Forage for the Abyssinian War
A paper of 24th November, describing the special merits of a new steam boiler (Howard's), says:—This boiler is working a number of hydraulic pumps, chaff-cutters, and other…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1868
19 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
The French Minister of War
M. Henri Nicole relates an episode, not much known, of the military career of one of the present French Ministers. He heard it, he states, from General Kohault de Fleury,…
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To residents of other countries there is something almost incomprehensible in the fact that the President of the United States, who has five great officers of State (the Secretaries of War,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fiji. War to Revenge the Deaths of the Murdered Missionaries. (From the Queensland Guardian.) Levuka, April 15
The natives have gone to war at last to revenge the murder of the late lamented Mr. Baker and the seven native teachers who were murdered last year by the non-christian blacks on the island of Viti Levu, the largest…
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The Abyssinian war is over A decisive battle was fought during a violent storm of rain and thunder on Easter Monday, at a place called Dune, in Anagee valley. The next day the English occupied strong positions before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to 9th May. the Abyssinian War Over. the British Completely Victorious. the Attack on Prince Alfred Caused Immense Sensation. Gladstone's Resolutions Passed. Disraeli Tendered Resignation. Parliament to Be Dissolved. the Prince of Wales Visits Ireland. Grand Banquet. Attempt to Fire Buckingham Palace. Sydney, Monday morning
The branch steamer Alexandra arrived at Glenelg last night. The Avoca arrived at the Sound on the 3rd June; she left Galle on the 19th May…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, June 16, 1868. the Abyssinian War
THE Abyssinian war has caused an increase in the income tax, whereat, of course, the British taxpayer will grumble. Mr. Gladstone, indeed, with the critical eye of an ex-treasurer, charges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in New Zealand
The Hauhaus in the southern part of the province of Taranaki, New Zealand, have again begun to murder the white settlers, and driven them from their farms and houses, the Hauhaus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in New Zealand. Latest From Napier—repulse of Colonel Whitmore. (From the Wellington Independent.) Napier, Friday, 14th August, 8.30 p.m
The Colonial Forces, numbering 130 men, under Colonel Whitmore, marched on the 6th, without horses, to endeavour to overtake the rebels, and on the 8th overtook them in strong force at the foot of the Snowy Ranges, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in New Zealand. Desperate Engagement Between the Local Forces and the Hauhaus. Defeat of the Troops. Upwards of Forty Officers and Men Killed and Wounded. (From the Evening News.) [By Electric Telegraph.] Wellington, September 10[?] Via Melbourne
The forces under the command of Colonel M'Donnell and Major Von Tempsky encountered the rebels again near Waihi, in the Province of Wanganui, on the 8th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to 1st September. Wool Lower. Queen in Switzerland. Insane Intended Assassin Arrested. War Between France and Germany Imminent. Awful Railway Accident. Outrages and Murders, Tipperary. Duke of Edinburgh at Paris—to Leave for East in October. Fire at St Petersburg. Panama Mail Steamer Broke Down. Great Fire at Southwark. Atlantic Gable Broken. Exciting Stowaways Incident. Maitland Mercury office, Monday, noon
We have received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Bombay left Galle on the 8th, and arrived at the Sound on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War at Wanganui. Escape of the Missing Man Dore. the Wounded Prisoners Roasted Alive by the Hauhaus. (From the Patea Correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle)
The natives (neutral) still remain quiet, several have joined the enemy, it is true, and they may possibly drift away in this manner, but I hope for the be[?] This morning one of the men left in the bush, named Dore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South America. Terrible Earthquakes in Peru and Ecuador! Thousands of Lives Lost. Cities, Villages, and Towns in the Interior and on the Coast in Ruins. Three Men of War and Numerous Mercantile Ships Lost. Enormous Destruction of Property. Great Fire at Callao
The P. S. N. Co.'s Royal Mail steamer Peru, M, D. Hammill, Esq., Commander, from Valparaiso and intermediate ports, arrived at her anchorage in Panama bay at 2.30 p.m. on the 29th August…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR R. Napier on the Abyssinian War. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.)
Sir Robert Napier, in his address to the troops congratulating them on their victory, says:—"You have traversed, often under a tropical sun, or amidst storms of rain and sleet,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in New Zealand
The Melbourne Argus of the 20th publishes further particulars of the late disastrous news from New Zealand, extracted from the Otago Daily Mail of the 13th. The additional details about the massacre are but few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand War. (From the S. M. Herald.)
From the Wellington Independent, of the 21st instant, we take the following items with regard to the war. Their Napier correspondent writes:— The Murew[?] has arrived from Poverty Bay, She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, December 3, 1868. Practical Soldiering
THE annual contests of the New South Wales Rifle Association have taken place, and for some days past the talk of the volunteers and their associates, both in Sydney and in country towns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Suez Mail Per Bombay. News to November 27. November Wool Sales Opened Well— Penny Higher. Liberal Majority in New Parliament. Archbishop of Canterbury Dead. Probability of War in Europe. Riots at Drogheda. Prussia Arbitrates Between England and the United States. Spain Declared for Monarchy. Mercury Office, Monday, 2 o'clock p.m
We are in receipt of the following mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Rangatira has arrived at Glenelg. The Bombay arrived at King George's Sound on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder by a Soldier
A dreadful murder has been committed as Horfield barracks, near Bristol. Between 8 and 9 o'olock on Thursday evening, April 30, the occupants of the barracks (the 2nd battalion of…
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