A Soldier's Diary
Before Mr. Francis, George Frederick Davies, aged 26, discharged from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, after undergoing a term of imprisonment for a military offence in South Africa, was…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1903
1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 71
The New King. a Gallant Soldier of Fortune
PARIS, June 12. -- Since Prince Peter Karageorgevitch has been suddenly proclaimed King of Servia those who have known for a long time the members of his family here, and who,…
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The last years of Dr. Richard Gatling, the celebrated inventor, who died in New York recently, were spent in perfecting a new plough, which, it is expected, will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Meat. War Office Wants It Branded
LONDON, July 18.—The War Office has ordered that all contractors supplying New Zealand frozen meat to the troops must show with each carcase a tag indicating the…
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An extraordinary sample of capitalistic warfare is reported from America. The Western Union Telegraph Company sought to restrain the Pennsylvania railroad from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If War Should Come Russia Would Be Surprised by Japan and China
If war breaks out between Japan and Russia at the present juncture, Russia will be very disagreeably surprised by the completeness of the arrangements that China…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →If War Came. The "Commonwealth" Would Fight. Training Australian Bluejackets. New Types of Battleships
A cable this week contained a gratified reference by the "Spectator" to the proposed training of Australian bluejackets. It certainly opens up a new channel the youth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Prosperity Consols the World's Pre-eminent Security. War Debt Dwindling. London, July 18
At a Mansion House dinner to the leading bankers and merchants of the city, Mr. C. T. Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that a debt of £160,000,000 remained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Artillery. Infinitely the Best in Existence. a War Office Promise. London, July 17
In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Lord Stanley, Financial Secretary to the War Office, expressed the confident opinion that Great Britain would soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remount Department on a War Footing. Purchasing Officers for the Colonies. London, July 17
Colonel Benson, the new Inspector-General of Remounts, has been directed to make his department capable of great expansion in war time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coming War. Port Arthur Impregnable No Matter How Many Enemies. General Kuropatkin's Boast. London, July 17
In laying the foundation-stone of a cathedral at Port Arthur, General Kuropatkin, the Russian Minister for War, stated that Port Arthur was becoming absolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Chancellor on Finance. Extinguishing the war debt. the Prosperity of Britain. London, Saturday, 6.30 a.m
The Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie. Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at a dinner at the Mansion House, to an assembly of merchants and bankers, said that a debt of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Branding Frozen Meat. Order by the War Office. a Tag for Seddon's Supplies. London, Saturday, 6.30 a.m
The British War Office has issued an order directing all contractors supplying New Zealand frozen meat to the British troops to show with each carcase a tag, evidencing' the place…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Travellers. Annual Banquet Last Night. Starving of Defences Condemned by Soldiers and Politicians
The Commercial Travellers' Association held its 19th annual banquet at the Club premises last night. Mr. J. H. Toose, president, occupied the chair. On his right…
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LORD BALHAM, perhaps because his barony was of a James I. creation that might not be confounded with the beer and soap varieties of the title belonging to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Debt
The Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at a dinner at the Mansion House, to an assembly of merchants and bankers, said that a debt of £160,…
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Sir Harry Rawson, speaking at the Commercial Travellers' dinner, at Sydney, on Saturday night, said he did not want to see war, but if there was war, he candidly confessed, he said, he would like…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →European News. The Next English Eleven. Extinction of the War Debt. (By Cable.)
The following members of the English cricket team selected to tour Australia under the auspices of the Marylebone Club have obtained the consent of their county clubs to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If There Be War. Sir Harry Rawson Speaks Out. " Would Like to Be in It."
Quite a brilliant company assembled in the banqueting hall of the Commercial Travellers' Association oh Saturday night on the occasion of the 19th annual banquet of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preferential Trade. Is Fiscal Change Necessary. Prosperity of the Nation. Extinction of the War Debt. London, July 18
Mr. C. T. Ritchie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at the dinner of bankers, and merchants at the Mansion House yesterday, said that a debt of £160,000,000…
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