General Pole-Carew is continuing his advance towards Nelspruit. The country in the Eland's Valley is difficult for transport purposes, the road being ...
Article : 64 wordsSir John Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, proposes that directly the commissioners have assessed the amount of compensation due to the Cape ...
Article : 57 wordsMany of the women missionaries in China were subjected by the Boxers to unspeakable barbarities, exceeding those perpetrated by the rebels in the ...
Article : 48 wordsRichard Perry, 35, fell from one of the shafts of his dray at Ballarat yesterday, and one of the wheels passed over his neck. He was killed instantly. ...
Article : 39 wordsA well-attended meeting of the leading residents of Albany met in the Freemasons' Hotel this afternoon to say good-bye and present a testimonial ...
Article : 1,056 wordsNo fewer than 4,100 bodies have already been recovered at Galveston, in Texas, and it is feared that the total number of fatalities Trill reach 10,000. ...
Article : 98 wordsIn accordance with a decision of the Legislative Assembly that an additional member be allotted to the country districts in the Federal House of ...
Article : 52 wordsH.M.S. Doris, the flagship on the Cape and West African station, is at Delagoa Bay. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe fact that the Manchester Wholesale Co-operative Society is prepared to take an unlimited supply of tobacco leaf from Victoria, at profitable rates, is ...
Article : 77 wordsA semi-official report, published in Berlin, states that Germany's action on the Yangtse River is restricted to the presence of two German gunboats. The ...
Article : 50 wordsAt the instance of the British Consul at Delagoa Bay, who protested against the place being used as a base for Boer communications, the Portuguese ...
Article : 77 wordsThe sum of one million dollars (£200,000), has been raised for the relief of the distress caused by the Galveston disaster. ...
Article : 29 wordsArrivals.—Don, barque, from Fremantle (May); Australasian, steamer; Varzin, steamer. Departures.—For Melbourne— ...
Article : 61 wordsGeneral French crossed the mountains and surprised Barberton, intercepting large convoys. The bulk of his force was 35 miles behind the cavalry, owing ...
Article : 41 words"You are only a lot of Boers," called out John Thompson, an apprentice of the British ship Loch Katrine, to a number of Scandinavian, seamen, from the ...
Article : 90 wordsThe negotiations of the Allies with Prince Ching in reference to an armistice are proceeding. The basis of the Allies' terms are that ...
Article : 115 wordsGeneral Pole-Carew has occupied Godwan River. The Boers retreated as soon as General Hutton threatened their rear. ...
Article : 24 wordsH.M.S. Philomel, a third-class cruiser, is at Delagoa Bay. The Governor of Delagoa informed Mr. Kruger that the restrictions were ...
Article : 36 wordsEx-President Steyn, who has with him ten guns, has retreated to Hector Spruit. ...
Article : 20 wordsGeneral Sir Redvers Buller has captured Spitz Kop. He seized 300,0001b. of rice, sugar, flour, and coffee, and 300 boxes of ammunition. ...
Article : 34 wordsCases of robbery with violence are increasing rapidly in Melbourne. Cases are reported daily. On Saturday morning in broad daylight a market gardener ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Boers at Nelspruit are fighting each other and looting. They are disgusted at Kruger's deserting and taking the gold, leaving the Blue-books behind. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsOwing to the annexation of the Transvaal the Portuguese authorities refuse to recognise Mr. G. Pott, the Boer Minister at Delagoa Bay. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn the engagement between General Clements and Commandant Delarey, between Krugersdorp and Rustenburg, the Boers sustained 40 casualties. ...
Article : 81 wordsLast night at Taradale Mrs. Wells came downstairs in a flannelette wrapper with a kerosene lamp to answer the door. The lamp exploded and set fire ...
Article : 47 wordsThe engineers who were repairing the Lydenburg telegraph line were attacked by the Boers at Crocodile River, and were forced to return to camp. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Allied expedition, which is proceeding from Peking to Paoting-fu, has arrived at Ti-liu, which surrendered to a patrol of the Bengal Lancers without ...
Article : 45 wordsA meeting in aid of Che Indian Famine Fund was held in the town-hall on Saturday night. Addresses were given by Messrs. Melville, the Minister of ...
