The South African War. London
LORD KITCHENER reports that the Boer peace movement is spreading fast through all the refugees camps. Commandant Froneman's son who…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
91 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 5
Attempt to Rob a Bank. Revolvers Used. One Fo the Burglars Hit, and Manager Seriously Wounded
A DARING attempt to rob the Henty brunch of the Bank of New South Wales was made or Tuesday night about 7 o'clock by two armed men, who entered the bank through the private…
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THE following article is from the 4 Glasgow Weekly:— It is now certain that by far the greate part of the cost of the war in South Africa…
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LORD KITCHENER has issued a proclamation that all the leaders of the Boers now in the field must surrender before September 15th, otherwise they will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Mr. Chamberlain's Threats
THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in the House of Commons last week on the War Loan Bill, said that from April 1st to the end of July the Boer war had cost £25,000,000…
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THE steady execution of rebels in Cape Colony is said to be impressing disloyalists. Special patrols are distributing Lord Kitchener's proclamation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcoming a Soldier. Home to Broadwater
TROOPER P. J. RYAN, of the Imperial Bushmen, was, on his return to Broadwater from South Africa, entertained at a social in Ware's Hall last Saturday evening. A more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. the Late Lieutenant Mair
THE following account of the engagement at Grasspan on June 6, in which Lieutenant John Mair was killed, has been received from Captain S. E. Cranford, 1st Gordon Highlanders, who…
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"LINESMAN" in "Blackwood," continues his vivid pictures of the war. His contribution is sad reading. Referring to one incident, the writer says:—"The…
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LORD KITCHENER gained a considerable victory over Commandant Viljoens' Boers in the Northern Transvaal, the latter being scattered with heavy loss. London, Wednesday…
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KRUGER told an interviewer that the Boers are still regularly governed and systematically led. The proclamation would intensify the resistance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damaging a War Memorial
RECENTLY the residents of Willough by raised a handsome fountain in Chatswood Park to the memory of volunteers from the district who have fallen in the war, and, according…
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THE Watervaal-Hammanskraal train was derailed in a railway cutting on the line northwards from Pretoria to Pieters-burg…
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GENERAL ELLIOTT'S division captured 800 Boer women and children, 300 waggons, and great quantities of live stock. Lord, Kitchener's weekly report states that…
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A GALLANT soldier of the Empire, Sergeant McNamara, late of His Majesty's 82nd Regiment, has given to a reporter upon request, some particulars of his life…
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MRS. JANE CLIFFORD, of Gray-street, Waverley (late of Coraki, Richmond River), has received a letter from Captain Campbell, officer commanding the 6th West Australian…
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COMMANDANT THREON, with 80 men, attacked Heidelberg, near Swellendam, Cape Colony, on Friday, but was repulsed by 25 of the West Yorkshire Regiment, with loss. As a result…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New President. Ranchman, Legislator, and Soldier
THE new President, the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, who as vice-president succeeds President M'Kinley, is a man who has risen to fane in recent years. Indeed it may be…
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THE fight at Fort Itala lasted nineteen hours. General Botha, and Commandants Grobellaar, Emmett, Dannhauser, Scholz, and Pottgieter led the attacks…
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During night operations on the high veldt at Middlburg, the British captured 36 Boers and large herds. Lord Kitchener's weekly report shows…
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