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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
5
Cable news brief from the Evening News summarizes ongoing broadcasts and program highlights. It notes scheduled segments, featured reporters, and upcoming air times without detailed stories or investigative content. The item reads as an agency-style update for readers seeking immediate programming information.
London dispatch notes Major General Billot directing pursuit after Colonel De Lisle’s forces rout Boer convoy. South Australian Bushmen suffer multiple casualties including killed Lance Corporal R.T. Barron and Sergeant H. L. Smith. Lieutenant John Muir among the dead, with several wounded. Cables mention Commandant Christian De Wer rallying 1000 men near Johannesburg and General Botha at Bloukrans.
London dispatch notes sincere mourning across the Empire for brave colonial kinsmen killed at Steenkool Spruit near Middelburg. The Times expresses sympathy and sorrow over the Victoria era losses and honors the soldiers who died in the conflict.
London dispatch reports that colonial commandos led by Colonels Scabel and Gorrings pushed raiders under Kraitninger Fouche and Myburgh across the border into Australia. The raiders dispersed, retreated, and crossed the Molteno railway line amid ample ammunition and gear.
General Bruce Hamilton has cleared the district of the Orange River Colony between Bloemfontein and Fauresmith, lifting a long campaign. He reports the seizure of 100,000 sheep and numerous cattle and horses, with substantial livestock losses on both sides.
Reuters from Durban reports Kitchener's Scouts and Bushveld Carabiniere surprised a laager at Piénaar's River. They captured forty prisoners and wagons, with 27 Boers killed and 86 wounded. British losses were five killed and twenty wounded. A separate cable notes Colonel Wilson’s force defeated 400 Boers near Jeubad, capturing a convoy and its 18 cannon, three British killed and many wounded. The Times questioned the accuracy of the Warmbad claim.
Mrs Botim returned to Brunelle after an interview with President Kruger, delivering four key points from her discussion. The two hour session touched on independence, with The Independent noting General Buchsin and General Louis Rotha figures amid the broader peace movement context.
President Kruger faces a divided Transvaal cabinet with a majority seeking peace while a Kruger entourage draft hints at a proclamation disowning responsibility for any peace without independence, signaling a clash over war policy and sovereignty.
London June 7 The Times says the Government must press the war in South Africa until the Boers acknowledge final defeat. The nation does not want a patched-up peace.
London dispatch reports Private M. J. Farrell of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry has died of enteric fever in Johannesburg.
A massive blaze in a St. Petersburg shipbuilding yard spreads to nearby facilities, with authorities reporting a likely total of about one million rubles in damage. Firefighters rescue a battleship under construction as flames claim the lives of twenty workers across multiple yards. The incident prompts protests from workers demanding government action and solidarity with the Thy Bate yard laborers.
London dispatch notes that a United States congressional delegation urges repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The diplomats advocate equal privileges for Chinese immigrants, aligning immigration policy with broader egalitarian aims.
June 1 London reports on remarks by Colonel Hay secretary of state and possible echoed views by Vice President Roosevelt and Senator Lodge. The speech at Buffalo touched on expansion of the Monroe doctrine and related foreign policy positions.
London June 17 The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand has ordered a steamship to serve Australia India trade to strengthen freight and passenger services. The vessel will be built in Britain and deployed to expand connections between Australia and India under the new arrangement.
A large gathering in Sofia condemned the alleged aims of the Bulgarian and Hungarian governments toward Macedonia and demanded the liberation of the arrested members of the Macedonian Commune. The crowd was dispersed by the military after interruptions, and several members remained.
From London a June report states that Chinese troops near Pekin have been notified to prepare to move along the railway route toward the capital. The dispatch notes tense buildup amid regional unrest and potential transport arrangements for military reinforcements.
London reports June 17 detailing a bowling match where the New Zealanders were defeated by the Queen's Park Glasgow Club. The contested report notes a close score and mentions the event as part of a busy London correspondence.
Report of the annual commanding officers inspection of Company D, 4th Infantry Regiment at Bingleton on Saturday led by Lieutenant-Colonel Rancland. Fifty men advanced in drill and arms were examined. Private Sam Dawson, who served in South Africa, arrived with a welcome by bands and the Mayor. A civic social followed to honor Dawson and another returning private. Also noted are obituaries and weather updates for nearby towns in the same column.
The Premier chaired a Grafton meeting at Theatre Royal noting federation aims and rail line reforms. Speakers, including Alderman Mage and Mr Lee, argued on rail and river projects, veteran pensions, taxation, and local government reforms ahead of state elections.
A partisan meeting in Tetfern featured Peter Von Ulrer urging Liberal unity and calling for government scrutiny of spending. Voters heard Alderman Pallick pledge support for Lee and the Liberal cause while discussing soldiers’ welfare and land tax reform amid a broader campaign crossfire within Sherbrooke and Lang Dmvieins districts.
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