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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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"Mr. See is no doubt aware," said one of the returned soldiers yesterday, in referring to the disputed pay, "that the conditions under which officers received commissions in the contingent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Wednesday. -- A military Court of Inquiry has found that Lance-corporal H. Boxall, of the Fifth Victorian Mounteds, who has been missing since April, 1901, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A court of Inquiry has found that Corporal H. Boxall of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, reported missing in April, 1901, was killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A return has been prepared showing that Victoria has sent 125 officers and 2320 men and 2681 horses to South Africa during the war. Thirteen officers and 99 men have been killed or died, 58 officers and 1247…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lord George Hamilton, addressing a meeting of delegates to the Scottish Conservative Conference in Dundee on December 6, said there was a fixed determination in the minds of the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colonel J. W. Colenbrander, of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts, crossed the Magato pass by night, with a small force, arid surprised Field-Cornet Louw's laager at dawn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonel Colenbrander, with a small force, crossed the Magato Pass at night, and surprised Field Cornet Louez at Waterval at dawn. He killed five of the Boers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MACLEAN, Thursday Morning.—A sensational tragedy occurred at Maclean this morning. James Dowling, formerly a hotelkeeper here, who quarrelled with and left his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, January 8, 2.40 p.m.—A serious collision has occurred at Newchwaag, China, between Russian soldiers stationed there and sailors belonging to the United States gunboat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In accordance with instruction, issued from the Headquarter Staff Office, addressed to the Commandant of the New South Wales military forces, all the invalids in his charge at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The fortnightly meeting of the executive committee of the New South Wales patriotic fund was held yesterday, when six applications for further relief were received. Grants were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In connection with the cable received from Major Knight, the officer who commanded the Second Contingent, regarding the rate of pay which the men were to receive, a suggestion was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Kitchener's usual weekly list of Boer losses is as follows:—"Thirty-six Boers killed, nine wounded, 216 prisoners, and 72 voluntary surrenders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sergeant Brown underwent an operation, and had the bullet extracted from his leg. It was found that he had sustained a compound fracture of the bone In the upper part of the thigh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A pleasing function took place in the Elite Hall, Queen Victoria Markets, last night, when Mr. Perry, Minister for Public Instruction. on behalf of the teachers and officers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the teachers and officers of the Department of Public Instruction, held at the Girls' High School, Sydney, on Saturday, March 9 last. It was decided to recognise the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a meeting of the teachers and officers of the Department of Public Instruction at the Girl. High School, Sydney, on the 9th of March last, it was decided to recognise the conspicuous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following letter has been received by Mrs. Williams, of Merewether, Newcastle, from her son, Trooper Harry Miller:— MIDDELBURG, November 21.—We left here on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The man with a horse to sell had his chance yesterday at Victoria Barracks. Early in the morning the doomed quadruped was seized and led to the site of the sacrifice. The animals which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Botha is concentrating his forces and those of his commandants in the extreme south-east of the Transvaal. General Botha himself is drawing his men…
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