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Article : 105 wordsThe Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, leader of the Liberal party in the House of Commors, strongly advocates an unbroken front being shown by all ...
Article : 39 wordsLieut.—General Sir G. S. White, who recently went to the front from Durban, made a reconnaissance, but failing to draw the Free Staters now encamped ...
Article : 45 wordsColonel Baden-Powell's column, which marched from Mafeking towards the border of the Transvaal, only made a reconnaissance, which ended in the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Wolseley, and the Marquis of Lansdowne were among the notables, military and civil, who bade ...
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Article : 33 wordsThe Boers have seized 25,000oz. of gold, which was being conveyed from Johannesburg to Capetown by train. The Boers have confise[?]ted a further ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Reite, the Transvaal Secretary, has issued a manifesto appealing to all Afrikanders throughout. South Africa to resist Mr. Chamberlain's criminal ...
Article : 32 wordsIt has been decided that a naval contingent from Her Majesty's vessels on the African station shall co-operate with Sir Redvers Buller's military ...
Article : 30 wordsThe German Consul at Pretoria has issued a proclamation notifying that all German residents in Transvaal who do not maintain strict neutrality in the ...
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Article : 65 wordsHeavy rains fell up till 1 o'clock to-day, and in consequence the T.T.C. spring meeting was postponed, and other outdoor sports intertered with. The races ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Railway Bicycle Club road race from Glenorchy to Brighton, for prizes presented by Mr. Burns, was decided on Saturday, the winner again turning upin H. Kearney, ...
Article : 147 words" A word to the wise is sufficient " and a word from the wise should be sufficient, but you ask, who are the wise? Those who know. The oft repeated experience of ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 16 Oct 1899, Page 3
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