An attempt has been made to destroy the railway bridge over the Komati River, in the Transvaal, near the frontier of Portuguese East Africa. The attempt has caused a scare among ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. George Wyndbam, Under Secretary for War, in the House of Commons last night, stated that Lord Roberts was delayed at Bloemfontein less by the lack of remoants for ...
Article : 150 wordsThe Public Service Commission has almost completed its work, and hopes to be able to issue its report in June. ...
Article : 27 wordsPresent—Crs, Darwent (Chairman), Gardiner Riddoch, Patterson, Balnaves, Laing, and Boyce, CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. ...
Article : 1,855 wordsA British force under Colonel Paget has subjected the Boer camp at Fourteen Streams to such a heavy bombardment that the enemy abandoned the position. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. G. C. Bray, of Glare, lost 240 out of 800 sheep, owing to their eating stinkwort which was going to seed. ...
Article : 30 wordsNews from Mafeking states that owing to the delay in the arrival of relief the garrison have become very despondent. Almost every source of food has given out, and the residents ...
Article : 67 wordsThe winding-up meeting of the Municipal Association, which has amalgamated with the District Cunnoils Association to form a Local Government Association, was held to-day. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Imperial Contingent, together with the Militia, will parade the city streets on Monday and those of Port Adelaide on Tuesday, prior to their departure in the Manhattan, which ...
Article : 44 wordsIt in reported that President Kroger is storing enormous quantities of provisions at Lydenbnrg, a town 150 miles north-east of Pretoria, with the view of making a final stand ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Adelaide Town Hall bells were rung this morning in honor of the relief of Wepener. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Mitchell, engineer of the Pretoria waterworks, has been expelled from the Transvaal for being an Englishman. He is now in Durban, and reports that the camp outside ...
Article : 104 wordsIn order to encourage their followers the leaders of the Boer army have circulated statements to the effect that daring the recent fights in the Free State 13,000 British troops and 18 ...
Article : 800 wordsIt is officially announced that good news was received from Colonel Baden-Powell on the 10th inst. to the effect that all the wounded were progressing favorably. ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Natal Times states that at the beginning of the war the Boars plotted to blow up a British transport with 2,000 troops. The watchfulness of the naval authorities frustrated ...
Article : 38 wordsThree Irish Americans have been arrested at Niagara Falls for attempting to blow up the Thorold Lock on the Wellaad Ship Canal, which connects Lakes Erie and Ontario. Two ...
Article : 216 wordsThe Inspector reported that no nuisances bad come under his notice. A communication from the Central Board of Health Intimated that the Board's Chief ...
Article : 253 wordsA meeting, convened by Messrs. C. L. Spehr and T. A. Brown, of gentlemen interested in the formation of a defence rifle club at Mount Gambier was held on Thursday evening in the ...
Article : 320 wordsAbout a year ago our local guardian of the peace was called away to do duty elsewhere. During his temporary absence a show occupied by a Mr. Harm, watchmaker, was broken ...
Article : 195 wordsIt is believed the colonial judges are seeking to influence the Colonial Office relative to the appeals to the Privy Council, and the name of Sir Samuel Way is specially mentioned in this ...
Article : 469 wordsWhen news of the robbery at Mr. Pounsett's reached Penola suspicion at once fell on a stranger who had been spending money rather freely at the hotels during the afternoon, but as ...
Article : 455 wordsThe concluding events in celebration of the Mount Gambier Wealeyan church were a public tea and meeting, which were held on Wednesday, The tea was provided in the ...
Article : 867 wordsOn Monday evening the annual meeting of the local branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society was held in the Wesleyan church, under the presidency of Mr. S. J. ...
Article : 537 wordsThe weights for the Strathdownie handicaps appear in this issue. Mr. A. Campbell has Hibernia in hand, and hopes to make a steeplechaser of him. ...
Article : 83 wordsOn Wednesday the Mount Gambier Infantry Company fired their fourth match with a team representing; the Broken Hill Rifle Club, and won their fourth victory. The Broken Hill ...
Article : 518 wordsLord Roberta reports to the War Office that General French's cavalry and General PoleCarew's division came into collision with the enemy after leaving Tweedpluck. Severe ...
Article : 454 wordsSIR,—I beg to ask for a small space in your valuable columns to put the public interested on the alert re the doings of the Gambier East Council in wanting to exchange the road ...
Article : 280 wordsSir,—I am pleased with the generous spirit of the public, and the unanimous vote that carried the motion for the concession of half an hour's earlier start by train in the morning, ...
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Advertising : 1,612 wordsF. O'Reilly, of Sutton Town, was charged with having on April 15, ridden his bicycle upon a footway in Roseville. Mount Gambier West, contrary to the District by-laws. The ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Africander Bond are very angry at the result of the trials of the Dutch rebels who were captured at Sannyside. They were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment up to five ...
Article : 65 wordsIn the evening the visitors were treated by the Infantry Company to a welcome smoke social in the Drill Hall, which was nicely dressed with flags. There was an attendance ...
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Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), Sat 28 Apr 1900, Page 3
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