I booked my passage by the Orient steamer Orama, which was leaving Fremantle on July 26, 1914. A fateful date for me. I had said my last good-byes, and as the Orama left port we heard of the declaration of war by Austria against Serbia. Wireless messages reached us later of Germany’s declaration against Russia. Then we got no more news till we were reaching Colombo, about August 6. The Great World War had commenced on August 4.
By four days I had missed the opportunity of organizing and commanding the division which, through my efforts, Australia had offered to the Home Government a few months before. General Bridges, my successor, raised it and led it to Gallipoli, where, unfortunately, he fell mortally wounded. I have often thought his end would have been a fitting crown to my life’s work.
INDEX
Abruzzi, Duke of the, in Melbourne, [118], [119]
Adelaide, author appointed Police Instructor at, [136];
author joins Police of, [134];
author’s arrival at, [132];
cash betting introduced at, [173], [174];
development of, [152], [153];
early method of landing at, [160];
Hunt Club Races at, [169];
Largs Bay Company and, [160];
Military Staff Office at, [133], [143], [145];
Polo Club Cup race at, [172];
Polo team of, [162], [171]-[173];
Protector at, [177];
Racing Club of, [173];
Russian Naval officers at, [179];
situation of, [154];
social scandal at, [183], [184];
sportsmen of, [166];
Theatre Royal at, [136]
Adjutant-General, author’s appointment as, [192], [193], [203]
Aeroplane, first, at Sydney, [300], [301];
author’s flight in, [301]
Agents-General of the Colonies, and author’s appointment as Military Adviser, [224]
“Albatross” ridden by author in Drag Cup race, [169]
Aldgate, author captures murderer at railway camp at, [138]-[142]
Alfonso XII at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, [42];
author and, [42]-[45];
entry into Barcelona of, [36];
offers amnesty to Carlists, [36], [44];
on Don Carlos, [43], [44];
proclaimed King of Spain, [35], [44];
result of accession of, [48]
American Fleet at Sydney, [302] et seq.
Ammunition, small arms, [228], [229], [230]
Army Council, Australian, establishment of, [280]
Arsenals, establishment of, in Australia, [276] et seq.
Artillery Force of South Australia, author appointed Lieutenant Commanding Permanent Unit of, [159];
Staff Instructor of, [142], [143];
work with, [151] et seq.
Asmodeus, Prince, as King of Spain, [30]
Auckland, author at, [105]
“Auraria” and race for Melbourne Cup, [118], [119];
trainer of, [166]
Australia, Gordons in, [2];
great strikes in, [209] et seq.;
“Russian Scare” in, [179], [180];
South African War and, [232] et seq.;
Universal Service System of, [214], [281] et seq., [290], [299], [300], [309];
withdrawal of British troops from, [156]
Australian Contingent in South Africa, [242]
Baker, Allen, wedding of, [168];
Master of Morialta Hounds, [168];
rides “Creamie” at Polo Club Cup race, [172], [173]
Baker, Hon. John, [167], [168]
Baker, Lieut.-Colonel, [224]
Baker, Mrs. John, [168]
Baker, Sir Richard, [168], [205];
and Charles C. Kingston, [205], [208]
Balloon, at manœuvres, [227], [228]
Barcelona, entry of Alfonso XII into, [36]
Barton, Sir Edmund, [263]
Bath, Order of, author receives Companionship of, [263]
Bayonne, author’s journey from, [32]
Beaumont College, [24] et seq.
Belfast, author wounded in disturbance at, [74], [75], [76]
Belfast (South Africa), Battle of, [251]
Bellew, Mrs. Kyrle (Mdme. le Grand), [129]
Berry, Mr. Graham, [111], [130], [131]
Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, engagement at, [124]
Bloemfontein, author at, [242];
meets Lord Roberts at, [239], [240], [243], [244]
Bodega, [35]
Boer War, [232] et seq.
