In Time of War. Fleet of Trawlers. to Sweep Up Mines. London, May 12
The Admiralty will reserve one hundred [?] trawlers chiefly at Gri[?]ley and A[?] to sweep up [?] is wartime. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1909
144 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 8
War Against Rebates. Railway Company Fined. London
The New York Central Railway Company has paid fines aggregating £272,000 imposed on it is connection with the granting of rebates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Against Opium. Sydney
At Tamworth to-day a Chinaman was fined £20 for having opium in his possession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial War. Situation in France a Labor Strike. London May 19
Goaded by extremists the committee of the French General Confederation of Labor issued a manifesto to the trade unions to immediately strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slave of the Needle. English War Office Work. One Penny an Hour
The London "Express" of 1st March writes:— The sensational story of Mrs. There good, the Lambeth women who told the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peruvian Revolution. the President Seized. Rescued by Loyalist Troops. Forty Revolutionists Wounded. London
A large mob, headed by a politician named Pierola, attacked the Government office at Lima the capital of Peru and conveyed the President,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War of Armaments. the Two-power Standard. Berlin Paper's Taunts. London
The speech by the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) in the House of Commons this week, defining the interpretation put by the Government upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on Monkeys. Hindus Think Them Sacred; So Hire Others to Kill Them
While utilitarians and the humane are debating the case for and against the sparrow, our fellow-citizens in India are as sharply divided upon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Is War in the Air Possible? a Striking Book About an Important Modern Problem
In England most people still refuse to believe that the airship is, or for long will be, a formidable engine of war. The War Departments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Soldier's Suicide Wounded at Spion Kop. London, June 2
Captain Herbert Duckworth, who was wounded at Spion Kop in the Boer war, committed suicide in a London Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German East[?] Horrors a Terrible Dh[?] Pictur[?] War, Pestilence [?] Lond[?]
Mr. Douglas Young [?] Consul in German East [?] the course of his ann[?] sented a terrible pictu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At War With Fashion. Bill to Limit Size of Women's Hats
The spectacular invasion of the ill[?] State Legislature last week by 1600 suffragettes has produced unexpected legislative fruits, for a Bill has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Against Opium. a Chinaman Fined. Sydney
Choy Long, a Chinaman, was fined £40 this morning for importing opium…
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Ah Fook a Chinaman, was fined £50 this morning on a charge of smoking opium and having opium in his possession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Poitics. Mr Fisher at Ballarat. "War to the Knife." Ballarat
There was a large attendance in the Alfred Holl to-night, when a speech in relation to Federal politics was made by Mr Fisher, the ex-Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Against Opium. Chinese Den Raided. Heavy Fines Inflicted. Sydney
Last night the police raided premises in Bathurst-street occupied by some Chinese, and surprised night celestials, six of whom got away. The remaining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bjorko Island Incident. How the Mistake Occurred Czar's Present to Wounded Fireman. London
In connection with the unfortunate incident on Wednesday night last, in the vicinity of Bjorko Island—when one of the Russian torpedo boats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War to the Knife."
THE puerile conduct of Mr. Fisher since the rejection of his Ministry from office will assist electors to the conclusion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables Aeroplanes in War. London, June 25
Twelve Wright aeroplanes are being built for the German army. GREAT HEAT. The weather is very hot in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fate Unknown. Derellet War Balloon Found in the Sea
Mystery completely surrounded the late up to a late hour on Thursday night, of two officers of the Royal Engineers, Lieutenants Caulfield and Leake, who…
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