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