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 manoeuvres, 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, 2