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MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... thingss arraged WaS thus a rcezing shonld be held ?? Castle, as soonas the family were there, at which MGiss Bolton was to speak, and it had been hoped b that it woold have been held under her presideney. ncring the wole period of tbe society's exrstence ...

A COLONIAL CHRISTMASTIDE

... different plane socially from the South Island squatter who dines with the bishop when he goes to Chrisechurch, and is, so to speak, an asset of a huge limited liability pastoral company. Himself he would describe as a colonial to the backbone. The wool classer ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3026 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

... Chamber of Commerce, dealing with the great progress which the German Empire had made daring the past century, Herr Eiie, speaking on behalf of the firms trading with South Africa, asked whether the Chamber of Com- merce was doing all tbat was required ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 5716 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE

... his New Year's message to his diocese the Bishop of Loudon says: We cannot shut our eaxs to the voice of God, which is speaking to us as a nation. It rebukes our pride and our self-conceit; it warns us that we must strive, more than we have been striving ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 916 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED

... wlVL Quite eonyersa~tio.nai, if yen understand wet I 1, meapnt as jf he wias achlas~sing3 & fews words casuall 31St as I'm speaking to you nOW. There ivgin't rio diffieolty in follering 'ira. If you don't understanod1 wet ' means, it: ain't nO fault of ...

WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

... retreat owing to a storm of shell and bullets which fell around them. The emblem, as Colonel Elrmhurst o Rhodes said, when speaking to a Boer doctor s after the engagement, which is held to be the sacred E symbol of humanity was disregarded completely, ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 12020 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

LETTERS FROM WAR CORRESPONDENTS

... also under treatment. BOER PERSONRES WAX FAT. The Boer prisoners in hospital still continue to lprosper and wax fat. I was speaking to one of them the other day. He informed me he had been under the impression that the English army consisted of 6,000 soldiers ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1761 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

NOTES ON SPORT

... strongly reminiscent of tbeir form last April, whilst i Sunderland proved themselves worthy foemen of the di home team. Generall speaking, the Villa, who were m represented by the same eleven as against Small tl ~eath on Tuesday, had always a bit in hand, but ...

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES

... people knew nothing of him. Dr. Casey said the man was suffeoring from delusions, and ought to go to the asylum. Hs would not speak that morning or tell them anything, and I seemed despondent. The order for removal to the I asytium was made. ANr IsasBECIL ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2224 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

RUSSIA AND THE PACIFIC

... maritime route. the cost of the railway is esti- mated at about £S40,,O1 o-i, anad in recogaising the c&urage, financially speaking, of the schemne it must be noted that of recent years the ordinaY, etpenditnre of Russia ia Eastern Siberia has been' more ...

JLIMikL AUITEBORKR JNDIGN\NT. TKRRIPYINIi POOR DEBTORS

... inability member spook twice U> Ibe mom unto PBRFNO* ft* propuwr. -Mix kienuwi Follow* *u error in supcamng that b r>Miid fa* speak. This ruling woo. ever, questioned by several Alderman being prominent *oce« them, who protester (hot woe o bed bona observed ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3972 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MARKETS

... and a serious start is not likely to be made before Thursday next, so that agents with anything on the spot are, so to I speak, able to command practically their own prices. An attempt is made on the part of merchants Dlacing orders to-day to induce ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1900
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3462 | Page: 6 | Tags: Commerce