Feather-bed Soldiers. How They Fared in South Africa
All the talk by the stay-at-home critics about "feather-bed" soldiers is just so much silly nonsense. I had lunch with the Duke of Teck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1911
60 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
War on Harem Skirts
In the Illinois Legislature a representative has introduced a bill prohibiting the wearing of "hobble" and "harem" skirts, and providing fines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War With the Animal World. Woman Against Pull.—man Versus Fox
An exciting incident occurred in the milking yard of Mr. H. Meikens, Kelvin Grove, last Friday morning (says the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War on Rats. Plague-fightihg in Tropical India
Plague is the scourge of India, and the rat is one of the chief disseminators of the disease. Recognising this fact, (says "The Wide World…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shipping War. Shipping to Be Laid Up. London, Friday Afternoon
The unionist dockers on the Thames have struck for a uniform wage. The non-unionist dockers of the Surrey and Commercial Dock have also struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud
ALL the evidences point to a growing belief in the near possibility of a European war, with the powerful German Empire as its apex. All marine insurances are rising, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mutinous British Soldiers Plucky Officer Enters Their Camp
The battalion which mutinied at: Howick, fifteen miles from Pietermaritzburg, consisted of strong drafts of men intended for India, taken from the South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, August 1, 1911. the War Scare
THE scaremongers have been having a glorious time. Like the story of the three black crows, inklings of the game of "diamoud-cut-diamond " which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Adventure in India
Once during my service in India, I had the advantage of being stationed close to the sea. One evening, after a roasting hot day, a party of us strolled to the seashore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Heart
The condition known as "Soldier's heart" has been a subject of military medical interest for many years. It was at one time thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Would They Shoot? Position of Citizen Soldiers in Case of Strike Trouble
Senator McGregor is in no wise perturbed by some remarks made recently by Lieut. Colonel Ryrie. M.H.R., on the subject of arming and training the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Cloud. BERLIN, Friday Evening
There have been several noisy anti-British meetings at Berlin and other places. The Emperor is being wildly cheered in the streets of Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud. Serious Feeling in Germany. LONDON
The Tangier correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" reports that 3000 French soldiers at Casablanca, on the west Moroccan coast, have been ordered to occupy Marakesh…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers Don't Shoot
Nine-tenths of a soldier's duty is to shoot straight. The soldiers of New South Wales not only can't shoot straight but they won't. Every endeavour on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Refused to Shoot. A Soldier Deserts. Echo of the Great Strike. London, Tuesday Evening
The case was concluded to-day of Private Harold Spiers, of the let Battalion Royal Worcestershire Regiment, who on August 26 was charged at New Radnor with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Declared
The ultimatum of Italy to Turkey on the subject of Tripoli was presented on Thursday. Ministers and other dignitaries held an extraordinary council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON. Monday. Latest War News
Tripoli has been bombarded The palace was destroyed, and the inhabitants have evacuated the town. Turkish troops are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. LONDON, October 6. War and Threats of War
An Italian squadron, consisting of four battleships and two cruisers, was sent to the Aegean Sea to search for the Turkish ships supposed to be concealed there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. ROME
It is now disclosed that Italy's main demonstration under Vice-Admiral Faravelli before the town of Tripoli was largely a ruse, of which the object was to deceive the enemy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home to Corporal Land
Corporal Cecil Land, a member of the contingent of Australian cadets just relumed from the Coronation festivities in London, arrived in his native town…
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