The War Commission
LONDON, Monday.—Major-General Sir Bruce Hamilton, testifying before the Royal Commission on the War, said he did not think the British…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1903
101 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 6
War Insurance
LONDON, Wednesday.—Admiral Sir John Ommanney Hopkins advocates that the Government on the outbreak of war should gratuitously insure all…
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Roosevelt was the one picturesque figure of the war with Spain, the one man who fired popular imagination. As commander of the rough riders, he was in his element…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to numerous interrogations in the House of Commons, said…
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LONDON, Monday.—General Linares, the Spanish Minister for War, is asking Parliament to increase the war vote by 15,000,000 pesetas (about…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Royal Commission on the conduct of the war has examined Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lord Lovat (who raised the corps of…
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LONDON, Friday.—Lord Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for Foreign Aaffirs, and formerly Secretary of State for War, deposed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tall Soldiers and Short Ones
There is no reason why a short man—even a very short man—if he has an otherwise good physique, should not in these days make as good a soldier as a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →After the War. South Africa Revisited. Mr. Harold Ashton Interviewed
Mr. Harold Ashton, principal touring manager for Mr. J. C. Williamson, who has just returned from a six-months' tour of South Africa, where he was…
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The intelligence that an influential and representative committee is being formed to investigate the charges against the late Sir Hector Macdonald…
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A sensation was created at No. 33 Harrington-street, off Lower George-street. City, this afternoon by the action of a young man named Henry Dillon, who is…
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The series of war games now being played at Portsmouth between representatives of the American and German navies, has passed through the first…
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A writer in the Japan "Times," just to hand by the mail, in reporting the army manoeuvres now taking place, makes the following comments on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Food Supply in Time of War
As a result of the recent conference at Stafford House on our food supply in time of war a circular, signed by a number of prominent people in the corn trade, has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Training Australian Soldiers
While there is probably no party in Australia which asks for a large expenditure on militarism, it may fairly be questioned whether sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Band. Hearty Welcome Home
The members of the City Band, after winning the championship contest at the Druids' Gala in Melbourne on Tuesday, returned to Newcastle by the 8.25 train…
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Edward P. Graves, a member of the Royal Australian Artillery was killed in the vicinity of Maroubra Bay to-day. A party of artillerymen had been engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Growth of Australia's Population.—the Shock on Reading of the Sale of the Shamrock Wreck.—state and Federal Loans—a Problem.—our Russian Agricultural Expert Visitor.—what If England Should Be Drawn Into War by Japan?—that Western Australian Execution. Sydney
Mr. Coghlan says that the population of Australia is increasing by only 2 per cent. annum. His actual figures for the last ten years are as between 1.9 and 2 per…
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An inquest was held at Chester Castle recently on the body of Arthur Dean, private in the Cheshire Regiment. who was shot by a comrade named Doyle. Private…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Singular Results of a War
Two small matters of social habit that were directly affected by the Russian War were smoking and the wearing of hair upon the face. Both practices began to…
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