Anglo-german Treaty. a Breeder of War. Washington
The Foreign Affairs Committee in reporting to the United States Senate the Anglo-American treaty, characterised it as "a breeder of war and not a maker of peace."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1911
412 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 21
A War Warning
Owing to the effect of the strikes on food supplies, newspapers are discussing the shortage of food in war time, and the problem of national granaries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Very Latest Strikers Attack Soldiers. Military Fire on Crowd. One Man Killed 20 Wounded. Government Charged with Pandering. (By Cable). London
Most sensational strike happenings occurred at Liverpool last night. A prison van, with a number of men arrested for rioting, was being conveyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Political Campaign, on the War, Path Ottawa
The political campaign is now in full swing. Sir willrid Laurier, Prime Minister is touring Quebec and vigorously supporting the Reciprocity Treaty with the Unite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cables. British Labor Trouble. Is It Civil War? Railway Men Out
Delegates of railway men decline the Government's offer to immediately appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into their grievances respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Journalist Averted War
Probably the most famous achievement of Mr. de Blowitz, the brilliant correspondent to the "Times," was the way in which he secured for his paper the full text of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If War Comes Australia with the Empire
The Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher, was asked whether he had received the printer's proof of Mr. Stead's interview with him, which Mr. Stead stated had been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Turbulence at Sheffield. Soldiery Despatched. Sheffield, Aug. 18
Turbulent conditions prevail here. The mob attempted to tear up the railway line near Wincobank, about five miles south of the city, but an engine conveying police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Strike. Labor Declares a General War. Railways Paralysed. London
THOUSANDS have obeyed the universal railway strike order. The combined companies are operating the principal trains under modified schedules. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hand to Hand Fighting. Soldiers and Strikers. Birmingham
Hand-to-hand fighting between strikers and soldiers occurred to-day during attempts to restock the wholesale meat markets, which are practically empty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Blocked. Soldiers Clear the Line
London, Saturday.—The Irish express was barred by strikers at Fishguard (on the west Welsh coast) yesterday, but a party. of troops returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Risks. Four Per Cent. for Two Months. London, Aug. 23
Presumably connected with recent Stock Exchange dealings, some insurances to cover the risk of an outbreak of war in Europe, have been effected at Lloyds, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Risks. Further Insurances London, Aug, 24
Further Insurances on the risk of war between certain European Powers within three months have been transacted at Lloyds on a basis of 5 per cent., and for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Office Efficiency
The newspapers and public generally approve the promptness and efficiency of the War Office, without Which the violence and sabotage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When War Comes
"When war comes at sea it will be sudden," said Lord Charles Beresford, recently, "with everything organised by the enemy to attack our lines of food. That is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Risks. London, August 25
There has been a sharp advance in the rates in connection with war insurance at Lloyds. Almost evey broker has received orders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turbulence at Sheffield. Soldiery Despatched. Sheffield Aug. 18
Turbulent conditions prevail here. The mob attempted to tear up the railway lino near Wincobank, about five miles south of the city, but an engine conveying police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effects of Home Rule. "Ruin, Banruptcy, War." London, Aug. 28
The Marquis of Londonderry (Conservative). speaking at Stockton-on-Tecs, said that if Home Rule for Ireland were granted nothing would accrue to Ireland but rain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplanes in War. Photographing Fortifications. Paris, Aug. 30
While making an aeronautic reconnaisance at Verdun an airman, using a telephoto lens, successfully photographed the fortifications from an altitude of 1290…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advance in War Risks. London, Aug. 31
Lloyd's insurance rates in connection with war risks yesterday rose from 5 to 7 guineas per cent…
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