General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Rozhjestvenski and the War London
Admiral Rozhjestvenski, in a letter to the "Novoe Vremya" the other day, declared that the Britsih fleet on the China coast was concentrated at…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1906
104 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
Curiosities of Christmas Cakes. a Cake That 30,000 Soldiers Could Not Finish
Of all the Christmas cakes ever made none has approached in magnitude that monster concoction which Frederick William I. of Prussia had made, upwards of 170…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] After the War. London
General Nogi has been the recipient of a great ovation on his arrival in Tokio from the seat of the late war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Police Magistrate Shot. By. an Old Soldier. Suicide of the Would-be Murderer. Sydney
At Hillston yesterday Robert Shannon fired three shots from a revolver at Mr. M. Boland, the police magistrate, wounding him in the wrist and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Customs War. London
Austria has closed its frontier against Servian cattle, owing to Serwia and, Bulgaria forming a Customs union. Bulgaria and Servia replying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sydney
The Government has decided to carry out Judge Murray's recommendations concerning the pay of returned soldiers. The sum involved is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Customs War. London
Prince Aversperg, chief of the Department of Commerce in Austria, explained in the Reichsrath yesterday that Servia's special Customs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Pay. Sydney
Sir Wiliam Lyne' has applied for a copy of the evidence on which Judge Murray's report re South African soldiers pay was based. He has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Taxation in Japan. to Be Maintained, [Reuter's Messages.] London
After a very heated discussion, the Lower House of the Japanese Diet, by 222 votes to 125, agreed to the continuation of the war taxes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Internal Russia. Disafffction in the Fleet. the Admiral Wounded. Relief to Finlanders. Siberian Disorders. [Reuter's Message.] London
The situation with regard to the Russian navy has again become critical. Disaffection has broken out among the men and officers of the fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Divorce Court. King, Soldier, Artist. Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
An interesting divorce suit was heard to-day in the Melbourne court. Annie Goule sought a divorce from Arthur Goule, veterinary surgeon, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Zealand Tragedy. Man Fatally Shot. His Wife Wounded. Wellington, Thusday
Dick Murfitt, a well-known horsetrainer, was found in a house at Palmerston, shot dead through the back of the head. His wife lay unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South African War. Adjustment of Accounts. [Router's Message.] London
The "Transvaal War Compensation Commission has examined 85,000 claims, aggregating £62,000,000, besides £2,500,000 for military receipts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Echo of the War. Surrender of Port Arthur. Made Too Soon. General Stoessel Censured [Reuter's Message.] London
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" telegraphs that the Russian Commission of Inquiry holds that Port Arthur might have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dark War Cloud Menacing Europe. the Moroccan Settlement Should Dispel It. [Reuter's Message.] London
"The Times" states that the Algeciras settlement of the Moroccan difficulty ought to dispel the dark cloud of war which has been seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Temperance Campaign. The Sinews of War. Sydney
At a meeting of the Temperance Alliance last night a fighting scheme for the next State elections was adopted. Sixty-five pounds was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Zulu Rising. Alarming Developments. Another Zulu War. British Force Cut Off. Several Killed. Retreat to Greytown. Pietermaritzburg Menaced. Narrow Escape of Women. Conspicuous Gallantry. Two Victoria Crosses. [Reuter's Messages.] London
Intelligence of an alarming character has been received from Greytown, the capital of the Umvoti district, situated 38 miles north-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Playing at War. Adelaide
In connection with the Easter military manoeuvres on Sunday night, the Scottish Corps, supposed to be the invading force was hemmed in and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women at War
Lily Smith and May Price were the complainant and defendant respectively in an assault case at the Police Court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Results of a Strain. Tug-of-War Responsible. Melbourne
Thomas Ellison, a farmer, of Woodend, whilst engaged pulling in a tugof-war, overstrained his heart, and died. Deceased was aged 48…
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