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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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Sir,—Mr. R. B. Brooks has seen fit to criticise my letter re the above subject, and offers what doubtless be considers a few valuable suggestions. Mr. Brooks asks if I have ever served in the army,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, January 18.—The reference by the King in the Speech from the Throne, at the opening of Parliament, to the Army, has been favorably noted on the Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cabinet will shortly consider the question of the selection of a site for the proposed memorial to the soldiers of the State who have fallen in South Africa, and to cover the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the much-vexed question of the returned soldiers' deferred pay, the Premier (Mr. J. See, M.L.A.) on Saturday received an original letter dealing with the matter, which he states further…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Loan Estimates passed just before the close of the session was an item of £20,000 to cover the cost of the erection of a national memorial to the soldiers of the State who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the House of Lords to-day, the resolution for the adoption of the Address in Reply to the speech from the Throne was carried. In the House of Commons Mr. F. Cawley,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the last meeting of the municipal council Alderman Mackenzie referred to vile slanders made regarding the British Army in South Africa, and moved,—"That, as representing a considerable and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Clarke, of Buckland-street, Newtown, has received an interesting letter from his brother, Sergeant F. H. Clarke, who is serving in South Africa. Sergeant Clarke has been in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reuter's correspondent reports that Mr. Wolmarans, one of the Boer delegates at the Hague, in the course of an interview, stated that the use of the blockhouses will finish the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 20, 2.15 p.m.— With a view to final resistance, the Boer women are cultivating the fields near the Zoutspanberg, in the North-Eastern Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pretoria correspondent of the "Times" reports that numerous captures have demoralised the Boers in the Eastern Transvaal. A number of Boers have petitioned General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An old man named Frederick Stanfield, an umbrella maker and repairer, was talking on Sunday with a neighbour in Factory- street, when a band of young hoodlums came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following telegraphic despatches have been received by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor from the chief casualty officer, Capetown:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →So far as Colonel William's column (to which are attached Colonel Lassetter's 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles and Major Carington's 3rd Bushmen) is concerned, the past fortnight has been a time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What will be the result of the debate on the Address-in-Reply in the House of Commons there cannot toe the slightest, question. The Opposition amendment is probably the last resort of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commandant de Wet is 17 miles southeast of Reitz. Orange River Colony. Six thousand seasoned troops from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the French Chamber of Deputies M. Delcasse, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared that it was impossible to mediate in South Africa. Any attempt to enforce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,— re the letter of your correspondent "who calls himself "Nationalist." It is often amusing, and sometimes Instructive, to obtain the views of those who constitute themselves interpreters of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Vienna correspondent of the "Times," wiring to that jornal on December 12, said:— The following is the text of the important statement made at the close of yesterday's sitting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Tuesday.--In his speech in the Commons last night, Sir. Chamberlain declared that Ex-President Kruger and his entourage had lost the confidence of the…
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