A Sydney Letter. "Quite Like Old Times," Says Mr. Beach.—the Terrible Experience of a Barque Outward Bound From Newcastle.—dr. Dowie Says That the Officials of Australia Are "Thieves and Liars."—interesting Side Lights in the War From American Files.—the Bank Holiday.—tramway and Railway Tickets As Advertising Media. Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 3
"Quite like old times!" The words were Mr. Beach's and were also the words of many others. The great rowing match drew the crowd of many thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Japanese Successful. Liao-yang in Danger
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Tuesday.—General Kuroki, the Japanese Commander, engaged in a general artillery attack from dawn to sunset on Sunday, on the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Heavy Fighting. Russian Reverses
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—In the battle near Haicheng on Sunday the Russian batteries on their left finak fierd [?]842 shots in four hours…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.—General Kuropatkin the Russian Commander, Reports that he has evacuated Haicheng. General Kuropatkin's retirement was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Storming Port Arthur. a Terrible Fire
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Friday.—In pursuance of the instructions of the Mikado to sacrifice as few lives as possible when Port Arthur is finally assaulted, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Siege of Port Arthur
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—It is estimated that there are 120,000 Japanese around Port Arthur. One of the passengers of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Office Extravagance
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.—The third report of the Committee of Public Accounts contains drastic comments of War Office extravagance during the…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.—General Stoessel, the Russian commander at Port Arthur, in a message to the Czar, reports that all the Japanese attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japan's War Strength. Brisbane
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 5
Mr. Studholm, who arrived at Thursday Island yesterday from Japan by the steamer Yawatu Maru, states that the Japanese did not expect Port Arthur to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Port Arthur Fighting. Russian Reports Untrue
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Czar has appeals to the garrison at Port Arthur to keep the flag flying. General Stoessel, the Commandant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russian Fleet Emerges, Naval Encounter Reported
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.—A Russian destroyer, which entered Chifu harbour at 5 o'clock this morning, reported that six battleships and four cruisers…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 11
In a special article, dealing with the question of contraband of war, "Engineering" points out that the following goods are absolutely contraband:—Arms of all…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Neutral Vessels in War Time
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 11
The duty of the commander of a vessel belonging to a belligerent State, when he visits and searches a neutral ship, provides that the commander should detain…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Second Edition. the War. Russians Return to Port
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 6
LONDON, Friday.—The Japanese commander sent a Heutenant into Chifu to ask the Rechitchini to come out and fight. The captain, of the vessel gripped him by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Naval Engagement. Carnage at Port Arthur
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Friday.—It appears that The Russian Squadron emerged from Port Arthur, accompanied by the hospital ship Mongolia, with women and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers of the Czar
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 9
Th uniform of the Russian soldier in the simplest field uniform in Europe. In winter a sheepskin coat goo on beneath the grey one. In summer, or during…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japan's War Bill
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—It is official announced at Tokio that Japan's war expenses up to the end of July amounted to £20,000,000 of which 70 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Material for Russia
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—Five steamers have been chartered in Hamburg for the conveyance to the Mediterranean of £1,000,000 worth of war material,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Naval Engagement. Russian Ships in Difficulty
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—Vice-Admiral Togo, the Commander of the Japanese naval forces, reports that his combined fleet attacked the Russian ships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Severely Wounded
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 6
Early yesterday morning a sensation was caused at Waratah by a report that a man named David Lamb, a well-known resident, had been the victim of a murderous attack…
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