A Welcome Home
The congregation of the Brown-street Congregational Church tendered a welcome home to their pastor, the Rev. Loyal Wirt, B.D., in the school-room last evening. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
101 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
South African Soldiers. Claim for Back Pay. Sydney
The Full Court to-day has before it an application for a stay of proceedings in a case in which John Howarth sued Critchett Walker, as nominal defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News in the Olden Time
Throughout the war between the United States and Spain, when any news reached a telegraphic station respecting the operations of the contending forces, it may be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Blankets. an Official Inquiry
LONDON, Saturday.—It has been discovered that the typoid-infected blankets from South Africa have been old in 150 towns, in the provinces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →England and America. War a Crime
LONDON, Wednesday.—Speaking at a banquet given by the New York Society of Pilgrims to Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Pay. Sydney
An action was commenced this afternoon, before Mr. Justice Pring, and a jury of four, in which John Ryan, of the Royal Australian Artillery, sought to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civil Rights of Soldiers
A somewhat notable action has occupied the attention of a Sydney law Court. It was one in which a soldier was preferring a claim for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transvaal: War Debt
LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Ritchie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question by Sir Henry Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War on Cigarettes
The anti-cigarette war in Canada has received a great impetus by the adoption in the Dominion House of Commons of Mr. Bickerdike's motion in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Returned Soldiers
There is a chance at last of our returned South African soldlers receiving their long-deferred gratuities. The Minister for Defence, it is understood, is making,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Letter. the Registration of Firms.—what Is "Business?"—has Broken Hill Been Neglected by the Government?—the War Against Rats and MICE—6d Per Head for the First. 1d for the Second.—the "Slander" Which Parliament Utters Against the Good Behaviour of the State.—a Law to Check Anarchists.—that Russian Horror and Australia's Cash Contribution. Sydney
The drag-net nature of the Registration of Firms Act has been only partially realised. It is said that any man in business who doesn't use his full name…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Clouds Gathering. Bulgaria Ready
LONDON, Friday.—M. Petroff, the Premier of Bulgaria, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, at an interview at Sofia with a correspondent of "The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →England's War Liability
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. C. T. Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer. speaking at a dinner at the Mansion House, to an assembly of merchants…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Far East. Possibilities of War
LONDON, Monday.—Diplomatists at Peking consider that the gravest factor in the present situation is the increasing danger of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Expenses
LONDON, Wednesday.—Up to the present 130,000 military receipts, representing over £2,000,000 have been paid in the Orange River Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Far East. Russia Prepares for War
LONDON, Saturday.—Advices from Newchwang state that trains crowded with troops, ammunition, guns, and foodstuffs are hurrying towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Brisbane Letter. July 28. Soldiers at Church
On Sunday morning the city and suburban roads were dotted with red coats, blue coats, and khaki coats, all concentrating on the various drill sheds in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers' Ball
The second annual ball promoted by the soldiers of the Newcastle district who served in the South African campaign, to commemorate the anniversary of their safe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Distance in War
The most essential attribute of a skirmisher is the correct estimation of the distance of various objects, or what is commonly known as "Judging distance."…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →That Soldiers' Monument
The erection of the monument on the St. Kilda Road to the Melbourne soldiers who fell in the South African war is proceeding slowly. Enough work has been done…
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