War-scarred Veteran
The death was announced on Monday (said "Lloyd's News" on November 20) at Colchester of Dr. Charles Otto Gustav Becker, who had a wonderful record as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1911
175 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 9
Aeroplanes and War
In the "Review of Reviews," Mr. Stead suggests that one effect of the aeroplane will be to abolish war altogether. The most promising field of aerial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fleet at War
An artistic cabin, pretty with bright chintzes, filled with splendid trophies of the chase, handsome cups won at racing, polo, and other sports, antique silver,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Soldier-member
One of the most interesting soldier-members of the new Parliament is Sir Reginald Pole-Carew, who gained a seat for the Unionists at Bodmin. Born in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Action for Libel. Boer War Episode. London
The action in which a former Sergt.-major of the Middlesex Yeomanry, named Edmondson, sued Leopold Charles Amery, editor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Against Swindlers
The Poet-office department (writes a New York correspondent on December 24th) has been diligently prosecuting the rascals who swindle the ignorant by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier Member
Major Anstruther Gray, Unionist member for St. Andrews Burghs in the 1906 Parliament, but defeated in January, has been again elected for his old…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railways in War. Sitting of the Council. Melbourne
The council appointed by the Minister for Defence to consider the best means of utilising the State railways in time of war, met to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain and Germany. No Cause for War. Statement in the Reichstag. Berlin
The naval debate was continued in the German Reichstag yesterday. Admiral von Tirpitz, the Secretary of State for the Navy, said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His Majesty's Sailors. Population of a Ship of War
The citizen upon whose shoulders rests the burden of providing a navy reads in his morning paper that H.M.S. Bristol, a now cruiser, will be commissioned…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Soldier Emigrants. Government Cannot Assist. London
Mr. R. B. Haldane, the Secretary of State for War, replying last night in the House of Commons to a question as to whether he would give…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Race War. Vancouver
A race war between whites and negroes is imminent, consequent on the killing of one negro and the wounding of another by whites…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of General Brun. French Minister for War. Paris
General Brun, Minister for War, died suddenly at the War Office yesterday. Prior to being appointed by M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldier on Strike
Lovers of the classics will remember how the Greek dramatist has immortalised the mutual strike by which the women of warring states convinced their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dogs for War
In the German Army dogs are trained to be of great use as ambulance workers. Each dog is provided with a saddlebag fastened round its body, which…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Meat for Soldiers. War Office Contracts. London
In the House of Commons last evening, replying to Mr. F. Bennett Goldney (Unionist, Canterbury), Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier of Fortune
Captain George Boynton, the famous filibuster, who served under twelve flags, and in spirit remained a soldier of fortune almost to the last hour, died in a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Cost of War. Debate in the Commons. International Restriction. London
A debate was initiated by the "Little Navyites" in the House of Commons last night on a motion by Mr. J. A. M. Macdonald (Liberal), to which Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways in War Time. British Intentions. a Special Corps. London
Mr. Haldane, the Secretary of State for War, speaking in the House of Commons, in course of the debate on the Army Estimates, announced that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abolition of War. Proposed Arbitration. Views of Dr. Jowett. London
All parties and all sections of the press cordially welcome the response of Sir Edward Grey, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to…
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