Latest War. The Transvaal. Australian Troops Preparing for Transport. Cavalry Engagement at Dordrecht. No Important Result. Movements of British Armies Hampered for Want of Transport. German Steamers Seized by British for Carrying Contraband of War. Reinforcements for General Buller. Soon Able to Command 30,000 Men. Awaiting a Siege Train. Arrival of Sir Charles Warren's Division. Great Depression in Pretoria. Boer Reserves Summoned. Americans Volunteering
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 2
Most of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren's division of 11,000 men, who lately arrived are in Natal. The force under the command of…
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The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 4
Now that the time is drawing near when the Kempsey bridge will be completed, we thing some steps should be taken to arrange for the opening ceremony. This we think…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poetry. the Love-bridge
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4
Two little feet upon the stairs, Two little arms were open wide, Two little hands would bar the way Trying to reach from side to side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident at Bendigo. Three Persons Killed. Melbourne
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 7
Two picnic excursion trains collided on Monday at M'lvor's Crossing, on the Wallan Wallan line, about four miles from Bendigo. Six persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest War. The Transvaal. General French Successful at Colesberg. the Boers Taken by Surprise Make a Hasty Retreat. the Australians and Canadians Distinguish Themselves. General French Gains Command of the Road to Orange River. General Gatacre Also Manoeuvres Successfully. Another German Steamer Seized by the British. Handsome Donations to the Australian Bushmen's Contingent Fund. the Enemy Before Ladysmith. Facetious Messages to the Garrison. European Officers Assisting the Boers. Operations in Cape Colony. Boers Out-manoeuvred. Colesberg Occupied the Enemy Dismayed. the Situation at Lady Smith. Another British Victory at Sunnyside. New Zealand Trouper Dead
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 6
At Christmas time the Boers varied the order of the siege at Ladysmith by firing into the town unloaded shells containing plum pudding and messages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Collision
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2
A railway disaster is reported from Alsace-Lorraine. The Frankfort express came into collision with another train at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Bridge
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4
Now that the Kempsey Bridge is, so far as the main structure is concerned, complete, it is well to briefly summarise the work that has been accomplished so successfully by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poetry. Thb Love-bridge
Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 15
Two little feet upon the stairs, Two little arms were open wide, Two little hands would bar the way Trying to reach from side to side…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Local News. Bridge Over Christmas Creek
Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 8
Mr. E. Barton, M.P., has received the following letter from the Department of Works in answer to an inquiry sent by him relative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Collision. a German Disaster. Several Lives Lost
The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 6
London, Friday.—A railway accident, resulting in the loss of several lives, occurred in Germany yesterday. The Frankfort express collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Railway Collision. Several Burnt to Death. London, January 5
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 3
A RAILWAY disaster is reported from Alsaco. The Frankfort express came into collision with another train sixteen miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Contracts
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 4
The following were the lowest lenders opened last Friday, at West Kempsey, for works on the following roads :—No. 35, Armidale road up Nulla Creek, C. Pohlman…
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The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 6
Now tha tthe Kempsey Bridge is, so far as the main structure is concerned, complete, it is well to briefly summarize the work that has been accomplished by Messrs. Taylor and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Distribution of Railways
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
The people of George Stephenson's race have not kept railroads to themselves, but so far they have a long lead of the rest of the world in constructing them. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joculah Railwaymen
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
Americans are great jokers. Mr. C. Dewey Hilles, of Lancaster, Ohio, has found this out to his cost. Mr. Hilles was formerly a railwayman, but it now engaged in another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Distribution of Railways
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2
The people of George Stephenson's race have not kept railroads to themselves, but so far they have a long lead of the rest of the world in constructing them. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jocular Railwaymen
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2
Americans are great jokers. Mr. C. Dewey Hilles, of Lancaster, Ohio, has found this out to his coat. Mr. Hilles was formerly a railwayman, but is now engaged in another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Bridge
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2
Now that the Kempsey Bridge is, so far as the main structure is concerned completed it is well to briefly summarise the work that has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Glen Ewan Road
The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2
WE take the following from the "Macleay Chronicle," as having been sent by Mr. E. Barton, M.L.A.:— In the matter of opening a road from Glen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Woman Falls From A Train
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 7
A married woman, named Mary Anne Singleton (54), a resident of Belmore, met with a painful accident, at Sydenham on Saturday night through…
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