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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
7
George faces a crisis as Honora schemes to manipulate him and Grace for control of his fortune. In a tense drive and dinner, Honora quietly distances Grace while plotting to derail the planned meeting, even as George clings to happiness and plans for a peaceful future.
A large Barraba meeting urged extending the railway line without delay and asked the Government to respond to the inquiry report by Mr Jones. Detective Dungey returned to Melbourne with Sidney Harris in custody after Harris fled from an Adelaide office in 1898. Also advertises Powell's Balsam of Aniseed for coughs colds and asthma and a patent remedy by chemists worldwide.
Ballina celebrated the return of Troopers Charles Webber and G Cumming of the New South Wales Lancers who were invalided home after serving at Belmont Grasspan Modder River and Magersfontein. A large crowd, band and cadets greeted them aboard the Electra and at the Australian Hotel with cheers for the Queen and Lord Roberts.
A royal Australian Mr Mansford faced an insulting print sale on the Boulevard des Italiens in Paris on Sunday April 29. He sought police help to remove the hawker but received only a reprimand from the commissioner, raising concerns about legal remedies and potential trouble later in the season.
Captain MacLaren of the 13th Hussars, a Mason, was captured by Boers and held at Pretoria. Boers who shared the craft showed him kindness throughout captivity, a detail reported by Captain Mark Breach, a Sydney skipper and Mason.
War correspondent Mr Donohoearmed with a typewriter is targeted by the Boers who fear the editor's tool as a deadly weapon. They have only managed to pierce its cover in recent attempts. Donohoe was captured by the Boers a few days earlier.
We follow Sergeant Major Price of the first Queensland Contingent as he chronicles night patrols in enemy country and rapid redeployments from Belmont to Ramdam and Enslin. His letter notes the march with 2000 mounted troops into a large dam region, the capture of Cronje at Paardeberg, and a halt near Bloemfontein awaiting a bridge over the Orange River. He reports a recent engagement with losses and captures, and mentions letters from Norval’s Pool and Bloemfontein.
A correspondent details the Second New South Wales contingent in South Africa marching from Sterkstroom to Stormberg, Bethulie Bridge, and on toward Bloemfontein. He notes ambush at George Gatacre’s line, heavy casualties, lost artillery, and marching hardships including rain and open camps while reporting on letters from Private Donald Hutton and Lance-Corporal M. F. Collins describing sickness, farm looting, and ongoing battles such as Karee Kloof.
Lance corporal Collins writes from Rosfontein near Bloemfontein on April 28 detailing a probing flank, bombardment with pom pom and 12 pounders, shells near his party, and a retreat after a dawn clash. He recalls riding with Will Ross and Charlie Braim, describes the Boers on the skyline, camp life, rain, and a funny Easter night incident with a cart and blanket. He notes punishment for Bill Ross for trotting his horse, a missing bugler, and a local skirmish nearby. He ends with a Melbourne fatality from a fall at Queen Street building work.
An advertisement outlines wholesale prices for a range of whiskies and spirits in Sydney. It includes Wolfe’s Schnapps, Crawford's P and O Whisky, Dewar's Old Highland, Scotch and Irish whiskies, and other brands, with per bottle and per quart rates. Also listed are Australian port wine, pale brandy, Glenlivet, Imperial Cognac, Shamrock, M'Ewan's Ale, Guinness stout, Younger’s Revolver Ale, foreign ports and sherries, French claret, and champagne by the quart or pint.
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