Vera's Flirtation. Chapter Iv. "All Is Fair in Love and War."
For One brief moment after Clark Wellington ceased speaking, he and Margery Carlyle stood looking into each other's pale face in utter silence…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 32
The Transvaal Crisis. War Regarded As Inevitable. French Papers Urge the Boers to Activity. Despatch of War Material. London. Sept. 27
Three batteries of artillery have failed from Birkenhead, on the Mersey, for South Africa. Much, enthusiasm was evo[?]ed at the departure. Forty thousand people witnessed the excoriation and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War Notes
The joint action of the Transvaal and Orange Free State is only carrying out treaty engagements. The Boers are missing their opportunity by not striking just now, but colonial and foreign critics…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Crisis. Outbreak of Hostilities Imminent. Shots Fired Upon a British Column President Steyn's Family Leaves the Free State. British War Arrangements. a "Run" on Pretoria Banks. London, Sept. 28
The family of President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has been sent to Capetown. The P. and O. Company's steamer Sumatra will convey the first battalion of the Border Regiment…
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Considerable excitement prevails in Sydney over the latest war news. It is expected intelligence of active hostilities will be received to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trade. New Australia Benefits. War Office Requirements
NUMEROUS cable inquiries for produce have been received during last week in Melbourne and Adelaide, and a few in Sydney, from South African…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Transvaal Crisis. Firmness Op Great Britain. Kruger Held Responsible for War. Rainy Season in the Transvaal. War Material From Holland. London, Sept. 29
The Times advocates the formulating of demands approaching the scheme outlined at the council of Uitlanders held at Johannesburg in July last. It hints at the possibility of Great Britain requiring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble War Regarded as Inevitable. Despatch of War Material. She Forces of the Transvaal. Afrikanders Urge President Kruger to Yield. Shot's Fired upon a British Column A "Run" on Pretoria Banks. LONDON
Mr J. Rose-Innes, Q.C. (formerly Attorney General in Cape Colony), and other Afrikander members, have urged President Kruger to yield to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mercury Junior. the Building of a Soldier
Joe Jerry hoed in a stony field, Under a sweltering sun. The boy and the rock and the native weed Fought for the life in a batttered seed,—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Transvaal Crisis. the British Cabinet Determined. War Regarded As Inevitable. Joubert's Movements. the British Commander-in-chief. the Volksraad and the Uitlanders Gloom in London. London, Sept. 30
The British Cabinet met yesterday for the purpose of determining on its final proposals to the Transvaal. Mr. Chamberlain stated that he had received no reply to bis despatch of September 22,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble War Inevitable. The British Ultimatum Despatched Hostilities Imminent. Departure of Troops for the Cape. The [?] British Movement in Natal. Beers Assembling in Great Force. LONDON
THE Transvaal Government has replied to Great Britain that it strictly adheres to tho Convention of 188-i, and asks nothing further…
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The two Boer Republics have now beyond doubt been guilty of acts of war by cutting telegraph lines, stopping peaceful trains, commandeering British subjects, compulsory naturalisation, intimidating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Crisis. Orange Free State Troops. the Mountain Passes Occupied. the Boers Aggressive. Efforts to Secure Peace. Mr. Schreiner's Equivocal Administration. an Appeal to America. Train Passengers Nearly Starved. Protection of American Subjects. Natives Looting Charlestown. Insults by Boers. the March on Kimberley. Arrival of the Indian Contingent. War Supplies for Great Britain. London, Oct. 3
Six hundred of the Orange Free State troops have arrived at Harrismith from Bloemfootein. They are proceeding to the Natal border. Other bodies of the Free State forces are occupying the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boer War Notes. Sydney, Thursday morning
It is supposed that all the commandants now in Melbourne are hampered in opinion through secret instructions from Premiere, not to force the despatch of a contingent if it runs into expense,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble Reports to Avert War. Statement by Salisbury. No Desire to Annex the Transvaal Fall in Consols. A Liberal [?] Move. The Botha Pass closed. Boers Marching Towards Kimberley Arrival of the Indian Field Artillery Insulting Conduct by the Boers. Large English Orders for Tinned Beef LONDON
Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal Plenipotentiary in Europe, predicts that the Boer Executive will declare war against Great Britain to-morrow…
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The military situation ia about the same, but the political one is slowly being absorbed by the former. The Australian Contingent should be mixed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Crisis. Hostilities Hourly Expected. Boers Threatening Natal. the Liberal Forwards' Telegram. Kruger Intent on War. British Subjects Expelled From Johannesburg. New South Wales Lancers. Efforts to Secure Peace. Boers at the Front. the Defence of Newcastle Not Probable. Boers and Kaffirs Advancing. Canada's Position. London, Oct. 5
The Daily Telegraph this morning [?] General Joubert, the Boer Commander-in-chief, acknowledges that the issue is—British or Boer rule…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boeb War Notes. Sydney, Friday evening. The [?]
The Imp[?] or the services of the Australian troops in hailed with delight: but I am afraid that our Premier (Mr. Ly[?]e) is going to "fool" the Imperial race and Government in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Probable Cost of War. Albany
The London Morning Leader, which favours the B[?]ers declares that a war with the Transvaal will cost Great Britain £75,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Trouble The Caps's Disloyal Premier. Kruger Again Appeals to God. British War Vote of £10,000.000 Cape Assembly Forcing its Premier LONDON
IT is reported at Paris that president Kruger has rent an ultimatum to Great Britain declaring that the daspatch of further reinforcements to…
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