Melbourne Burglars in Conflict with Police. a Constable Seriously Wounded. Sydney
A desperate encounter took place at Melbourne this morning between burglars and the police. It appears that a young man saw two…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1913
337 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 17
Cable News. the Backans War. Montenegro, Defiant Skutari or Death. London, April 4
The position with regard to Skutari grows more serious. There is not the slightest evidence that Montenegro and Servia will desist from the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wounded Constable. Search for Assailant. Melbourne
The medical opinion to-day regarding Constable F. J. McCasker, who was shot by a burglar in Parkville, on Thursday, is of a highly encouraging character…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. End of the War. Truce Agreed Upon. London
News from Constantinople states that a trace has been agreed upon by the belligerents in Thrace in precedence of an armistice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German War Levy. Speech by Chancellor. Berlin, April 13
The general debate in the Reichstag on the Finance and Defence bills has come to a conclusion. The Chancellor (Herr von…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Appeal to the Press. Influence Against War. London, April 13
In an address to the Press Club on Saturday, Lord Rosebery attributed the apathy of the public on great questions to the perfection of journalism in chronicling the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →War Against Trusts. U.S. Vice President Creates a Stir. New York
Much discussion is being created throughout the country by a campaign against the trusts which Mr. Thomas Riley Marshall, the vive president, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. End of the War. Peace in Europe Assured. London, April 11
Unless something unexpected happens the war in the Balkans may be considered to be at an end. Of Course, there is still the fund between…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Cablegrams. Threat of War. Japan and U.S.A. California Land Trouble. Tokio
A meeting at which there was an attendance of 20,000 was held here to discuss the Californian Aliens' Land Bill, which provides that Japanese shall not be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing. "Soldier" Kearns Knocks Out Jack Geyer. [?]
In a light here "Soldier" Kearns knocked out Jack Geyer, of Denver, in the eighth round…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War of Armaments. Naval "Holiday" Suggestions. Berlin
The question of a partial relaxation of on the naval shipbuilding programmes of germany and Great Britain formed the subject of a speech made in this city on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Balkans. Allies Sign Armistice except Montenegro. Cost and Losses of the War. London
It is reported at Sofia that fighting has taken place at Kumanovo between Bulgarian volunteers and Servians. The conflict resulted in a decisive defeat of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. the War Devil the Baleful Shadow of Bismarck. England and Germany Trumping Each Other's Cards. Why Should Australia Be British? Israel Zangwtll's Remarkable Article London
Mr. Israd Zingwill the well-known author, and president of the international Jewish Territorial Organisation, has a remarkable article in the "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunken Soldiers Run Amok. Belgian Strike Incident. Brussels
Two dranken soldiers who were armed with rilles and a supply of 00 cartridges, an through the streets firing off their [?]fles and shouting "Long live the strike."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greece and Bulgaria Drifting to War. Servians Will Help Greeks. London
The Salonika correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that Greece and Bulgaria are rapidly drifting to war. The Bulgarians are concentrating on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discontented Soldiers. 100 Men March Out of Camp. Wellington (N.z.)
All leave has been stopped at the Territorial military camp at Oringi on account of a serious escapade in which some Territerials figured at Dannovulne. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed and Wounded
A semi-official estimate of the was losses sustained by the Allies has been published in Sofia. According to it the, killed and wounded are:—Bulgaria…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →"War Pens."
The pens with which peace treaties are sighed invariably fetch high prices, if they happen to find their way into the market, and there are many people who would be…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →A Weird War Story
A weird story is told of Spion Kop by an ex-soldier of the Scottish Rifles who was wounded and disabled on the slope. A sergeant of the regiment lay…
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