The Prospect of War
CABLE messages published in Melbourne are as follows:--The action of the Reichstag in connection with the Army Bill has caused a panic on the Paris Bourse…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1887
46 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3
The Governor of Western Australia Wounded
Sir Frederick Napier Broome, Governor of Western Australia, had a narrow escape from death on Monday. During ball practice at Rottnest, the gubernatorial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The European Situation. Russia Preparing for War. London
Austrian diplomats openly declare that Germany, and Austria have exhausted their endeavours to. preserve peace with Russia. The Czar’s intended departure from St…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Reported Sale of War Designs. London
The reported dismissal of the chief draftsman in the Chatham Dockyard has created considerable interest. The matter was referred to by the First Lord of the admiralty…
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IT was rumoured in military circles on Saturday that intelligence had been received in Sydney to the effect that Caption H.P. Airey, of the Now South Wales Permanent…
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A FRENCH officer tells an amusing an[?]cdote. It was at the time when the French army stood before Torres Vedras, separated from the English camp by a number of vineyards,…
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THE following letter appeared in Tuesday's Daily Telegraph:—Sir.—In England the retail price of the best ale and stout is 8d per quart, half-and-half 6d, milder ale and best porter 4d…
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THE latest promised development of the Holy War waged by the brewers and publicans—that of resistance to the excise officers—is not likely to come off. The Colonial Treasurer, it will be…
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A PHILANTHROPHIC German chemist has invented a new species of projectile which will, he guarantees, do more execution than a melinite or a roburite bomb,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Five Persons Killed and Nearly Fifty Wounded
A terrible railway accident occurred on Wednesday evening close to the Windsor railway station. The ordinary 5.30 train from Melbourne was brought to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting in Burmah. a Colonial Officer Wounded
CORRESPONDENCE received by Colonel Roberts from Lieut.-Col. H.. M. Burgess, Commander of the Royal Artillery in Upper Burmah, gives particulars concerning the wounding of Captain Airey, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Old War-horse
The Rev. J. G. Wood relates the following story, which was told to him by a relative of the involuntary heroine. Some years ago an elderly gentleman died, leaving to his widow all his property, including…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is England Prepared for War? London, June 5
Lord Randolph Churchill addressed a large public meeting of Conservatives at Wolverhampton last night, when he declared that, despite the enormous outlay, England was wholly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is England Prepared for War? London, June 6
Lord Harris, Under-Secretary for War, has replied to Lord Raudolph Churchill's speech on the army and navy expenditure and management and the unpreparedness of England for war…
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The British Government proposes to prohibit armed parties landing from foreign men-of-War on British territory, and to restrict the number of men-of-war entering British fortified…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French Minister for War. London, June 15
The military activity of M. Ferron, the new French Minister for War, is considered to equal that of General Boulanger…
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Miss Matin, governess. Brooklyn Hotel, Peat's Ferry, cut hand while assisting Harold Barry, aged 4, right upper arm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrest of Alsatian Soldiers for Conspiracy. LONDON, July 24
Eight Alsatian soldiers have been arrested at Mayence for conspiring with the French Patriotic League against German authority…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. G. B. Barton on War and Strategy
IF “the man who has commanded an army has done more for his country than any writer on strategy or military history,” then we might say that the man who plays a good game of chess does…
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