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Here are two or three paragraphs from this extraordinary " Demarkation Order," which is too lengthy to give in full :- " Now, therefore, I, the Lieut, -Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A WAGER between wine and death, made 55 years ago, may soon be paid. In the vault of a bank at Covington' Indiana, reposes a bottle of ancient…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HE was a young lieutenant, known throughout Japan as "the hero of Motion[?]ng." At the Russian attack on that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE custom of the Son Min Riki is one that arose during the war will Russia. At all times of the day and even night, small groups of women can be seen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was in vain to expect, said his Excellency, that the country could be freed from the incursions of the savage tribes which infested it unless the settlers themselves came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Bennet Burleigh reports that a large portion of General Nogi's force has been hurriedly despatched to Liao-yang…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A wager between wine and death made 55 years ago may soon be paid In the vault of a bank at Covington, Indians rep see a bottle of ancient vintage the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE fall of Port Arthur, long looked for and eagerly anticipated by the Japanese and their friends and admires of the Anglo Saxon world, came with the New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WAR broke out at Terara on Suppay night last. Like the little boys, some Terarites are “demons on fruit.” For a long time past they had been anxiously awaiting the ripening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE "Spectator" says that people are accustomed to think of Russia as honeycombed by corruption; her officers as vain, careless, and given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FEATURE of the campaign has been the overwhelmingly important part played by artillery. In every action of any magnitude guns have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking are the particulars which the world is gaining of the conflicts against and in defence of Port Arthur. One story told by a Russian officer is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PRINCE FUSHIMI, the Mikado's adopted brother, who is visiting the United States as the personal representative of the Mikado, was the centre of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →F. A. M'KENZIE one of the London "Daily Mails" war correspondents is a brilliant newspaper writer. He was in Australia before the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is estimated that a hundred thousand combatants were engaged in the recent fighting at Heikental. The Russians admit their casualties at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was a good attendance at the welcome home social, on Wednesday evening, to the Bev. W and Mrs Newby-Fraser. Mr T. Marriott, senior churchwarden, presided,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT do look be ther paper, Wayback, as if that there Port Arthur was look at last. I see ther cove that was goin'ter din afore he surrendered, have concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Russians losses, killed, wounded and captured by land and sea since the outbreak of the war total the enormous number of 400,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The war of the Kirks in Scotland has been ended by the anointment of a Royal Commission of three to report on the merits of the famous dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE of the [?] of living missionaries is [?] Richard, who has given [?] years to the service of [?] confidence of…
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