The Soldiers' Welcome
A meeting of citizens was held at Murphy's Hotel last evening to arrange for a welcome home to Troopers J. Wilks and T. Tooze, who have been invalided home…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1900
1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 56
Carrington. Off to the China War
The friends of Mr. A. Sapstead, who is one of the Naval Centingent bound for China, assembled in force at the Cross Keys Hotel on Saturday to present that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transvaal War a Treacherous Demand. Boer Attack Repulsed. Baden-powell Hard Pressed
LONDON, Friday.—Commandant Liebeberg, on July 31, sent a flag of truce to Major-General Smith-Dorien, commanding the 19th Brigade, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Foreign Ministers. No Messages Allowed. the Allied Advance. Pro-foreign Officials Beheaded
LONDON, Saturday.—Li Hung Chang yesterday announced that no messages could go to the Legations, owing to the allies advancing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War Olivier Obdurate
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—It is officially announced that the Free State" leader, Commandant Olivier, who broke through the British cordon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Invested Legations
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—The United States Secretary of State, Colonel John Hay, regards the refusal of the Tsung-li-Yamen to permit of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers. Sydney
Another detachment of troops invalided home from South Africa was landed to-day from the s.s. Aberdeen. The Abetdeen left Capetown on July 12, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War The Boers in Springs
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Boers have re-occupied Springs, near Johannesburg, and threaten to destroy the valuable coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Advance on Pekin. Began on Saturday. the Indian Troops
LONDON, Tuesday.—The allies commenced the advance on Saturday. The Japanese discovered large forces of Chinese cavalry and infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Executions in Pekin. More Massacres
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—Advices received front Shanghai state that [?]u-Ching and Youn, the two proforeign members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War The Relief of Rustenburg. Boer Wreckers at Work. Deserved Punishment
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.— Lord Roberts reports that there are indications that Lieutenant-General Carrington, commanding the Rhodesian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Returning Soldiers
The somewhat unexpected return of so many New South Walsh soldiers from the seat of war has caused considerable discussion in certain quarters, and divers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Minmi. a Welcome Home
At a public meeting held in Mr. Sharp's Hall on Wednesday night it was decided to give ex-Constable Bartlett a welcome to Minmi. The entertainment is to take the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Donald Macdonald's War Lecture
Mr. Donald Macdonald will give his first lecture, entitled "Scenes and Sensations of Battle," this evening in the Masonic Hall. The lecture has been described as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Home from the War. Private Jas. Bartlett
By the mail train last evening Private Jas. Bartlett, of the Second Contingent Mounted Infantry, who recently returned from South Africa invalided, returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War. Elands River Garrison. Reported Captured
LONDON, Thursday.—Lord Roberts, in a report to the War Office, expresses a fear that the Elands River garrison, under Colonel Hore, has been captured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in China. The Situation in Pekin. Messages From Ministers
LONDON, Thursday.—A message from the Secretary of the German Legation, dated the 4th inst., states that there has been no shelling or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"War Dogs."
In this country one associates the dog with peace—that is, so far as our use of him is concerned; but, as to his own interests on this score, that it another…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War Fever
seems to be dying down very fast. Although the bluejackets of the Protector are going to help in avenging the cowardly and brutal murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Postal Work and the War
Giving some idea of the work of the Post-office in connection with the war, Lord Londonderry lately explained that on one day alone—May 19—313,415 letters and…
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