Soldiers Cheering for Mr. Parnell
On Saturday, May 12, do a detachment of the Wiltshire Regiment was leaving Boyle a soldier called for three cheers for Mr. Parnell, which was responded to enthusiastically by the whole…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1888
378 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 19
The War Scare
The simultaneous breaking down of the two cables which connect us with Europe has caused our Victorias, neighbors to "ring the alarm bell," and call out the defenders of the soil But,…
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Great inconvenience is still being caused owing to the unfortunate interruption of the cable. The breakage is all the more serious because the duplicate cable which…
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NOTWITHSTANDING the startling effect which the interruption in the cable has had upon the Victorian Government, the Government of this colony does not think…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A War Scare in Melbourne. a Council of War Held. the Warships Proceed to the Heads. the Naval and Reserve Forces Called Out. (By Telegraph)
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Owing to the sudden breakage of both cables between Port Darwin and Banjoewangie and the complete interruption of telegraphic…
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In view of the warnke preparations which have been taken in Melbourne, a representative of the EVENING News waited upon the Premier on Monday, and, in reply to inquiries, Sir Henry…
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Nothing could be more admirable than the martial spirit with which the gallant colony to the southward of us rose to arms the other day when from…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.-Major-General Downes, when interviewed this morning, said he could place a thousand men under arms at a very short notice, and he is arranging with Mr. Todd,…
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A telegram from Warrnambool states that a general feeling of uneasiness prevails there. At the Lighthouse a strict watch is being kept for the approach of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian. Victoria. Suicide of an ex-Soldier
MELBOURNE, This Day.--Charles Hammond, a retired army officer, 35 years old, committed suicide at Prahr[?]n last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cables and the War Scare. the People of Sydney Keep Cool. No Preparations Made to Meet " the Enemy." the Cabinet Meet and Do Not Mention the Subject the Cables Still Interrupted
The war scare that caused so much excitement in Melbourne and Adelaide has not reached Sydney, nor is it likely to do so. Unlike the Government of Victoria, Sir…
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MELBOURNE, This Day. — Mercantile men are now treating the war scare over the breakage of the cable as a good joke, and beyond the inconvenience attending…
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IN the course of a century or so, when national characteristics will have become as marked and diverse in Australasia as they are in older Europe, it…
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MELBOURNE This Day.—There are now 263 men of the Naval Brigade on the war vessels. The Minister of Defence has refused to allow reporters to go to the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly the action of the Ministers in calling out a portion of the military and naval forces was referred to by the Premier, who stated that there was no…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-The Victorian warships are still fit the heads. The Nelson Will go down to-day. The men are being constantly exercised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The French in the Leeward Islands. Engagement at Raiatea. Several Natives Killed and Wounded. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Richmond arrived here to-day from Tahiti. She reports that at present all is quiet in the Leeward Islands though the hostile natives are…
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Sir,—what scares [?] poor southern neighbours? No power on [?] entertains any design upon them; no nation under the sun has said an angry word to them—wherefore, then their alarm? Is is that conscience makes cowards of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparing for War. Testing the Smartness of Volunteers in Adelaide. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Intense excitement Was created in Adelaide to-night by the hoisting of a large white light on the Post-office tower, which was the signal that had been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Identified at Last. Strange Story of a Soldier
THE strange case of Hugh Thompson has just passed through the Pension Office, says the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. It is a reremarkable story. Thomson loft home a…
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