233,235,271;death of,272;Federation and,217,271,288;“National Service” and,216,217Kintore, Lord,212,213Kipling, Rudyard, at Norval’s Pont,239Kitchener, Lord, at Mount Temple, Capetown,254,255;author and,239,240,241,243,245,253,296,297;in Australia,290et seq.;in Tasmania,253;victory of, at Omdurman,228Kroonstad, Lord Roberts at,246Kruger, President,256“Land Boom,”201Largs Bay Company and Port Adelaide,160Largs Bay Hotel,161,164,214“Larry O’Keefe” as hunter,79;author purchases,78Laserta, General, defeated by Carlists,37,48Le Grand, Mdme. (Mrs. Kyrle Bellew),129Legge, Colonel, Commandant of Tasmania,271Light, Colonel, development of Adelaide and,153-155Lillywhite, John, author taught cricket by,25Limerick Hounds, meet of, on April 1,80,81Limerick, hunting experiences at,67,68,69;stationed at,63et seq.;Sunday disturbances at,72,73Line, crossing the,88Lithgow as site of arsenal,280London, author in, as Military Adviser of Australian Colonies,224et seq.Loraine, Violet,130Lovett, Major,199,203Lyne, Sir William, first Premier of Australian Commonwealth,263Macdonald, Leslie,166,169Madrid, mutiny in artillery barracks at,44Maori settlement in the King Country,91Maori War, Australian troops in,188Maoris as swimmers,100;ceremonials of,100et seq.;New Zealand Government and,98,99;raid roadmakers,95,104;war dance of,103Massilia,203Melbourne, author at,109et seq.,120et 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,109,125Melbourne Cup,113et seq.;of 1913,213Mercedes, Princess,39Mercer, Catherine, wife of Charles Edward Gordon,4“Mick Molloy,” author purchases,69,70,78;death of,79,80Middle Head Fort, Sydney,202Milford Sounds,89Military Adviser and Inspector of Warlike Stores for Australia, author’s appointment as,223;work in London as,223,224et seq.Military Board, Australian, author appointed First Member of,307;establishment of,277;problems of,309Military Staff Office, Adelaide,133,143,145“Ministry of all the Talents,”264Mirasol, Count of, tutor to Alfonso XII,42,45;death of,44,45Molloy, Mick,67,70Montijo, Countess of,41Moonta, copper mines of,157Moore, Maggie (Mrs. J. C. Williamson),130Morant, Jack (“The Breaker”),237Morant, Lieut.-Colonel (“Corporal Buller”),257,258;execution of,258,259Moravian,251Morialta, kennels at,168Morphetville, stud farm at,166,167Morriones, General, and Alfonso,36,37Mount Cook,89,108Mount Gambia, Blue Lake at,93Mount Lofty,136;Adelaide from,154;Hon. John Baker’s home at,167,168;railway construction camp at,138-142Mount Nelson, Capetown, wartime reminiscences of,254,255Murray, Colonel, High Commissioner, New Guinea,311National Rifle Meeting,230“National Service” Scheme, author’s,216et seq.;Kingston and,216-217New Guinea, visit to,311New South Wales, author appointed Commandant of,280,281et seq.;Naval Defence Scheme of,177;troops for Egypt from,188,189;volunteers for Maori War,188New South Wales Defence Scheme,187;guns for,202New South Wales Lancers sent to South Africa,232;squadron of, in England,232New Zealand,87et seq.;force in South Africa,241,242;system of land settlement,91,92;withdrawal of British troops from,156New Zealand Government and Maoris,98,99Newcastle (N.S.W.), defences of,295,296Newcastle-on-Tyne,219Newman, Dr. (afterwards Cardinal), headmaster at Edgbaston Oratory School,23Northern Territory and South Australia,152,213;defence of,310Norton Summit,167,168Norval’s Pont, destruction of bridge at,239;Lord Kitchener at,239;Rudyard Kipling at,239Ohinemutu,105;eruptions at,91,93,94,104;Maori settlement,91Oliver, Maggie,129Omdurman, Kitchener’s victory at,228Ophir, Duke and Duchess of York’s voyage on,266,267Orama,312Oratory School, Edgbaston,23;Cardinal Newman, headmaster at,23;head prefect of,23,24Orlando,265Overseas Brigade in South Africa, command of,242,244Owen, 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,194,195,196Paardeberg, Battle of,238Palotta, Grace,219Pamplona, author with Carlist troops at,37Paris, Artists’ Ball at Grand Hotel in,54,55;author and Don Carlos in,51,52,53;love affair in,53-61Parrott, Lieut.