RUMOURS were current in town on Thursday that the strike of colliers was at an end. Investigation elicited that there was some foundation for the statement, which however cannot ...
Article : 1,055 wordsIT is announced that Bob Fi[?]zsi[?]mons (the world's champion middleweight boxer and ex-champion of the world), who last week defeated Gus Rublin, the heavyweight ...
Article : 121 wordsIT is reported that President Kruger, who was stated a few days since to have removed from Machasodorp to Barberton, is sounding the United States Government whether the ...
Article : 80 wordsTHE Japanese troops, on Sunday last, occupied the town of Tung-chow, situated 10 miles from Pekin. ...
Article : 69 wordsMR. DNALD MACDONALD, the now famous war correspondent, whose thrilling descriptions of the [?]ege of Ladysmith have been read by many Queenslanders with intense interest, ...
Article : 2,374 wordsThe action of the British Government in granting a loan to the Viceroy of Wuchang to enable him to pay his provincial troops has irritated the French newspapers to an ...
Article : 184 wordsSUB INSPECTOR MORROW has wired from Tambar Springs that the Governors were over-taken at 5 o'clock last evening at Goorajilla Creek, about 11 miles out. The blacks fired one ...
Article : 103 wordsThe "Daily News," of London, has published an article urging that the treatment of the colonial contingents in South Africa needs the severest investigation. The British ...
Article : 51 wordsWith a view to saving time, the United States Government have informed General Chuffee (the American commander in China) of the progress of Li Hung Chang's negotiations, and ...
Article : 113 wordsIt is reported that the Boer Commandant Olivier—who refused to surrender when General Prinsloo and the Boer troops under him did so—is now near Hellbron, in the north of the ...
Article : 37 wordsA report has been received from a Reuter's correspondent at the front stating that the Boer force under Cammandant De Wet is now at Ventersdorp, a place about 80 miles west of ...
Article : 72 wordsTHE Hon. J. R. Dickson reached Sydney this morning, and was an honoured guest at the reception which was accorded to Mr. E. Barton. There was a large gathering at ...
Article : 596 wordsTHE Orange correspondent of the Sydney " Daily Telegraph," writing on Tuesday last, says: Charles Clarke, brother of Mrs. Mawbey and Miss Elsie Clarke, victims of the ...
Article : 150 wordsIn connection with the objection raised by the Chinese to the landing of the rigade of Indian troops at Shanghai, it is reported that the Viceroy Liou-Keen[?]) is ready to welcome ...
Article : 49 wordsMany of the native merchants, who had left Shanghai when complications with the foreign Powers commenced, returned to the city when British protection was promised. ...
Article : 28 wordsGeneral Buller's troops are now 20 miles south of Wonderfontein. They were practically unopposed by the Boers in their march. A force of 800 Boers, with six guns, is said ...
Article : 158 wordsAdmiral Seymour has given orders that the three transports which conveyed the brigade of Indian troops to Shanghai, and which are now lying in the River Yang-tse-kiang, shall not ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Chinese defences at Canton are reported to be of a very formidable nature, and the river on which the city is built is mined with torpedoes. ...
Article : 31 wordsUp till a late hour last night (say's yesterday's "Courier") the plague was again quiescent, there being nothing fresh reported to the authorities since the fatal case ...
Article : 40 wordsThe torpedo-boat destroyer Whampoa, now lying at Canton, is ready for action, and the Bogue forts have threatened to open fire if another foreign warship is sent there. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe surrender of a Boer commando, consisting of a field-cornet and 182 burghers, to General Clery, at Standerton, on the Natal-Pretoria Railway, reported on Thursday, has ...
Article : 46 wordsLi Hong Chang, in an inspiring reply to the ediet appointing him a plenipo[?]ry to negotiate with the Powers has appealed to the United States Government to urge the allies to ...
Article : 184 wordsA Chinaman named Wing Sing, living in William-street, died on Tuesday afternoon, and Dr. M'Donald has diagnosed the case as being one of plague. ...
Article : 96 wordsPrivate A. W. Suttor, of the Queensland Bushmen's Contingent, and Private W. Braidley, of Tasmania, were taken prisoners at Kalfontein. It is believed that the latter has been ...
Article : 51 wordsFurther news concerning the murder of Colonel Helyar, of the Imperial Yeomanry, states that he was at first reported missing. The crime is attributed to the guerilla soldiery, ...
Article : 40 wordsMajor General Carringten is now at Ottoshoop, about 25 miles south west of Zeerust. ...
Article : 18 wordsDesperate fighting has taken place at Sangshan, in Manchuria, between the Russians and the Chinese. The Russian troops, although outnumbered by the enemy, ejected a force of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 wordsThe Premier has cabled to South Africa for the purpose of ascertaining the number of men of the first and second contingents who have left those forces to join the police force. ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. Conger, the United States Minister at Pekin, has sent a cipher message by way of Wittingsung, which is held to prove that Mr. Conger received messages recently sent to him ...
Article : 52 words"Utillander," the military critic of the Melbourne "Argus" so far as the war in South Africa is concerned, says:—It is of interest to note that Snyman, who shelled the women's ...
Article : 56 wordsThe allies have captured Chang-chi-wan with but few casualties on their part. Five hundred of the Chinese were killed in the engagement and the remainder of the force fled—some to ...
Article : 45 wordsTHE invalided soldiers by the Persia landed this morning, and were taken to the barracks with customary military display. The Queenslanders are all in very fair health, and look ...
Article : 317 wordsThe British Government are showing an inclination to send the Indian regiments, now in transports near Shanghai, northwards towards Pekin, instead of landing them at Shanghai. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 wordsIt has been semi officially announced in Paris that the French authorities have sent a message to Germany to the effect that Count von Walderesa's exalted rank naturally entities ...
Article : 46 wordsSERVICES will be conducted tomorrow by Mr. J. H. Bean in the Lanefield Union Church, at 11 am., and 7 p.m. Mass is advertised to be celebrated at ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. T. PAGE, D G M., of the Manchester Unity I.[?] O F., during the discussion of matters affecting friendly societies at the deputation which waited upon the Premier ...
Article : 141 wordsQUEENSLAND: North, Central, and South.—Fine to cloudy throughout, save showers on and near the coast north from the tropic, including the Peninsula. Winds ...
Article : 55 wordsA message from Mr. Conger, despatched presumably between the 5th and 11th of August, states that the legations had been completely besieged since June 23. Since the 17th of July ...
Article : 68 wordsTHE friends of Mrs. Ann Hefferan, relict of the late Mr. Jas. Heferan, of Moore's Pocket, are respectfully invited to attend her funeral to move from Mr. Stephen ...
Article : 51 wordsSince the Russians have undertaken the provisional administration of Newchwang the Japanese authorities have expressed their intention of heartily supporting the landing of ...
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Advertising : 60 wordsThere are Indications from unofficial sources that the troops of the allied Powers have entered Pekin. An official message has been received by the Italian Government stating ...
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