Native War
SYDNEY, Monday.—The schooner Flirt, from Samoa, brings news of a war between the chiefs there regarding the kingship. Fifteen natives were killed in one terrible…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1884
36 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
War Declared between France and China. All Hopes of Peace Abandoned. Cantonese Waters Defended by Torpedoes. Quang Tung Making Vigorous Preparations
LONDON, Sunday.—War has been declared by China against France, and all hopes of a peaceful settlement of the difficulty has been abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE War between France eand China. 10,000 Chinese Troops for Hainan Ill-treatment of French Missionaries
LONDON, Monday—China has sent 10,000 troops to defend the island Hatian against the proposed attack by the French. French missionaries are receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Slaughter of Egyptian Troops. 2000 Soldiers Massacred. Defeat and Escape of Baker Pasha. British Officers Killed. Safety of "Chinese" Gordon Uncertain
LONDON, Wednesday.—Baker Pasha's troops have suffered a most disastrous defeat seven miles from Trinkitat, in the Soudan. The Arabs fought desperately,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Wolesley and War
LABOUCHERE, of Truth writes thus:—LORD WOLSELEY, it seems, has taken up the róle of a military alarmist. He informed his hearers at St. James's Hall the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Italian Man-of-war. Scaring a Townsville Skipper
WHILE the Italian man-of-war, the Carracciolo was being coaled from the schooner Edith May, with coal from Newcastle, a strong breeze sprung up. The captain of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Uses of War. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR, —" It is estimated that during the present century no fewer than 30,000,000 of civilised men have perished in war." The above I quote from your issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The France-Chinese War
LONDON, Sunday.—The French are following up their success at Bacninh, and continue their action of pursuit of the Chinese. The French Press urge a further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Horrors of War
The Times is a Liberal paper, and thus it wrote on Feby 11th; "Within four days of a British army, 7000 strong, within a few hours of a port where a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Riot in Cincinatti. 100 Rioters Killed, and 300 Wounded. a Fearful Scene
NEW YORK, Monday.—A serious riot has occurred at Cinematti (U.S,.) A mob, indignant at a lenient sentence passed on a man convicted of murder, stormed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assassination in Arkansas. Two Men Killed and Two Others Fatally Wounded
HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, February 9.— A terrible tragedy was enacted on the main street of the city this morning at about eleven o'clock. Three brothers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captive Men-of-War's-men
London, Tuesday.—The British forces will attempt the rescue of the crew of the Nisero, at present held for ransom at Acheen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football: the Killed and Wounded
The following has been taken from the British Medical Journal of the 5th of April last:—Very recently, under this title, we commented upon two deaths in the football field; but in this short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The cost of Soldiers' Head Gear
SOME curious particulars of the cost of the head-dresses worn by various British troops are contained in a recent Parliamentary paper. The brass…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Soldiers
ON a Michigan Central train, the other day was a passenger who had lost his right arm Soon after the train steamed out of Detroit he began talking with those around him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[From Reuter's Telegraphic Co.] France and China War Said to Be Imminent
LONDON, Friday.—It is believed at Foochow that war is imminent between France and China. The commander of the British squardon on the China station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →France and China. War Imminent
PARIS, Sunday.—Telegraphic dispatches from Admiral Courbet state definitely that if the French ultimatum be rejected he will occupy the towns of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of N.s. Wales. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, August 27. Mr. A. G. Taylor on the War Path. Mr. Trickett's Seat Questioned
Immediately the Speaker took the chair to-day, Mr. Buchanan called attention to strangers, and the galleries were cleared. The public were re-admitted at five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home
OUR old friend, Mr. Charles Green, has returned to Newcastle after a tour in Europe of seven months, of which he spent three months in Great Britain. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →France & China. China Declares War
LONDON, Monday.—The Times this morning publishes a communication from its correspondent in China confirming the previous intelligence that China has…
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