... -al rt MIDDLESBROUGH. coi )13 Middlesbrouigh had more of a, holi-' MiE ak day aspect yesterday than at any time A ag ~ past -week. AL few thou, by he during the tl sands lft the town by excursionsB, but Was more seemed poured in from the dozen in aexclarsione running to Middlesbrou-gh Sid for the Eisteddfod and pantonmime. A Wa as foggy day prevented much perambula- Mu ion of th e streets, the ...

... AX {ite montlilv meeunt. Mr T. Black. J.P.. At the monthly meeing, Mr T. Black, J.P, *reat presiding, Mr Coldwell moved the adoption of the Finance Committee's report, and Xr Itoss A seconded, reoonmmn~ding tihac the month's ac- counts of £720 5s bd be paid, which left a A DS. balamce of £4,760 17e 7d; that the tender of has Mr J. WotheraUl for printing thle agenda papers t iraC- for the ...

... . Io r Buf GENERAL FRENCH'S FORCE. thei vidE the HUE RUMOURED DEFEAT OF THE AJd e BOERS. mai OCCUPATION OF COLESBERG; ta, Dig . . Pril intf THE FIGHTING AT DORDRECHT Amfr dep he Epea BRITISH FORCE RELIEVED. Tn perl per -- h NORTHEEN ECHO SPECIAL WAR SERVICE 11,SOUTH BORDER. T uc FRENCH'S VICTORY. the Coll * THE OCCUPATION OF COLESBERG I A Central News telegram from R~ens- vat bukrg yesterday ...

... NORTH COUNTILY NEuWS| 'Te awee is in flood at Richmond. An a-nd mu~h of the low-lying Country .is sell Under water. Yel Mr F3. Elcoste, vvho has been acting in the 0111 cavatity of senior booking clerk at Marske Ye .Station for a considerable time# has been c~il prrmoted to a positi on in the goods office the kt Nevvenstle-on-Tyne. 'Mr James -Walton, a well-known dales- Ye. ,man, ?? athi reiec ...

... - THE PRIN4CESS OF WALES'S OWN YORKSHIRD REGIMENT. )k The Princess of Wales's Own York- fi51J es R ~ f1 shire Regiment was raised in 1688, to e e-assist the Prince of Orange, af terwards ofhe ~dWilliam III., on his being invited ?? ad this country to preserve its religion and lyand liberties. Its first wiar service tan, id was in Flanders, where, in 1692 ,it V gfought at Steinkirk, and in the ...

... | I I-. Mr I RACTfIOAL SYMPATHY. sold' end, SKELTON. bed a There is no person throughout the tardy whole of the Cleveland district who takes a greater interest in the war than Mrs W. H. A. Wharton, of Skelton Castle, and the many acts of kindness of both her and her husband, SMr L Wharton, ,J.P, towards reservists and the a their families are well known. At th some considerable trouble and ...

... RORTHERN gCHO. W'ED3'k'l)A; JAICARY 3, 1900. IN TilE NVAR WiITiI TlEP SOUTH fr African Republic and the Orange Free Etsto there haslbeell a singular for- rn gotfolness of first principles. By this B we incall the principles which ought ri to govern negotiations between l'owors wvho are equally civilised. a Perhlaps it may be said that the C Boors -a genoric term which has ais Ducli specific ...

... ?? ,TRANS VAAL WAR.I WI LflER FRM TH FROT.Juck LETTRS 90H THE 1%0'KT-kills Sian. -12 th y of A. DURHAM MAR7S EXPIDRIENCES. s The 1% following, is' in e'xtract- from b rot I n a letter received by Mr J. Douglas, ?? Ferryhlill, on Christmas Day, from hisB rlcet*. brother-in-law, William Henderson' r~ who is -at present lying wounded in were the Militegy Hospital, tPietermai-TH arley burg, Natal ...

... TREAT TO THE GUISBRO.I-4, AGED POOR. By the generosity ot Afr ClI rll Tsurner, of Lazenby, a Gnarlan of tie Guisbrough Union, the innmates of he G (*uisbrough Workhouse were eftere , tained to tea in the Weslea -all O~l ). room yesterday afternoon. thlle 1 tation was also extended e o t a and poor persons living in Glishr n11, a as well as pauper children wrin ?? boarded out with people living ...

... -. the ft [c. -tho i 31 Below are given the dates of the more, Now :ie important events and operations in thte aot i Idwar. The casualty totals of the various hatd adengagements have been revised fram loohei the I time to time on the issue of amende bells, details by the War Office: - cmae- Oct. 9.-Boar ultimatum handed to Veri ?Y the British Agent at Pretoria. hns g.- Oct. 11.-War declared by ...

... COLLIERY OFFICIALS' SUPPER I A.T S'lhA'i.,Y. The officials of Stanley Colliery held over 0 their first annual supper at the Heights howe i of Alma Inn, Stanley, on Saturday. anotl M Afterwards a social was held, Mr J. war :0 W. Fryar, colliery manager, presiding. as th 2' -The Chairman said it gave him grsat in a 7 pleasure to mieet them on that orea- dearl; i sion. It was a pleasure to him at ...

... ' rat BRITISH SUCESSES lay .pro . ~line GENERAL FRENCH'S STRATEGY pia to in the COLESBURG7S RECAPTURE. n Inf der -- to whi ENEMY'S RETREAT CUT OFF. rba wit con . , . bedii pal FIGHTING NEAR BELMONT; tre Adi whn Lie 'BOER LAAGER TAKEN. tem fore - ful had GALLANTRY OF COLONIALS. coo the Me. NORTHERN ECHO SPECIAL WAR SERVICE. SOUTH BORDER. THE CAPTURE OF COLESBiERG. BOER OUTPOSTS SURPRISED. E ...