War in the Air. Sham Fight. a Terrible Reality. Vienna, June 20
A Koerting dirigible balloon ascended to take aero-photographs, with a captain, three lieutenants, two mechanics, and a civil engineer on board…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1914
2,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 102
Woman's Career As a Soldier
"Albert Cashier," an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as a soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mobilising, Riflemen. Included in the War Strength
Although the rifle club movement of Australia dates from the war In South Africa, no concerted effort has yet been made to turn the enthusiasm of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theirs Not to Reason Why. When Soldiers Begin to Think
Mr. Ponsonby, M.P., in the "Contemporary Review," says the doctrine of optional obedience involves the crumbling away of the whole basic principle of the Army as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Career As a Soldier
"Albert Cashier," an inmate of the Soldiers' Hemo at Quincy, Illinois, who hadeboen masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as a soleior…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers and the Volunteers
A sergeant in the Bedfordshire regiment has ben arrested at omagh for instructing members of the Nationalist volunteer force in revolver practice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aircraft in War. British Defences. London, July 7
A series of towers armed with quick[?] for defence against attacks by aireraft are being erected around Portsmouth Harbour and elsewhere round the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mobilising Riflemen. Included in the War Strength
Although the rifle club movement of Australia dates from the war in South Africa, no concerted effort has yet been made to turn the enthusiasm of this…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Aircraft in War. British Defences. London, July 7
A series of towers armed with quick firers for defence against attacks by aircraft are being erected around Portsmouth Harbour and elsewhere round the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers and the Volunteers
A sergeant in the Bedfordshire regiment has been arrested at Omagh for instructing members of the Nationalist volunteer force in revolver practice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War with Honour. London. Sunday evening
Sir Edward Carson inspected 2000 cister volunteers at Larn. He asked them to have confidence of peace. Clstermen, he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France Unprepared. German War Avoided. Paris, July 11
Senator Almand, speaking at Railway, revealed the reason why France avoided war with Germany in 1905 after the German Emperer's surprise visit to Tangier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marooned Off Mexico. War Delays Rescue. San Francisco. July 11
The steamer City of Sydney has rescued the captain of the wrecked steamer Nokomls, eight of the crew and the captain's two baby children, after being marooned for five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Peace of War with Honor." Carson's Declaration. (By Cable.) London
Crowds witnessed the procession of 25,000 West Scotland Orangenmen yesterday. Scotland's Grand Master, Rev. David…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Trouble in Ireland. Peace or War. Nationalist Volunteers Reviewed London, July 13
Fifty thousand rounds or ammunition were brought to Ulster during the weekend. Major Crean, M.P., reviewed 4000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"My Soldier Boy."
The Scone Music and Dramatic Society made another bid before the footlights on Thursday evening last. In the Oddfellows' Hall, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wounded Monk. Assailant's Hunger Strike. St Petersburg, July 15
The woman Guseva, who is in custody in connection with the stabbing of Father Rasputin, is refusing to take food. She is a fanatical follower of the monk H[?]odor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Monk. St. Petersburg, July 16
Rasputin the monk who was stopped by an woman Gusoya is now one of danger. The Cearina despatched a lady-in-waiting and the Court surgeon, Dr. Federell, to at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Scare. German Colonel's Pamphlet. BERLIN,July 16
Prominence is being given to a telegram, in which the Crown Prince expresses a wish that the widest circulation should be given ta a pamphlet by a retired colonel named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unnamed Hero. How Three Officers Were Murdered. Wounded Man's Thought for Friend
Details have been received in Great Britain by mail from India of the fatal shooting at Tank Tahsil, on the North-west Frontier, of Major G. Dodd, Captain G. B. Brown,…
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