Policeman Dangerously Wounded. Adelaide
While in the execution of his duty in Eastry-street, Knightsbridge, last night, Constable William Hyde was shot in the jaw, and now lies in a precarious…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1909
94 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
Domestic Tragedy. Sensation at Hamilton. Man Found Shot Dead. His Wife Seriously Wounded
Almost insensible, with a bullet wound in her right breast, hatless, hair dishevelled, and face marked as from blows, a young woman, Florence Margaret…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hamilton Tragedy. Wounded Woman's Statement
Florence Margaret Randle, the young woman who, as a result of a bullet wound received at Hamilton, under circumstances already reported in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Little War
England is in for another little war, but only a little one—or so it is hoped. Some time back an attempt was made to subdue the natives of North Nigeria, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Pension Scheme. for Sailors and Soldiers. London
Mr. Scammell, lecturing before the United Service Institution, advocated the commutation of naval and military pensions before the age of 50. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suffragettes As Soldiers
In English-speaking countries the only opposition to women’s suffra[?]e has been popular tradition and a certain immaturity on the women’s part for civic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. When School Boys Strike.—out of the Mouth of Babes.—when It Is Necessary to Apologise.—our Own Little Navy!—a Bumper Farewell for Sir Harry.—the Fish War.—the Life of the Proprietary. Sydney
"Wife, whatever is the world coming to?" We can picture an old man and an old woman at their fireside—It is quite bleak enough for one at the time of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the War
Writing in "M'Clure's Magazine" for January, General Kuropatkin, Commander-in-chief of the Russian army, deals with the exhausted condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Office Meat Contracts an Objectionable Clause. London
Referring to the action of the War Office in placing a contract for tinned meat with a Chicago firm, the newspapers explain that it was due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ruin Wrought by War. Causes a Nation's Decay
The phrase, the cost of war, remarks a medical expert, writing in "The Scotsman" (Edinburgh) connotes in the minds of most men merely an expenditure of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The American Fleet. Its Welcome Home. London
Elaborate preparations are being made to welcome the United States battleship fleet, which visited Australia last August, on its arrival home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riots in Lisbon. Many Persons Wounded. London
Serious riots have occurred during the carnival at Lisbon, and according to Reuter's correspondent, many persons were wounded, and 200 arrests…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cost of War
Herr Riesser, who was formerly a leading figure in the financial world of Germany, and who is now Professor of Political Economy at the University of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier-emigrants. Commutation of Pensions. London
Influenced by the suggestions which have been made by Australia and Canada, Mr.Haldane, the British Secretary of State of War, has included in his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Frederick Treves. His Work in Peace and War
I have known Sir Frederick Treves to tackle many divorce propositions, writes Dr. Wilfred Grenfell in the "Pall Mall Magazine," from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cost of War
Herr Riesser, who was formerly a leading figure in the financial world of Germany, and who is new Professor of Political Economy at the University of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Soldier's Funeral
Private Frederick W. Blewert of B Company Cycling Corps, 4th Infantry Regiment, who died in the Maitland Hospital on Thursday of typhoid fever, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. Always Growing.—peace and War.—tunnels, and Not a Bridge, for Port Jackson.—the Influence of the Press.—professor David and Antarctica.—a "Bovril" Factory for Australia. Sydney
Where is it going to end? Aye, that's the question, as Hamlet has it. It is over up, ever up, and ever up, and yet there must be a limit. One ponders and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Professor David. Sydney's Welcome Home. Sydney
That the citizens keenly appreciate the value of the work performed in connection with the Antarctic expedition by Professor David, was amply demonstrated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Desperate Encounter. Burglar Uses a Revolver. Two Persons Wounded. Sydney
A sensational shooting affray occurred to-day in North Sydney, in which an armed burglar named John Frederick Cook, Mr. Russell Sinclair, a well-known and…
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