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6,707 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
It was at a curious juncture that a statue of Oliver Cromwell was, on November 14, 1899, after many years of agitation, raised to the memory of the great regicde in the halls of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special table to the " Daily Mail and Empire " (Toronto) from London, on December 5, says:- "The 'Daily Chronicle' prints the following in a second edition:—'Every effort was made during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A sensational story has been published in connection with the defeat at Stormberg of the Brltiah troops under Lieutcnant- General Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A shipmaster who has ever a ready welcome at Newcastle is Captain Thor Mikkelson, of the Norwegian barque Fortuna. He is now in port, having come from Delagoa Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →According to raessages received from newspaper correspondents on Tuesdey no anxiety was felt as to the ability of Ladysmith to held out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the issue of the "Sydney Morning Herald" on December 26 was published an account of the Modder River buttle, extracted from the " Cape Times" of November 30. By the Canadian files to band…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 8, 6 p.m.—Lieutenant-General White reports from Ladysmith: "Enemy repulsed everywhere with very heavy loss, greatly exceeding the British."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--An official report has just boon received from Lieutenant-General Sir George While with regard to the attack on Ladysmith…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, January 9, 3.54 p.m.—Messages received from newspaper correspondents on Tuesday state that no anxiety was felt as to the ability of Ladysmith to hold out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following message has been published by the War Office:—" Lieutenant-General Sir G. S. White, commanding at Ladysmith, reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An interesting meeting was recently held in connection with the Lewisham Wesleyan Church, when the members of the South African sewing band packed up their first parcel of New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is easily to be believed that the Afrikander Bond, as reported this morning, obtained the appointment of two Custom-house examiners at Capetown in 1896 (just after Jameson's raid), and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New York Lite Insurance Company is dealing liberally with its policyholders who are filled just now with the martial spirit. One prominent Victorian officer, who is going to the front, asked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following copies of letters from Commandant Schiel and Captain De Witt Hamer have been forwarded to the Government of Natal by the commander of H.M.S. Tartar:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In connection with the difference of opinion regarding the tactics adopted by Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen at the battle of Magersfontein, it transpires that letters which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day the war will his have been in existence for three months, and the battles which are to determine the issue between British and Dutch rule in South Africa have still to be fought. When,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The English files by the mail steamer Rome that were delivered in Sydney yesterday contain long accounts of the Modder River battle the particulars of which have already been published in the columns…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miss Therese Emilie Woodward, one of the members of the Army Medical Nursing Reserve, who has been selected for service in South Africa, is a daughter of Dr. Woodward, of 52…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.--Since the outbreak of hostilities the British cruisers on the east coast of South Africa and the authorities at Aden have captured and detained a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Westminster Gazette" under the above healings publishes the following:— The Rev. A. A. J. Andrews, the Congregational minister of Durban, who is accompanying the Natal Mounted Rifles as…
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