Insurance in War Time
Admiral Hopkins advocates tho policy of the Government gratuitously insuring, on the outbreak of a war, vessels and cargoes against war risks. He declares that the late Admiral Tryon had approved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
190 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 10
A Soldiers' Memorial
At Mr. Thomas Browne's monumental works, High-street, West Maitland, is to be seen a cenotaph designed to perpetuate the memory of three members of the Tenterfield Mounted Rifles,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Spanish War Budget
Reuter's correspondent says that the Spanish War Minister, General Linares, is asking for an increase of 15,000,000 pesetas (£600,000) in the war budget…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Commission
The War Commission has examined Mr. Amery, Sir Conan Doylc, and Lord Lovat. The latter recommended the establishment of a permanent corps of scouts, chi[?]hy Highlander[?] and colonials…
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In giving evidence before the Commission on the war in South Africa, the Marquis of Lansdowne, who was Secretary of State for War when hostilities broke out, testified that the forecasts of his military…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Office Meat Tenders
The War Office is inviting tenders for 100,0001b. of compressed corned mutton in 21b. tins and 100,0001b. in 1lb. tins. Tenders are not returnable till July 29 in ardor to enable the colonies to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Encounter with Blacks. Experiences of a Wounded Man
Mr. B. Clayton, auctioneer, of Tumut, has just received nows from his son, Mr. W. B. Clayton, of his having been compelled to fight for his life in an encounter with the blacks in Northern Queensland,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Russian War Ministers Tour
General Kuropatkin, the Russian Minister for War, is starting on a tour to Port Arthur, Dalny, and through China and Japan, thence to Vladivostock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fortune of War
"I'm not in the habit of interfering, as you are well aware." said Mrs. Verrars, Senior, to Mrs. Ferrais, junior. "It is always a thunkless tusk, especially in any difference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Justices at War. Court Proceedings
AT the Hillgrove police court on Thursday before the police magistrate, Vernon Becke, J.P., sought to have Robert Sharpe, J.P., Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stirring War Cries. From Historic Battlefields
Various battle-cries, says the "Regiment," have been employed by nations in their various conflicts, a fact brought to our mind by America's battle cry in the recent struggle…
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To convert a man physically into a machine is, we know, no difficult task. Long distance athletes clearly prove this. Soldiers, again, afford instances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Soldier's Chess-board
Mr. H. W. Lucy, known also as "Toby, M.P.," is responsible for the following rather gruesome story: "Sir A. Conan Doyle's house is a veritable museum, recalling episodes in his wanderings on sea and land…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Murder of a German Soldier
The German Emperor has ordered a searching inquiry to be made into the killing of Hartman, an artilleryman, at Essen, by Lieutenant Huessener, of the navy, because the artilleryman had neglected to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Probable War
The Frankfurter Zeitung says the entire Black Sea Fleet is mobilised at Sebastopol and Nicolaieff…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Food Supplies in War Time
In accordance with his promise to a deputation some weeks ago Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Premier, has appointed a commission to inquire into the subject of food supplies for Great Britain in war time. lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Angry Soldier
A member of the Redif Battalion at Yanina, tried to kill an officer for boxing his cars, and was pacified only on receiving a promise that the officer would be punished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier Killed
EDWARS P. GRAVES of the Royal Australian Arkillery, was killed in the vicinty of Muroubra Bay on Monday A party of artillerymen…
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