Stupidity of the War Office
A LANCASHIRE factory owner, the employer of 900 men, tells me (says Henry Lucy, in the S. M. Herald) a little story that would be incredible…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
555 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 28
Stronger Indications of War. Withdrawal of Ministers. LONDON
Reuter's correspondent states it is officially announced that Russo-Japanese negotiations have been broken off. Russia's reply to the Japanese Note…
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" CRY havoc and let slip the dogs of war." Such is once more in the history of supposed civilization, the fateful pronouncement of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RUSSIA v. JAPAN. War Declared. Hostilities Commenced A Naval Encounter. London
HOSTILITIES have commenced between Russia and Japan. The Japanese attacked three Russian warships at Port Arthur with…
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For the information of our patrons the latest telegraphic nows bearing on the Russo-Japanese struggle will be issued from this office on similar principles to those adopted during the recent…
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ALL peace negotiations between Russia and Japan have been terminated. The Japanese Minister has withdrawn from St. Petersburg, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Editorial Brevities. The War
The long expected, doubted, delayed, and eventual war has begun, and on Friday last week the opening shots were fired. Prophets as to this new war's scope,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Russo-Japanese War. The Die is Cast
Japan having, pushed diplomacy into a close corner, both Russia and Japan cry "havoc, and let slip the dogs of war." By the time this is in print, the Gromoboi…
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Reuter's Agency states that Viceroy Alexieff telegraphed that the Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur on Tuesday, and the battleship Poltara and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "C. and R. Examiner." Established 1859. Published TUESDAYS and Saturdays. Grafton: February 13th, 1904. "The Unfathomable Imbecility of War."
After several months of high-tensioned suspense, Tuesday's cables brought the distressing news that once again the "dogs of war" had been let loose, that…
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The three vessels lost by the Rus-sians at Port Arthur were amongst the best of the fleet. The Retvizan, which was built at Philadelphia, was…
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Already the London "Spectator", has discassed the probability of England being involved in the Russo-Jap. war. England, that tries to get everything upon sea, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russo-japanese War. a Russian Transport Sunk. Her Officers and Crew Drowned. Revolutionary Movements in Russia. (From Reuter's Company.) London
Vice-Admiral Togo, who commanded the Japanese fleet which attacked Port Arthur, in an official report states the Japanese advance squadron on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Notes for Special Readers. Shellfish that "Held Up" Liners. Eighty Tons of Them Taken from the Hull of a Man-of-War
Besides providing it favourite dish for epicures, and occasional typhoid scares, the succulent oyster is one of the mariner's greatest enemies. Yet it is not the worst. That place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russo-japanese War. Further Successes by the Japanese. a Russian Transport Blown Up. Fighting on the Yalu River. Seoul Occupied by Japanese. LONDON
The Japanese have occupied Seoul, the capital of Korea. Japanese warships have also cap-tured three of the Russian volunteer…
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The conspicuous success which has attended the first attempt of Japan to withstand the stealthy aggression of her colossal foe, has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russo - Japanese War Russian Transport Blown Up. Barbarous Russian Cruelty towards a Passenger Boat. £7,000,000 damage done to Russian Ships. London, Sunday Afternoon
Admiral Alexeiff reports that on Thursday last the transport Yenissei, while lying above a line of submarine mines in Talienwan…
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THIS twentieth century must grow somewhat older before it in possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one fact at least in now abundantly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Eastern War. SYDNEY
The Japanese troops are now in occupation of Seoul, the capital of Korea. Japanese cruisers also captured three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japan and Russia Broaches of Rules of War by Russia. Japanese Steamer Sunk. London
THERE is great indignation in Tokio at tho action of the Russians in torpedoing find sinking the Japanese steamer Nankin Ourd, with 33 of her…
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