Returning Soldiers
Last night, at the [?] of [?] the committee appointed at a general meeting of citizens some time ago to arrange for the reception of returning local soldiers…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
341 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 18
Brilliantly Dressed Soldiers
Mr. Thomas Atkins, taking all grades of him, even if not actually the best dressed, is certainly the most brilliantly garbed soldier in the world. But the cost of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers’ Bones for Manure
It is estimated that in the year 1830, more than a million bushels of “human and in human bones” were imported from the Continent of Europe into the port of Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, April 16
Forty Boers who assembled at Boshof, Orange River Colony, 33 miles north-east of Kimberley, solemnly re-elected Mr. Steyn as President of the Orange River Free State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Australian Honors
In addition to 49 Canadians Lord Roberts despatch mentions the names of the following N.S.W. officers and men for meritorious services:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War News. London, April 19
Lord Kitchener reports that a party of the 9th Lancers fell into an ambush, a lieutenant and three men being killed and five men wounded. Mr. F. S. Malan, M.L.A. for Malmesbury, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returning Soldiers
A majority of the Now South Wales second contingent that sailed for South Africa about 15 months ago, will shortly return to Sydney. They are on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laws of War
The laws of war,” as at present formulated by the civilised nations forbid the use of poison against the enemy; murder by treachery, as, for example, assuming the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chocolate for Soldiers
The merits of chocolate as food for troops in the field appear to be becoming rapidly and widely appreciated. In the recent autumn manoeuvres of the Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War
Mrs Botha has again visited her husband, General Botha, the Commander of the Boer forces. There are persistent reports of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"In Love and War"
F course we must go to the Calderham ball," announced Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, April 23
In the House of Commons last night Mr. St. John Brodrick stated that the weekly cost of the war in South Africa was £1,500,000. Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. LONDON, April 26
PRIOR to embarkation on the Tongariro, on their return to Australia, some of the Australians wrecked the office in Capetown of the "South African News," in revenge for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home
At the N S Wales sports club rooms, Hunter Street, Sydney, last Monday evening, the N. S. Wales swimming association, in conjunction with the Life Saving Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, April 26
Prior to embarkation en the Tongariro on their return to Australia, some of the Australians wrecked the office in Capetown of the South African News, in revenge for that paper having for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amorous Soldiers
A disgraceful scene occurred on Sunday evening at the Goulburn railway station, between the time of arrival and departure of one of the trains conveying the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Despatch in the Year 2000
General Shilling to the Secretary of State for War, January let, 3000: We managed to get within fifty miles of the enemy to-day and opened fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back From the War
Captain W. R. Watson, who returned with the troops on Tuesday, looking the picture of health, and a good type of the wiry, alert and keen Australian soldiery which has won renown on the field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. London, April 30
Lieutenant-Colonel Grenfell has taken further prisoners. A store of 38,500 cartridges has been discovered, together with official documents and a large number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Memento of the War
A few days back Miss E. Nugent, of Monaro Street, received from her brother, Town, a rather unique memento of the war It was an army biscuit and gives one an…
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