Illness of Soldiers
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The following despatch has been received from the Chief Casualty Officer, Capetown:—"Dangerously ill, 24th May, Pretoria,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
172 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9
Returned Soldiers. Concert in Sydney. Sydney
A smoke concert was tendered to the troops who returned from South Africa by the s.s. Aurania, by the State Government in the Town Hall to-night. The…
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A reception of an intensely enthusiastic character was given last night in Newcastle to the district members of the recently retuned troops from South Africa…
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MAJOR-GENERAL HART. Major-General Hart commanded the left wing of the British Army at Chieveley…
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The splendid popular demonstration afforded last evening by the people of Newcastle in honour of the soldiers who have returned from the war,…
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Trooper E. Price, of Tighe's Hill, and Trooper E. D. Davis, of Islington, returned from active service in South Africa last night, and were given a…
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Those who profess to know calculate that quite one-third, perhaps one-half, of the young men who left our shores with the contingents are irrevocably lost to…
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Major-General Sir F. E. Walker, an old campaigned who, in command of the troops in Capo Colony, with his headquarters at Capetown, did great service…
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A reception, promoted by the citizens of Islington, to Trooper Davis, of that suburb, took place last evening, and the function was a complete success. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Williamtown. Returned Soldier
[?]nner H. Browne, of Salt Ash, was tendered a social at the Union Hall on his return from South Africa on Friday evening. As he entered the hall he was loudly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Sydney Letter. the Minor Form of Confidence Man.—how Easily Accidents Happen.—"the War of the Staggerers."—packers in Australia Versus Those in Ceylon.—mr. Wragge and "Barton," "Drake," and "Deakin."—the Governor-general's Salary Again.—vandalism in the Gardens. Sydney
"The coral reef," struck by a George-street, jeweller the other day, is as old as the hills, but not as regards "coral." The young man told the jeweller there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Welcome to Officers and Soldiers
The officers and troopers who returned from South Africa in the Aurania were accorded an enthusiastic welcome home in the Military Hall last evening, the…
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A meeting of the Wholesale Tobacconists' Protection Association was held on April 23. The "minimum" schedule submitted by the American combination was…
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Ex-President Steyn, now an invalid suffering from paralysis, favoured the war from the outset, and has proved among the most irreconcilable of the…
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A welcome home social was tendered at the Glenmorgan Hotel to Private H. Golding, of the A.M.C., on Wednesday evening, on his return from South Africa. There…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, announced in the House of Commons last night that the…
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Mr. Hofmeyer, for many years leader of the Afrikander Bond, and long known as the "Uncrowned King" of the Cape Assembly…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The "London Gazette issued last night contains despatches from Lord Roberts supplementary to those dated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Brisbane Letter. June 19. Returning Soldiers
The troopship Devon, with some three hundred members of the Sixth Queensland Contingent, arrived in Moreton Bay from Durban on Monday night last. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Soldiers. Lieut. T. A. Johnson
Lieutenant, formerly Sergeant T. A. Johnson, of the Canadian Scouts, writing from Wercester; Cape Colony, Under date, May 20, 1902, says:—"One of the great…
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