Towards the Patriotic Fund for the relief of those dependent upon any member of the Victorian contingent who may fall or be wounded during the South African ...
Article : 181 wordsThe cause of the delays that have taken place both in Natal and in the Cape Colony in the advance of the British forces upon LadysmiLh and Kimberley has at ...
Article : 531 wordsThe list of New Year honours conferred by [?]Her Majesty the Queen includes the following:[?] PEERAGES. ...
Article : 280 wordsThe bitter feeling that prevails in the Transvaal towards Great Britain has been exemplified in a singular manner. Realising that the Boer ambulance ...
Article : 116 wordsTo-day both men and horses go into camp at the show-grounds, Flemington, though in the case of those—men and horses—who have to come from distant ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 wordsTo-day the commandant will appoint a second captain from the lieutenants who have already been appointed. Up to yesterday neither of the two ...
Article : 73 wordsAn important appointment has been made in connection with the infantry division of the City of London Volunteer Corps, which has been raised for service ...
Article : 182 wordsAt dusk yesterday the transport Warrigal, of Lund's' Blue Anchor line, bringing the "A" Battery of New South Wales Permanent Artillery, arrived off Port Melbourne ...
Article : 526 wordsNews from Ladysmith shows that Sir George White continues to harass the enemy investing the town at every possible opportunity. The garrison is continuously ...
Article : 146 wordsMr. Baracchi's forecast on Sunday night of warm weather for the opening of the new year was fully borne out, the thermometer reaching at its maximum yesterday ...
Article : 248 wordsA number of persons have been tried and sentenced in Paris on the charge of having pillaged in the city on August 30 last. One of them, an Algerian Jew, named ...
Article : 55 wordsThe necessity for a thorough reorganisation of the Greek army was fully demonstrated during the Greco-Turkish war in 1897. ...
Article : 57 wordsFurther instances of the patriotism that pervades all classes in Great Britain continue to be announced. A field hospital has been presented to the ...
Article : 92 wordsIneffective as the bombardment of Ladysmith is reported to be generally, considerable damage is occasionally caused by the explosion of a shell. ...
Article : 70 wordsA private of the 1st King's Royal Rifles in a letter thus describes the death of Colonel Gunning at Dundee:—"Our colonel got the word to storm the hill, so, drawing his ...
Article : 448 wordsThe death is announced of Sir James Paget, Bart., the eminent surgeon, aged 86 years. [Sir James Paget was one of the ...
Article : 64 wordsAccording to reports received from the British headquarters at Chieveley, the Tugeln rose so rapidly owing to the recent heavy rains that a number of Boers in ...
Article : 99 wordsTwo fatel cases of beat apoplexy ale reported from the Melbourne Hospital. On Christmas Day Jeremiah Condon, aged 32, a resident of Brown's Hill, Footscray, fell ...
Article : 5,633 wordsThe desire to assist Great Britain in the Transvaal war is not confined in India to the native Princes who have already made liberal offers of aid, but also permeates the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe returns of the revenue of the United Kingdom for the quarter ending December 31 have been published. The figures compared with those for the corresponding ...
Article : 90 wordsAnother satisfactory report has been received from Major-General French, whose headquarters are at Naauwpoort, with advanced posts further north at Arundel. ...
Article : 105 wordsOver 20,000 persons attended the Highland Society's sports at the cricket-ground today, when a long programme was successfully carried out. His Excellency the Governor ...
Article : 211 wordsBar silver is quoted at 27 3-16 d. per oz. standard, being a decline fo 1-16d. since December 29. ...
Article : 25 wordsGeneral as is the goodwill manifested in the United States towards Great Britain in connection with the war in South Africa, the municipalities of New York ...
Article : 79 wordsMessrs. Hudson Bros., the well-known firm of provision merchants, London, have been fined £10/10/, with £21 costs, for using bora[?] acid as a preservative for ...
Article : 35 wordsThe thermometer readings to-day were— Sun, 150deg.; shade, 98 deg.; the latter being the record for years. ...
Article : 22 wordsSome time ago news was received that the Boers operating from Stormberg, 67 miles north of Queenstown, had moved down to Sterkstroom, and had destroyed ...
Article : 73 wordsThe R.M.S. Australia, which left for Londoon on Saturday, took New Zealand gold bullion valued at £23,300, shipped by the P. and O. Company, a shipment by the ...
Article : 234 wordsYesterday was a public holiday everywhere but at the Victoria Barracks. There were still 29 men to choose for the Victorian contingent of the Australian Brigade, and ...
Article : 370 wordsLieutenant- Commander Colquhoun, of the Victorian Naval Forces, who accompanied the Victorian contingent to South Africa as transport officer of the steamer ...
Article : 67 wordsThree more deaths have occurred from the bubonic plague, one white man and two kanakas having su[?]umbed. This makes two white victims and 17 kanakas ...
Article : 104 wordsFurther comment has appeared in "The Times" regarding the state of the British artillery. "The Times" draws attention to the ...
Article : 64 wordsThe work of testing volunteers in shooting and horsemanship was continued to-day, and as not being sufficiently expert in the handling of horses eight out of 52 were ...
Article : 98 wordsAn article of much interest on the military situation in South Africa appears in "The Times." The tenor of the article is to the effect ...
Article : 145 wordsThe dissatisfaction that has existed for some time amongst the Orange Free State burghers has culminated in the defection of President Steyn's brother, Maat Steyn, at ...
Article : 178 wordsThe seizure of the German steamer Bundesrath by H.M.S. cruiser Magicienne at Delagon Bay has not caused any excitement in Germany. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe steamer Waiwera, from the Cape for New Zealand, has put in here for coals. She has on board Private Seager, of the New South Wales Mounted Ri[?]es, under ...
Article : 73 wordsA murder was committed in South Dunedin this morning. Thos. Gallowing informed the police that his wife had been murdered by some unknown man, who ...
Article : 68 wordsOne of the most enthusiastic meetings yet seen in New Zealand, and probably in Australasia, was held in the Agricultural-hall, Dunedin. The subscriptions which up till ...
Article : 210 wordsSir,—At a public meeting convened by me, as president of the Beechworth United Shire, and held last night, a relief fund to aid the sufferers by the recent disastrons ...
Article : 190 wordsThe steamer Franklin arrived at Flat Top to-day bringing the captain and crew of the schooner Eclipse, which was wrecked at Pine Island. With the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe total amount of revenue received during the first half of the financial year amounted to £100,000 less than the estimate for th half-year. The December ...
Article : 104 wordsIn addition to the mines that, since the outbreak of the war, have been seized and worked by the Transva[?] Government for the benefit of the republic, several other ...
Article : 252 wordsThe improvement in armaments has been so rapid since the six weeks' war of 1866 that warfare has been revolutionised, and now, according to "The Times," the defence ...
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Advertising : 366 wordsWhen he left Victoria Lieutenant T. M. M'Inerney, of the First Battalion Infantry Brigade, was the senior lieutenant of the infantry unit, comprised in the first ...
Article : 231 wordsThe revenue for December totalled £240,039 being £35,761 in excess of the amount received in the corresponding month in 1898, and £13,236 above the total ...
Article : 79 wordsMessrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. notify the following bay excursions:—To-day,—The s.s. Courter leaves Queen's Whurf at 10 a.m. for Portarlington and Geelong, arriving in Melbourne on return at ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 2 Jan 1900, Page 5
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