How the Convicts Fought the Soldiers. a Century of Australian History
The general impression is that Australian history has run a very smooth course, unmarked by any fighting other than the wordy warfare that sometimes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1908
62 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4
The Vanishing War-horse
Sydney "Star," in nothing last week the shortage throughout the Commonwealth of horses, suitable for cavalry and mounted infarmury purposes, touched on a point of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Driven to Suicide
LONDON, Saturday.—Four sergeants and four bombardiers of the German Army have been court-martialled at Berlin for ill-treating soldiers. There are six hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Risks in War Time
LONDON, Thursday.—In 1906 the British Treasury arpointed a committee to investigate the question of national indemnity or insurance for shipping against loss from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War in the Air
In this startling story Mr. H. G. Wells, the well-known novelist (author of "The War of the Worlds," "In the days of the Comet," etc.),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Next European War
LONDON, Sunday.—General Blume has presented a remarkable report to the German general staff regarding the conditions of the next European war. He states that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War to the Knife. Appeal From the Alliance
The New South Wales Alliance is about to issue an appeal in view of the need for money to carry on the campaign of no-license…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The No-License Question. War to the Knife
The Now South Wales Alliance is about to issue an appeal in view of the need for money to carry on the campaign of no-license…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discontented Turkish Soldiers
LONDON, Thursdny,—A loading paper in Vienna writes: "The advent of well paid, well uniformed foreign oficers in Turkey has caused a feeling of shame and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Germany's New War Port
The German Government has decided to establish a new war port and naval station in the Baltic, at Apenrade, a small town of 6000 ihhabitants at the mouth of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Next War. Fancy Picture of a Terrible Conflict
Under the title of "Bansai," a Berlin journalist. concealing his identity beneath the pscudonym of "Parabelluns," has just published a most readable romance, which,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German-british War Possible. London
Herr Bebel the German Socialist leader, believes that war between Germany and Great Britain is possible, following on the vehement preparation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser Can Abolish War
LONDON, Wednesday,—Twenty-one countries are represented at the inter-Parliamentary Union Congress at Berlin. Mr. Carnegie, in a letter to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Servia Wants War. Rival Armies Advancing. London
The Premier of Bulgaria has stated that the independence of the nation was declared because Turkey had delivered an ultimatum, demanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in Sight. the Turkey-bulgaria Trouble London
The Russian Government has addressed a memorandum to the Powers signatory to the Treaty of Berlin proposing that the question of the Orient…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Cloud in Europe. the Balkan Crisis Bulgarian Independence Declared
LONDON, Tuesday.—Bulgaria yesterday formally announced her independence, and Austria-Hungary the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Premier of Bulgaria…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Threatened War. a Secret Treaty. London, Tuesday Night
The Paris correspondent of the "Times" states that the Emperor Francis Joseph in a letter to M. Fallieres, the French President, explains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Not Marksmen
SYDNEY, Monday.—Under the headings "Soldiers not Marksmen," "Weighted and Found Wanting," the "S.M. Herald" states of 1100 competitors at Randwick Range,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Scare
The south-east corner of Europe, where the fires of unrest are ever smouklering, has once again burst into flame, and the most serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peaceful Settlement Probable. Servian Government Opposed to War. London
The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) explained in the House of Commons that the Powers hoped to arrange a conference with a view to the peaceful…
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