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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

3,969 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 199

Welcome to Methodist Soldiers

The Methodist · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

An excellent tea and social evening was tendered to the Methodist English and Australasian military and naval forces who are at present in Sydney in…

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Australians as Soldiers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 73

That once troublesome question, What shall we do with our boys? has been satisfactorily answered by the emphatic reply, Make soldiers of them. It was the South African…

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With the Soldiers. The New Contingent. Purchase of Horses

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

As the administration of the military departments of the various States has not yet been taken over by the Commonwealth Government, all arrangements in connection…

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Injured Soldiers' Benefit

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

The programme for the benefit for the injured soldiers, to be held on the Agricultural Society's Grounds, Moore Park, to-day, has been issued. The 15 items which…

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Lord Carrington and Mr. Copeland. Help for Australian Soldiers. the Advances Made in London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

LONDON, December 7.-- The need for Lord and Lady Carrington's services to the branch of the Lord Mayor's Discretionary Fund, established to make temporary loans to invalided colonial…

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Home to Newcastle. Soldiers Splendidly Received

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- Sergeant D. M'Alister and Trooper Agland, of the Mounted Rifles, and Trooper Lance, of the New South Wales Lancers, and Privates Levida, Collins, and Reid, of the…

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Anglo-australian Notes. the Treatment of Colonial Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, December 7.-- It is a most peculiar thing that whilst most of the colonial soldiers I have come across at home have preferred to say little about their grievances against the War Office…

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A Dundas Soldier's Welcome

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 12

The residents of Dundas have arranged to have a welcome on their own account for Captain Cox and Trooper Spurway, both natives of Carlingford or thereabouts, and both back from South…

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So the Soldier Is Trained

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 8

"On the battlefield nowadays it is only when we come to the bayonet charge that the men fight shoulder to shoulder," remarked an officer recently. " In order to minimise the…

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Life in London and Thereabout. The Lingering War—A Cabinet Paschel Lamb— A "Punch" Jubiles—Ameer and Viceroy. WESTMINSTER, Dec. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 5

In conversation with military and political authorities mustered for the meeting of Parliament I And a deeply rooted feeling of uneasiness with respect to the present condition of affaire in South…

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Sews by Cable. [Copyright.] He Boer War. Invasion of Cape Colony Rapid Advance of the Enemy. Bluejackets and Guns Landed. the Bechuanaland Trek Boers Occupy Griqua-town

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 4

LONDON, January 11.-The invaders of the western portion of the colony are divided into two columns. One is advancing on Clanwilliam, and the other on Worcester…

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The Boer War. a New Phase of the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 7

The war in South Africa, which it was thought was flickering out, has seemingly entered upon, another and somewhat serious phase…

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The Boer War. Editor Arrested for Sedition

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 8

Mr. Malan, M.L.A., editor of the Afrikander Bond organ "Ons Land," who was recently elected a representative for the Malmesbury division of the Cape House of…

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French Comment on the Cost of the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 5

M. Valfrey, In an article on the South African war in the "Figaro," says:-The slight financial difficulties with which Great Britain may be confronted in consequence…

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Blocked-up Treasure, £155.000.000 Waiting for War

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 10

A source of amazement, to Continental politicians is the facility with which Great Britain obtains the money to carry on the South Africa campaign. Even our severest…

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"Fighting Charlie." His Chat with THE ARGUS.—His War Reminiscences

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 4

On Wednesday evening we invaded the paternal roof of Fighting Charley and found our local hero sitting on the grass in front of his father's pretty home at Carlingford, talking…

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Kruger's Negotiations with France. Before and After the War. a Sensational Story

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 2

The following letter appeared in the London "Times." It is written by a correspondent who signs himself "Behind the Scenes," and he says that the history which he gives…

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The Drilling of the Nigger. A Sensational Incident in the S A. War. What Captain Cox Says

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 4

Captain Charles Cox, on his return to Parramatta this week, was closely questioned by an ARGUS reporter about the drilling of the hole in the nigger at Jackals…

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The Imperial Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 6

The visit of the Imperial Troops to Sydney, which terminates to-morrow, has been undoubtedly one of the most successful and important features of the Commonwealth…

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Indian Soldiers for Garrison Duty

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1901 · page 8

The Imperial Treasury has decided, to pay five native regiments of India, which are going as garrisons to isolated colonies. By this means line battalions now doing duty…

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