A severe blizzard, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow, has been experienced in various parts of England. Great damage has been done to the telegraph lines, and many of the ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is generally believed, in connection with the forward movment which is about to be undertaken, that Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chiof, will personally take ...
Article : 152 wordsThe contingent of Victorian Mounted Rifles, who arrived by the transport steamer Euryalus, had a most enthusiastic welcome at Capetown. Their stay there was, ...
Article : 43 wordsDuring a discussion in the House of Commons last night, Mr. George Wyndham, Under Secretary for War, deprecated any fussing over the terms under which the ...
Article : 110 wordsIt is officially announced that the casualties among General Buller's troops during the fighting north of the Tugela River from the 6th to the 7th instant were 21 killed, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Commons for the Rossendale Division of Lancashire in place of Mr. J. H. Maden (Liberal), who has resigned, took place ...
Article : 48 wordsThe New Zealand Government have floated Treasury bonds to the amount of £300,000, bearing 4 per cent interest, and with a currency of two years. The average price ...
Article : 42 wordsReports from Natal state that General Buller, who recently retired from his advanced positions north of the Tugela River, is now at Chleveley, seven miles south of ...
Article : 38 wordsThe news received in camp yesterday that the question of transport has been settled, and that the embarkation of the contingent will take place shortly, has had the effect ...
Article : 859 wordsThe "Times," In further discussing the scheme of military reorganisation that has been presented to Parliament, states that the prospect of danger to the Empire explains ...
Article : 63 wordsThe scheme recently arraneed by the directors of the Union Steamship Company and Donald Currie and Co. (the Castle line), the companies principally engaged in the ...
Article : 53 wordsIt appears, in connection with the death of Mr. W. J. Lambie, the war correspondent of the Melbourne "Age" and Sydney "Daily Telegraph," that the deceased gentleman ...
Article : 188 wordsA meeting of those interested in the smoke concert which it has been arranged to give the Bushmen's Contingent will be held at the Centennial Hall this afternoon. ...
Article : 103 wordsThe leading German and Austrian newspapers, commenting upon the British military proposals, consider that the scheme submitted by Mr. "Wyndham in the House of ...
Article : 78 wordsNews from Washington states that the Foreign Commerce Committee of the United States Congress are in favour of granting an annual subsidy of 400,000 dollars for ...
Article : 44 wordsThe contributions to the fund in connection with the Bushmen's Contingent have apparently not come up to the expectations of the promoters of the movement, ...
Article : 94 wordsAbout 50,000 cuttings, being the first instalment of 200,000 phylloxera-resisting vines which have been ordered by the Agricultural Department from France, have ...
Article : 41 wordsThe free-trade conference continued its sittings to-day. A long discussion took place on resolutions submitted by the subcommittee, and then it was decided to go ...
Article : 415 wordsAt the sitting of the Criminal Court to-day, James Rahaley was charged with attempting to poison Miss Jane King, together with members of her family and twenty-one ...
Article : 80 wordsThe total number of Boer prisoners of war now at Capetown is 438. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Atlantian, one of the transports which is to convey the Southern Bushmen's' Contingents to South Africa, was reported at Cape Otway this afternoon, and is expected ...
Article : 41 wordsWith regard to the recent raid of a Boer force into Zululand, information has been received that the enemy now have nine guns at Nqutu, near the Natal frontier, ...
Article : 42 wordsThirteen officers have been appointed to the Bushmen's Contingent with the rank of Heutenant. The officer commanding and the captain of each company are to be chosen ...
Article : 59 wordsA terrific heat wave is being experienced at North Coolgardie, prostrating many of the miners, and a number of sudden deaths, all traceable to the excessive heat, have been ...
Article : 55 wordsAn entertainment, consisting principally of tableaux vivants, in which the performers were amateurs from the various aristocratic families and prominent members of Society ...
Article : 75 wordsA British force has seized Zoutpansdrift, and it is considered that this will greatly facilitate the advance towards Kimberley. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe suggestion to keep 1000 men in camp ready for contingencies is gaining liberal support. It is proposed that a message should be sent to the Imperial Government, ...
Article : 66 wordsReports haye been received from Mafeking up to the 2nd instant, stating that all was well on that date, and that there was a sufficient supply of food to enable the ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. W. B. Cadell, secretary of the Weld Club, committed suicide in the park yesterday. The deceased was well known in the (Eastern colonies, and formed one of the New ...
Article : 47 wordsGeneral Lord Roberts, at the Modder River, is busily preparing for a decisive move against the enemy, and it would appear that he is confident of his ability to ...
Article : 872 wordsThe Lascar crew of the Knight Templar, the troopship which is to take the Third Contingent to South Africa, were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment for ...
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Advertising : 157 wordsNews is to hand that the Boer forces at Colesberg now outnumber the British troops by five to one, and that the enemy have mounted a 40-pounder gun on Bastard's ...
Article : 188 wordsThe enrolment for the Bushmen's Contingent is proceeding satisfactorily, and probably all will be secured by next week. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Salamis arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday last from the Cape, bringing files to 25th January. The Natal "Witness" of 20th January ...
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Advertising : 117 wordsA public meeting of subscribers and friends of the Fortitude Valley Benevolent Society was held yesterday afternoon in the Protestant Hall, Ann-street, the Hon. J. M'Master presiding. After the ...
Article : 215 wordsIn view of the uncertainty with regard to the accommodation on the two transport steamers being sent to Sydney for the conveyance of the contingents from the ...
Article : 202 wordsA limelight entertainment and grand concert, for which preparations have been made on an extensive scale, will be given in the Exhibition Building to-night in aid of ...
Article : 221 wordsCommenting upon the successful advance of the Boers in the vicinity of Colesberg, and the withdrawal of the British troops to Rensburg, the leading London ...
Article : 58 wordsOur Hobart correspondent telegraphs as follows:—Lord Gormanston, the Governor, who recently had a paralytic stroke, is now suffering from an affection of the heart, ...
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Advertising : 176 wordsThe hard work that has been done by the Australasian troops, and the hot fighting in which they have been recently engaged in the north-east of Cape Colony, is thoroughly ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 16 Feb 1900, Page 5
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