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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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Colonel Mackenzie does not anticipate that there will be the slightest difficulty in getting the thousand men required by the British Government for service in South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 0 7 0 Help-in-Need Society ............ 2 2 0…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand soldiers (683), who returned from South Africa hy the Orient on Tuesday morning, were given a. hearty welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The general impression is that the soldiers of the British Empire, black or white, are on the same lovel, that is, that an Indian officer is entitled to the salute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday afternoon last, at the invitation of the Rev. Dr. Sellors, of the Parramatta Wesleyan Church, and his congregation, a number of soldiers belonging to the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tho Parramatta district soldiers who returned to Sydney in the s.s. Orient on Tuesday morning last, arrived in Parramatta " in dribs and drabs " during the afternoon of that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Some of the Imperial soldiers now on a visit to the colony were entertained by Mr. C. E. Shepherd, of the Park Gate Hotel, Parramatta, on Wednesday. The soldiers arrived by the 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A number of the men belonging to the Imperial representative corps have deserted— seven have gone from one regiment alone (the Royal Horse Artillery). The men left state…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BERRY, Saturday.--A large number of people assembled at the railway station to-day to welcome home the returned Lancers of the Berry Half-squadron, Lieutenant Blow, Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 12.-A naval brigade of 2000 men, with six Hotchklss guns, is at Capetown in readiness to land. A town guard of 4000 men and a postal corps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The majority of the Dutch farmers in or near, Wellington, in the Paarl district, 40 miles northeast of Capetown, support the Kroonstad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Parramatta Police Court on Friday an old man of 84 was brought before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., on charges of drunkenness and using bad language. Despite the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Berry on Saturday a large number of residents, including the local Lancers, aldermen, and ministers of religion, met at the Berry railway station, to welcome home Lieutenant Blow and Troopers H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five residents of Newcastle who have just returned from active service in South Africa arrived here on Friday and were accorded a maguificent reception by a crowd of fully 5000 persons The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--The s.s. Orient, which put into the harbour on Tuesday morning last, had, among others, nearly 400 New South Wales officers and men, who had taken part in the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another meeting to arrange for a welcome to the returned Parramatta district soldiers was held on Friday night, and since then there has been received energy on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The preliminary selection of a portion of the 200 men required for the formation of the fifth contingent was made on Saturday, when 73 men, including 21 ex-members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We don't hear much of General Kitchener now, and we wonder where our 150,000 soldiers are. There must be a terrible lot of British troops out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALBURY, Monday.--Farrier-Sergcant Buckley, who returned with the Orient troops from South Africa, arrived at Albury on Saturday from Sydney. Buckley looks exceedingly well. He in…
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