War's Miracles
Some wonderful things occur in war, and the war in South Africa has been no exception. Here are a few set forth by…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
250 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 13
Boer War
THE farms belonging to various leaders of the Orange River Colony have been sold at good prices, and the proceeds have been devoted to the maintenance of the families of these leaders in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. London
The Secretary of War states that the Government hopes for peace, but that in the interval before thc Boers' acceptance of the British terms men and material are being…
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IN the House of Commons last week Mr. John Morley submitted a motion for the adjournment with a view to protesting against the detention in South Africa of Mr. Cartwright, editor of THE Public Works Committee on their tour of inquiry into the proposal to connect the New England line with a coast port, took evidence at Grafton on Monday and on Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. London
THE Boer delegates are still conferring with the Burghers in the field. Commandant Theron has died. Delarey, after meeting his commando,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal War. London
The Utrecht and Vryheid commandoes have met. The commandoes expressed a strong opinion in favour of peace. Lord Kitchener, in his report to the War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. LONDON
THE Boer delegates are placing the issues honourably before the commandos without reserve. De Wet admits the struggle is…
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THE peace delegates are placing the issue honorably before the commandos without reserve. Commandant de Wet admits that the struggle is hopeless, and that the British terms are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Blockhouse in War
The history of the blockhouse as an engine of war is interesting at the present juncture. They seem to have been first…
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Mr. Bennet Burleigh (correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") reports that the Boer delegates are placing the issue honourably before the commandoes without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Professor Wood and the War. Condemned by the Premier
The Premier, Mr. John See, in referring to the cabled extracts of Professor Wood's letter, published in the "Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. London
GENERAL HAMILTON'S column captured 80 Boers during the drive to Standerton. Information has reached Pretoria that the Boer delegates to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boer War. Prospects of Peace
ONE-THIRD of the Johannesburg refugees have returned to the Rand. It is reported that no more prisoners of war will be deported form South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers as Colonists
Only those traitorous Britons who wish to see their countrymen expelled from South Africa object to the notion of establishing soldiers there as colonists after the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. London
Boers under Commandant S[?]te, a Transvaaler, destroyed sections of the railway in the west of Cape Colony, and on April 4 demanded the surrender of Ookiep. Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Citizens, But Soldiers
The Czar's order is that his soldiers must fire on their hungry brethren as soldiers, and not as citizens. Evidently the two don't go together in Russia, which is the best…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Explosive Cigar. a Soldier's Practical Joke
A CASE of an unusual character came before Judge Murray, in the Sydney District Court on Wednesday, when J. N. Slattery, of Pott's Point, claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. London
In Addition to the 208 Boer irreconcilables captured during the recent drive in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, 13 more prisoners have been taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boer War. Reported Terms of Peace
A SWEEPING movement by General Bruce Hamilton in the Southern Transvaal has resulted in the capture of 87 Boers. Lord Kitchener in his weekly report, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The South African War. Lord Balfour's Defence
Speaking at Rugby on the 21st March, Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, paid: The Government has been treated in various ways by their opponents. One of the most severe attempts to cast discredit…
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