards Ladybrand, and it is to ...

    Article : 42 words
  32. OUR FIRST CONTINGENT.

    Major Moor, of the First Western Australian Contingent, has forwarded to the Chief Staff Officer, Perth, the following letter, written by Corporal Gifford on ...

    Article : 358 words
  33. THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

    Lord Methuen reports that a strong Boer force sharply and fruitlessly attacked the British position at Warrenton on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 59 words
  34. BRITISH ARMY.

    Mr. George Wyndham, Under-Secretary for War, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that 10 commission in the Royal Artillery and 20 in ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. SECURITIES DISCOVERED.

    Lord Roberts has discovered £500,000 worth of Free State securities in the Government offices at Bloemfontein. It is not anticipated that the British ...

    Article : 55 words
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  37. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    A private in the King's Royal Bifles who was wounded at Lombard's Kop, losing one eye and receiving other injuries, was invalided home. On ...

    Article : 524 words
  38. Advertising

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