... GENERAL CATAGRE'S COMMAND. TlIE FJIHT NEAR DOR- hi r DRECE'T. I C ?? More Details. (Press Association War Special.) tl L DoemStertrual, J)eember 31, 9.10 amL-l. Cl b (CjIituain lie Alont-0renlCY, 'with a natrol of ir e1120 mehl, hile rezonflitrilig eight miles to the n )nortil oi )ordlreclrt, entcountered the enemy at Labhrschagnigs Neck. 0 The Boers opened fire, and the Britih ?? ...

... CIasg3\v Royai Infirmary. Mc.7.With the Nurses.tei Roya,1,vil inh rmarv 'tad '07 wil' e 777r1750 employe 177 ii ((0 50 D'1,)i.1tena7y Halal ycster- 72-- 7 1t7Vld P rovot ('hishaolin pro- ron '77 ?? ?? ore Sir NV. T. I'lapp ' 7Broxro Preu'jizr-r Gray. I 'fj k~or Berhin.J. ?? a 1N, ,eo ine T1. -Warren. it . rT- r na7'tlt zlt two eai * 17- on ';-hCsii:hiol and iw - C. 7 711 SL:I'77 7170 anthe, ...

... & =SDAY -JA AT ,10. TUESDAY, JANr..1r 2, 1900. A teleram from Naaimpoort states that General French moved forward in force on t I . I . . - - Satturday nihllt with the object of dislodging the enemy from their position at Colesbcrg. The plan of attackl worked admirably, and the Boers, finding their retreat likely to be cut off, fled in confusion, leaving Colesberg in our halns. It should be ...

... ELE'CTRP]C ¢CARS IN cOLLISIoN. A GIRL K1! LED--THREE MEN jn INJURED. ln The electric car sy ster soin Glasgo whas hitherto iv been worked with an absence of serious acci- th I dent, hut, unfortunately, this agreeable record thb wras broken yesterday, when an alarming colli- a, Pr asoni of two cars occurred in Springhuirn Road, mnc reeulting in the death of a girl and the serious itt injury of ...

... TRAFFIC Therepeipts of thle GlasgnowTratnwav an d Ornnibr-s Corn. pat.. laot ,eek s -ee £3565; corrept juig week last yeay, £-533-increuse, £2S2, The rece-pts of the Sweetmeat Automatic Company for the past wtecT showr a i-ntreaoe of £7. The tratlic receipts of the L.onrdon, Brightnn, and Stuth Coast Itailway for the ,ast eslhow rv a decros of £'937. The trnlc -rceipts nf the Weot of India ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...