... as follows: It was the Boers who prepared and wished for the war, in the hope that they would realise their programme of 1881-viz., Africa for the fricanders from the Zambesi to Simon's Bay. Should they succeed, what benefit would be obtained thereby ...

... for ncarl~y twenty years ruled the roost at Preto ria. In ihis usefual appendix he gives the text of the two Conventions of 1881 and 1884, but at migh~t be expected anakes no refer- ence to the question which was so holy discumsed' six months ago in tihis ...

... ing article on postal orders, from which we take the following figures Since the establishment of the postal order system in. 1881 the sum of £ 298.529,000 has been remitted through the post by means of it, the number of orders issued being 778.389,000. ...

... Lizvtte. On return- ing to London he joined Miss Jennie Lee at the Olympic in Jo. patying the part of Guppy. This was in July, 1881. From there he went to the Imperial Theatre with Messrs May and Mansell in The Mistletor Bough, playing the Chevalier Derancie ...

... the dearest bit of talking he ever indulged in. Chance or Fate ? A retired military officer who went thrdngh the Boer war of 1881 tells the following story, of a curious incident, which he witnessed during that campaign. One of the sentries of a British ...

... date is not yet fixed, but it is expected that the day of em- * barkation will be the 15th or 16th of this month. Built in 1881, at Barrow, the City of Rome B measures 560.2ft. in length, 52.3ft. in breadth, oi and has a 57ft. depth of hold. Her gross ...

... herdl of from Alphl~tcn in 1889. Mlother and sister F~lorence inquire. Niwass-s (JToti P.,) Maonln, the Eunhrater Lodge in 1881, last wrte homeon OD uno 3, 1891, asking ior letters to be eddoesmed : ?? Melbourne. M~other asks, NewsIman (FK~LW) gave his ...

... an such welcome new9, was borr in IfE58, and entered the Army, from the Militia, as Sublieue. in the 22nd Foot, i 1879. ' In 1881 he wee raretted Lieut. in the North.- unmberlan i 'nsiliers, and became Captrin in the same regiment in 1886. In 1895 ha was ...

... cn XTanuary 13. 1859. He was educated at Eton. ad oenlerad nd the 10th lsusars as a second lieustniant on .u- .Tanuary 22, 1881, receving his lieutenant's commission on JIuly I following. In 1834 he to served with his re7giimcnt throughlont the Soudan ...

... mentioned iit the despatches, and he received the medal with two clasps. Colonel Hamilton further served in the Boer War in 1881, and was severely wounded. He was with the 1st Battalion Gordon High- landers in the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, was captain ...

... Leone. He acted as Chief Secretary and Chief of the Staff to Sir Samuel Rowe during the threatened hostilities with Ashanti in 1881, and subse-, quently occupied the offices of Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast and ofe Lagos, and administered the Government ...

... Eng- land, and in 1879 he formally entered the Diplomatic service: of his coudtry as Attaohd to the- Legatiod in -Berlin. In 1881 he bad shown ?? so-worthy of rapid promotion that he was recalled to Chin3 to serve as First Secretary for Foreign Affairs ...