Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1900

863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 41 of 44

The Boer War. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 November 1900 · page 4

THE Bothaville prisoners include 28 artillerists and 40 rebels. General Baden-Powell is suffering from enteric fever…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

South African War. Stubborn Resistance of the Boers. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1900 · page 3

THE guerilla campaign is being vigorously conducted, and numerous fights, in all of which the Boers were worsted, have recently taken place in both the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War in China. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1900 · page 5

The Emperor Kwang-hsu declares that Tung-fu-Siang controls the Imperial Court, and that it is therefore impossible to banish him. The Emperor, however, is willing to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

South African War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1900 · page 3

FIVE thousand colonial troops are expected to arrive in London from South Africa by the end of January. An influential committee has arranged for…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

War in China

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 3

DR. MORRISON, the Poking correspondent of the TIMES, reports that Ministers of the Powers at Pocking have finally agreed upon the following basis for the formulating of a [?] of peace…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 3

DR LEYDS declares that Mr. Kruger saved a portion of the Transvaal treasury, amounting to £400,000, and that Mr. Kruger intends to publish State documents compromising other…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War in China. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1900 · page 5

Following on the demand made by the Powers for the punishment of those guilty of instigating outrages, another Imperial edict on the matter has been published. It…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War in China

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 4

DR. MORRISON, the TIMES correspondent at Peking, states that the Minister are weakening, and that they have reduced their demand for the execution of 11 high officials or princes…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 4

GENERAL Abel Erasmus, with 2000 men, 12,000 cattle, and 1000 waggons, is at Olifant's River, in the Middleburg district. He has in his possession £150,000 and is paying the burghers under…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

South African War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 3

THE steamer Sophocles left Capetown on the 16th instant with a number of Australian officers and 38 men aboard The town of Lichtenberg, in the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War in China. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 5

The Morning Post correspondent at Pekin states that the latest Chinese Imperial edict (which condemns Prince Tuan and Prince Chuang to imprisonment for life in Mukden,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

South African War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 November 1900 · page 3

IT is reported that De Wet and Steyn, with 1000 men, have slipped through the British lines near Warringham. Theophilus Schreiner has warned…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

War in China

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 3

THE Shanghai correspondent of the DAILY TELEGRAPH states that there are credible reports that the Empress-Dowager has secretly ordered the viceroys and the governors to make…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Boer War

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 3

SIXTY selected refugees from the Transvaal have left Capetown for Johannesburg to prepare for working certain of the Rand mines and other works…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Two Houses at War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 4

The Upper House is again at war with the Lower House, and this time over the Compulsory Arbitration Bill. The stand taken on the present occasion is more determined…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Presbyterians and the War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 8

THERE was a Boer war revival in the Victorian Presbyterian Assembly on Wednesday, and a big row in consequence. The report of the public questions committee came up, and a…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Boer War. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 4

THE garrison at [?] has captured 28 Boer snipers and 50 women and children. The women were discovered baking brand for the Boers at Thabanchu, Orange River colony. The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Relic of the War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 7

STRANGE are some of the relics that reach London from the seat of war. A knot of Scotch Reservists, invalided from Bloemfontein, drifted into E[?] Station on Saturday, and as usual, an admiring…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

South African War. Another Plot to Assassinate Lord Roberts. Boers Looting and Burning the Situation Again Serious. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 3

THE Boers propose a raid on the Cape Colony frontier, hoping thereby that the disaffected Dutch colonists will rise…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War in China. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 5

In the Reichstag, Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, stated that the Powers were unanimous on every one of the ll points formulated by the Ministers as the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →