... Artillery receive specialists' pay at the rate of 3d. per diem. Since the company, however, has been on service in South Africa a War Office letter has been received notifying that all special- slte pay is stooped, and all such pay received from date of ...

... Soldiers from South Africa, at Golder's hill. The first batch of convalescente are expected at the home this week. The Princess of Wales has contributed So mattresses towards the equipment of the Welsh Military hospital for south Africa. The War Office has notified ...

... FOR TR.OOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The War offce, last evening, issued the following ?? for oflicers or men on active cervice in South Africa. rarcels, &c., for corps or individuals serving in Sonth Airca cannot be receired at the War office. Customus duties ...

... smartest of' he' Mra esty's foot re2imelts do for themselves iu times of war. :;ot a murmur or complaint uras to be heard. THE MAFEKRNG POSTS. One of the sights of South Africa bc'ore the war were the Nafeking posts, wvhich ran to Johannesburg and Bulu- wa? ...

... last night filled, the big curtain rises on a scone of South Africa with vracti- cally the parade and feats of horsemen we had at Earl's-court, with the addition of a stirring entry and war dance by a fine body of Soudanese. Horsemanship by Mr. and Mrs ...

... principle is this : In the interests of South Africa and in the interest of the British Empire GreatBritain must remain the paramount Power in South Africa. Why do we maintain it? Because the peace of South Africa depends upon our accepting the responsibilities ...

... TROOPS FOR SOUTH I AFRICA. Yesterday the boat express from Waterloo to Southampton took a number of additional officers bound for South Africa. Amoug those on the platform were General Sir Evelyn Wood, Adju. tant General; Colonel Herbert, Chief of the ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. I THE WAR AND WAR RITOURS. I The forward movement of Lord i Methuen at Belmont, albeit at heavy, cost, affords a hopeful sign that the purely defensive attitude of the British forces is at an end, In the absence of news of fighting ...

... tkret -place it eiit3 to1 .ook after' the gravest of those-both. Booers and Bfito is-whess lives hse- been lost :duving the war, and., to lhold memoriap r ` i8ccs_ for the fallen. The firsto't these services js to ako plaee on Christwiaseeei e Seeonialy ...

... foreLs, Mr. Wyndiham, the Under Secretary for War, tells us we have now in South Africa 60,000 regulars, 1,870 of the Colonial contingent, 1,100 of the Naval brigade, and 13,400 local troops raised in South Africa. 'There are on their way 16,000 regulars and ...

... TAE WAR. OUR TROOPS IN LADYSMITH FULL OF FIGHT. ~COLENSO EVACUATED. There is no later news from ILadysmith than the War-office telegram of Thursday morning which announced the wounding of Lient. Egerton. Earlier cable msa- sages have come to hand, all ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. I THE WAR. I At the present time, surely, all true British subjects, to whatever party they may belong, are agreed that the war with the Transvaal must be prose- cuted with the utmost vigour. When the territory of the Empire ...