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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
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The appointment of Colonel E. D. Want to succeed Sir Ralph Knox as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War has (says the "Daily Express") fallen like a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON. Saturday.—Sir Alfred Milnor, Governor of the Transwal and Orange River Colony, and High Commissioner for South Africa, reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The House of Commons' committee has recommended drastic reforms in the War office business mthods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In soldiers invalided home from the Boer war a new disease has been discovered to which the doctors have given the name of "puttee paralysis." Instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Sunday.—A commando of 100 Boers attacked twenty of the Border Scouts in a narrow pass near Kenhardt. The Boers approached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Ferries strike on Saturday night assumed big proportions. Seen on Friday, the manager said he would have little difficulty in filling the vacant places,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting under the auspices of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals was held on April 17th, in the Town Hall, Wolverhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Monday.—A proposal has been made by the American Cold Storage Company to run steamers to Manchester and Southampton with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The speech made by Lord Milner when responding to the toast of his health at the private luncheon given by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Two Boers, who surrendered at Ermelo, were allowed liberty from their camp in order to bring in other Boers who wished to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Speaking at Troyes yesterday, General Andre, the French Minister for War, urged the soldiers to trust their superiors, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—President Kruger is preparing for publication a book on South African affairs. It is stated the publication will implicate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An invalided member of the Second Contingent appeared before the local Police Court to-day in reference to an unsatisfied judgment summons. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News was received yesterday that the sons of Captain H. Cross and Mr. H. W. L. Holt are on board the troopship Moray-shire, which has touched at Fremantle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supposing that when the war is finished compensation paid for losses, pensions provided for, gra[?]ivies distributed, &c., the cost totals up to £160,000,000 (a low…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Friday.—Sir Edward Grey, speaking at Berwick last night, said if Lord Milner were recalled, it was quite probable that both races in South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—During his tour of the Midland provinces of Natal the Governor, Sir W. F. Hely-Hutchinson, was presented with a petition signed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The official reticence with regard to events in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony is attributed to Lord Kitchener recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Spectator" rays: We believe that the was has saved us from a position .o. very great peril. It has shown us that our Army had become demoralised, not by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Monday.—Later reports dram Lord Kitchener state that, in addtion to the casualties previously reported two lieutenants of the…
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