Unprepared for War. Lord Roberts and the Million Men Standard
Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, addressing the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, maintained that the nation was as absolutely unprepared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1906
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A Time-expired Soldier. a Pathetic Incident
He was the only other occupant of the humble third-class smoker, in the northward-bound train. He was in plain clothes, but "soldier" was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wireless War. the New Style
On board H.M.S. Euryalus on 28th June Mr William Maxwell wrote to the London "Daily Mail":—I do not know whether Admiral…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Office Scandals
The warrant and non commissioned officers concerned In the—War Office Scandals have been paraded at Aldershot, and reduced to the ranks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coming Commercial War. Fight for the Pacifio
Mr F. A. Mackenzie writes from Kobe to the London “Daily Mail”:— Yesterday Japan was the world’s fairyland to-day Japan would fain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The French Army. Trades for Soldiers
On 6th August the Paris correspondent for the “Express” wrote:— The Minister of War issued a circular to the commanders of all army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War That Has Lasted Over Thirty Years
It may not be generally known that the little kingdom of Holland is still engaged in a war which was begun 32 years ago. In 1873…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defending a Cathedral. French Soldiers Routed by Three Hungry Bears
Of all the strange stories that have rome from France in connection with the taking of official inventories by order of the Government in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia’s War Bill
Russia has disbursed £157,000,000 towards the cost of the war in the Far East, leaving £18,000,000 still unpaid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News in War Time. “An Expensive Nuisance.”
At the concluding sitting of the Journalist Coolenence in Dublin on 5th September, a resolution was adopted agreeing with the necessity for preventing in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier Who Was Down on His Luck
The following story was told of General Wade, the maker of the famous military roads through the, Highlands which opened up Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tinned Meat. a Penny a Pound. War Contractor's Profit. Kaffirs Poisoned
Bad tinned meat figured largely in the evidence betone the War Stores Commission, presided over by Lord Justice Farwell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cotton. Coming Commercial War
Mr F. A. M'KENZIE writes in the "Daily Mail" from Osaka, Japan:—Cotton is king in the Far East. The Asiatic textile trade is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Result of War
Woman (twice married): ' Here a hero lies, Yen would not be my husband to- day, Dick, had John not been killed at Paardeburg.'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pinnage Cut in Two
SAILOH KILLED BY STEAMER. A fatal accident occurred during the visit of the Medway Reserve fleet to Margate on 12th september…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Idle Soldiers. a Suggested Reform
In the August number of "Broad views," Mr J. W. Petavel, late captain in the Royal Engineers, broaches a proposal that would, if we were wise, lead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier Race. the House of Gough
General Sir Hugh Henry Gough. V.C., Keeper of his Majesty's Regalia in the Tower, has, writes the "Westminster Gazette," suffered a sad bereavement by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A War Ivention
The new war invention, to which reference has been made in the Melbourne “Argus” columns, will shortly be submitted to the imperial authorities for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier’s Downfall. Victoria Cross Hero Sent to Prison
A good deal of indignation has been aroused in Maidenhead by the conviction by the borough magistrates of a man named Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Female Soldiers. Some Bye-gone Instances
Senora Clara Santos, who the other day assumed the uniform of a commissioned officer and led a regiment of Cuban rebels in a victorious…
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