THE business paper of the Legislative Council on Tuesday was not very heavy, but no doubt a larger amount of business would have been transacted if it had not been for the indisposition of Colonel Mackay, ...
Article : 766 wordsSir Redvers Buller cannot, at-least, be charged with being Inactive. When he arrived from England at Capetown the news that met him of the reverse in the Ladysmith district impelled him to ...
Article : 705 wordsIN the six days' continuous fighting between the British forces and the Boers near Kurumans, in Bechuanaland, the Boers numbered about 500. ...
Article : 45 words"THIRTY [?]witzers will be sent in the siege train which is being mobilised at Woolwich Arsenal for the purpose of shelling Pretoria." That brief announcement came to hand recently through the ...
Article : 1,648 wordsA traitorous trooper, a Dutchman who joined the Natal Imperial Light Horse with the now evident intention of betraying the British cause, has been tried by ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Boers in the vicinity of Kimberley are retreating towards Warrenton, about 40 miles north of Kimberley, and near the Vaal River bridge. ...
Article : 31 wordsReports received from Ladysmith are quite cheery. ...
Article : 11 wordsGreat indignation has been aroused in Capetown at what is regarded as the "mild homilies" which Mr. W. J. Sauer, Commissioner for Public Works in the ...
Article : 166 wordsMilitary operations are delayed by the flood in the Tugela River. Major-General Hildyard commands 10,000 men at Frere, midway between Estcourt ...
Article : 59 wordsThe brigade under the command of Major-General Geoffrey Barton, C.B., before leaving the camp at the Mooi River, was reinforced by three battalions of infantry. ...
Article : 27 wordsSIR,—Ward cricket, as a new venture, whilst engaging the attention and interest of all lovers of the game in our midst, bide fair to have a successful future. The contests between the teams in the ...
Article : 396 wordsAT the Police court on Monday John E. McKellar was charged, at the instance of the police, with keeping premises, as a slaughter house, without being the holder of ...
Article : 330 wordsGeneral Sir Redvers Buller, who is proceeding to the front from Durban, has arrived at Pietermaritzburg. He speaks in praise of Major-General Hildyard's ...
Article : 45 wordsMajor-General Sir William Gatacre, the commander of the Third Division of the Army Corps, who was recently at Naauw Poort, has been reinforced. He is moving ...
Article : 55 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies has voted 60,000,000 francs (about £2,500,000) for the defence of the French coasts and colonies. ...
Article : 193 wordsMajor-General French, who is in command at Naauw Poort, is restoring the railway line between that town and Colesberg. ...
Article : 30 wordsCONDOBOLIN, Tuesday.—Last week a mob of 6000 sheep, in good order, travelling up the river from Hay, on reaching the four mile reserve, above the town, lost 318 of them by death. The cause of ...
Article : 156 wordsAn Austrian ex-officer named Albrecht commanded the enemy's artillery in the battle of Kaffirscop, 10 miles east of Belmont, on Thursday last. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 260 wordsA MEETING in support of the patriotic fund was held on Saturday afternoon. The hour being inconvenient, the attendance was small. A branch was formed, and the ...
Article : 374 wordsTHE report of Drs. Pickburn and Deviln, who were deputed to examine the inmate of the Parramatta Asylum known as William Creswell, with a view to deciding whether he bore the marks known ...
Article : 146 wordsSome anxiety is felt for the safety of the 9th Lancers, who intercepted the fugitive Boors after their defeat at Grasspan, eight miles north of Belmont. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn the Legislative Council on Tuesday the Vice-president of the Executive Council, moved the second reading of this bill, and pointed out that the estimate of cost as compared with that in the ...
Article : 126 wordsOn Friday lost during the celebration of the, ceremony of the Selamik, four bombs, which were, it is supposed, to be used to kill the Sultan of Turkey were seized. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe men of the Australian contingents who have arrived at Capetown are well and eager to go to the front. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Queen has sent a message of congratulation to the Naval Brigade for the gallantry they displayed in the engagement at Grasspan. Her Majesty expressed regret ...
Article : 57 wordsNotice has been given in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Law that he will move on Tuesday next—"That in the opinion of this House it is desirable that all electors of New South Wales, ...
Article : 94 wordsThe boundary between the Soudan and Erythrea, the Italian colony on the Rod Sea littoral, has been practically arranged. ...
Article : 26 wordsCable communication between Aden and Zanzibar is interrupted. ...
Article : 13 wordsLIEUTENANT WEAY, of the First Australian Horse, has received an intimation from Adjutant Thompson informing him that it has been decided to hold the annual district camp of the Goulburn division ...
Article : 78 wordsThe death is announced of Wallace Ross, the well-known sculler, who was stricken with paralysis a short time ago. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe War Relief Fund amounts to £326,000. Sir T. J. Lipton has given £10,000 to the Princess of Wales, to be expended at ...
Article : 44 wordsURALLA, Tuesday.—A son of Mr. Hogbin, of Uralla, was bitten by a snake yesterday. The usual remedies were applied and every care was taken. but with no avail. The boy, who was 14 years of ...
Article : 42 wordsLord Ardilaun has purchased the Killarney Estate, Muckross Abbey, for £60,000. A fatality occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Broomfield railway station near Allendale, ...
Article : 433 wordsWYALONG, Tuesday.—A boxing contest took place last night at West Wyalong between Jack Goggin and Jack Conlon for a substantial purse; Goggin atoned for his previous defeat, and knocked out ...
Article : 336 wordsMR. GEORGE HEADLAND, an old resident of the district, died on Tuesday evening at the residence of his grandson, Mr. Charles Headland, of Parkesbourne. He had been prescribed for by Dr. Mc ...
Article : 75 wordsA naval contingent, with two 4.7 guns, which recently arrived at Durban, has started for the front. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Cape has organised the loyal farmers of the colony for their own local protection. ...
Article : 19 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 wordsThe Hon. J. W. Sauer, speaking in the disaffected district of Aliwal North, urged the residents to be loyal, and promised magnanimous treatment to repentant rebels. ...
Article : 56 wordsA FAREWELL social evening was tendered to the Misses Curtin by the young gentlemen of the town at Bartley's Commercial Hotel, Gunning, on Monday night. Mr. H. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe declaration made by Great Britain to the other Powers as to the existence of a state of war with the Transvaal and with the Orange Free State since October 11 will ...
Article : 70 wordsIT is stated by the Minister for Works that, as a large number of workmen are encamped at the scene of the various railway works waiting for employment on the new lines, he has given orders that no ...
Article : 106 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Another attempt was made last night to wreck a train near South Yarra Railway Station. A portion of a heavy rail had been placed cross the track, but the engine threw ...
Article : 72 wordsOwing to differences of opinion with the proprietors of the paper on the subject of its South African policy, Mr. H. W. Massing ham has resigned his position as editor of ...
Article : 41 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 916 wordsTHE old matter of trade periodicals masquerading as newspapers, and se evading postage, was brought under the notice of the Postmaster-General in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday by Mr. Rose, who ...
Article : 143 wordsOwing to the limited road vote a number of deviations in the Argyle electorate have been delayed, but Mr.Rose expects that tenders will be shortly called for the following, Viz.:—At 10½ miles ...
Article : 97 wordsThe attitude of the anti-British newspapers in Berlin in connection with the war in South Africa is attributed to a desire to promote a big German navy, ...
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), Thu 30 Nov 1899, Page 4
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