Botha, General Louis, [256]
Box and Cox, Royal Artillery performance of, [63]
Braddon, Sir Edward, [221]
Brandfort, [245]
Bremen, ss., [233]
Bridges, General, [312]
Brisbane, Lord Kintore in, [213]
Brownrigg, Lieut.-Colonel, [175]
Buller, General Sir Redvers, at manœuvres, [225], [227];
superseded by Lord Roberts in South Africa, [233], [238]
Bullfights at Jeréz, [16];
at Puerto Santa Maria, [16];
at Wardhouse, [14]
Burleigh, Bennet, [257]
Burra-Burra, copper mines, [157], [213]
“Bushveldt Carabiniers,” [258]
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, [270]
Cabrera, recantation of, [48]
Cadet system in South Australia, [215]
Cambridge, Duke of, presents prizes at Woolwich, [40]
Cameron, Major Eustace, Kitchener as guest of, [253]
Campbell, Colonel Gerald, [288]
Campbell, Corporal, [135], [137]
Campos, General Martinez, and King Alfonso, [35]
Canada, troops from, in South Africa, [241], [242]
“Cape Dwyer,” accident with, [83];
death of, [84]
Carlisle, Fort, Queenstown, experiences at, [82], [83], [84]
Carlist Army, [35];
strength of, [36]
Carlist officers, disguised, [33]
Carlist War, [28], [30] et seq.
Cash betting introduced at Adelaide, [173], [174]
Castillo, Marquis del, decides against Alfonso, [36]
Catholics, disabilities of, in Scotland, [11], [13]
Cerberus, [177]
Chartered Company of South Australia, [151], [152]
Chief of the General Staff, appointment as, [307];
work of, [308] et seq.
Chingtu, [213]
Christchurch, [106]
Clova, Mrs. Gordon’s illness at, [218], [219]
Coles, Sir Jenkin and Baker—Kingston dispute, [208]
Commandant of South Australia, [208];
author’s work as, [263], et seq.
Commander-in-Chief of Commonwealth Forces, General Hutton as, [269];
importance of, [267], [268]
Commonwealth of Australia, Army Council of, [280];
camp of Field Forces of, [291]-[295];
constitution of, [263];
defence scheme of, [309]-[310];
Government of, and Lord Kitchener, [290];
King Edward and, [273];
Military Board of, [280], [309];
Proclamation of, [266];
reorganization of Military Forces of, [275] et seq.
Commonwealth Parliament, first elections for, [263];
opening of, [266]
Connaught, Duke of, and Army manœuvres, [225]
Connell, Sergeant-Major, [156]
Cork, author’s experiences at, [81]
“Corporal Buller,” [237], [257], [258];
execution of, [258], [259]
Cresswell, Captain William, [177]
Dalley, Hon. John B., [188]
Damascus, [218]
De Wet, General, [256]
Defence Force of South Australia, establishment of, [156];
General Downes’ reorganization scheme for, [158];
reorganization of, [157]
Defence League of Australia, [288]
Deorwyn, Alice, [129], [130]
Deorwyn, Constance, [129], [130]
Derdepoort, curious incident at, [255]
Disney, Colonel, [175]
Doldrums, the, [88]
Don Carlos, arrival in London of, [49];
author and, [46], [48], [49], [50];
author joins, [30], [31];
flees to France, [48];
in Paris, [51], [52], [53];
in the hunting field, [50];
reconciliation with Queen Isabella, [52];
rejects Alfonso’s amnesty, [36];
story of claim to Spanish throne, [46], [47];
success of, [30]
Downes, Major-General, appointed Secretary to Ministry of Defence, Victoria, [176];
appointed to reorganize South Australian Defence Force, [157];
author and, [132], [142], [143], [186], [197], [198], [203], [204];
Commandant of Victoria, [270], [271];
leaves Adelaide, [208]
Drill instructor, author appointed, in New Zealand, [91];
work as, [95]
Dudley, Lord, and first aeroplane in Sydney, [300]-[301]
Dunedin, [89], [106];
Fern Hill Club at, [91]
Edgbaston, Oratory school at, [23]
Education Department, South Australia, and cadet system, [214]
Edward, King, and Commonwealth Forces, [273]
Elder, Sir Thomas, [166], [167]
Elder, Smith and Co., [167]
English language, difficulties of, [22]
Estella, as seat of Carlist government, [47];
