War Tax. BERLIN
The contribution of the firm of Krupps, the German gun makers, to the war tax amounts to £300,000 while Frau Krupps has made another…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1914
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German War Tax Krupp's Contributions. Berlin
The Krupps Company's [?] to the war tax is £300,000 which is the estimated equivalent for profits from increased orders. Miss Krupp contributes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Nursing Condemned. "Wounded Men Seek Revenge." London
Miss Durham, at Essex Hall, said she was convinced that the Red Cross nursing staff should not be sent to war, as healing wounds merely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Shooting Case. Man and Woman Wounded. Brisbane
Rudolph Weldon, a resident of Sydney, who has been staying with his son at the Exchange Hotel, Brisbane, to-day shot Mrs. Fitzroy in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Howe Rule the Prospects of the Session. Sir Horace Plunkett's Forecast. "Civil War or Outrage." London
Extraordinary public interest is being taken in the re-assembling of the imperial Parliament. Sir Horace Plunkett, a well-known authority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threatened Civil War Ulstermen Determined Asquith Undespairing. London
Right Hon. W.H. Long, in moving amendment in the Commons declared shaat the United Kingdom was for the first time in centuries threatened with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unionist Amendment to Address-in-reply. the People Should Re Consulted. Mr. Long Talks of Civil War. Prime Minister in Reply Strong Speech by Mr. Chamberlain
In the House of Commons Mr. Walter Long moved an amendment 10 the Address-in-reply. demanding that the people should be consulted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ulster Trouble. Civil War Certain. London
In a speech in the House of Commons, Austin Chamberlin declared that unless the Government, meant to exclude or secure Ulster…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rand Deportations. General Botha in Defence. "War Against Society." Deportations Result of Careful Consideration. Capetown
In the Union Parliament debate on the Indemnity Bill, General. Botha, quoted an article by John Dubb, an educated leader of the natives in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troops Ambushed. 138 Killed and Wounded. LONDON
Bands of Brigands, known as "White Wolves," ambushed nine hundred Government troops in China, killing and wounding 138…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Revolutionised. Wireless As a Weapon. Italian's Invention. Rome
An an official, trial in the Arne River of Signor Ulivi's wireless "F" rays two submerged torpedoes were successfully exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kaiser's £193,000 War Tax What Rich Germans Have to Pay
The new Germau war taxes, or "contributions to defence," which is their official title, came into effect on January 1. Taxpayers are given…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rebels in India Attack on Soldiers. Calcutta
A large body of raiders crossed the frontier on Modnay and attacked the Attock Bridge blockhouse, Armed police, after several hours' fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Internecine War
THE strike of the slaughtermen and car case butchers in Sydney, the holding up of the stock sales, and the consequent privation and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Canoe As Wool Carrier
"Times change and we with time" might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of too world, and once the doughty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Aeroplanes. England's Favorable Position. London
The Minister for War stated in the House of Commons that by the end of the year three would be 250 aeroplanes ready for active service in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outlaws in Samoa. Desertion by Native Soldiers Murderous Attack on Plantation. Retribution Follows Quickly. Sydney
News from Samoa states that on 8th February, our native soldiers deserted and proceeded to a plantation 15 miles away. They shot the overseer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Meat War. Employers Reject Terms. Sydney
There is no settlement of the meat strike yet. The employers have declined to accept the terms for peace put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eric Dacres: (Copyright.) A Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. PART 12
" Curse you, keep your mouth shut!" snarled Haygarth. "Its just as well that Churton is dead—he would have made things…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Is War Expected? Russian Preparations. Alleged Feverish Haste. Vienna
The Austrian authorities profess ignorance is to the accuracy of the report published in Vienna to the effect that Russia is feverishly…
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