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THE BRITISH ARMY AT HOME AND ABROAD

... THE BRITISH ARMY AT HOME AND ABROAD. most recent computation of the British army •bows that within the year now closing the total of effective officers and the regular forces, which twelve ago was aront 207,&00, has increased some 3100 about 211,000, ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1887
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1471 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE SALVATION ARMY RIOTS AT WORTHING

... sold off for the sum of £16,000. The sums realised for the wood on this waste land during the fifty years arestated to be equal per acre to the return from the best arable land in the country. Tue Duke of AND MARSHAL Nev's — Mr William Fraser writes to ...

Published: Friday 22 August 1884
Newspaper: Aberdeen Free Press
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4810 | Page: 5, 6 | Tags: none

THE BRITISH ARMY AT HOME AND ABROAD

... the st'ci calculations, there still romain considerably more bat two mii~on square nifles to be guarded by the whi ordinary land forces, which allows a proportion of nea about one regnlar soldier to each tenl square imles of easi homte, colonial, and Indian ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1887
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1831 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

A WOMAN'S DEVOTION

... a stunner!” said Bob » woman [ve seen for many a long day. Depend she has a story—her “ Don't put too much to be mistress of in Thorpe allow village school ? Why, unt Prue and an army of her in double quick time. ‘She's a woman,’ says Aunt Prue, ‘married ...

THE LAND QUESTION

... the breast. The left of Manipore. seant, tried the same (Tas } had been THE LAND und afforded. good cover were within SOCIALISTIC * of the post, and were have seen the k on land nationalisation. d the advance com- him writing as he does at had been covered ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1892
Newspaper: Aberdeen People's Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3333 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OMER PACHA AND HIS ARMY

... lent army exist. few years’lime f.»r development-and I t the military academy of Pera be incre sed in proportion ! with the army, educating preattr number of young men theret;.e position of the lieutenants and captains be j imeliorated— and the army will ...

Published: Saturday 12 November 1853
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1965 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ARMY AND NAVY MEDICAL SERVICE

... reformi hav'~ already been introduced into the Army Medical' Service. We have also every 'reason to believe that the trend of public opinion is favourable to such further improvements as may be required in both army an-l navy Recent events, too, have demonstrated ...

Published: Friday 04 August 1899
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5189 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

A LAND OF •• MIRACLES

... impression that the husband was a labourer. and had been in the army, have lived for the past two months a very unhappy and dissipated life in the top flat (4 a house in Nutbrown Street. When the woman was last seen, on Sunday forenoon, her husband wns dragging ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1876
Newspaper: Huntly Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 734 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

The Salvation Army India.—A Times telegram dated Calcutta, September 24, says : —The Indian con of the ..

... The Salvation Army India.—A Times telegram dated Calcutta, September 24, says : —The Indian con of the Salvation Army, consulting of three men and one young woman, landed at Bombay on Wedne* day, with great demonstration of military pomp. A triumphal ...

THE PEEKS SURRENDER ON THE LAND

... THE PEEKS SURRENDER ON THE LAND On Tuesday, when the House of Lords met there was a large attendance of Peers and spectators. On the ceder for the further consideration of the Commons further aniendmenta to the Irish Land Bill, Lord Salbibury offerol ...

Published: Saturday 20 August 1881
Newspaper: Aberdeen People's Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2989 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

the land of the golden

... neighbourhood, he purchased from them two tracts of land comprising 600,000 acres. Upon part of it now stand Melbourne and Geelong. But what do you think was the purchase price ? For these tracts of land he gave the natives flour, blankets, tomahawks, red ...

Published: Monday 26 November 1894
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3319 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LAND FOR RIFLE RANGES

... LAND FOR RIFLE RANGES. The report of the Select Committee the House of Common-* on Rifle Ranges has issued. The Committee rejiort that they consider the SecreUry of State should have power under the Defence Act in acquiring land compulsorily for the purpose ...

Published: Monday 11 May 1891
Newspaper: Aberdeen Free Press
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 930 | Page: 5 | Tags: none