A Shearer's War Near Walgett
WALGETT Tuesday.— Information has reached here that nearly a thousand men are camped on Deorooma station, principally Union shearers. The roll will be called on Thursday morning, when…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1888
378 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 19
The War Scare. Stupid Proceedings in Melbourne
THE Victorian Government, in order to get up a war scare, keeps on" sounding the alarum" over the interruption of cable communication. No sooner was it known that the telegraph Cables…
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It has been frequently asserted in late years that a great disturbance of the equilibrium of power in the world will be effected as soon as ever China…
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BRISBANE, This Day.—The new torpedo boat Midge proceeded up the river yesterday, and is now engaged in torpedo practice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The English Footballers' Tour. Melbourne Club at War
MELBOSRNE, Thursday.-The Melbourne Football Club is at loggerheads with the promoters of the English team of footballers. It appears that arrangements had been made to play a match on the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Melbourne War Scare. Reports Regarding the Recent Operations. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The official reports upon the recent naval and military operations at the Heads have been furnished to the Minister of Defence by the Commandants of both…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fourth Edition. To-day's Cablegrams. (Continued from Page 5.) Another British War Scare. Wolseley at Work
LONDON, June 30.—In the House of Lords Lord Wolseley has made another alarmist speech on the defences of the Empire. He declared that it would be the easiest possible operation for…
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China is about to wake up. She has been disturbed from her dream of centuries by the action of the outer barbarians in these colonies, who have had the audacity to prefer the room to the…
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"So your father was in the war?" said be. "Yes, he was killed in the battle of [?]" she replied. "Where—er—was he shot?"…
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LONDON, June 30.—In the House of Lords Lord Wolseley has made another alarmist speech on the defences of the Empire. He declared that it would be the easiest possible operation for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The French Club. Sir John Robertson on the Victorian War Scare
A dinner was given by the French Club on Saturday to commemorate the natural fete day anniversary of the taking of the Bastile, and at the same time to note the opening of the new…
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A GENTLE maiden named Annie Gardiner was charged with having damaged some property belonging to a Chinese with tho terribly aggressive name of Man War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Naval Squadron. Assembling for War Manoeuvres. London, July 10
Forty-two ironclads are now collected at Spithead and Portland, where they are awaiting a signal to begin a series of war manoeuvres. Vice-Admiral Baird,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cable Restored. Exciting Intelligence. Russian War Vessels Off the Coast. Great Excitement. Calling Out of the Reserves
News is to hand that, taking advantage; of the breakage of the cable, the Russian Government have dispatched three ironclads to attack Sydney. The captain of a small trader reports…
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Yesterday the French man-of-war Decres arrived in port from Noumea, en, route fo Melbourne, for which port she will leave shortly in order that her officers may be present at the opening ceremony of the Exhibition. This is the first occasion that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Political Affairs in France. Duel Between M. Floquet and General Boulanger. General Boulanger Wounded in the Throat. M. Floquet Slightly Wounded. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 13
In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Floquet, the Premier, challenged General Boulanger to a duel for having called him a liar in the Chamber…
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"L. G." (Mordon Grange, Malmsbury, V.) has written to us that he saw a magpie which appeared to be lame running along the ground. He caught it, and found that it had been shot. But…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The War Scare
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Premier contradicts the statement teat all foreign war ships were to obtain special permission before proceeding up the bay. He states that the regulation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another British War Scare
LONDON, June 30.—In the House of Lords Lord Wolseley has made another alarmist speech on the defences of the Empire. He declared that; it would he the easiest possible operation for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Land Dispute in New Zealand. Fight Between Two Maori Tribes. Several Natives Wounded. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Friday.--A dispute which had arisen between two sections of the Ngapuhi tribe of Maoris respecting a block of land situated near Whangarei, a town about 80 miles…
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