The Tithe War in Wales
A CORRESPONDENT writes in St. JAMES' GAZETTE :—"At Whitland, South Wales, a scene of great disorder was witnessed this week. There was a distraint for tithes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1888
7 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
The British Soldier's Pay
THE nominal pay of a common soldier is 1s a day, varying up to 21d for men in the Household Cavalry. But when the prescribed stoppages have been made towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will 1888 be a Year of War?
THE present year is the fifth year of modern times in which the aggregate of the figures, is twenty-five, and there will be but five more years in which such a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Scare
LONDON, MaY 14.—A Parliamentary committee has been sitting to take evidence relative to the alleged inefficiency of the British army, and the stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New French Man-of-War
THE French Government are about to build a new man-of-war, which, it is believed on the other side of the Channel (the Home News says), will effect a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Without Bloodshed
IT is well known that the nitrite of amyl possesses the power of causing insensibility very quickly in a human being breathing its fumes. The effect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Emigration of Soldiers to the Colonies
THE Agents-General for the Australian colonies on December 1st met Lord Harris, the Under-Secretary for War, Baron de Worms, Under Secretary for…
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