author joins Carlists at, [35]
Eugénie, Empress, and death of Prince Imperial, [41];
author meets, at Jeréz, [41]
Fellowes, Major, [175]
Ferdinand VI, [46], [47]
Fern Hill Club, [91]
Filgate, Mr., [166]
Finn, Major-General, Commandant of Queensland, [271], [280];
Inspector-General, Australia, [280]
Fitzalan, Viscount, pupil of Oratory School, Edgbaston, [24]
Fitzgerald, Captain, [299]
Fitzgerald, Hon. Nicholas, [213]
Fitzgerald, Miss, author marries, [213]-[214]
Forrest, Sir John, [221];
author and, [269]
Fort Glanville, [132], [142], [159], [160], [161], [165], [180], [181], [202], [210], [211]
Fort Largs, [161], [164], [165];
insubordination at, [185], [186], [187];
Permanent Force Artillery at, [209]
Fosberry, Mr., and Great Strike, [209]
Francis, Colonel, Commandant of Western Australia, [271]
French, General, [249];
in South Africa, [247], [248]
French, Major-General, as Commandant, New South Wales, [270]
Gate Pah, [91]
Geelong, [124]
Gilruth, Doctor, [310], [311]
Glasford, Captain, [308]
Glenelg, author’s accident at, [180];
construction of fort at, [180];
excitement at, on arrival of Russian Fleet, [178];
landing of first settlers at, [152]
Gordon, Adam, Dean of Caithness, [2]
Gordon, Adam Lindsay, [2];
famous jump of, [94]
Gordon, Admiral Sir James Alexander, [4]
Gordon, Alexander, of Camdell, [3]
Gordon, Alexander, of Wardhouse, [3];
guillotined at Brest, [4]
Gordon, Brigadier-General, J. M. (author), military appointments and promotions of, [147];
pedigree of, [7]
Gordon, Carlos Pedro (author’s father), becomes Laird of Wardhouse, [14], [19]
Gordon, Charles, [3]
Gordon, Charles Edward (of Wardhouse), [4], [11], [12];
death of, [13];
sends his eldest son to Spain, [13]
Gordon, Colonel Fabian, [1]
Gordon, General (of Khartoum), author and, [186], [187], [271];
death of, [203];
statue of, [203]
Gordon, General Alexander, [2]
Gordon, General Patrick, [1]
Gordon, General Patrick, of Auchleuchries, [1], [3]
Gordon, George, [2]
Gordon, Gregory, [3]
Gordon, James, of Beldorney, [3]
Gordon, James Arthur (of Jeréz), [3], [11];
goes to Spain, [12]
Gordon, John, [1]
Gordon, John, of Beldorney, [3]
Gordon, John David (of Wardhouse), goes to Spain, [4], [13];
death of, [13]
Gordon, Juan José, becomes Laird of Wardhouse, [13], [14]
Gordon, Lord Adam, [4]
Gordon, Mrs. Rafael, [2]
Gordon, Pedro Carlos, [2], [13]
Gordon, Robert, [2]
Gordon, Robert (Cadiz), [3]
Gordon-Coldwells, son, [1]
Gordons of Coldwells, [1]
Gorn, Captain, [87]
Greencastle Fort, author at, [81], [82]
Grierson, General, author and, [247], [250];
in South Africa, [246]
Grimshaw, Miss, [311]
Hamilton, General Ian, in South Africa, [247];
tour of Australia of, [312]
Hamilton, Mr. George, [133], [134], [142]
Harcourt, Lord, and Alexander Gordon, [3], [4]
Harding-Stewart, General, [180], [202]
Hawker, Lieutenant, [185]
“High Commissioner of Ejectments,” [257]
Hill, John, [166]
Himalaya, [220], [221]
Hoad, General, Chief of General Staff of Australia, [280];
death of, [307]
Holloway, Beatrice, [130]
Homburgh, Mr., and Baker—Kingston dispute, [207]
Hopetoun, Earl of, as Governor-General of Australia, [265] et seq.;
as Governor of Victoria, [264]
Hunt Club Races at Adelaide, [169]
Hunt, Major, murder of, [258]
Hunters, author’s, in Adelaide, [165], [166]
Huntly-Gordon, Marquises of, [2]
Hutton, General, and Overseas Troops in South Africa, [242], [243], [247], [255];
author and, [268];
Commandant in New South Wales, [215], [268];
Commander-in-Chief of Commonwealth, [269], [272], [275];
leaves Australia, [280]
Imperial Mounted Infantry in South Africa, [24]
Invercargill (The Bluff), [107]
Ireland, Miss Harry, [129]
Ireland, Mr., [129]
Ireland, service in, [62] et seq.;
sport in, [77] et seq.;
unruly times in, [71] et seq.
