An Alarming Rumour. War Is Immiment. the Governor Receives a Message. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3
On tho top of the alarming cables published in our cable new to-day came a startling rumour that the Governor had received a special cable from the Secretary of state for the Colonies stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The English Ritual War. LONDON
Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 3
The Bishop of Lincoln has requested the clergy of his diocese to discontinue the use of incense in their churches during public worship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble a Critical Situation. General Panic at Johannesburg. Food Supplies Inadequate War Believed to be Inevitable LONDON
Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 3
THE latest intelligence from the Franavaal show a that the situation has again becone critical. The arrest of Mr Pakeman, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble. Boers Impertinent. Consultation at the War Office. Anxiety Unabated. the Queen of Holland Favours Peace. London, Sept. 7
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 3
The reply of the Transvasl to Mr. Chamberlain's despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The reply is of a prolix and impertinent character. It confirms the version…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer Rebellion War. the Casue Belli
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1899 · page 2
The sand in the glass has now run out, and the above remarks of Boer leaders, considering the Treaties of 1881 and of 1884, fix the late conduct of the Boers in the Transvaal into that of rebellious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Boer War: The Military Aspect
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 6
Under this heading Blackwood's Magazine for August publishes an article, evidently written by a military expert, dealing with the problems of a was with the Transvaal. In the course of it he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boer Rebellion War. the Cape Frontier
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 4
The Cape Colony frontiers have no Transvaal frontiers proper, but are bounded on the northwest by the Orange Free State from Basutoland to Griqualand, divided by the Orange River. But…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer Rebellion War. the Generals of the Army Corps, S.A.
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 4
To work and direct the huge fighting machine of war in the field requires vast consideration, The of brain of the army is all importent from the Army" Crops General of Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer Rebellion War. the Infantry Regiments
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 4
TherE arE 18 infantry battalions named in and for the Cape or Natal at date, ie.the 2nd, 8th, 17tb, 23rd, 28th, 34th, '35th, 47th, 1st and 2nd, Gorifleo, G3rd,G0th, 02nd, 94th, lOth, 103rd; 105th,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Declarations of War
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 14
The question is asked in prospect of war between Great Britain and the Transvaal how will hostilities begin. Will there be a formal declaration of war? Not necessarily; no…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Boer War: The Military Aspect
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 11
Under this heading Blackwood's Magazine for August publishes an article, evidently written by a military expert, dealing with the problems of a war with the Transvaal. In the course of it he…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Transvaal Crisis. War Imminent. the 1884 Convention Adhered To. an Uncompromising Reply. British Suzerainty Repudiated. Attitude of the Orange Free State, Gloomy Forebodings in Pretoria. Feeling in Cape Colony. Troops for Natal. Menacing Attitude of Boers Kruger's Relatives Ready to Fight. London, Sept. 17
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 3
The reply of the Transvaal Government to Mr. Chambarlain's despatch has been handed to Mr. Conyngham Greene, the British Agent at Pretoria. All reports as to the nature of the reply agree that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble The Boer Reply. Repudiation of the Suzerainty. No Hope of Peaceful Settlement War Expected Immediately LONDON
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 4
Great Britain, deelaring that her chief desire is reasonable promptitude in ending the tension in South Africa, he spontaneously extended the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boer War Comments
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 4
To compel Outlanders, or foreigners, to fight their own nation is a breach of international law. The Boers don't know it. For the subjects of a nation to fight for a power…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal Crisis. a Unanimous Reply to Mr. Chamberlain. a Warning to the British Government. British Cruisers Ready. Fall in Stocks. Kruger Reported to Be Conciliatory. British Troops for the Frontier. Great Britain Orders War Supplies. London. Sept. 19
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 3
Dr. Reitz, the Transvaal Secretary of State, declares that the Boer Government, the Volksraad, and the burghers are unanimous in the reply to Mr. Chamberlain's despatch. Further decisions, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble. War Inevitable. The Boers Reply to England. Reported Conciliatory Despatch from Kruger. LONDON
Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 3
The Transvaal Government, in the reply to Mr Chamberlain's despatch, states that a five years' franchise conditional upon the renunciation or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Possible War and the Money Market
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 6
War between England and the two South African Boer Republics would create a rather interesting situation in the money markets, says the Commercial Editor of the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Soldiers Poisoned
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 3
Three soldiers have died suddenly at Aldershot from the effects of ptomaine poisoning, after having partaken of some cheese. The cheese is alleged to have been traced to a shipment from Waimatuku,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poisoning of Soldiers
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1899 · page 3
Other soldiers at Aldershot besides the three who [?]ed suddenly have been affected by ptomaine poisoning following upon the eating of cheese, which in alleged to have been shipped from New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vera's Flirtation. Chapter Iv. "All Is Fair in Love and War."
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 6
For One brief moment after Clark Wellington ceased speaking, he and Margery Carlyle stood looking into each other's pale face in utter silence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →