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���arci"-1'" Daily Edition No. 639. Nelson, British Columbia. Tuesday, January 30, 1900. Tenth Yeai AT10NS NO ill AT i STANDSTILL Hi torv Bmses for a Time in South Africa. ��� ���' ' MOVE A MYSTERY matters are likely to oome under the attention of Parliament, be discusses ur longili questions of nrtlllery nud the like, concluding ns follows: "The measures now urgently need. ed are the developments of tin. military resooroes ofjthe ooontry by the in- Itiatlve by the Government With 100,0(10 men in the field nnd 60,000 to follow, the moment lias oome to push on Ihn training of all the troops left ut, home and to raise further troops to -imply tho furthei needs ol the campaign '* iff LONDON FELT r0iv "...usnr Feiuio ce ent" W.ll Sboitly ie at the Front-S ion top Battle a bloody One- London, .Tun. 80. ��� (13:45 a. in.) ��� The War Office Bnunnnr.es that no fur. ���her n-'.vs lms been received from South Afrioa, except a leport ftom Lord Roberts that ilie si .nation is on- obnnged, Yesterday There Was Nothing Particularly Bright. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY London, jnn 80. -(4 :I5 a. ra. ) -History pauses for a time in South Africa. pi of the unsatisfactory onuses ttinr nre nearly us trying to Hritish norrea as a sequence of reverses, and apparently, it will teiminute only when Lord Roberts gives the word for ibe mnv.itnent into thn Free State, which, nocoralng to tre most cheerful view, he will lie onuhle to do so for n fiirini_hi Whether he will permit Genernl Bnller to make another at- tnuipl I" relieve Ludymsith is quite uustidp the knowledge of even those closely oonneotod with the War Office. With tbe troops due to arrive next month, if may think himself stinng nioii-li enongh to try two large opern- i, rombining tbe forces under Generals Methuen, French and Gataere. mill adding to them the arriving I laid Roberts would have TO.- tan f,n the invasion of the Free Stnte, vnh jo oon to 60,000 guarding ooin- III ions, nnd 10.000 trying lores- I'm1 Ladysmith The public burns with ��� ihat something should he ileus lmt there is nothing to he done. ini in wait on the preparations I ink mo poured nut in ad vice, Orators are nt work in the Prov- la is :. !|,i-,. the yenple Unit England b��R "set la a teeth in grim determinn imn in si e it through." l'i Linverumeut's declaration in I'.n i mn in. the ci outer suggestions of tluwe outldo the (Ioverninent, and the c us..jr., ni disaussiou In the uress nud on ihe platform will iinniediaiely enthrall i-ni lie Interest, The thing on vim li everybody seems ugreed is that mote men must go. At present 22.222 nan nnd IM gnus ure nt sea; 11,000 In- fumy nnd 0.000 cvalry. including inanry.nre practically ready to erahnrk, Therefore, the Government, Vlthont doing more, can place at the disposal of Lord Roberts 40,000 addi- timial men and IU gnus. The further l'i;i|i"-i - of the War Ollice are supposed tu embrace somewhere in the neighborhood of 10.000 more men. As tho indication is that candidates will I" rather scar,,,., thH Win Ollice will limed orders for tbe resirvists, who *���'"'��� fo I unfit at the previous niuli- lliautl laminations, to report for fnidnr examination. Applicants for civalrv s, rvlce arc still freely offerirg ��s Vooiiianry. (Jentwal Holler'-opora- '" ii- ' nvt . net Bill men so far officially "���potted ntbln 10 days. Applying to the Spion Kop onsnnl- �� ri 1 uiai todny, the rule of propnr- iini. Hi. ins-is ol ullicrs inoicain -00 casualties yet to oome ���' '"in c isiiuliies of the war, coin I'll- .1 fr.itu official reports, arc H,6"!8, '���������' i division. Of these 8,480 nre 1.811 wounded, and the reel 1 '" i- The aggregate British home u South Africa Dumber 116,000 "" ������" il M��8, mul Cape Colony, 81,. Londnu, Jan, 80.���Mr; Spencer \V 11 1 l'i '" The Morning Fust says: 1 ,;" '- bitter, hut it is right to '-" " 'ni to lake reasonable means l"
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