7 OCTOBER 1899, page 1

• As We Predicted, The Royalist Trial In France Threatens

to involve important personages. M. Melcot, Advocate-General of the Court of Caseation, declares that he heard from one of those present that at a meeting of Royalists and "......

It Is With Great Satisfaction That We Record The Deter-

mination of the Colonies to take their share in a war which is in every sense Imperial. They cannot, owing to the dis- tances and to the nature of their local forces, bear any......

News Of The Week.

T HOUGH the first shot has not been fired as we write, war is now inevitable, if, indeed, it has not already begun. The commandeering of the gold — something like 4800,000, the......

Daring The Past Week There Have Been Renewed Efforts Here

to find some means for preventing the outbreak of hostilities, and for bringing about a compromise. We feel nothing but respect for those who have made one more effort in the......

As Far As We Can Judge, Our Plans Are Well

laid to resist an invasion pending the arrival of reinforcements. If the Boers come down the centre of the triangle by the main road—the railway will of course have been......

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