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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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The native princes and population of Bengal have started a patriotic fund, in order to provide for the families of the native troops who may lose their lives in any military operations…
Continued on Trove, page 836 →OLIVIER Pain, the Frenchman now in the Mahdi's camp, and to whose, of the false prophet's recent success is credited, is a brilliant Bohemian. He is about 45 years old, was born in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is probable that the Wolverene-s converted 68-pounder gnus will be utilised for the cruiser Mansilia, and that Captain S. D. Shallard, the present commander of the Maseilia, will be appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHILE there is peace there is hope, and some grounds to justify the anticipation that, after all, the calamity of a war between Russia and the British Empire may be averted. The latest…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Saturday.—Wars and rumors of wars. The acting commandant telephones "must have everything ready instanter; war with Russia expected." Dalley wires" Have torpedos laid right off, if not sooner."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, April 16.--A reply has been received by the Government to the despatch sent to Russia in reference to the recent fighting on the Afghan border. The reply is of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Government recently gave an order for the construction at the Japanese village in London of an ingenious contrivance intended to protect soldiers in the Soudan from the rays of the burning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last night Captain Reid, R. A, lectured at the Cambridge Club Assembly-room, Oxford-street, on the subject of " Soldiers and their science." The lecture is the first of a series of five popular ones on military science. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It ia reported from St. Petersburg that the Afghans are in revolt. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SUAKIM, March 16, 9.50 p.m.—The Coldstream Guards, and a troop of lancers, left for Otao, which is a stage farther on to Berber route, early this morning. They reached Otao unopposed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, April 18,--It is expected that on Tuesday next the Right Hon, Hugh Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will ask the House of Commons for a credit vote of six millions on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To a large congregation in the Pitt-street Congregational Church last evening, the Rev. Jas. Jefferis delivered a remarkable sermon on "War." He made special reference to the Soudan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The London correspondent of the Adelaide ADVERTISER wrote on March 13:— "As to the need for colonial help in the Soudan, only one opinion exists at present, that it is not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Pitt-street Congregational Church last evening, the Rev. Dr. James Jefferis preached from the text, "Sith thou hast not bated blood, even blood shall pursue thee." He spoke in general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious collision occurred on Saturday, March 7, between the soldiers and civilians in Waterford, Ireland. A detachment of the Royal Irish Regiment, about 100 men, had been sent from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Gladstone has made a statement in the House of Commons to the effect that an honourable settlement of the Russo-Afghan difficulty will probably be arranged with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Factory Acta have been suspended at the Royal Arsenal, and orders given to employ the lads as well as the men upon overtime. Virtually the Government works are exempt from the Factory Acts and all other statutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fate has been hard upon England in the Egyptian campaign, As the Spectator justly remarks, the original idea of the expedition was excellent, and it was within a hair's-breadth of complete success. It is new clearly shown that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As by the rules of fair debate Lam entitled to a rejoinder to Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan's renewed onslaught, I venture to intrude upon journalistic courtesy again; though I must frankly confess…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The superintendent of the P. and O. Company states that the following steamers have been chattered by the British Government for cursers:--Mellie's for the…
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