... WAR SPEECHES8 MR BALDANE, ?? REVIEWS on t THLE POSITION.hR true Mr R. B. Haldane, Q.C., M.P. for ,East 't5 Lothian, addressing a mee6ting atcsi pl¶ ha Isiunts at Cockenzie oh Saturday night,sad2w 'ithere was one topic, and Ches topic Only, which; the was filling their minds-the topic of the war. On that question, whatever they mghtthk about the Government, however inuch they' might have been ...

... i on THE SELECTION OF GLASGOW pro OFFICERS. s to he Colonel. Rawlins, commanding the 26th and to 71st Regimental Districts, who was accompanied Anc by Major Ussher, attended at the headquarters Tli of the 1st V.E. Highland Light Infantry, Hill Of Street, Garnethill, on Saturday evnig wt ao view to the selection of two ca ptain's and seven the subalternis from Glasgow Vol untee'r Regiments Ihoc ...

... I Meeting in Edinburgh. A workers' conference, arising out of resolus- tions passed at the last Scottish Trade' Union gen Congress, on the. subject of Parliamentary and* Ass local representation of labour, was opened C dur Saturday in Free Gardeners' Hall, Edinburgh. C Mr Robert Smrillie, Larkhall, presided. The moi Secretary (Mr George Carson, Glasgow) stated cull that 16 trades councils ...

... T HE WA. I THE ATTACK ON LADYSMITH. ii I f. NI HOL5ONS Cacsar's Camp Redoubts, the scene of the Boer attack, is on the northern slopes of Besters Bill, and is between two and three miles from the centre of Ladysmith. . ATTACK ON LADYSMITH I IN FORCE S REPULSED, BUT FIGHTING Wi tho Ca BESUMED. se1 on GARRISON VERY HARD bo as PRESSED. Ge be, res MISHAP TO FRENCH'S FORCE.'- ABOUT 70 MEN TAKEN A I ...

... | FALL OF KURUMAN. |A THE BOER OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. 120 Prisoners taken. (Press Association War Special,) Pretoria, January 4, via Lorenzo Marquez, January 5. Comet Visser, in a despatch dated Kuruman, January 2, reports:-I conimenced a bombard- ment of the town on Monday morning, aiming at the police barracks. 'The fight lasted until sir in the evening, when the garrison surrendered, coming out ...

... , FOR FAMTILIES OF Ti sol'DIT~ris. Mas sOLDIERS,. by I - ?? T upto date, 103,724Shii!ngs. boelt which will be aecknooledged Ai seen Qar Hb:;.GO erald, shoulJd, when sent as it ho addesse : - a sO to ?? 0,WAR FUND, prof, iHERALD OFFICE, thre GLASGOW. leare 40ro idea Tbe handed in at the inv Brinch Offices thtrtghont vour ?? * tat offi5ces in Edinburgh, was i5, A.Vany C¢ s. g nubseriptions ...

... MR A. J. BALFOUR AT WCHESTER. - ?? SPEECH ON THE WAR, THE DELAY IN DEFENCE t PREPARATIONS. I I - I-i THE ARTILLERY QUESTION. ' - A1 Some Compensations of the War.', ?? v.hc s niu s ee arv~~ious~ ior pec 1h ?? 1r The Right Honourable A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, paid his annual visit to his constituents in East Manchester last even- ing He arrived in Manchester from Chats- worth, ...

... . LAIAKSHE AND RF EW-i I HIRE OXHOTUNDS, ,IlF-OO S Devotees cl-the chuge might well be thankuldsal that the interventions of the frost have been Er of such brief durat;ion, and that hunting can Ml once again be~ participated- in at a time, of ato saowhnthe force of winter is so often felt. p~b The'absence of frost, generally means rainy l weather, but it - is somewhat remarkable that S ill ...

... THE ATTACK ON LADY- SMITH. I A DESPERATE STRuOGLR a; ful POSITIONS TAKEN AND RETAKEN. tac for Boers Repulsed Everywhere with La for Heavy Loss. at, thi Official Despatch. an The War Office yesterday afternoon received vic the subjoinod despatch from General Buller: - |s ->S - ere Camp, January S. I The following message. just received from Of General White, dated 2 p.m. yesterday: An. attack ...

... AFEKINO. A BELATED MAESSAGE (Press Association War Special) IMafeking, December 21. The enemy has kept quietly lately. In all the recent fighting we have been the aggressors. I To the east of the town we continue pushing forward rifle pits and gun emplacements, which have had the result of compelling the enemy to evacuate brick-fields, and also of making the, enemy's artillerists uncomfortable ...

... GENERALS GATACRE AND FRENCH. i I 1{ -i ! ] Et This littlo map indicates the position of General i I French. Ho has been able to take possessioni of the Colesberg Bridge Road to the north, and I holds hills to the west and south of Colesberg. I Telegrams indicate that the road, which leads to the Free State by way of Achtertang, is still I in possession of the Boers. ; BOER RETREAT STILL OPrES ...

... SGOTTISH MILITARY NEWS. onI ne Captain F. C. Dundas, Argyll and Sutherland ! Highlanders, has been appointed deputy-assistant i Mtadjutant-general (and for instruction) on the: ,TY headquarters staff Scottish District, in succession he1 to Major W. J. Bonus, ?? 2d Dorset Regi- he ment, embarked for South Africa. ek Captain A. W. IV. A. Thellusson, 1st King's, Own Scottish Borderers. has passed ...