Weapons of the Boer War
Says the Goulburn “Herald” :— Last Saturday Captain W. Baxter tested the captured Boer weapons on Goulburn range. They consisted of a Mauser rifle, Mauser…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1903
77 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4
A Memory of the War in South Africa. 1
A small party led by the commander, enters a farm to see if any stragglers still lurk within it. What a scene! Piles of blankets…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fallen Soldiers' War Memorial
A COMMITTEE meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers last night for the purpose of outlining a programme for 9th November, the day on which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Fund
A COMMITTEE meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers last night. There were present:—Messrs. Anderson (chair) Collett, E. C. Hincksman, Hungerford,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Commission Report
There is a phenomenal demand for copies: of the report of the Boer War Commissioners. The report has been twice reprinted. The sales exceed any for a public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spies in War. [?]
[?] Italian blood and training, added to the profound distrust with which he regarded, everyone about [?], and especially those of generous lolty,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Are Soldiers Lives Worth Saving?
YES, of a verity our soldiers' lives are worth saving, and this being so, the Contagions Diseases Acts must be promptly reintroduced. The wastage of our soldiers' lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guerilla War
The resumption of guerilla warfare has been ordered by the Macedonian leaders. Fifty thousand recruits have been summoned to complete the strength of the battalions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketcher. the Humours of War Privatr[?]ing
HOW did privateering come into existence? Why, privateering is as old as the game of war itself. In the dark days of ancient…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dedication of Memorial to Fallen Soldiers
Colonel Lassetter has requested us to publish the following:— His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to intimate that he will unveil the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Royal Soldier
In spite or his German origin, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar has been an Englishman all his life. He was born at Bushey House, where his mother was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Soldiers. There Will Soon Be 450,000 Men Trained for Military Service
Japanese soldiers of all ranks appear never to be unmindful for an instant of the services in which they are engaged. They do not dissipate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. the Coming War. London
Advices from Manchuria state that Russia has made no movement towards evacuation Russian officials treat the occupation as permanent. Admiral Alexieff, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fallen Soldiers' Memorial
THE committee held a meeting on Monday evening when the following business was transacted:--Resolved that the motto to be inserted on one of the tablets be "Decorum,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fallen Soldiers' Memorial
THE committee held a meeting at the Council Chambers last night, when the following business was transacted:—It was resolved that the motto to be inserted on one of the tablets be—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Submarine Boats in Naval War Fare
The problem of submarine navigation has probably caused a greater expenditure of life and money than [?] other but the closing years of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cables. the Impending War. London
On the 9th, M. Lessar, Russian Minister at Pekin, presented a note to the Chinese Government stating that if China persisted in her refusal of Russia’s demands the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Office Reform
Lord Stanley, Postmaster-general in the reconstructed Balfour Cabinet, and formerly Financial Secretary to the War Office, speaking in his electorate of West Houghton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Impending War
Admiral Alexieff, Viceroy of Russia’s possessions in the Orient, is going to St. Petersburg early in November. Count Lamsdorff, Russian Minister for Foreign…
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