LONDON, January 29. 4.55 a.m.—General Buller has cabled that Sir Charles Warren's position up to Thursday was perfectly tenable, though the advance was difficult owing to the enemy's strong ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 1,126 wordsOver £43 has been subscribed at Hamilton for the Patriotic Fund, and it is expected f 100 will be raised in that suburb. A lad, 12 years old, named Edward Henderson, collected £5 14s 2d. The ladies ...
Article : 567 wordsLONDON, January 29, 6.10 a.m.—The British press is very cool. The newspapers insist on the necessity of redoubling the efforts that have been made for the relief of Ladysmith. ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, January 29.—According to a Boer report, a fragment of a shell during a recent bombardment of Ladysmith wounded Dr. Jameson in the leg. ...
Article : 32 wordsSergeant Sayer, writing to the South Australian "Register," at the request of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Australian Horse of New South Wales, expresses his deep sense of ...
Article : 104 wordsLONDON, January 29.—General Mercier, who took such a prominent part in the prosecution of Captain Dreyfus, has been elected a member of the French Senate. ...
Article : 28 wordsWEST MAITLAND, Monday.—Mr. W. H. Holden, of Penshurst, has given five horses, and Dr. Russell and Captain Markwell one each, for use by the Half-squadron of Lancers which it is ...
Article : 74 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Accounts are coming to hand of terrible bush fires in various parts of the colony during the extreme hot weather of the past few years. The fertile Warrnambool district ...
Article : 229 wordsThe Eastern Extension Telegraph Company notifies that the Postmaster General of Pretoria has informed them that all private messages to the Transvaal are stopped. ...
Article : 28 wordsA movement is on foot in Gundagai to erect in that town a memorial to the memory of the soldiers from that district who may fall in South Africa, and particularly to that of Sergeant-Major ...
Article : 144 wordsLONDON, January 29.—The British forces have occupied Thebus, an important position near Steynsburg. The occupation of the position facilitates ...
Article : 43 wordsTrooper Walter Ellis, of Paddington (N.S.W. Lancers), writes as follows to his friends of the Johnston Club from Arundel Station, South Africa, December 24, 1899:—"I suppose you are all ...
Article : 825 wordsAlderman J. W. Poole (Redfern), speaking at a banquet given at the Town Hall on the occasion of the opening of the local fire station last night, made a short reference to the bubonic plague ...
Article : 404 wordsThe Premier at Perth (W.A.) has received a letter from a Victorian lady, whose son is with the first West Australian contingent, and the following is an interesting extract: "My son is in ...
Article : 185 wordsLONDON, January 29.—Sixteen prisoners from the Australian Horse and New South Wales Lancers have arrived at Pretoria. ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is worthy of note that there is and has been a great deal of sickness—fortunately in a mild form—in the camp, during the last few days. Many of the officers and men have been seized ...
Article : 589 wordsLater.—Boer accounts declare that four commands covered by Krupp, Creusots, and Maxims Stormed Spion Kop. The British vainly tried to use the bayonet, and ...
Article : 92 wordsALBANY (W.A.). Tuesday.—The Maori King, with the Queensland contingent aboard, arrived here yesterday, and is expected to sail to-day after coaling and taking in water. The men ...
Article : 260 wordsLONDON. January 29.—The "Times" states that there is a strong probability that Ladysmith must [?]gically such an event, the "Times" ...
Article : 255 wordsMajor Boam, D.A.A.G., and head of the New South Wales School of Musketry, is very much interested in the news that the War Office has suddenly found out, after ten years, that there is ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Tue 30 Jan 1900, Page 5
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