In the Event of War. the Cape Naval Station
The opening of the Selborne Dock at Simon's Town one day last month was an important function from a national point of view. The High Commissioner for South Africa…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1907
89 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 5
More Soldiers' Pay. Sydney
The Government intend to appoint a magistrate to inquire into the question of the pay of a thousand more returned South African soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russo-japanese War. a Staff Officer's Scrap-book
The impressions of the Japanese army, which Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton has put together in "A Staff Officer's Scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How Soldiers Behave in Battle
During a war, says a contemporary, we read of companies falling back, regiments giving ground, and brigades becoming demoralised, and the average reader takes it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Americo-japanese War
Alarmists in San Francisco predict that the quarrel about Japanese school children in California will end in a fight, but there are two weighty reasons why the United…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers and Shark
A sensational incident, which, was promptly, followed by official action of an unexpected nature, occurred at Queenscliff. A soldier named Purtell and his children were bathing just…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Singing for Soldiers
On the subject of the encouragement of singing both in the army and navy, the "British Medical Journal" says:—There can be no doubt that singing is a most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Invalid Soldiers Incinerated
Several additional shocks were felt on Tuesday, and additional fires broke out. There, are 500 killed, including 45 invalid soldiers, who were burnt to death in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldier Ants on the March
The African ant is a terrible creature. On the West Coast it is known as the seavenger, or driver or soldier ant. They march in billions in a column 3ft. wide like…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Providing Our Own Munitions of War
Owing to his defeat at the recent elections Senator Playford has resigned his office as Minister for Defence, and considerable speculation has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tale of the Boer War
The following narrative comes from a well-known officer. Sometime in the year 1901 a certain regiment of Irish yeomanry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragedy on a Man-o'-war. London
A seaman on board the United States cruiser Tennessee shot two petty officers, killing one. A murine then shot the murderer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Buses in War
Is it possible that motor-omnibuses could help us to resist the raids of an adventurous enemy? This question is propounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prophecies of War
The Japanese are a long-headed race: they look a long way ahead, and wher they make up their minds to take any particular step it is usually for a very sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Within Five Years
A special correspondent of "The Times," in a letter dated from. San Francisco on December. 12. 1906, says that there will he war between the United States and Japan, within five years,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Spectre of Linlithgow Palace. The Fate of a Soldier Lover
Early in the eighteenth century there lived in the town of Linlithgow a worthy blacksmith, named John Houston, who called himself "blacksmith and armourer," for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Providing Our Own Munitions of War
In his new capacity as Minister for Defence, Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.H.R., is endeavoring to arrange for the local manufacture of arms and ammunition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War no Longer
PROBABLY the man who finds consolation in the belief that the world is swinging freedom's way can produce a good deal of evidence in favor of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest War Terror. London
The Hadfield steel foundry has introduced a new projectile which, it is claimed, will pierce any armour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Against the Mosouito
The mosquitoes are one of the plagues of life. They impregnate the human blood with the germs of malaria, in the same manner that the flea conveys the plague…
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