Dispersion of the Boer forces in Orange Free State continues. Major-General French, after a sharp engagement, defeated sixteen hundred ...
Article : 95 wordsReference is made by advertisement to the programme of events to be brought off at Elwick on Saturday next. The quantity and quality of those engaged in ...
Article : 63 wordsA sad drowning fatality occurred at West Devonport wharf to-night, when the wife of D. Burgess, captain of the ketch Danntless, fell into the water when proceeding ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Court of Marine Inquiry heard further evidence to-day respecting the loss of the steamer Glenelg on the 25th March last. ...
Article : 314 wordsWhile the Minister of Defence and Northern members of Parliament are discussing what should be done with the surplus of the Bushmen Fund, there is ...
Article : 433 wordsRaces in connection with the Hobart Turf Club take place at Risdon Park this afternoon, commencing at 2 o'clock sharp. A special train leaves at 1.40, ...
Article : 61 wordsThe programme for the Butchers' Racing Club winter meet on May 9 is advertised. The six events are worth £115, with two £25 races, and, as usual, ...
Article : 56 wordsThe third annual Chrysanthemum Show was held in the Town-hall yesterday, and when the adverse character of the season is taken into account, it cannot but be ...
Article : 1,154 wordsGeneral Pole-Carew, whose division is now northwards of De Wet's Dorp, has punitively seized all the cattle mid horses belonging to oath-breaking ...
Article : 160 wordsThe forthcoming production of the gor geous pantomime, "Jack and the Beanstalk" which is to be staged at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next, promises ...
Article : 272 wordsA private in the 2nd Northamptons with Lord Methuen's forces tells how some Boer farmers were given a muchneeded lesson. He says: "The Boer ...
Article : 976 wordsFour' divisions of the British are now converging on Shabanon, near Ladybrand. ...
Article : 15 wordsSeveral Free State homesteads have been, by Lord Roberts's orders, burnt to the ground, on account of the owners abusing the use of the white flag, sheltering ...
Article : 40 wordsA terrible accident occurred in the sampling-room of the Mount Lyell Smelters at an early hour this morning to a young man named Frank Gottschalk. It ...
Article : 164 wordsAn explosion has occurred in the arsenal at Protoria. Ten persons were killed, and thirty two wounded. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Vigilance Committee has decided upon a plan of campaign to ensure the systematic and offective destruction of rats. ...
Article : 374 wordsA meeting of this Trust was held on 23rd inst. Present: Messrs. J. F. Lee, G. Hill, S. Mapley J. Maploy, P. J. Graham, and R. Re'at. Mr. J. Mapley ...
Article : 629 wordsBrigadier-General Brabant on Wednesday found that a strong force of Boers held possession of a kopje commanding the eastern road to Wepener. ...
Article : 140 wordsDissension prevails in the Cape Colony Cabinet. The Hon. W. P. Schreiner, Premier and Colonial Secretary, and the Hon. Richard ...
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Advertising : 2,082 wordsThe Boers have captured Mr. Van der Hoeven, the British landrost at Wepener, and sentenced him to death. ...
Article : 22 wordsGeneral Hunter's Division is arriving at Kimberley, and may expedite the relief of Mafeking. ...
Article : 19 wordsIn the House of Commons, replying to questions, Mr. George' Wyndham, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, had stated that, prior to March ...
Article : 127 wordsA pathetic incident is recorded from Ladysmith in a recent letter received from the beleaguered town. Near the railway station a number of officials ...
Article : 195 wordsThe troopship 'Manchester, now in port, was proceeding down the river this morning to ship horses for the Imperial Contingent, the men of which wers to ...
Article : 237 wordsMr. George Wyndham stated, in reply to other questions having reference to Lord Roberts's recent censure of Generals, that the Commander-in-Chief ...
Article : 35 wordsIt is said that when President Kruger used the famous phrase about "staggering humanity," he had already a cutand-dried plan for the wholesale ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Secretory to the War Office further said, in the House of Commons, in reference to Mafeking, that, of course, everybody was anxious, but a ...
Article : 69 wordsFurther news has been received of the capture by Boers of natives who were trying to escape from Mafeking. The Boers stripped and thrashed with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 232 wordsSir,—F. T. Whittington's letter, under the above heading, is no doubt greatly to his credit but I think he overlooks equally deserving "citizen-soldiers." "Us ...
Article : 295 wordsOur little boy was afflicted with rheumatism in his knee, and at times unable to pat his foot to the floor. We tried in vain everything we could hear of ...
Article : 113 wordsWheat 2s. 8d., farmers' lots 2s. 8½d., for parcels delivered at Port Adelaide. Oats—New Zealand, 3s. 6d., [?] 9d.; Dun and Algerian, 2s. 3d., [?] 6d.; ...
Article : 42 wordsOne of the Chinese newspapers in Sydney is called the "Kwang Yik Wah Bo." It is published weekly, and is in its sixth year. Its re-hash of the ...
Article : 403 wordsMr. Warren, manager of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, has telegraphed to the Postmaster-General that the £20,000 guarantee is insufficient, as ...
Article : 121 wordsAsk your doctor what soap he recommends for the skin and he will uphold tho opinion of the highest medical authorities on the skin, viz., Dr. Redwood. Ph.D., F.C.S., F. I. C., the late ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 28 Apr 1900, Page 3
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