England's Granary in War Time
Lord Strathcona, presiding at the annual meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company, held in London recently, referred to the rapid development of the company's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1902
172 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 9
Soldiers' Welcome Home. a Complimentary Smoke Social
A complimentary smoke social was tendered by the members of No. 5 Company New South Wales Artillery, to Bombardier H. Golding and Gunners L. Carpenter, A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend. Welcome Home
Trooper T. Cunningham, late of the Federal Contingent, who recently arrived by the Drayton Grange from service in South Africa, was accorded a welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wickham. Returned Soldiers' Ball
The first of a series of annual balls promoted by the returned South African soldiers of the district was held in the Wickham School of Arts on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ram in Ships of War
When on board some battered, shottorn battleship in a naval engagement the bugle is beard to sound the order to ram the enemy, every man from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Cost of War
LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonics, addressing his constituents at Birmingham on Saturday, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scottish Rifles. Welcome to Returned Soldiers
During the late war in South Africa the Newcastle company of Scottish Rifles sent to the front eighteen men, and as most of them returned at intervals It was found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cost of the War
LONDON, Friday.—A Parliamentary paper just issued states that the number of men employed by Great Britain during the war in South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waging War on Kissers
The German, railway authorities are considering how to put an end to the nuisance of kissing on the departure platform. They maintain that often it not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lord Roberts and the Old Soldier
Earl Roberts has a remarkable memory for faces. The other day he paid a visit to his friend Sir Henry Thuillior, at Richmond, and on his way saw an old…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Maitland District Presentation to a Returned Soldier
At the conclusion of the B Company parade on Saturday afternoon Captain J. W. Scobie, on behalf of the members of the company, presented Corporal E. V…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Commission
LONDON, Thursday.—The Royal Commission to Inquire into the Conduct of the War in South Africa has been gazetted, and consists of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Soldiers. Public Help Sought
LONDON, Monday.—A Cyclists' Church Parade was held in Wynyard Park yesterday on behalf of the Soldiers’ Help Society. The Marquis of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Soldiers. (?)
The doing of our last three contingents continue to afford food for reflection and criticism. There can be no doubt now that we should have stopped at the Seventh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers and Their Corns
The recent war seems to have tuaght the War Office the importance of the soldiers' feet. S. much we infer from the announcement that an order has been issued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →South Africa. Cost of the War
LONDON, Monday.—The "Daily Mail reports that an account has been, opened at the Treasury with the Transvaal and Orange River colonies,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Commission
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the war in South Africa has issued a first list of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers and Their Feet
The recent war seems to have taught the War Office the importance of the soldiers' feet. So much we infer from the announcement that an order has been issued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Guns As Mementoes
What is to be the fate of the large variety of guns captured in South Africa, and of, indeed, also many of those which were employed on our side. The heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cost of the War
The war cost £228,000,000, which is three times the cost of the Crimean war; the people have borne it without a murmur; and this enormous expenditure has…
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