Does Japan Mean War? Secret Preparations
The "Weekly Scotsman" (Edinburgh) asks, is Japan preparing for war? With whom does she intend to go to war? Stories have been told again and again…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1908
84 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
American Jingoism. the Navy Wants War. London
Lecturing at Hartford, Connecticut in the United States, Captain Hobson, of Santiago Bay renown, declared that America had been taking the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passenger [?]Rates War. London
The Cunard Steamship Company has conceded a differential rate of 10s between third-class passengers by the Mauretania and Lu[?]itania and those by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Against Trusts. American Legislation. London
A New York telegram states that while the proceedings in connection with the fine of £6,000,000 imposed upon the Standard Oil Trust are still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Our Industrial Growth Under Protection. — the Lack of Touch Between Soldier and Sailor. — the Magic in the Rain. — Newcastle and Its Troubles.—the Business College.—what Technical Training May Come To. Sydney
Fair-minded men, who were accustomed in the days of Parkes versus Dibbs, and Dibbs versus Parkes, to vote free-trade, in the full belief that any other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sport or War
Visitors to our shores often express the opinion that we Australians are as a race too devoted to sport in all its various forms. We must plead guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Pen-notes and Pencillings a Kitchener War
Some would say "a little war," but the little war about to be conducted by Lord Kitchener may really be a rather big one. Without any heralding, so far as we…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia and Austria. Possibility of War. London
The whole of the Servian press demands the construction of a railway across the Balkan States from the Danube to the Adriatic Sea, by way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boers Victors. Results of the War. London
General Delarey, while unveiling a monument at Burghersadorf to the memory of the burghers, who were killed in the war, declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The United States. Unprepared for War. London
Mr. W. H. Taft, the United States Secretary for War, speaking on the occasion of the celebration at Buffalo of the anniversary of the birth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Morocco War. a Jehad Preached. London
The French press states that 6000 troops will reinforce those already under General d'Amade in Morocco. The Sultan's brother, Mulai Ha[?], is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moroccan War. a French Success. London
General d'Amade on Saturday captured the town of Soukaldin, in Morocco, after repulsing a fierce and prolonged attack by a numerous body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →India's Frontier War. Submission of the Enemy. London
Many of the head men of the Tirah [?]tribe have petitioned General Willcocks, the commander of the expedition against the Zakka Khels, to spare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's War Chest. to Be Kept Intact. London
The German Government has refused to allow the sum of 120,000,000 marks, which constitutes the war treasure, which is kept in the Julius…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia's Brave Soldiers. Praise From the Czar. London
The Czar of Russia has issued a rescript to the army and navy. In this he states that the heroic defence of Port Arthur amazed the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Chest. Increased Gold Reserve. London
Sir Robert Giffen, the Comptroller-General of the Commercial and Statistical Departments of the British Board of Trade, lecturing before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Against Kleptomania
The proprietors of big stores in New York (says the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") met recently and estimated that their annual loss at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wounded Heart Sewn Up
An astounding surgical operation is reported by Professor Sultan in the "German Medical Weekly." The heart of a person who attempted suicide, and fired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lisbon Riots. Soldiers Shot Dead. London
The Portuguese Cabinet has ordered a searching inquiry to be made into the recent riots. It is alleged that the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Killed on a Tramline at 85.—The Danger of the Double City Tramway.—co-operation Between Sailor and Soldier.—municipal Centralisation.—mutilated Statuary in the Gardens.—controlling the Registry Offices. Sydney
The electric trams travel a good deal faster than they should from Hunter-street to the Post-office one way, and from King-street to the Post-office the other. This…
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