War in South Africa. Natal Re-invaded. a Series of Actions. Botha and De Wet Co-operating
LONDON, Sunday.—The Boers are raiding on the Upper Tugela, in northwestern Natal. Fighting is reported to have taken…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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Yeomanry Re-enlisting
LONDON, Sunday.—Twenty per cent. of the Yeomanry who have been in South Africa have re-enlisted for another term of service there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Serious Problem of Empty Churches.—clerks, Bearded and Beardless Ones. —The Popularity of the Motor Car.—the South African War and Recent News.—again, a Reception to George Towns.—mr. Sam Hordern's Sixteen Hundred Signatures.—a Point in Insurance—all Lives, Bad As Well As Good, Have a Value. Sydney
It is perhaps a sign of the times that while we haven't got a Continental Sunday, every year sees an additional depletion in the attendances at the churches,…
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We have received from a correspondent in South Africa the following copies of speeches recently delivered in the Market Square, Kierkadrop, by Ex-President,…
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LONDON, Monday.—The correspondent at The Hague of the "Daily News" states that Commandant De Wet and General Botha are confident…
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The formation of the new Army Corps is now complete An draft form, and all that now remains is for the war to conclude and put the new scheme into active operation…
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According to the "Optician," many o0 our soldiery must be more shooters at andom—guessers at marksmanship— whose elaborately improved riles would…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to the disaffection in Cape Colony the military authorities favour a general application of martial law. The…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Private William Dunning, Third New South Wales was accidentally several wounded at Deutsdorp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the Cape Raiders. Indecisive Fight
LONDON, Wednesday.—Commandant Theron has crossed the railway south of Touw River, after on indecisive fight. A farmer has been arrested for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the War of the Churches.—sentenced to a Minute.—our Army and Navy Rates of Pay.—the Milk and Newspaper Thief.—beware of Carelessness with the Lamp.—the City Spider and the Country Pressman.—another Little Didge for the Unwary.—that Swearing-in Temple. Sydney
The war of the churches continues in Sydney, and after one side and then another is uppermost. Cardinal Moran holds the standard on behalf of himself, and…
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In a recent magazine article, "Relics of British Wars," by W. M. Webb, are given a number of very interesting pictures of some of the trophies to be seen at the…
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The South African struggle still continues, and by its tediousness is becoming wearisome to a somewhat patient public. The responsibility…
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It is said that the London War Office is contemplating the purchase of Dr. Barton's war balloon. It is of cigar shape, and has a platform and machinery…
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An instance, of the curious working of cause and effect in commercial matters is given by a New York paper, which attributes to the war in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War in South Africa. Anglophobia in Europe
LONDON, Thursday.—Dr. Leyds is engineering a great revival of Anglo-phobia on the Continent, and stimulating pro-Boerism in Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. the Vlakfontein Reverse
LONDON, Saturday.—Details of the reverse at Vlakfontein state that the intention of the British force was to capture fifty roving Boers. On the…
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Mr. A. G. Hales, the war correspondent, tells a delightfully funny story about a press censor in the second number of "The Week End." We had some fun, he says,…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, who are now visiting Canada, have reached the town of Calgary, the capital of Alberta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. Schalk-burger Wants Peace. Lord Kitchener's Views
LONDON, Monday.—Lord Kitchener, in reply to a letter he received from General Schalk-Burger, Acting-President of the Transvaal, expressing a…
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