The N.Z. Times.
(PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1899. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS.
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Egypt is iio7v frco from. lio.ibubonffi plugUC. A War Office scandal lias been brought to light iu Italy. , The cavalry prisoners taken.by the Boers at Glencoe have been .pent.■ to .Pretoria. ■: Bitterly cold weather, with bteyw.V'-ip being experienced in New d 'uta. Wales. , A corps of Kloudykc marksmen lias volunteered for service in the Transvaal.; The steamer Hcskclh, ashore at .dreymouth, has been abandoned to the unihrwriters. ' / The Maxim guns captured by the Boers at the time of the Jameson raid have been retaken. " " ;■ ’. . • News has been received that.the Boers removed all their gnus alter the .storming of Impati Hill. Transvaal- and Tree State commandoes are gradually closing around Ladysmith from the north and west. ~t ■ The Council of Victorian Churches has fixed Sunday next as a day of .prayer for the Australian’’contingents. President Stcyu has issued a proclamation to the colonial Dutcli summoning them to the help of the Republics., ..... ~ ~ , General Symons has died of his wounds The members of the House of-Commons uncovered when the news was read, . Loudon newspapers express gratification at tlie enthusiastic despatch of, the'New Zealand contingent for me Transvaal war. At the. Elands’ Laagto-engagement .the Johannesburg contingent,, including the German legion, was comxilelely broken up. Information lias been received in Sydney’ thill after November, XOtli produce shipments for Grciyt Britain will be subject to war indemnity rates of insurance. Turthcr, details' "have been received oi tho fight bit Rcitfontcin on .'.Wednesday last. The engagement seems to have been a bitter one, lint tho enemy were at last forced to retro it. ' .’ . ” Lord Raufurly, in a message to tin Premier, expresses bis keen appreciation of the promptitude shown by the Now Zealand Government in deeputchiog the coiff tingeut for service in tho Transvaal.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3883, 28 October 1899, Page 4
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312The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1899. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3883, 28 October 1899, Page 4
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