The Army. New System of Enlistment. Added Charge to the Revenue
LONDON, Saturday.--A blue book has been published, which shows that Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, concurred in the recommendation of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1903
1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 71
The War-cloud at Port Arthur
The plot thickens in the Far East. M. Lessar's draft agreement for the settlement of the Manchurian question has been accepted by Prince Ching, and tins been sent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Is It War? Activity at Garden Island
A rumour was in circulation this morning to the effect that there was unusual activity at the Garden Island naval depot, in the way of refitting some of the warships, consequent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rifle Shooting. Why the Britishers Failed. Superior Sights on American Rifles. a Hint for the War Office
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The British and colonial competitors in the Palma trophy, won yesterday by the United States team, were handicapped owing to the…
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For some time past there have been several attempts made by privates of the Black Watch, now stationed at Edinburgh Castle, to escape after nightfall by the perilous descent of the rocks. One…
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The Premier of Cape Colony has introduced a bill providing for £280,000 being raised for compensating colonists for war losses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Clouds in the East. (By Cable from Our London Correspondent.)
Japan is pressing for the opening of Wiju, a port on the Yalu, to foreign trado. Tho Korean Government has pleaded that Russia objects to the opening of the port. Japan has replied that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Africa. Compensation for War Losses. a Cape Bill. London, July 14
Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, has introduced into the Cape House of Assembly a bill providing for the raising of £280,000, which will be used for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Far East. Japan and Russia. the War Cloud
LONDON, July 15.—Advices received at Pekin state that it is understood that Japan would regard the continuation of Russian encroachment on the Yalu, the boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of an Old Soldier
WEST MAlTLAND, Thursday.—Mr. Jas. Niall. an old resident of Maitland, died suddenly, after a few days' illness. He was born in London in 1836. He served in the British Army in India,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grocer Wounded at Redfern
An elderly grocer, named Edwin E. Smith, residing at 92 Redfern-street, near Castlereagh-street, Redfern, was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance Brigade on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Office Supplies
Correspondence on the subject of colonial tendering for War Office supplies was laid on the table of the House of Representatives to-day. It shows that both the War office and the Admiralty concur in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealanders Welcomed. Representative Gathering. Maori War Cry
The New Zealand footballers were formally welcomed by the New South Wales Rugby Union at the Sports Club yesterday. The ball on the fourth storey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Far East. Will There be War? Russian Conference. London
The delegates to the recent conference of Russian officials at Port Arthur admit that the contingency of war was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Far East. the Conference at Port Arthur. Contingency of War Discussed
LONDON, July 16, 2.40 p.m.—Delegates who attended the conference of Russian officials at Port Arthur admit that the contingency of war was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War on Mosquitoes
A society has been formed for the extinction of the mosquito in Long Island and New Jersey. All the marshes and all the long grass are to he sprinkled with petroleum. Cottagers are to…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →End of the War
The war was over. The victorious Japanese troops marched: proudly through the street of Pekin. Li Hung Chang, "the Bismarck of the East," sat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Does War Benefit Trade
War is at present and for the present good for the business of sections of the community. But war is never advantageous to the whole body politic (says Mr. W. T. Stead, in an interesting article on "The Money Kings…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Contingency of War
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The delegates who took part in the conference of Russian officials at Tort Arthur admit, that the contingency of war was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Far East. Prospect of War. Port Arthur Impregnable. London
General Kuropatkin, Russian Minister for War, laid the foundation-stone of a cathedral at Port Arthur. In the course of his address General…
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