Australian War Horses. To the Editor of the "Stock and Station Journal."
Sir,—Would a few remarks about the horses now used in South Africa be out of place in your valuable journal? On several occasions I heard opinions…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1902
2,972 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 149
News by Cable. [Copy Right.] The Boer War. the Exclusion of Scheepers. Protest by Kruger
LONDON, January 21, 2.30 p.m.— President Kruger has protested to the Powers against the execution of Commandant Scheepers, Which he describes as "assassination."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. Mediation Impossible. Statement by the French Foreign Minister. London, Jan. 21
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 9 →The Boer War. Mr. G. H. Reid In the Federal Parliament. A Fine Speech on Australia's Duty to the Empire
Mr. G. H. Reid, the leader of the Opposition in the Federal House of Representatives was at his best when speaking on Mr. Barton's motions (as follows) with reference to the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers for South Africa. To the Editor of the "Evening News."
Sir.— Under the above heading "A Returned Artilleryman," comments upon my suggestion re forming the departing contingent from the ranks of returned soldiers in preference to granting the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Memorial to Soldiers
WINDSOR, Tuesday.— A large and demonstrative meeting was held in the council chambers last night, convened by Captain J. J. Paine, Mayor of the town, to decide on a memorial to Trooper…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Re-capture of a Gun. Good Work by N.s.w. Soldiers
Sergeant R. F, M. Wray, of the N.S.W. Army Medical Corps, writes to his parents, in Kenil worth-street, Waverley from Ermelo near Standerton), under date December 15, as follows:—…
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The following is a copy of a telegraphic despatch received by, the State Premier (through the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth) from the General of Communications, Capetown:—"The Karamea left…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned Soldiers' Deferred Pay. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Seeing in your issue a paragraph under the above head, I feel that in justice to the men I cannot allow the contents thereof to go forth to the public unchallenged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seasoned Indian Troops. to Replace Young Soldiers
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Six thousand seasoned troops from India are starting to exchange places with young soldiers at the front…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. the Revolution in Colombia. a Naval Battle. Five War Vessels Sunk. London, Jan. 21
The war vessels Padilla, Darien, and Gaitan, belonging to the Colombian Revolutionary forces, attempted to force a landing at Sabina, in the Bay of Panama…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest Cables. (Received This Morning.) Britain and America. The Spanish-American War Attitude of Great Britain. LONDON, January 21, 2.3 p.m
Some important revelations were made in the course of a reply given to a question in the House of Lords by Viscount Cranborne, parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. (Some of the Items in this Issue appeared in our Latest Edition yesterday.) [COPYRIGHT.] The Boer War. Why Resistance Continues. Botha Near Ermelo. the Delegates in Europe
LONDON, January 20, 2.15 p.m.— According to the statements of 180 prisoners, who have been brought into Standerton, in the South-eastern Tranvaal the Boers recognise that independence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Wounded. London, January 22, 4.35
Privates James Considine and William Davis, of the Seventh New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and Trooper William Busby, of the Queensland Bushmen, have been wounded at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cost of the War
LONDON, January 22.— Sir Michael Hicks Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons last night that flie war had cost £40,300,000 from April to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in South Africa. the Cost of the War. London, Jan. 22
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons last night that the war had cost £46,300,000 from April to December last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Island News. Tribal War at Santo
Captain Todd, of Messrs. Burns, Phlip and Co.'s Island steamer Mambare, which arrived from the South Seas late yesterday afternoon. reports:--"During our cruise hot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. [Copyrights.] The Boer War. Australasian Casualties
LONDON, January 22.— Privates James Considine and William Bates, of the 7th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and Private William Busby, of the 5th Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cost of the War. From the Treasury View-point
LONDON, Wednesday.--Speaking yesterday in the House of Commons, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that the South African war had cost…
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