A Sydney Letter. Dr. Dowie Saves Three Women From Drowning.—that Appalling List of Barristers and Their Little (And Big) Fees.—the Public Works Committee and Their Bill for Less Than Three Years.—the Customs Department at the Post Office. and the Latest for Which It Is Responsible. — One's Grandmother Who May Not Be Twenty One Years Old.—when Technicality Is at War with Commonsense. Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 3
Let us give credit where credit is deserved. Dr. Dowie has struck the world only as an egotist, and as a somewhat selfish man, despite his piety. Yet he has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duration of the War. a Japanese Forecast
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Friday.—Count Okuma, in addressing a united gathering of both Houses of the Japanese Parliament at Tokio, said it was impossible to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. the Advance on Mukden. Russians Garbed As Chinese
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—It is officially reported from Tokio that a battalion of Russian infantry, wearing Chinese garments, and led by eleven squadrons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boolaroo. Welcome Home
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 6
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garratt, of the Commercial Hotel, Boolaroo, who recently returned to Australia by the R.M.S. Oroya, having been on a holiday trip to Europe,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Kuropatkin's Order. Policy of Retreat Abandoned
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.—The latest indications from the seat of war show that the Russians ore about to adopt an aggressive policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Increase in Lunacy and What Has Caused It.—our Judges' Salaries—should They Be Cut Down?—that Thursday Island War Scare.—the Negro Problem of America a Warning to Australia.—the Public Debt and a Sinking Fund.—a Better Local Market and the Coal Trade. Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 3
The increase in lunacy must be due to something, and expert authorities attempt to give this something a name. One, whose opinion demands respect,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Russians Advancing. Fever Raging at Harbin
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Tuesday.—Telegrams which have been received at Mukden assert that the Japanese have received reinforcements, consisting of 15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russians Advancing
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—Unofficial advices received in St. Petersburg state that the Russians crossed the Hun River, and after a severe artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War of Rates
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 4
The war of steerage passenger rates between German and American steamer lines, which has, according to a recent London cablegram, cost the English lines £150,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. Fierce Fighting. Japanese Advance
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.—Telegrams from Mukden confirm the reports of a Russian check, with severe losses. The issue is still in the balance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russian-japanese War
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2
Like many another observer of Russian war methods, poet J. W. Foley, of New York has been thinking things, and below is the outcome of his thoughts, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Thirty Thousand Killed Russians in Flight. White Flag Surrenders
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Friday.—Marshal Oyama reports that operations are progressing favourably, the centre and right, between the Tai-tse-ho and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Heavy Fighting. Further Russian Reverses
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.—The Japanese arc now 15 versts to the south of Mukden, and heavy lighting is proceeding 10 miles south-west of Mukden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russians Falling Back Some Fearful Butchery
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Russians hope that the Japanese advance in the direction of the Sha-ho will be stopped, and claim that the Russian positions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Unattended
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—The supply of surgeons in the Far East is utterly inadequate, and thousands of Russian wounded are unattended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contraband of War
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Marquis of Lansdowne, replying to a letter from the Oceanic Steamship Company, stated that the negotiations with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Russian Successes. Continuous Fighting
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—A telegram from Tokio, dated Tuesday, says:—"The Russians on the Sha-ho rallied and enveloped General Yamada's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Lull on the Sha-ho
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.—A telegram from Tokio dated Wednesday states that owing to the absence of news from the front, it is believed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blood Madness. an Awful War Picture
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 9
Lieutenant Kuzminsky has given a Russian correspondent the following vivid account of his experiences during the counter attack on the Motion-ling Pass on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War. Large Reinforcements. Closing on Port Arthur
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Friday.—Advices from Tokio fix General Kuropatkin's reinforcements at 30,000 men. Six divisions now confront General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →