War News. South African Affairs. London
Pietersburg, and the railway to the town from Pretoria, is uninjured. The residents have removed to Pretoria. The…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1901
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Heavy War Expenditure. Increased Taxation. London, April 19
In making his Budget speech in the House of Commons Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the total expenditure for the past year had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Lord Roberts' Recommendations. List of Australians. London
Lord Roberts latest despatch dealing with the operations in South Africa, published yesterday, mentions the names of the undermentioned Australian and N. W Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milner on the War. a Notable Despatch. Position at Present. London
The Colonial Office yesterday published an official blue book, which, among other official papers, includes a notable despatch from Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner of South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 manoeuvers of the Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Boer War. Honors for Australians. London
SEVERAL war ho[?]ers have been made Commanders of the Bath:- Colonel Ricardo, and Majore Bacan, Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Honors Many Australians Included. London, April 21
A long list of honors in connection with the war in South Africa has been published in the "Gazette." Further honors are promised to members of the auxiliary corps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British Budget. the War Loan. Authorised by Parliament. London
The House of Commons yesterday, in Committee of Supply, authorised by 186 votes to 117, the issue of £60,000,000 is 24 per cent. Consols, or a further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in South Africa. in the Northern Transvaal. an Enveloping Movement. London, April 20
General F. W. Kitchener, brother of the commander-in-chief, who was reported to be Advancing northwards from Lydenburg, in the Transvaal, has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Returned Soldiers' Reception Committee
A meeting of the returned Soldiers' Reception Committee was held at the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association's room yesterday, and was attended by Messrs. G. Rudd…
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A meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Reception Committee was held at the rooms of the M.P. and A. Association yesterday afternoon. Mayor Rudd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Tuesday, April 23, 1901. the War and the Budget
When the South African War began there were but a small minority in England, or, for that matter, in any part of the Empire, who believed it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News. London, April 24
A number of Buer prisoners have been landed at Bombay. Some British scouts captured Commandant Trichardts, also a big herd of cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable News. the Boer War. More Colonial Honors. London
Another batch of honors for colonials has been published. The following have been made Companions of the Distinguished Service Order:-Major Clarke, of Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in South Africa. OVER 20,000 Refugees. Fed by the British. Cost of the War. £1,500,000 a Week. London, April, 23
In the House of Commons last night Mr. Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, said that there were now 20,071 Boer refugees in the Transvaal concentration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News. LONDON
Commandant Krutzinger is being pursued in the mountains N.E. of Steynsburg. Mrs. Louis Botha had again visited her husband…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Cables. London, Tuesday. the War
A Beksburg commando, consisting of 106 men, has surrendered to the British at Middleburg. Mr. W. St. John Brodrick,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Australian Honors. Lieutenant Learmonth. D. S.O. Frank Rudd for Meritorious Service. London, April 20
In despatches, the following New South Wales Soldiers are mentioned for meritorious service.—Staff-Colonel J. A. Mackay, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returning Soldiers
The retain of Messrs. F. Rudd and F. L. Learmouth from the Transvaal by the Tongariro, due in Sydney early next week arouses fresh interest in those who have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Action. a Sharp Skirmish
On Tuesday last a sharp fight took place between 100 Boer guerillas and the British post at Honeynest Kloof, on the Kimberley line, near the Modder…
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