The War Vote
THE Imperial Government has decided to submit a supplementary army estimate covering an expenditure of £13,000,000. This…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
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War in the Pulpit
The righteousness of the war continues to be a staple theme in our pulpits, and the glory to be gained by securing equal rights for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War and Chess
This all-devouring conflict in South Africa is beginning to create gaps (temporary only, we hope) even in the members' rolls of chess clubs, which is only natural, of course, when one considers the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smuggling Secret War Messages
Amongst the manifold responsib[?] of a commander in time of war, there are three which always press heavily upon him—his system of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. London
TABLJEAUX vivantd were given at Mr Beerbohm Tree's theatre (Her Majesty's Theaire) yesterday by the aristocracy and "s[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. London, Feb. 9
In the lighting which took place at the Tugela River on Monday, the Boers expecting the British to cross the river at Skiet's Drift were massed in thousands at Doorn Kloof with 100 of their wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bishop of Newcastle on the War
At the Pre Cathedral on Sunday forenoon, the Bishop of Newcastle preached, the service being one of intercession in connection with war in South Africa: Prefacing his sermon, the Bishop said the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Transvaal War. Latest Cable News. LONDON
Letters from Colonel Baden-Powell state that he has fallen 40 Fenian prisoners from the Boers, among them being James Quinlan. the late stationmaster at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War and General Messages. London, Wednesday afternoon
Major Reay, Victorian war correspondent, and Captain Cameron, of the Tasmanians, with a white flag, visited the Boer commandant Delarey, blindfolded, and were shown the late Mr. Lambie's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Feeling in England. Scathing of Imperial War Office
THERE are many proofs in England that the reiga of fossildo[?]n in the Imperial war office must come to an end. The people are up in arms…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Cablegrams. Press Telegraph Association. London, Thursday. The Transvaal War
Press correspondents report that the Boer forces now number 112.000. General Buller has re-advanced to Chi[?]veley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News by the English Mail. Topics of the Week. the War
We are waiting for a turn of the tide in South Africa. The invasion has been checked, and the first efforts of Gatacre, Methuen, and Buller to roll back the invaders have failed. To-day those…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boer War Notes. French's Belief of Kimberley. Sydney, Saturday, 8 a.m
"Bobs" has staggerd Boerdom by ones of his sudden and successfully strategic blows that made him in his career a Field Marshal, and G.O.C. in South Africa, of an army larger and more powerful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Prisoner or War. Strange Adventures of a Colonial From Vryburg to Protoria. Remarkable Disclosures and a Boer Outrage
A SPECIAL PRESS correspondent at the Cape telegraph; from Durban, South Africa. under date January 19:— " Phillip Tow[?]shand, editor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Soldier's Child. (Scotsman.}
Where are you going to, daddy, daddy, With the sad, sad face, and the tear in your eye? Why can't you play with your little laddie? why should a big, brave soldier cry ?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prayer in Principle. As Applied to the Boer War Some Now Thrown on an Old Question. Speech by the Rev. James White, M.A., L.L.D., delivered at the United Patriotic Service held at Singleton on Sunday, Feb. 11
Dr. White said : This meeting is mainly intercessory. We have met for the purpose of offering united prayer to the Great Disposer of all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transvaal War General French Believes Kimberley. Casualties Among Colonial Troops. a Boer Account of a Bloody Engagement. a British Flying Column in Zululand. the Boers on the Tugela. Colonel Plumes Fights an Artillery Duel. Testimony to Mobility of Australian Troops. London, Feb. 16, 1.20 a.m
News has just reached London to the effect that Kimberley has been relieved. Lieutenant-General J. D. P. French, who relieved the place, reached it on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Topics
Mr. Lyne has forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and to the High Commissioner in South Africa cablegrams congratulating them on behalf of New South Wales upon the relief of…
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