Isabella, Queen, reconciliation of, with Don Carlos, [52]
Japanese Fleet, visit to Melbourne of, [273], [274], [275], [302], [303], [304]
Jeréz, author’s birthplace in, [18];
author christened at, [1];
author meets Empress Eugénie at, [41];
author revisits, [28];
bull-fighting at, [16];
cholera epidemic in, [18], [19];
description of, [14], [15], [16];
Gordons at, [3], [4];
schooldays at, [19]
Jervois, Captain John, as Adjutant-General, [177];
author and, [132], [144]
Jervois, Major, and “Russian Scare,” [179], [180], [192];
author and, [182]
Jervois, Sir William, [132], [144], [159], [176]
Johnson, Lieut.-Colonel, in South Africa, [248]
Jovellar, Commander-in-Chief of Spanish Army, and Alfonso, [35], [36]
Jubilee Celebrations, author represents South Australia at, [218]
Karree Siding, author wounded at, [252]
Kati-kati Settlement, [105]
Kelly, Ned, execution of, [122]
Kennedy, Thomas, [22], [23]
Khartoum, fall of, [203]
King Country, the, [91], [98], [104]
King-Harman, Lieut.-Colonel, [202];
death of, [220]
Kingston, Charles Cameron, Premier of South Australia, [203], [204], [205], [231];
and Sir Richard Baker, [205], [208];
author and, [208], [220], [221], [232],
[233], [235], [271];
death of, [272];
Federation and, [217], [271], [288];
“National Service” and, [216], [217]
Kintore, Lord, [212], [213]
Kipling, Rudyard, at Norval’s Pont, [239]
Kitchener, Lord, at Mount Temple, Capetown, [254], [255];
author and, [239], [240], [241], [243], [245], [253], [296], [297];
in Australia, [290] et seq.;
in Tasmania, [253];
victory of, at Omdurman, [228]
Kroonstad, Lord Roberts at, [246]
Kruger, President, [256]
“Land Boom,” [201]
Largs Bay Company and Port Adelaide, [160]
Largs Bay Hotel, [161], [164], [214]
“Larry O’Keefe” as hunter, [79];
author purchases, [78]
Laserta, General, defeated by Carlists, [37], [48]
Le Grand, Mdme. (Mrs. Kyrle Bellew), [129]
Legge, Colonel, Commandant of Tasmania, [271]
Light, Colonel, development of Adelaide and, [153]-[155]
Lillywhite, John, author taught cricket by, [25]
Limerick Hounds, meet of, on April 1, [80], [81]
Limerick, hunting experiences at, [67], [68], [69];
stationed at, [63] et seq.;
Sunday disturbances at, [72], [73]
Line, crossing the, [88]
Lithgow as site of arsenal, [280]
London, author in, as Military Adviser of Australian Colonies, [224] et seq.
