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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
3
English cricket report notes a low scoring innings with a team bowled out for 13, details incomplete due to damaged text. Key players and events are unclear but the brief indicates a collapse and standout bowling performance.
A fragmentary article notes American military attaches views on the Boer War in South Africa. It comments on British mercy, General Duller's slow advance after Ladysmith relief, and suggests cutting the Johannesburg line would pressure Kruger, while a Burghersdort court sentences seven Ventarsbadort members to imprisonment.
The Sun reports in London that Foreign Cities Downing Street notes that General Louis Botha, Boer Commander in Chief, may have surrendered to Lord Kitchener. The claim hinges on unnamed sources and unsettled telegrams.
Report of the Commission on the South African land settlement question, completed after inquiries by Mr Arnold Foster and two South African MPs. It states that unless a strenuous effort is made to establish a thoroughly British population, the savannahs and war waste will be exhausted.
London reports a widening rift between H. H. Asquith and Sir A. Campbell-Bannerman, with discussions of South Africa policy and party reaction. Campbell-Bannerman will not reply publicly, hoping differences fade in Parliament.
Reports from London indicate Italian Consul in New York facing threats from anarchist groups. Officials warn of potential violence amid broader tensions linked to espionage and political unrest in the period.
In Isere France a publichouse brawl between French and Italian miners at Lataure led to a demand for 400 in redress from the manager. Reports also note Italians attacked and expelled, with further mention of Admiral Anthony Isley’s death and a Commodore G. G. 15 reference, reflecting unrest and displacement amid political tensions.
Fragmentary reports claim Allied troops in China loot and kill. allegations cite indiscriminate violence by foreign soldiers as the campaign proceeds under General A. Chats to the American Command. The brief notes Boxer and civilian casualties among laborers and civilians amid widespread destruction.
An order at the start of June by General Veyron bans French soldiers from British lounges at Tioussia. Rioting blamed on drunken brawls. punishments severe for French soldiers following inquiry by old officers. General Veyron ordered suppression of disturbances between Freait Gorwan and Upitiah gullies.
A colonial-era dispute records judges weighing the role of lascars aboard British ships, with Mr Juanes Matthews highlighting duties of shipping firms. The debate centers on whether lascars can be employed aboard vessels and how this affects labor practices and maritime administration in a legal setting.
The Geelong competitions reveal a busy Saturday with multiple events and several award recipients. Queenie Kurrowes from Ballarat and Readen from Reading are noted for their original humor performances, while Masters Norman and Branley Towphine of Ballarat are praised for their singing. The program promises further entries and a continued series of juvenile city events with anticipation for the next session.
An OCR fragment describes anti clerical disturbances in Spain with garbled dialogue. It mentions a battle over a village and a plant. The text includes unclear quotes and nonstandard spellings, making details uncertain.
A garbled dispatch notes King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia will visit England in September. It mentions St. Peters and a protective royal progress with plans to travel from St. Petershinne to Germany and then England.
Report on a conference of millers across Ontario addressing intense competition from Wilting companies in the United States. The principal outcome outlines proposed combinations to boost output and stabilize production, aiming to improve barrel rates and market position.
London reports the German navy plans a grand manoeuvre and announce that the Czar of Russia will attend the annual naval reviews to be held near Danan on the chosen date, signaling high diplomatic optics amid tense European relations.
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