The Samoan War
Cardinal Moran, during the course of a speech delivered at the opening of a fair at Redfern, made particular reference to the Samoan war, and the manner in which his name had been connected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
211 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 11
A Chicken-Hearted Soldier
A HUMOROUS incident occurred in Sydney during the inspection of the Army Medical Corps last week. By kind permission of his Excellency Lord Beauchamp, the inspection,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday, July 18Th, 1899. Peace Conference Farce. Russian War Preparations
The international palaver, which has professedly been held in the interests of peace, arbitration and disarmament, has proved a sheer futility, just as we anticipated when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Should Private Property Be Respected in War Time
The proposal to respect private property in war time was lost through the hostility of the French delegates, of whom the chairman is M. Borgeois, recently unsuccessfully asked to form a French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud Over the Transvaal
The dark cloud that promised the other day to pass away from the political sky of the Transvaal has again lowered, and, if anything, become more threatening than ever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Use of the Balloon in War Time
The army is introducing wireless telegraphy to acquaint its directors with the movements of the enemy. In these days of quick scientific development it takes a deal to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Family of Soldiers
THE death was announced a few days ago of Mrs. Margaret Hobbs,of Barnaby House,King's County, a lady of 103 years of age, who was one of the most interesting figures in Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pyrmont Tragedy. Disputed Courtship. a Man Killed and Two Sisters Seriously Wounded
SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—Fig-street, at Ultimo, was the scene of a tragic event on Wednesday night, when a young man named Henry Williams, an engineer, was shot dead, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in the Philipines
THE war correspondents in the Philipines have of late protested against the censorship exercised over them, whereby they are prohibited from reporting anything unfavorable. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American Soldiers and the Englishwoman
Major Younghusband, an officer in the British army, in his book, "The Philippines and Round About," gives a pleasant picture of the ways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War by Telephone
A CHAT over the telephone between the generals of opposing armies as to the pros and cons of the situation has become a by no means uncommon occurence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Imminence of War in the Transvaal
The latest declaration of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, speaking in Birmingham as the mouthpiece of the Imperial Government, makes clear that the pertinacity with which the Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal Crisis. War Imminent, London
A GERMAN corps, numbering 900 men, has been formed in Johannesburg to assist the Boers in the event of hostilities. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New U. S. Secretary of War
A portrait of the new Secretary of War in the United States appears herewith. Mr. Elihu Root is a New York lawyer, who had a running with Mr. Choate for the position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transvaal Crisis. Britain's Ultimatum. War Certain. London
THE latest news from the Transvaal indicates that the position of affairs between Great Britain and the Transvaal has become of extraordinary tension…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal. Decisive Attitude of Great Britain. Preparations for War
LONDON, SUNDAY.—A special meeting of the British Cabinet, called to deal with the situation in the Transvaal, was held on Friday, and lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whisky War Crusade
This is the name of a new philanthropic enterprise that has been started in Sydney. It is new so far as Sydney is concerned, but it is very old with respect to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cost of War
THE Washington Bureau of Ordnance recently issued some interesting statistics of the details of the cost of innihilating the Spanish navy. Admiral Deuey (says the London DAILY NEWS)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal Crisis. England's Terms Refused.—War Inevitable, London
THE burghers have been warned to be in instant readiness to take up arms. The British press protests against the dilatory and evasive tactics of the Boers, as implying a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War or Murder
A SAN FRANCISCO telegram says :—The officers of the First Oregon Regiment are trying to suppress a story told by the men of the regiment about the slaughter of Filipino noncombatants…
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