Loraine, Violet, [130]
Lovett, Major, [199], [203]
Lyne, Sir William, first Premier of Australian Commonwealth, [263]
Macdonald, Leslie, [166], [169]
Madrid, mutiny in artillery barracks at, [44]
Maori settlement in the King Country, [91]
Maori War, Australian troops in, [188]
Maoris as swimmers, [100];
ceremonials of, [100] et seq.;
New Zealand Government and, [98], [99];
raid roadmakers, [95], [104];
war dance of, [103]
Massilia, [203]
Melbourne, author at, [109] et seq., [120] et seq.;
author’s newspaper in, [112]-[118];
Bijou Theatre, [124];
charity ball at, [176];
Duke and Duchess of York at, [266];
Inter-Colonial Convention at, [220];
Japanese Fleet at, [273], [274], [275], [302], [303], [304];
Kingston at, [221];
review of Commonwealth Forces at, [273], [274];
White Hart Hotel at, [109], [125]
Melbourne Cup, [113] et seq.;
of 1913, [213]
Mercedes, Princess, [39]
Mercer, Catherine, wife of Charles Edward Gordon, [4]
“Mick Molloy,” author purchases, [69], [70], [78];
death of, [79], [80]
Middle Head Fort, Sydney, [202]
Milford Sounds, [89]
Military Adviser and Inspector of Warlike Stores for Australia, author’s appointment as, [223];
work in London as, [223], [224] et seq.
Military Board, Australian, author appointed First Member of, [307];
establishment of, [277];
problems of, [309]
Military Staff Office, Adelaide, [133], [143], [145]
“Ministry of all the Talents,” [264]
Mirasol, Count of, tutor to Alfonso XII, [42], [45];
death of, [44], [45]
Molloy, Mick, [67], [70]
Montijo, Countess of, [41]
Moonta, copper mines of, [157]
Moore, Maggie (Mrs. J. C. Williamson), [130]
Morant, Jack (“The Breaker”), [237]
Morant, Lieut.-Colonel (“Corporal Buller”), [257], [258];
execution of, [258], [259]
Moravian, [251]
Morialta, kennels at, [168]
Morphetville, stud farm at, [166], [167]
Morriones, General, and Alfonso, [36], [37]
Mount Cook, [89], [108]
Mount Gambia, Blue Lake at, [93]
Mount Lofty, [136];
Adelaide from, [154];
Hon. John Baker’s home at, [167], [168];
railway construction camp at, [138]-[142]
Mount Nelson, Capetown, wartime reminiscences of, [254], [255]
Murray, Colonel, High Commissioner, New Guinea, [311]
National Rifle Meeting, [230]
“National Service” Scheme, author’s, [216] et seq.;
Kingston and, [216]-[217]
New Guinea, visit to, [311]
New South Wales, author appointed Commandant of, [280], [281] et seq.;
Naval Defence Scheme of, [177];
troops for Egypt from, [188], [189];
volunteers for Maori War, [188]
New South Wales Defence Scheme, [187];
guns for, [202]
New South Wales Lancers sent to South Africa, [232];
squadron of, in England, [232]
New Zealand, [87] et seq.;
force in South Africa, [241], [242];
system of land settlement, [91], [92];
withdrawal of British troops from, [156]
New Zealand Government and Maoris, [98], [99]
Newcastle (N.S.W.), defences of, [295], [296]
Newcastle-on-Tyne, [219]
Newman, Dr. (afterwards Cardinal), headmaster at Edgbaston Oratory School, [23]
Northern Territory and South Australia, [152], [213];
defence of, [310]
Norton Summit, [167], [168]
Norval’s Pont, destruction of bridge at, [239];
Lord Kitchener at, [239];
Rudyard Kipling at, [239]
Ohinemutu, [105];
eruptions at, [91], [93], [94], [104];
Maori settlement, [91]
Oliver, Maggie, [129]
Omdurman, Kitchener’s victory at, [228]
Ophir, Duke and Duchess of York’s voyage on, [266], [267]
Orama, [312]
Oratory School, Edgbaston, [23];
Cardinal Newman, headmaster at, [23];
head prefect of, [23], [24]
Orlando, [265]
Overseas Brigade in South Africa, command of, [242], [244]
Owen, Lieut.-Colonel, J. F. (General), [177];
