"War" Again
YESTERDAY we had the intelligence that everything was arranged between the Governments of England and Russia, and that nothing farther remained to be done but…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1885
877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 44
Our Soudan Soldiers. the Typhoid Patients
Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General, telegraphed to the Colonel Secretary, Sydney, on May 30:— "Arab sailed from Colombo this afternoon, 3 o'clock."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Economic Effect of War. (From the Spectator.)
War is, of course, economically, purely destructive. The men employed produce nothing, the engine, prepared are useless, except for killing; the money expended is most of it consumed on objects which can yield no direct return…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wounded at the Soudan
The Lady's Pietorial has received a letter from a lady at Cairo who bravely accompanied her husband to Egypt when his regiment was put under orders for Suakin. She says:—"I have been to see our Korti wounded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reuter's Messages. British Soldiery at Alexandria
Alexandria June 3.--The 70th Begiment, East Surry Rifles, have arrived from Suskim. and they landed here, where they will remain until further orders…
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COLOMBO, May 29, 1.33 p.m.—The New South Wales Contingent, on board the transport steamer Arab, arrived here this morning I regret to say that; although the general health of the troops is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Against Insect Pests
The Royal Agricultural Society have a common sense method of making the farming and gardening classes acquainted with the real character of the insects that become injurious to the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The War in the Soudan. Colombo, May 30
The transport Arab, with the New South, Wales Contingent on board, sailed at 1 p.m. to-day for Albany, en route to Sydney. Twelve of the Contingent who are down…
Continued on Trove, page 1201 →The Effect of War on the Wheat Market
According to English authorities, a declaration of war with Russia would probably put the price of wheat up to he extent of 15s. to 20s. a quarter within a week. Even the report of hostilities between the Russians and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1173 →Letter From the Soudan. Roughing It. Alleged Ill-treatment. No Prayer Books' for Catholic Soldiers. the Wind Up of the Campaign. The Camp, Handub April 9,1885
To follow up my last hurried letter, written just after returning to headquarters after our first engagement, let me begin by saying that Thursday the 2nd April, 1885, to 11 long be remembered by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Soldier's Life in the Soudan
A letter, which gives some very interesting details of a soldier's life in the Soudan, has just been received by Mre, Parrott, of St. Leonards, whose husband (Captain T. S. Parrott. of the Volunteer Engineers) was…
Continued on Trove, page 1205 →Our Soldiers of the Future—the School Cadet Corps
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Department. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Our War Department is rousing from the [?] far niente in whcih it habitually basks, and is mighty angry with Captain Reid becauuse he says that the Russian Admiral was supplied with all the information about Sydney, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Welcome Home for the N. S. Wales Contingent
THE arrangements for the reception of the contingent have been arranged by the Hon. W. B. Dalley. It is proposed that the debarkation will not take place on the day of the arrival of the s.s…
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CAIRO, June 4.—News from the front says that a party of rebels has occupied Korti, the recent head-quarters of Lord Wolseley. LONDON, June 7.—The British troops have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News from China. Russians Purchasing Coal. Movements of Men-of-war. Brisbane
By the steamer Catthertun, which arrived at Cooktown from Hongkong on Thursday, news toe been received that the Russians bought up all the Cardiff coal at Yokohama, and are making active…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Welcome Home
The preparations for the reception of the Con[?]ngent contrast unfavourably with those which led np to the magnificent demonstration of the 3rd of March. Instead of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Invalided Soldiers
Sir F. Napier Broome, Governor of Western Australia, performed a very graceful action during the stay of the Rome at Colombo. The leisure at his disposal was spent in a visit to the sick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Japanese Man-of-war
The Japanese have Just launched another man-of-war, the Yamato-kan, which has being built at the Onohama Naval Yard, Kobe. According to the description of the Hiogo News, the Yamato-kan is a composite sloop of war, and is a sister ship of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skobeleff As a Soldier
A study of the career of the late Russian general, [?]kobeleff, affords the opportunity of reviewing [?]e operations of modern warfare from a point of [?]ew which is not often regarded, viz, that of the…
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