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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Henry M. Stanley, the celebrated explorer, strongly advocates the appointment of a European Commission to thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The foreign population of Johannesburg is greatly divided as to the best course to be adopted to secure better treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—In connection with Dr. Jameson's march on Johannesburg, there is every reason to believe that the movement was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—An official telegram, received from Sir Hercules Robinson, the Governor of Cape Colony, and dated Friday, gives the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The well-known barque Umvoti, which during the Zulu war occupied the position of a troop ship, and later on conveyed troops for General Colley from Mauritiss to Port Natal, reached Sydney on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The leading English newspapers, both in the metropolis and the provinces, recognise the menacing attitude of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE affairs of the Transvaal bulk so largely in the public view at present that a statement of the position there during the troubled time following the annexation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The war feeling still runs high in England, and half a million ex-volunteers have signified their willingness to join the reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The latest news from the Portuguese, colony of Goa is to the effect that the insurgents had entrapped and massacred 100…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—The Electrical Engineers' Society of Great Britain has offered to organise a service of National Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Chinese Government has decided to float a second war loan of £20,000,000 on the English and German markets, and not the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROME, Friday.—The members of the Italian Opposition have made a demand for the immediate meeting of both Chambers, in order to bring the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday,—The Spanish Government has notified that it will not accord the Cuban insurgents the rights of war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—In consequence of the Italian Government having received assurances that there is no immediate cause of fear with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The latest news to hand from the seat of war between Italy and Abyssinia states that several native tribes acting as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—Owing to the unsatisfactory state of affairs in Abyssinia, the Italian Government has dispatched 10 battalions to reinforce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Latest despatches received from Abyssinia are to the effect that King Menelek's forces are almost entirely without provisions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—It is reported that King Menelek and his forces, against whom the Italians are operating in Abyssinia, are short of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—An Inter-State Arbitration Conference has been held at Philadelphia. Resolutions were passed expressing the hope that Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—As previously reported, the Shoans under Menelek are short of, food supplies, and consequently they have been forced to send…
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