arrival at Adelaide, [182];
at Malta, [197];
author and, [193], [195], [196];
Commandant of Queensland, [197];
economies and, [192];
Hon. T. Playford and, [194], [195], [196]
Paardeberg, Battle of, [238]
Palotta, Grace, [219]
Pamplona, author with Carlist troops at, [37]
Paris, Artists’ Ball at Grand Hotel in, [54], [55];
author and Don Carlos in, [51], [52], [53];
love affair in, [53]-[61]
Parrott, Lieut.-Colonel, [236]
Peterswald, Mr., [142], [143], [145];
and strikers, [210]
Phillips, Hans, [129]
Playford, Hon. Thomas (“Honest Tom”), [194], [195];
and General Owen, [194]-[197];
and strikers, [210], [211];
author and, [197], [276], [280];
Commonwealth Minister of Defence, [278], [279]
Point Cook, first aviation school at, [128], [301]
Police, South Australian, author appointed instructor in, [136];
author joins, [134]
Polo at Adelaide, [162], [163], [171], [173]
Ponce de Leon, Pepe, [46], [51], [52]
Port Adelaide, arrival of Russian Fleet at, [178];
building of, [160];
forts at, [160], [161];
strikes at, [209], [210], [211]
Port Augusta, [157]
Port Chalmers, [87], [89], [90]
Port Darwin, [157]
Powell, Captain, [156]
Power, Tom, [166]
Pretoria, author at, [256], [257];
Lady Roberts at, [256];
plot to kidnap Lord Roberts at, [255]-[256]
Prim, General, assassination of, [30]
Primo de Rivera and King Alfonso, [35]
Prince Imperial (France) at Woolwich, [40], [42];
death and funeral of, [41]
Protector, [177], [189], [190]
Puerto Santa Maria, school at, [19];
bull-fight at, [16];
robbed at, [16], [17]
Queensland, General Owen as Commandant of, [197];
strikes in, [212]
Queenstown, [81]
Ralli, Stephen (“Bismarck”), [252]
Reader, Colonel, [90], [91], [105], [106], [107]
Reeve, Mr. Wybert, [124], [125], [126], [127], [128]
Reid, Sir George, [222]
Re-organization Bill of South Australia, [217]
Retirement of author, [312]
Rhodes, Captain Ernest, [175]
Ricardo, Colonel, as “High Commissioner of Ejectments,” [257]
Richardson, Major-General, and Victorian Defence Scheme, [187], [188]
Ridley, General, [242], [244]
Roberts, Lady, at Pretoria, [256]
Roberts, Lord, at Kroonstad, [246];
author with, in South Africa, [238] et seq., [245];
plot to kidnap, at Pretoria, [255], [256];
supersedes Buller in South Africa, [233], [238]
Robinson, Sir William, [176]
Roller skating, author introduces in Dublin, [77];
in Limerick, Cork and Waterford, [78]
Rome supports Don Carlos, [30]
Rotomahana, [106]
Rotorua district, [91], [93]
Royal Artillery at Limerick, [66], [67];
author gazetted to, [40], [41];
Headquarters’ Mess at Woolwich, [62]
Russia, Gordons in, [1], [2]
Russian Fleet, arrival at Adelaide, [178]
“Russian Scare,” the, in Australia, [179], [192]
Ryan, Sergeant-Major, [156]
Sagasta and Alfonso, [35]
St. John Ambrose, Father, head prefect of Edgbaston Oratory School, [23], [24]
Salisbury Plain, manœuvres on, [225]-[228]
Sandhurst, Alfonso XII at, [42]
Sargood, Sir Frederick, appointed Minister of Defence, Victoria, [175], [187], [197], [204]
Saville, Mr., [166]
Scotland, author’s first journey to, [20]-[22];
Catholic disabilities in, [11], [13]
Scratchley, General Sir Peter, author and, [111], [131], [159]
Seth Ferry, [166]
Shearers, strike of, [211], [212]
Simmons, General Sir Linton, author and, [31], [39]
Smith, Mr. Barr, [166], [167];
South African War and, [235]
Smith, Mrs. Barr, [185]
Smith, Sir Charles Holled, [270]
Soudan Campaign, Australian troops in, [188], [189]
South Africa, author in, as Special Service Officer, [232] et seq.
South African War, Australia and, [232] et seq.
