THE BOER WAR.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh London, Dee. 18. The King has decorated Nurse Williamson, a New Zealander, with tho Royal Lied Cross. London, Dec. 19. Private A. Woodward of the Sixth New Zealand Mounted was severely wounded in the thigh at Draktontein. Kruitzmger, with thirty invaded near Colesburg on tho lot’ll. They attempted on the ltitii to go west, and six block houses opened tire. Kruitzinger was wounded in the arm and Godv. Twelve hundred Foot Guards are preparing to embark for South Africa in the middle of January. Ottawa, Dec. 18. The Montreal Star, replying to German criticisms, says eighteen thousand Canadians and Australians have gone to light and to die for the Imperial principle. The alacrity shown to furnish fresh contingents is proof that that spirit is still permeating the colonies. Brussels, Dec. IS. In the Chamber of Representatives, M. Beermaart combatted M. t andorveldo s proposal in favor of Belgian intervention in connection with the Boer concentration camps. Tho Swiss Government, replying to a similar interpellation, announced that it was determined to maintain a strict neutrality.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 295, 20 December 1901, Page 2
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