On Wednesday Lord Salisbury Made A Speech At The Annual
meeting of the Primrose League which is destined, we believe, to have a great and far-reaching influence on our national life. He told the country plainly that though all......
Though Such A Movement From Natal Seems Likely Before Long,
there is as yet no positive news of it having begun. All that we hear from Elandslaagte are accounts of outpost skirmishes, and of "a general expectation" that some big......
Among The Most Important Items Of News Received This Week
is the account of the riot at Wei-hai-wei. We have been raising a Chinese regiment there, and on May 5th the temper of the men was tried. The Chinese officials, who are, as......
News Of The Week.
S INCE our last issue Lord Roberts's advance has been rapid and continuous. After seizing Winburg and the junction of the Winbnrg branch with the main railway, he continued to......
The News From Mafeking Is On The Whole Hopeful, Though
the distress from want of food is evidently very great. According to Cape Town rumours, relief will come to Mafe- ki ng within a week, but that is evidently only a guess. In......
