Does War Benefit Trade
War is at present, and for the present, good for the business of sections of the community. But war is never advantageous to the whole body politic (says 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 4 of 6
An Enlisted Billygoat
Regiments and naval ships' crews frequently have pets—mascottes of the goat, monkey, bird, or cat specles. In only one known instance has such a pet been fully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge Against a Soldier. Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, a returned soldier named Wilfred. John, O'Brien, was charged with having obtained the sum of £7 from Eveline Minty on July…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Office Condemned. Report of the Commission
LONDON, Wednesday.—The War Commission, of which Lord Elgin was the president, has issued its report upon the late war in South Africa. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. Prediction by Chamberlain
LONDON, Thursday.—A letter which the written by Mr. Chamberlain on the 5th May, 1898, to Lord Lansdowne, who was at that time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capture of War Material
LONDON, Friday.—The British political agent, at Aden has captured a quantity of war munitions of an important nature, which were about to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War-whoop of "Artemus."
Here is a story of Artemus Ward which it wholly new. It was told to Mr. Robert Barr by one of the victims, who years afterwards was sent as Ambassador from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War Commission. Press Criticism
LONDON, Sunday.—In an article commenting upon the Elgin Commission concerning the condition of the British Army before the outbreak of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Balkans. Situation Threatening. Sultan Said to Favour War
LONDON, Tuesday.—Official and revolutionary circles in Sofia fear that the condition of affairs in Macedonia will precipitate a conflict between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Commission's Report
LONDON, Saturday.—The War Commission's report has been twice through the printing office, and the evidence once. The sales exceed all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tragedy of War
After Sir Charles James Napier had been wounded in the jaw at Busaco, during the Peninsular War, in 1810, he seems to have been a patient most difficult to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maltreatment of Soldiers
LONDON, Friday.—The maltreatment of German soldiers, especially in the infantry and artillery, is causing immense excitement in Germany. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rioting in Berlin. Thirty Persons Wounded
LONDON, Saturday.—A serious riot is reported from Berlin, in connection with a strike of omnibus drivers that has occurred in that city. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Trade. Food Supplies in War
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Samuel Storey, formerly Liberal member for Sunderland, favouring a policy of retaliation, has quitted the Freetrade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Does War Benefit Trade?
War is at present, and for the present, good for the business of sections of the community. But war is never advantageous to the whole body politic (says Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lions in South Africa. a Story of the Late War
Cape Rebels all (writes Hercules. D. Viljoen in "The Temple Magazine"), a party of us found we had a week's leave from the fighting front. We chose to put…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Colonial Soldiers
Several passages in the report of the Royal Commission on the South African war are of special interest to the British colonies, and the criticisms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Kitchener and the War
Lord Kitchener, in his statement to the War Commission, the evidence taken by which was published just before the last mail left London, said he knew nothing of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Far East. War Improbable
LONDON, Thursday.—Colonel John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, is sounding Russia regarding the opening of Moukhden, in Manchuria, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Romance of the War
It is stated that during the war two Boers became detached from a commando in a northern desert beyond Lydenburg, and having wandered about and nearly…
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