-Colonel,236Peterswald, Mr.,142,143,145;and strikers,210Phillips, Hans,129Playford, Hon. Thomas (“Honest Tom”),194,195;and General Owen,194-197;and strikers,210,211;author and,197,276,280;Commonwealth Minister of Defence,278,279Point Cook, first aviation school at,128,301Police, South Australian, author appointed instructor in,136;author joins,134Polo at Adelaide,162,163,171,173Ponce de Leon, Pepe,46,51,52Port Adelaide, arrival of Russian Fleet at,178;building of,160;forts at,160,161;strikes at,209,210,211Port Augusta,157Port Chalmers,87,89,90Port Darwin,157Powell, Captain,156Power, Tom,166Pretoria, author at,256,257;Lady Roberts at,256;plot to kidnap Lord Roberts at,255-256Prim, General, assassination of,30Primo de Rivera and King Alfonso,35Prince Imperial (France) at Woolwich,40,42;death and funeral of,41Protector,177,189,190Puerto Santa Maria, school at,19;bull-fight at,16;robbed at,16,17Queensland, General Owen as Commandant of,197;strikes in,212Queenstown,81Ralli, Stephen (“Bismarck”),252Reader, Colonel,90,91,105,106,107Reeve, Mr. Wybert,124,125,126,127,128Reid, Sir George,222Re-organization Bill of South Australia,217Retirement of author,312Rhodes, Captain Ernest,175Ricardo, Colonel, as “High Commissioner of Ejectments,”257Richardson, Major-General, and Victorian Defence Scheme,187,188Ridley, General,242,244Roberts, Lady, at Pretoria,256Roberts, Lord, at Kroonstad,246;author with, in South Africa,238et seq.,245;plot to kidnap, at Pretoria,255,256;supersedes Buller in South Africa,233,238Robinson, Sir William,176Roller skating, author introduces in Dublin,77;in Limerick, Cork and Waterford,78Rome supports Don Carlos,30Rotomahana,106Rotorua district,91,93Royal Artillery at Limerick,66,67;author gazetted to,40,41;Headquarters’ Mess at Woolwich,62Russia, Gordons in,1,2Russian Fleet, arrival at Adelaide,178“Russian Scare,” the, in Australia,179,192Ryan, Sergeant-Major,156Sagasta and Alfonso,35St. John Ambrose, Father, head prefect of Edgbaston Oratory School,23,24Salisbury Plain, manœuvres on,225-228Sandhurst, Alfonso XII at,42Sargood, Sir Frederick, appointed Minister of Defence, Victoria,175,187,197,204Saville, Mr.,166Scotland, author’s first journey to,20-22;Catholic disabilities in,11,13Scratchley, General Sir Peter, author and,111,131,159Seth Ferry,166Shearers, strike of,211,212Simmons, General Sir Linton, author and,31,39Smith, Mr. Barr,166,167;South African War and,235Smith, Mrs. Barr,185Smith, Sir Charles Holled,270Soudan Campaign, Australian troops in,188,189South Africa, author in, as Special Service Officer,232et seq.South African War, Australia and,232et 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,151et 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,156Spain, Alfonso proclaimed king,35,44;elections in,16,17;Republican Government of,30;Wardhouse Gordons and,3,12,13Staff Instructor of Artillery, author’s work as, in South Australia,151et seq.Stewart Island,89Stewart, Nellie, as “Sweet Nell,”130Stewart Sisters, the,130Stuart, Colonel,231Sulphur at White Island,94Sulphur Islands,94Surreytakes Australian troops to South Africa,236,238,258Swinley, Major,105,106Sydney, American Fleet at,302et seq.;Australian Defence Conference at,215;first aeroplane at,300;great maritime strike in,209et seq.;Great Review at,304;Imperial Naval Base,177;Union Club, author at,288,289;welcome to Lord Hopetoun at,264Talbot, Edmund, in South Africa,249Tasmania, author offered post in,105;Kitchener in,253Tauranga, author’s life at,104;author meets old friend at,95,96;author stationed at,91,92;compensation court at,98,99Taylor, Alderman Allan,281Terraces, The, eruptions at,91;(Ohinemutu),94,104Thames goldfield,92,105Theatre Royal, Adelaide,136“The Breaker” (Jack Morant),237The Call,288The Jacobite,185,186The School for Scandal, author engaged as Careless in,125,126The Woman in White,124,126Thompson, Joe,168Torrens Park,167;private theatricals at,185,186Turf Tissue,113-118Turn Him Out, author takes leading part in,130Union Club, Sydney,288,289Universal 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,290et seq.;police report on effect of,299,300Vaal River, crossing of,250Valetta,200,201Victoria,223Victoria, author as commandant of,271,273et seq.;defence scheme for,175,187;goldfields of,213;naval units of,177;volunteers for Maori War from,188Waipa, author’s voyage to New Zealand on,87,165,200