England and Portugal. War Ships Orderred to Lisbon. London
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 4
NEWS has reached here to the effect that Mr H.H. Johnston, the British Co[?] in street East African, is annexing territory on behalf of Great British on the shores of Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mercury Junior. a Soldier's Son. [In Seven Chapters.] Chapter II.—(Continued.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5
"What chance has an army boy in [?] against the son of some follow with senators and representatives at his back in Washington [?] If the army could name an occasional candidate, a boy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mercury Junior. a Soldier's Son. [In Seven Chapters.] Chapter Iii. Danger in the Air
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 5
When the head of the cavalry column reached the bridge over Lodge Pole Creek a inarch of about twenty-five miles had been made, which is an average day's journey for cavalry troops whoa nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →England and Portugal. Nearly War
The Scone Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 1
LATE cables from Europe show that the territorial difficulty in South-East Africa nearly led to war between England and Portugal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mercury Juni0r. a Soldier's Son. [In Seven Chapters.] Chapter Iv. Cut Off
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5
It was after ten o'clock when the waning moon came peering over the barrier ridge at the east. Over an hour had passed since Sergeant Wells, on his big sorrel, had ridden away up the stream on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mercury Junior. a Soldier's Son. [In Seven Chapters.] Chapter V. at Farron's Ranch
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 5
When Sergeant Wells reached Farron's ranch that evening little Jessie was peacefully sleeping in the room that had been her mother's. The child was tired after the long fifty-mile drive from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mercury Junior. a Soldier's Son. [In Seven Chapters.] Chapter Vi. a Night of Peril
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1890 · page 5
For one moment the telegraph operator was stunned and inert. Then his native pluck and the never-say-die spirit of the young American came to his aid. He rose to his feet, sewed his rifle, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mercury Junior. a Soldier's Son. [In Seven Chapters.] Chapter Vii. the Rescue
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5
All this time, travelling at rapid lope, but at the same time saving Buford's strength for sudden emergency, Ralph M'Crea rode warily through the night. He kept far to the east of the high ridge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Officer and Soldiers
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 2
The Emperor William, in his rescript, enjoins the officers of the German army to refrain from illusing the soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Against the Sparrow
Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 2
AT the Richmond Agricultural Society's meeting on Wednesday a resolution was unanimously passed that the sparrow be classed as a noxious bird and included in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rioting in Berlin. Men and Women Wounded. London
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1890 · page 4
A WORKMAN'S meeting held in the suburbs of Berlin, to discuss the eight-hour system at present being considered by the Labor Congress sitting in that city, became disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Cloud
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 2
RUSSIA is being moved by a spring of internal friction, and profound anxiety pervades the continent of Europe lost she should discern in an external policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preparing for War. EQUIPPING 130,000 Men. London
Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 3
THE Czar of Russia has presented to Servia 40,000 riflen and three batteries of artillery. The Skuptschina, or National Assembly of Servia, has held a secret, meeting to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mutiny on a Man-of-War. (From the Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 3
It has been generally known for some time past that a by no means satisfactory condition of affairs exists on board H.M. surveying ship Egeria. While the vessel was here last month refitting a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard. Scotch Soldiers at Christ's Tomb
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 7
Under the auspices of the United Service Horticultural Society, Major A. K. Murray delivered a lecture at Glencorse Depot on March 21 on the Royal Scots and the Highland Brigade. There…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newfoundland Fisheries Dispute. Outrages by the French. British and French War Vessels on the Scene. London
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 May 1890 · page 4
Great excitement has been caused in Newfoundland owing to a number of outrages committed by French boats on colonial fishermen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Incident of the Mexican War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 3
Mr. William Gilmore Simms, the son and namesake of the great South Carolina novelist, who responded to the toast to his native State at the Knights of Pythias banquet recently at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indians Suing the Captain off a Man-of-War
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1890 · page 3
The case which was commenced in the Supreme Court of West Australia, before Mr. Justice Wrenfordsley, in which Captain Smith of H.M.S. Meda is being sued by five Indians who claim £8500 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ascent of a War Balloon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 6
A large number of spectators assembled on Saturday at the Military Exhibition to witness the assent of a war balloon belonging to Mr. Spencer. The term "war balloon" was, it was stated by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight Between German Soldiers and Civilians
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 4
A sanguinary conflict occurred on June 4, between a number of soldiers and civilians at the popular pleasure resort of Zonitz, near Dessan. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →