A Soldier's Death
A shooting fatality occurred at the Victoria Barracks. Brisbane, on Friday morning, by which Gunner Coghill, of the Royal Australian…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1909
105 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 6
Airship Attacks. Proposal of Aerial League. Committee Appointed by War Office. [Reuter's Message.] London
The War Office has appointed a committee to consider the Acrial League's proposal to co-operate in training special companies of Territorials for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Office. Experimenting with Horses. [Reuter's Message.] London
The War Office is experimenting with horses, by boarding them out at Norfolk, with a view of providing a reserve of trained horses for eavalry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. the Turkish Revolt. a General Murdered. British Vice-consul Wounded. Damage by Stray Bullets. 514 People Wounded. Number of Officiers Intentionally Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London
As a result of the Turkish revoltGeneral Izzet Fund, Assistant Minister for War, was murdered in Constanti[?]ople on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Ugliness. the Saving Possibilities of Electricity. Remarks by Sir Oliver Lodge
"People are realising that life as it is at the present day is not what it ought to be," remarked (says "Lloyd's" of March 7) Sir Oliver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers As Servants
The present Minister of Defence, like most of his predecessors, is (says the "Age") going to try his hand at the destruction of the abuses that have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Creat Britain. Its Readiness for War. Prime Minister's Announcement. Reuter's Message.] London
Mr. H. H. Asquith (Prime Minister) informed the House of Commons yesterday, that the statement regarding Great Britain's readiness for war in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Airships. an Australian Gun Carriage. a Broken Hill Inventor
The attention of the Minister of Defence was directed yesterday (says the "Age" of April 17) by the secretary of his department, Mr. S. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. the Turkish Revolt. Soldiers Arrest Their Officers. the Sultan Dethroned. Promoters of Rlot to Overthrow Constitution. Sultan's Favorite Son and Chief Eunuch. [Reuters Message.] LOndon
The reactionary son of Kiamil Pasha, ex-Prime Minister of Turkey, is said to be a fugitive. The soldiers at Erzeroum, Asia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS Willis Again. Found Unconscious and Wounded. Sydney
A sensation was caused by the discovered of W. N. Willis, lying on a vacant allotment at Randwick on Sunday night with wounds in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Ex-soldiers As Emigrants. London
With a view to facilitating emigration to British countries the Government offers to commute the pensions of exsoldiers at 35 to £226 and at 40 to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Turkish Revolt. New Sultan Attending the Wounded. the Czar's Congratulations. Surrender of Naval Arsenal. the Imperial Proclamation. [Reuter's Message.] London
Mohammed V., the new Turkish Sultan' attended only by a mounted orderly, drove to the various hospitals yesterday and visited the wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turkish Reform. Christians Being Enlisted in Army. [Reuter's Message.] London
Mahmud Shevket Pasha (one of the constitutional generals) has informed the Ecumenical Patriarch at Constantinople that as one fourth of the Ottoman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. Government Grant in Aid Refused. Brisbane
The State Premier, Mr. Kidston, yesterday refused the request of a deputation to make a Government grant of £700 to complete the sum necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain and Germany. German Newspaper Criticism. Britain Taunted with Unpreparedness for War. [Reuter's Message.] London
Mr. Asquith's recent speech on maintaining the two-Power standard of the British navy has aroused much criticism in Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers and Politicians. Archdeacon's Comparison
A drumhead service was held in the Ballarat Colosseum on Sunday afternoon when a collection was made towards the fund for placing on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War with Russia. Loads Japan with Debt. Sydney
Mr. J. H. Suttor, Commercial Commissioner for New South Wales in the East, says that the recent war has saddled Japan with an increased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Servia and Austria. Austrian Soldiers Captured. [Reuter's Message.] London
The "Daily Mail's" Belgrade correspondent states that 200 Austrian soldiers and 50 Austrian gendarmes were captured on a Servian island on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bolivia and Peru. War Threatened. [Reuter's Message.] London
Owing to disturbances and pillaging arising out of friction over a frontier dispute between Bolivia and Peru, martial, law has been proclaimed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Live Shell Explodes. Two Gunners Killed and Three Wounded. [Reuter's.Message.] London
A live shell inadvertently mixed with disused animination at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Trowbridge, exploded to-day, killing two gunners and wounding…
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