... ISECOND EDITIONJ 5 Nw BREiGnE STmEsr, LoaaioN, ABEF.Dnx JoURNAL Ornois, TUESDAY MOtNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) - THE QUEEN AND THE I ~TROOPS. \EW YEAR'S GREETING. (DsAllsY MAIL COiTiVrOrT TELEGPAMS.) ^t | (' aCaps Town., Mondlay. Tlii foilovwiug wess ge xeas read to all the * 1rcIpO. it) Soothi A nit-a to-day from Her Mj pvs[ try he Queen:- I -1 i vou all a bright and happy New I r'ct. s ...

... ITHE W A RI BRITISH VICTORY. d BRILLIANT SIUCESS OF GEN. FRENCH. BOERS PUT TO FLIGHT. I COLESBERO OCCUPIED. ;CIIN'RAL NlErs TecraasIA.) Rensburo, M10nday, 160 p.m. | General French has gained a Complete rvictory over cite Baer5, and has occupied Colesberg. After Saturdays; fighiinog he pressed the enemy closely, and last night made a night maroh . At dawn, while the infaintry and field ...

... LTTERS TO-lME-TDiTOR. THR WAS,~.&SUGGESTION. that: Sctatoun Roase, December .30, 1899. os Si-ti-as, time of many suggesticons with., ?? to strengthening oar national dlefences: an- and I -venture to make a proposal which ifba enegei~alY taken up by our young Meanofr would, I believe, gliie an immense reserve of mecat force to the country~. I suppose itwibety L;ganerally admiitted that the one ...

... AT MNODER RIVER. H I I ARRANGIN(G FOR A BACE MlE ET I NG. l (From War Correspondent of Daily Is Telegraph.) e (Arrangement with Glasgow Herald.) aiodder iver. Decembcer 30, 6.50 p.m. r There is nothing important to record here, c the worst being a very had dust storm, which raged all yesterdaq. A cavalry patrol out north vas fired on, bit no damage resulted. Major-General Babington tok ...

... SALE 0F FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. LCIRCULAR OF BOARD OF AGRICULTURET i The Secretary of the Board of Agriculture hle addressed a circu.ar to the clerks to the local authorro.es in Great Britain in reference to the' Food and Drugs Act. The circular proceeds- Secton 3 (1) of the Act specifically imposes upon the tocal authority the duty of appointing a public analyst, and of putting In force from time ...

... GRANITE MEMORIAL AT ' MONMBASSA. There has just been completed in the yard of Messrs Cruickshank & Co., South E.splanade East. Aberdeen, a magnificent red granite pedestal for the bronze statue of Sir Wm. Mackbunon, Bart., C.l.E., which is to be erectecl at Mombassa, 1 British East Africa. The lowest base of the pedestal is fully 10 feet in diameter. the next is 7 feet 9 inches, and the third ...

... .9 .4 la .11, I Id .9 A clu,'ally waSLeU I a,%vay with a COU ceho aving read such a lmot ofAD we decid f you gveubt a t2 am'Id I w.e decided to 91 va a li a trag s9 THOMAS' DVIENNUE Thank goodness for these gacod accounts siderable time. It has not only clure3d his of vyor Pcott's Emulsion which Mr cold, but has also made him a fine strong Deviunne mentions in his letter. In advert- and ...

... The dramatic year has certainly not been iwithout its vicissitudes, and towards its end i theatrical matters were beyond question in 'London adversely affected by the great interest taken by all classes of the community in the war. Among the more important incidents of the year, however, may be mentioned the announce- ment of the retirement from management of Sir Henry Irving, the return to ...

... THEE*. KAISER ON -TE ARMY AND NAVY. New Century Speuch to the Troops. (as3o71M.'S TELEGrAkMS.) Berlin, January 1. At the New-Year parade of the troops at the Ordnance House to-day the Emperor de- livered the following address :--Officcrs cf the Berlin Garrisun,-The first day of the new cen- tury sees our army, in other words our people in arus, gathered around their standard, kneel- ing ...

... The dew' year opened in Edinburgh with oin- Iin-I' usual' orderliness, and this notwithstanding the iday fact that, adopting in a limited de-gree the pnin- na( Th' ciple of V~ trust in the. people, the city fathers KmNe recommrended that the public-houses should Open) I Du( yes terday between the hours of 9 a.nm. and 4 pi2n. a ii In the central parts of the City the Majority of I Wt othese ...

... i MESSIAH CONCERT. The usual performance of the Messiah' was ej given yesterday in the St Andrew-'s Nall. The crowded state of the concert-room showed that Handel's masterpiece is as popular amongst us aS ever. A ?? musical composition has been metaphorically described as a ship 'which. u after a long -voyage, returns to port with shells, ft barnacles, and masses of parasitic vegetation ci ...

... EDINEURTGH ROYAL I NFlRMARY. 6 i'le aeneral coturt of contrihutor5 to the '3 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh met; in the Coun- cil Chambers, Edinburgh, yesterday alternoon to reccive 'he annual report of the managers. Lord Provost -Mitchell Thomson presided. The report, which was submitted by the clerk (Mr e WV. S. Caw), stated that the patients remaining c in the infirmary on 1st October. 1S98, ...