Tobacco War
The "Daily Mail" says:—The prospectus of the new £15,000,000 Imperial Tobacco Company will be issued to the public before the end of this month…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
172 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 9
A Chance for Old Soldiers
The Secretary of State for War has decided to replace the civilian clerical establishments of the military branches of the War Office by specially selected and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Soldiers Revolt
LONDON, Monday.—Four hundred soldiers belonging to the Italian Railway Reserves mutinied when on parade at Milan, and shouted, "We won't…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cathedral Cemetery a Soldier Magistrate. the First Custom House
Looking over the list of police magistrates who have in the turn officiated at Newcastle, one finds the name of Major Innes, who passed away in the later fifties…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Against the War
In Lonsdale-street there is a small hall known as the Control Hall. Here on Sunday night there in a gathering of male and female Socialists and "Defenders of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Chamberlain. Speech on the War
The speech delivered by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain on the war on the occasion of the presentation to him of an address from the Corporation of the City of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Departing Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Third Battalion of the Federal Contingent and Carrington's Riverina Bushmen embarked for South Africa this morning. They boarded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton. a Welcome Home
A meeting of the friends of Lieutenant M'Ewan was held in Bell's Hall on Tuesday night. Mr. Lawson Crickson explained that he had convened the meeting with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria Theatre. "A Soldier and a Man."
Another change was made in the season's programme by Mr. C. Holloway's Dramatic Company at the Victoria Theatre last evening when Mr. Ben Landeck's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A War Relic
Strange are some of the relics that come into London from the seat of war. A knot of Scotch Reservists, invalided from Bloemfontein recently, drifted into…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Maoris and the War
The Maoris are at present taking a very keen and intelligent interest in the war, and in Imperial politics generally. Mr. Seddon has just left to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Who-pays for the War
The war is being paid for partly out of the revenue of the year, partly out of the proceeds of loans. Of course, the taxpayer will have to liquidate the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Griffith and the British Soldiers
Sir,—I note that Mr. Griffith, M.P., now admits that he did make use of the expressions towards soldiers that he was formerly accused of at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Accident. a Boy Wounded
At about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon a shooting accident occurred at Hamilton, and a boy wan wounded, it appears that three lads were driving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munitions of War
LONDON, Friday.—In answer to a question in the House of Lords lost night, Lord Stanley, Financial Secretary for the War Office, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Back From the War. Reception of Lieut. M'ewan
The township of Lambton was en fete yesterday, the occasion being the return to his native, town of Lieutenant A. M'Ewan, of the Imperial Light Horse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War's Miracles
Some wonderful things occur in war, nod the war in South Africa has been no exception. Here are a few set forth by "Linesman" in the current "Blackwood"—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Bond and the War
LONDON, Friday.—A caucus of the Afrikander Bond, representing twelve districts of Cape Colony, has censured the leaders of the Bond for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lieutenant M'ewan. His War Experiences
Lieut. A. M'Ewan, who returned the other day after spending nearly seven years in South Africa, had some exciting experiences. When he loft Lambton with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonial Soldiers
Until the Boer War the military forces of our colonies had attracted but little attention of a public character, and this, though Canada had…
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