South Australia, author and police of, [134]-[145];
author appointed Commandant of, [118], [143], [208], [209], [263];
author appointed Staff Instructor to Artillery Force of, [142], [143];
author as Acting-Commandant in, [198], [207];
author’s work as Staff Instructor in, [151] et seq.;
Cadet System in, [215];
Defence System of, [155], [159];
development of, [151], [152], [157];
guns for, [202];
Re-organization Bill of, [217];
Volunteer Force, establishment of, [156]
Spain, Alfonso proclaimed king, [35], [44];
elections in, [16], [17];
Republican Government of, [30];
Wardhouse Gordons and, [3], [12], [13]
Staff Instructor of Artillery, author’s work as, in South Australia, [151] et seq.
Stewart Island, [89]
Stewart, Nellie, as “Sweet Nell,” [130]
Stewart Sisters, the, [130]
Stuart, Colonel, [231]
Sulphur at White Island, [94]
Sulphur Islands, [94]
Surrey takes Australian troops to South Africa, [236], [238], [258]
Swinley, Major, [105], [106]
Sydney, American Fleet at, [302] et seq.;
Australian Defence Conference at, [215];
first aeroplane at, [300];
great maritime strike in, [209] et seq.;
Great Review at, [304];
Imperial Naval Base, [177];
Union Club, author at, [288], [289];
welcome to Lord Hopetoun at, [264]
Talbot, Edmund, in South Africa, [249]
Tasmania, author offered post in, [105];
Kitchener in, [253]
Tauranga, author’s life at, [104];
author meets old friend at, [95], [96];
author stationed at, [91], [92];
compensation court at, [98], [99]
Taylor, Alderman Allan, [281]
Terraces, The, eruptions at, [91];
(Ohinemutu), [94], [104]
Thames goldfield, [92], [105]
Theatre Royal, Adelaide, [136]
“The Breaker” (Jack Morant), [237]
The Call, [288]
The Jacobite, [185], [186]
The School for Scandal, author engaged as Careless in, [125], [126]
The Woman in White, [124], [126]
Thompson, Joe, [168]
Torrens Park, [167];
private theatricals at, [185], [186]
Turf Tissue, [113]-[118]
Turn Him Out, author takes leading part in, [130]
Union Club, Sydney, [288], [289]
Universal Service system of Australia, [214], [282];
author and Melbourne Press and, [281], [287], [288];
author’s scheme for, [283]-[287];
consolidation of, [309];
General Ian Hamilton on, [312];
increased cost of, [290];
introduction of, [215];
Lord Kitchener and, [290] et seq.;
police report on effect of, [299], [300]
Vaal River, crossing of, [250]
Valetta, [200], [201]
Victoria, [223]
Victoria, author as commandant of, [271], [273] et seq.;
defence scheme for, [175], [187];
goldfields of, [213];
naval units of, [177];
volunteers for Maori War from, [188]
Waipa, author’s voyage to New Zealand on, [87], [165], [200]
Wairoa River, [104]
Walker, General Forestier, [238], [241]
Wallaroo, copper mines of, [157]
Wallington, Captain (Sir Edward), as private secretary to Lord Hopetoun, [270]
Ward, Colonel, in South Africa, [247], [248], [249]
Wardhouse, author at, [201];
Gordons of, [2], [3], [4]
Weld, Sir Frederick, [105], [106], [111], [112]
Wellington, [90];
author at, [106]
Werribee House, [128]
Western Australia, and permanent artillery force, [209]
Wharfmen’s union, strike of, [209]-[211]
White, Captain, [308], [309]
White Island, [93], [94], [95];
sulphur at, [94]
Williams, Major, [156]
Wilson, Major, [308]
Wireless station, selecting site for, [310], [311]
Wolseley, Lord, and army manœuvres, [227];
and New South Wales troops, [191]
Woodcock Hill, Limerick, robbery at chapel at, [71], [72]
Woodford, Colonel John, and wife of Laird of Wardhouse, [4]
Woolwich Academy, author at, [30], [31];
author coached for, [27];
author leaves, [40];
author’s return to, from Spain, [37], [38];
author successful candidate for, [28], [29];
Prince Imperial at, [40], [42]
Woolwich, author joins Royal Artillery at, [42];
Garrison Theatre, author in performances at, [63];
R.A. headquarters mess at, [62]
York, Duke and Duchess of, at Adelaide, [267];
at Melbourne, [266];
at opening of Commonwealth Parliament, [266];
author and, [267]
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