Tug of War
On Saturday and Monday evenings last a tug of war came off in Drew's Hall. On each evening a very fair number of admirers witnessed the tug. The first pull…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1892
13 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers
Loss of a War Ship. London, May 23
A Brazilian ironclad rank near Monte Video, only five of the ship's crew being saved, and over 100 lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti Home Rule Convention. a Civil War Predicted. London, May 26
Nine thousand pounds has been subscribed to meet the expenses of the Anti Home Rule Convention, to be held in Belfast on June 17. The British Protestant Alliance will agitate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War and Rumours of War. London, June 20
The native rising on the frontiers of Afganistan is spreading. The German expeditionary force in East Africa has been defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] WAR. London, July 25
General Roberts, Commander-in-Chief in India, interviewed in reference to the probability of war, says her does not think there is any present probability of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arbitration or War. London, July 25
A bill has been introduced in the United States Senate, with the object of substitating arbitration for war. The bill provides for the appointment by the United States of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hell Traps of War
WE have a line of breastworks strong enough to stand artillery, and we have crowned it with head logs. By that it meant a log so placed that a soldier can fire under it while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Encounter with Burglars.--a Policeman Shot at and Wounded
A SERIOUS shooting affray occurred in the heart of Melbourne on Thursday night, when Constable Foley encountered two armed burgulars, who fired two shots at him, one of the bullets piercing his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pets of Men Of-war
On board a man-of-war there are usually several pots. Their presence is not frowned upon by the authorities, for the life of a sailor monothonous, and a harmless diversion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrest of the Leaders. Fuller Particulars From the Seat of War. Broken Hill, Thursday, Midnight
For some considerable time past it was known to the Labor Defence Committee at Broken Hill that there were warrants issued for the arrest of certain of its members, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Soldiers Mutiny. London, Oct. 13
Another mutinous disturbance has occurred in the army, the men of service corps at Portsmouth breaking out into open mutiny and developing their harness and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier Sentenced. London, Oct. 17
A private named Marshall has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and to be dismissed from the regiment for inciting his comrades of the Life Guards to "stick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Compliments
The jealousy which nearly always exists between different arms of the military service used to be illustrated by the dialogues which took place…
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