Aerial Inventions. Tested by War Office. London
The War Office is considering Mr. Arthur Wigram's Australian aerial torpedo, also an Indian engineer's invention for preserving equilibrum of aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1912
471 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 24
War Vessel Commissioned. London
The Orion, the first vessel with 13.5in. guns, was commissioned at Portsmouth to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Chapters of War. Isandlwana
On the 22nd of January, 1879, there occurred the disaster to the 24th Regiment at Isandlwana. The British force consisted of six…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fighters for the Flag. Old Soldier's Story
At the Imperial veteran's reunion in Sydney on Saturday an old unity veteran unburdened himself thus:— "Blew sixteen of them from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparing for War
During the past week or two newspapers, public speakers, divines, and opinion through out the civilised world have been busily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hatred of England. Mr. Hughes' Impressions Abroad. War in the Next Two Years. Sydney
The Hon. T. Hughes, M.L.O., who returned to Sydney to-day from a visit abroad, in the course of an interview, said one thing which impressed him. most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier's Lapse. Death Before Conviction. Werdict at Coroner's Inquest. Sydney
At the inguest on the body of an artilleryman named Jas. Reardon, who was found in his lodgings with a bullet wound in his head, evidence was given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Quaker Soldier Who Would Not Fight
When the question of courage is once settled, it hardly makes a difference what kind it is, whether it is on the battlefield or in the tent. In 1861 (says…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Staff Formed. London, Sunday Night
The Admiralty is forming a War Staff. Captain E. T. C. Troubridge (Private Secretary to the First Lord) has been appointed chief of the staff, and Sir Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Staff. Explanation of the Ministry. London
Mr. Winston Churchill, in a memorandum explains the necessity of the First Lord of this Admiralty possessing a war staff like a general in the field. He proposes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →England's Preparedness for War
"My business," said Mr. F. O. Acland (Financial Secretary of the War Office), in a recent speech, "is with one of those Departments concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Britain and Germany. Summer War Clouds. Sir E. Grey and the Ambassador. Remarkable Interviews
The facts concerning the international crisis of the past summer, and especially the days of acute tension in the second and third weeks of September, are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riot Among Soldiers
The men of a Scottish Infantry Regiment at the Longmoor Camp, Petersfield (Eng.), enraged at being refused a holiday on New Year's Day,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vienna's War on Tuberculosis
What is described as a "gigantic experiment". to stamp out tuberculosis in Vienna is now in progress with excellent prospects of success. According:to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctors in War. Mr. Haldane's New Scheme
Mr. Haldane last night (10th October) addressed those of his East Lothian constituents who live in and about North Berwick. The Government, he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Round War News. About Turkey and Italy
When the trouble between Italy and Turkey broke out the Italian Government immediately engaged several steamers for the coney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Betrayal and Sequel a Remarkable Story of the War
A notable article appears in the "Echo de Paris" under the heading of "Lea deux plans de Campagne Japonais." We have reason to believe that the statements…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The French Army. a French Soldier's Criticisms
[By CAPTAIN CHARLES HUMBERT.] The writer of the following article, M. Charles Humbert, is the "Man of the Day" in France at the present moment owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian-Turkish War. LONDON
Italian cruisers sunk seven Turkish gunboats in the Red Sea, and captured an armed yacht. The action occurred outside the Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WAR! The New Terror
War and rumours of war fill the air. Soldiers are talking of new tactics and new weapons. The public is wondering whether…
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