Article : 47 wordsThe leading burghers in the Orange River Colony (lately the Orange Free State) have petitioned Lord Roberts to banish the leaders of the war party, and ...
Article : 46 wordsThe New South Wales Government has been swarded diplomas of honor for its exhibits of wheat and floor at the International Exhibition of ...
Article : 43 wordsLord Roberts has heard that General Botha has resigned his command temporarily, owing to ill-health. ...
Article : 21 wordsLi Hung Chang has sailed from Shanghai for Taku. ...
Article : 18 wordsA message from Port Darwin states that a crushing from the Wandi goldfield returned 277oz. from 75 tons. Wandi is the only field in the Northern ...
Article : 43 wordsLord Roberts has issued the following proclamation:— "Mr. Kruger and Mr. Reitz, with, the Transvaal archives, are at [?] ...
Article : 174 wordsPrivates C. Dowell and E. Luxton, of Victoria, are reported missing from Utrecht. Private W. King, Victoria, was slightly wounded at the same ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Boer peace delegates, who are still in Europe, have appealed to the nations to intervene. Now that the regular war is ended, inhuman methods ...
Article : 369 wordsThe steamer Salamis, with the New South Wales and Victorian naval contingents, has arrived at Wei-hai-wei. They are to proceed to Taku. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe British War Office has ordered 5,600 tons of New Zealand oats for South Africa. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe agricultural show concluded on Saturday. Both as regards entries and attendance the show was a record one. ...
Article : 20 wordsRequiem high mass for the Christians who have fallen victims of the Chinese massacres was held in St. Mary's Cathedral to-day. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe schooner Cynthia, engaged in the coastal timber trade, went ashore at North Head on Saturday morning, and became a total wreck. All hands are ...
Article : 37 wordsPearl Shells.—Pearl shells are in good demand. White have declined 10s., and black-edged the same amount. Lead.—The lead imports into the ...
Article : 48 wordsCaptain S. G. Hubbe, of the South Australian Bushmen, was killed at Ottoshoop on the 12th inst. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe following extract from a letter from a gentleman at Tien-tsin, who has a thorough knowledge of the Chinese-written language, and whose ...
Article : 242 wordsA representative number of colonial officers and men are to return to England with the earliest batch of the Imperial Army, where they will be the ...
Article : 74 wordsCharles Graham, 70, an Imperial Army pensioner, committed suicide at North Sydney to-day, by shooting himself in the mouth with a revolver. The ...
Article : 34 wordsThere is a poor competition in sheepskins, there being a general decline of 10 per cent. ...
Article : 21 wordsOtto Reitch reported to the Detective office on Saturday morning that an attempt had been made to rob him of £250 by means of the "match-box trick." ...
Article : 53 wordsThe quantity of wool which has arrived is 251,000 bales, of which 43,000 bales were forwarded directly to the manufacturing districts. The quantity ...
Article : 47 wordsIn pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of Irishmen and their sympathisers, the secretary of the United League of Australia forwarded to Mr. ...
Article : 66 wordsPrivates E. Attwell and A. Churchier of South Australia, were slightly wounded at Ottoshoop on the 12th inst. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Cape Town correspondent of the "Standard" states that Britain will shortly declare peace. The Boers will be summoned to surrender within a ...
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Advertising : 62 wordsThe Governors continue to leave mementoes of their presence. On Friday evening a note was found stack in the hut of a settler named J. Smith, ...
Article : 52 wordsTerrible gales were met in the Southern Ocean by the ship Celeste Currill, which arrived last night from New York. A seaman named Nicholas Dehman fell ...
Article : 56 wordsThe North China "Daily News" of August 3 gives the following account of a council held at the Palace at Peking on June 16:— ...
Article : 1,000 wordsEleven thousand bushels of Victorian September and October shipments have been sold at 32s. 3d. per bushel. ...
Article : 22 wordsGeneral French few occupied Barber. ton, where he captured 100 prisoners, 43 locomotives, a quantity of Mausers, ammunition, and cattle, and three ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 21 Sep 1900, Page 15
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