Heat in Europe. Soldiers Prostrated
The Berlin, correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes on 9th July:— While the Austrian Landwehr Regiment was taking part in a sham fight,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1910
37 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Modern War. Some of Its Exigencies
More than once in the "Daily Mail" during the past few weeks I have suggested that the British public have little knowledge of the exigencies of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Soup Poisoned
AN attempt to poison a squadron of cavalry is reported from Verdun, France. The soup served at the mess of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suffragists on the War Path
The "S. M. Herald's" London correspondent writing on Dec, 17 relates the steps that were taken to keep the suffragists out of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Colonies in Case of War. LONDON, Feb, 4
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Prime Minister, in moving in the Canadian House of Commons, the second reading of the Navy Bill, said that the Government would stand or fall by its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When Plants Wage War. Little Battles in Byways and Hedges
The keen competition in commercial circles, even in these strenuous days, is us nothing beside that of many plants and trees for bare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tapping Wireless in War Time
The Swiss military authorities have proved by experiments that the Alps attract wireless currents to an extraordinary degree, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Magic Lanterns. a War Office Experiment
The War Office has found that the magic-lantern plays so large a part in procuring recruits that a circular memorandum has been issued to officers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 1 →In a War Balloon
It was a delightful September afternoon in 1902 at the close of a week during which there bad been much discussion in the newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where Every Man 18 at War with His Neighbour
Our sketch represents a house in the Central Arfak Mountain. Dutch New Guinea. The old traditions of blood feuds are strong here, and every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Appliances
An illuminating shell, which bursts into flame in the air and acts as a temporary searchlight, is among the latest ideas of war inventors. This…
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An illuminating shell, which bursts into flame in the air and acts as a temporary searchlight, is among the latest ideas of war inventors. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Army Proposal. Soldier Tailors
The latest proposal which is being discussed by the Army Council is one suggested by Sir John Fisher. It is that soldiers, like sailors, should make their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Story. a Soldier of Brittany
It was in the country near the forest not far from the Seine, in the modest villa where. I hoped to spend my old age, that I saw Jean de Thommeray for the first time. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapter Ii. the Missing Bridegroom—war to the Knife—a Conspiracy—the Dark Rolling River
The bells of the cathedral of Oldchester are ringing. The thousands of passing business men from the station pause to look…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adding to the Terrors of War. the Silencer Unscrewed
A description has already been given in the "Daily Graphic" of Mr. Hiram P. Maxim's invention for suppressing the report from guns and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Plucky Soldier
It has been said that Waterloo was won on the Playing-Fields of Eton. This, of course, referred to the gallantry of the British officers, many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Paterson's Resignation. Averts Another Industrial War. Satisfaction Among Unionists
Mr. Paterson maintained a true Scotch reticence in tendering his resignation to the Industrial Court. He visited the Industrial Registrar (Mr. G. C. Addison), on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane in War
When men find themselves confronted by a hostile army, they are willing to run risks it would be folly to incur in time ol peace…
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