A Soldier's Gift
IT is supremely characteristic of the reigning German Emperor (remarks the London Daily Telegraph), that, feeling it incumbent upon him to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1893
11 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
The War between Nature and Man
HE scatters the seed, and when he looks for the green heads to appear, the earth opens, and lo! an army of long-faced yellow grasshoppers come…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitter War in North Sydney
FOR many months a bitter war was waged between the North Sydney Municipal Council and the local gas company, and it resulted in the Council resolving to establish gas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Against Fungus and Insects
THE Spring season of Australia commences next month, and with it fungus pests and insect pests commence their active life foranother season. Just before they merge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Civil War in Samoa
AT Apia the town is filled with armed warriors with blackened faces, rifles, knives, and axes, and they have a ferocious appearance. The long-expected struggle for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Civil War in Samoa
MALIETOA'S forces utterly routed Mataafa's forces in a battle fought a few miles from Apia. About 50 rebels were killed, including Mataafa's son. Malietoa's party lost six,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Is Russia Preparing for War?
A JASSY correspondent of the Standard sends an account, prepared from the observations of an eye-witness, of the military preparations which Russia feels called upon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shot for a Traitor. A Tragedy of Guatamela's War. Revenge of a Cruel Army Officer
IN the records of the War Office at Guatemala city is the following:— "Santiago Ramirez, a native of the town of Meta; age, 58; occupation,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Working Men and War
WORKING MEN devote so much of their attention to waging war with the capitalist that it would generally be supposed that they had no time to devote to the general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vicarious Suffering. Isn. LIII., 5-"But he was wounded for our trangsgressions."
THE doctrine of substitution is the soul of the Christian religion. The great question as to how God can be just and the justifier of the ungodly is therein answered. It is plain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Matabele War
THE victories of the British colonists over the forces of Lobengula, the Matabele King of South Africa, come upon us as an agreeable surprise, without the aid of Imperial…
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