National Safety. Huge War Loan Advised. London, June 27
The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) has received from the Imperial Maritime League a memorial of an imposing character. The document, which boars the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1910
187 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 10
War of Tariffs. French Champagne in Germany. London, June 25
The German Government has announced that after June 30 it will impose the maximum duty on imported champagne and cognac. France has accepted the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Railway Disaster. Train Dashed to Pieces. 37 Soldiers Killed. London, June 24
A terrible railway accident is reported from Mexico. A troop train on the line between Colima and Manzanillo, a port on tho west coast, broke loose, while running…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Dancer of Petrol. Ex-soldier's Death. Burnt While Cleaning Clothes. London, July 3
The Hon. Maurice Gilford, fourth Eon of Lord GifFord, has come by his death in peculiar circumstances. He was staying at Hoddesden, in Hertfordshire,…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Charge of Shooting. a Dairyman Wounded
A serious shooting affair occurred a few miles from Maffra on Sunday afternoon, as the result of which a dairyman named Charles Bryant was wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →A Soldier of the West India Regiment
Mr. Henry Kirke, formerly an official in British Guinea, high in the colonial service, relates an adventure the comedy of which might at any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Mid-air War of the Future. London
Included in the army manoeuvres which have been in progress at Mourmelon, in the Marno Department of France, this week, has been a mimic aeroplane warfare, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our English Admirals. Courted War Like a Mistress
If the Indian Empire, the trade of London, and all the outward and visible ensigns of our greatness should pass away, we should still leave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Public Debts Difference Between War and Reproductive Works. London
The London financial newspaper, "The Economist," in an article yesterday, expressed agreement With the views of Sir George Reid that the public debts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fog-curtain Lifted. War-ships Steaming to Destruction. Sensational Incident. London, July 22
A flotilla of torpedo-boat destroyers, while manoeuvring off Dursey Head, on the south coast of County Cork, narrowly escaped destruction. A heavy fog which…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Nicaraguan Civil War
Germany has replied to the request made by President Madriz of Nicaragua that the Powers should intervene in the civil war in the Republic because the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Upon the Negroes
There have been serious racial riots at Anderson, in Texas (U.S.A.), and much bloodshed has been caused. Twenty negroes have been killed and troops have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The £100,000,000 War Loan
Committees of members of the House of Lords and of the House of Commons have joined the movement promoted by the Imperial Maritime league in favor of raising…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chapter X. a Council of War
The meal had been eaten, stolidly by some, by others witli a poor appetite, by Colonel John with a thoughtful face. Two men of family, but broken fortunes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. Stockholm Peace Conference Austria's Action in the Balkans Condemned. Novel Way of Deciding Upon War. London
The Peace Conference which is being held at Stockholm, after a discussion lasting only one day, passed a motion condemning the action of Austria in annexing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier Thrashed
Superintendent Charles, of Geelong, received a report from Constable Aldridge to the effect that on the previous night a quarrel took place in the eastern part of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →"To Economic Ruin and War."
Colonel Gadke, a distinguished German naval and military expert, who is noted for his fearless criticisms, declares that Germany, is marching to economic ruin and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Attempted Assassination New York Mayor the Victim. Judge Gaynor Seriously Wounded. London
A tremendous sensation has been caused in America by an attempt to assassinate Judge William J. Gaynor, mayor of New York City…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHAPTKR X.—(Continued). a Council of War
"No, we'll not spare her!" The McMurrough chimed in. "She's heels to her, and it's a godsend she'll be to us if things go ill."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smuggling Scandal. Portuguese Discovery,war-ship Implicated. London, August 4
Suspicions have been entertained for a long time past that smuggling was being carried on through the Lisbon arsenal. These suspicions have been confirmed by an…
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