Food Supply in War Time. Royal Commission Favored
LONDON, Tuesday.--Many Chambers or Agriculture and Farmers' Clubs throughout Great Britain have passed resolutions in favor of a Royal Commission being…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1903
1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 71
Military Intelligence. Soldiers and the Franchise
A few days ago we published a letter signed "Soldier Jack," complaining that the franchise was not granted to soldiers. Regarding this, Senator J. C. Neild points out that in 1897 he introduced a bill…
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A lot of work has been thrown upon the Defence Department by the decision of the War office to extend the granting of the South African War gratuity of £5 to every soldier Who…
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Mortimer Menpes, the English artist who went to South Africa to paint during the war, says that he knew nothing of campaigning or the articles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The German-american War Game
How thoroughly the various navies of the world study, and keep in touch with, the naval situation in other countries than their own, is Shown in the latest events of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Office Estimates. Providing for 235,761 Men
London, Friday.--The War Office estimates for the coming year are for £34,500,000, providing for an army of 235,761 men…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Food Supply in Time of War. Royal Commission Asked For. the Prime Minister Favorable
LONDON, Friday.--A deputation waited yesterday upon the Prime Minister praying for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Samoan War. Cardinal Moran's Charges. the Evangelical Council's Petition. Reply From the Governor-general
The Evangelical Council of New South Wales recently sent a petition to the Governor-General of the Commonwealth asking that a Royal Commission be appointed to inquire into the charges made by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →How a Little War in South America Resulted in the Social Triumph of an American GIRL
One of the chief figures in the world's limelight at present is Mr. Herbert W. Bowen, the United States Minister at…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Woman in Soldiers Dress
"I did it for a bet," was the plea of Clementina Macdonald, or Sinclair, when charged at Edinburgh, on January 18, with contravening the Uniforms Act by wearing in public the uniform…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Somaliland War. On the edge of a well about 20 miles north of Mudug sat All Yussuf and the Mad Mullah, and the former said:—
"What you oughter do is to mobilise your troops. Mull." "Lawdiummy, you must mean auto-mobilise 'em, I think; camels hardly seem to guy quick…
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Some Southern negroes, in a mass meeting at Washington of the Afro-American League, declared that unless the blacks in the South were better treated they would…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boers Will Be with Britain in Next War. Was He Murdered?
(Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton, in a speech at a dinner in commemoration of the relief of Ladysmith. commented upon the Boer contingent for Somaliland. He At the inquest at Clare (S.A.) on the body of the old man Ninnes, deceased's son, Joseph Ninnes, continuing his evidence, said that his father remarked that he had turned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Officers in the War. Parchment Commissions Issued. Melbourne
The Australian officers who served in South Africa recently applied to the Defence Department for the parchment commissions which are issued to the officers in confirmation of their appointments and as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War in Samoa. Another Speech by Cardinal Moran. the Proposed Imperial Commission
"There is a subject," said Cardinal Moran when speaking at the Convent of Mercy High School. Redfern, yesterday, "which has been engaging a good deal of public attention during the past few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shooting Incident. a Redfern Resident Wounded. Escape of the Assailant
In trying to capture a young man who had been creating a disturbance outside St. Benediet's-hall, Abereromble-street, last evening, a Redfern resident named Robert. M'Cormick was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Biggest and Most Powerful Weapon of War In the World
THE HUGE 150-TON, 16-INCH CANNON, CONSTRUCTED AT WATERVL[?]T (NEW YORK) ARSENAL, FOR COAST DEFENCE.i…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Continuous Service in the Navy. an Admiralty Proposal. Supplementary Enlistments
LONDON, Tuesday.--The Lords of the Admiralty intend to supplement the continuous service system in the Royal Navy by the enlistment of men for a limited period,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South African War Pensions
The British Government has advised the Defence Department that it does not proposo to pay pensions to relatives of any Australian irregular soldiers who served in South Africa; in other words, pensions will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Protestant Missionaries and the Samoan War
The Rev. J. E. Newell, one of the missionaries connected with the London Missionary Society, and stationed in Samoa, delivered a lecture in the Congregational school ball, Marrickville, last evening, on…
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