Encouraging Enlistment
It was learned in military circles that an offer had been made by a financial concern to induce the whole of its staff to participate in some form of military…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1909
117 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6
British War Balloon. London, Tuesday Night
A very large dirigible balloon of the Zeppelin type is being constructed in England for the Admiralty. The army will shortly also have three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will the Aeroplane End War?
It is probable that the trade of the armourer was never more brisk than in the decade immediately before the use of gunpowder rendered armour a cumbrous and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Private Soldier Wins £20,000
A private soldier in France named Claret some time ago bought a packet of four lottery tickets, known as a su[?]rise packet for half…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Citizen Soldiers. Some of Their Difficulties
Some of the difficulties confronting the success of the militia forces were very pointedly voiced at a dinner tendered to Brigadier-General Gordon, C.B., State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. The Pittsburg Riots. Five Killed Twenty Wounded London
Five persons have been killed at Pittsburg, U.S.A., in connection with the rioting over the strikes at the Steel Car Works. There were also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Honours of War
With the fall of Port Arthur, the question that cropped up at once was: Would the Japanese allow the garrison to march out with the honours of war?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Britain's Army. the Progress of Enlistment. an Interesting Sidelight
There is something mysterious about the idea of enlisting for a soldier, lt is what so many of our favourite heroes in fiction have done, from gallant Charlie Ravenshoe…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Polar War. Peary's Exposure Threatened
Dr. Cook, who has been made the recipient of honours from the Copenhagen University, states that he intends to send for, or fetch, two Greenlanders in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"A War Upon Consumption."
This is the title of a pamphlet issued by the Metropolitan Life Office of New York to its agents for distribution among industrial policy holders in their respective…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Polar War, Peary's Astonishing March
LONDON, Tuesday.—The exploring ship Roosevelt, with Commander Peary on board, will leave Battle Harbour, Labrador, on Saturday for Nova Scotia,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Great Soldier Honoured
LONDON, Tuesday.—Field Marshal Sir George White, V.C., presided at a dinner given by Canadians in London, arranged in honour of the memory of General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Airship in War
LONDON, Thursday.—In connection with the French autumn manoeuyres, the dirigible Republique made a circuit of too kilometres at a height of 1000 metres…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Success. Orders From the War Office, and the Admiralty
So it had come at last! An alien was already, perhaps, treading British soil. And soon the old flag did not allow himself to medltate on what would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Polar War
LONDON, Saturday.—Commander Peary, when interviewed, said he regretted that he did not take Mr. Bartlett to the Pole, though he was satisfied that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mir Soldiers' Graves
In the House of Representatives on 3rd August, Mr. Sinclair (Q.) drew attention to a paragraph, reprinted in the Brisbane "Daily Mail," from a Sydney newspaper,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Moroccan War. Heavy Fighting. London
There has been some desperate fighting in Morocco between the Spanish troops and the Moors. The Spaniards, at Zieluan, while making a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Terrible War-fear. What It Is Costing Civilisation
Every country of importance just now seems to be committed to an extensive and expensive war programme. When we study the figures we may well ask where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane in War, Sport, and Trade
The Wright brothers, in a talk about the future of the aeroplane, have stated that they believe the air machine will not only be developed as a vehicle of sport, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Moroccan War. LONDON, Sunday Night
General Marina, commanding the Spanish forces in Morocco, has forwarded to Madrid a despatch in which he says: "I shall continue…
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