... good atteedanoe. WAR MIATING AT COMBRE. ORTING THR GOVIIINNINTB POLICY. On Friday evening last • meeting of the inhabitants of Comber was held in the Orange Hall for the purpose of supporting the policy of the Government in the present war with the Transvaal ...

... Oast* in aid of the widows and orphans of Irbil soldiers who have fallen or may fall in defence of the British Sad in Booth Africa. There was a very large attendance, the specious apartment being filled to overflowing with a very select audience. The saloon ...

... eldest eon of Mr. John Tate, J.P., Marlborough House, Downpatrick, has been appointed by the War Office to the army veterinary department for service in South Africa. Mr. Tate is a member of the County Down Staghounds and Kest Down Harriers, and one of the ...

... pounds is all that the National Cyclists' Union has received, in response to appeal. issued many months ago, far the minims war to carry 011 a tigi.. with the wealtaily railway lorporations of this country. The Union bad got sold of the idea that cycles ...

... contributions towards the fund on behalf of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who have fallen or may yet fall in the war in South Africa were placed at the entrance to the hall, and a very considerable bum was realised on behalf of this deserving object ...

... just following on that great conference they were at the present time taking part in a prolonged and a very bloody war in South Africa. The speaker then went on to touch on the memorable event in his life—the coming to Newtownards, and concluded with ...

... surveyor, and during the sitting the councillors on the whole exhibited a conciliatory and business-like spirit. Perhaps the war-cloud that has burst over the Empire has absorbed the virus of our civic fathers. Be that as it may, we are pleased to note ...

... realities of disaster have been felt ; they have been brought nearer home. The unfortunate position of Britain's song in South Africa has caused regret and shame in military circles, and although the shiftless officials are doing a little to retrieve our loose ...

... Cairns, has received the following from the War Office, the original of which is before us as we pen these notes:— War Office, London, 8.W., 3rd November, 1899. Sir,—l am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ...

... jealousy as they are. For we at any rate have a , complete confidence in the men who are Ifighting for the liberty of South Africa against the mixed armies of Germans, Dutchmen, and Afrikanders. Our officers and men have shown themselves no less tenacious ...

... £3,125 (representing a million and a half ha'pennies) that has been contributed by the VIJIOLIA Company to the Mansion House War Fund, this firm has now decided to extend until the end of January their offer to allow &ha'penny on every tablet of VINOLLI ...

... that tbeiy ere good riders and Wboo n Yeessanry stsndard. li Tte r = est will be for i.e year or not the gloried of the War. If the War is over in las Mos we year, nee willsesep beiste skint dim. a at own opt reseals ion. Bash men wrn pay and allowance, ...