The Missing Soldiers
What is to be the scope of Lord Kitchener's report on Australian defence? Is his function to tell us how to train an army, or will he in addition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1910
54 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 3
On a Man-of-war. Hints to Landsmen Who Wants to Do the Proper Thing
As you pass over the ship's side an step aboard, if you are a man. The officer of the deck, who repretouch your hat in salute to the flag…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Rations. a Peace Test
The entire camp at Tidworth is lost in admiration of the pluck and doggedness of the little band of "hungermarchers" drawn from the 1st Loyal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New War Party. "Dangerous Proposals"
"These are days of political topsyturvydom, in which former classifications have little meaning," writes the "Spectator" in an article called "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Risks
Then there was the "Claverdale," a well-found, new steamer of four thousand tens, and at the time of her loss on her maiden voyage. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Risks
Then there was the "Claverdale," a well-found, new steamer of four-thousand tons, and at the time of her loss on her maiden voyage. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Soldiers. Great Number Unemployed
Four ex-soldiers, three of them unemployed, had (says "Lloyd's News") a most remarkable interview with Mr Haldane at the War Office on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War with the Goats. the Inspector Makes a Flank Attack
The sanitary inspector was recently directed by the municipal council to begin a campaign for the suppression of the goat nuisance in the town. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Nose Cut Off
A private soldier named Fodor was walking in a Buda-Pest street recently when hie passed Captain Brandusa and O'mitted to salute him. The captain thereupon ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Novelties in War Appliances
AN illuminating shell, which bursts in the air and acts as a temporary searchilight, is amongst the latest ideas of war [?]ventors. This shell which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When Plants Wage War. Little Battles in Byways and Hedges
The keen competition in commercial circles, even in these strenuous days, is as nothing beside that of many plants and trees for bare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Distinguished Soldier's Downfall
Captain James Henry Edwards Holford, D. S. O., has been committed for trial for obtaining tiaras and neckla[?]ss set with diamonds to to the value of several thousands pounds, from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Scare. Germany's Financial Difficulties
The task of the new German Chancellor is likely to prove a very difficult one. The question of finance in Berlin, as in London, governs the situation, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Scare. Germany's Financial Difficulties
The task of the new German Chancellor is likely to prove a very difficult one. The question of finance in Berlin, as in London, governs the situation, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Balloons in War: Difficult to Destroy
The first tests in the United States of firing at balloons have been carried out at Sandy Hook. A small 3-man captive balloon was anchored at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Baloon Destroyed by Aerial War Gun
The first actual demonstration of the effectiveness of the new guns evolved by the German army as means with which to fight aerial craft was given…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Soldier's Disgrace
A distinguished soldier, Captain Holford, pleaded guilty at the London Central Criminal Court, to a fraudulent conversion of jewellery, valued at £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Told by an Old Soldier
The stirring scenes and incidents in the stories of old British battles are missed from the accounts of later wars in which the old country has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cinematograph's Use in War
The military commission of the French National Aerial League after examining the development of the science of ballooning in Germany, has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier's Thrilling Experi-. Ence
Hans Auspitz, a young soldier of the German army, went through a remarkable experience at Goettlngen, whither he had been despatched by…
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