Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1890

341 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 18

The Central American War. Four, More Battles Fought

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 16

LONDON, August 5.—The troops of San Salvador have won four more battles, and now the city of Guatemala ia endangered…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

The War in Central America. London, Aug. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 9

The Government of Guatemala intended to divert the British debt fund from its legitimate channel, but in consequence of Lord Salisbury having threatened to send…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The War in Guatemala. Flight of President Barillas

Evening News · Monday 11 August 1890 · page 4

LONDON, August 10.— Complete anarchy is stated to prevail in the republic of Guatemala. The President, General Barillas, whose term of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The War in Central America. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 August 1890 · page 5

The American Minister at Guatemala has taken refuge in a warship. General Barillas, the President of Guatemala, is preparing to fles, owing to the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The War in Guatemala

Evening News · Tuesday 12 August 1890 · page 4

LONDON, August ll.— An encounter has taken place between the troops of the Republic of Guatemala and the rebels, and the latter were defeated. The fight was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

More Mutinous Soldiers

Evening News · Tuesday 12 August 1890 · page 4

LONDON, August 11.— Another outbreak of insubordination has taken place at Chatham among the Army Service Corps stationed there. The men, to emphazise their…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Strike of Railway Employees in America. Eighteen Thousand Men Out. Soldiers in Readiness. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1890 · page 7

Soldiers are in readiness for the struggle between the Vanderbilts and the Knights of Labour, who ordered a strike on the New York Central Railway. All the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Mint of Money [All Rights Reserved.] Or, Norman Gartram’s Heir, Author of “The Master of the C[?]nies,” “Black Blood or the Lass that Loved a Soldier,” “Hard to Win,” etc., etc., etc

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1890 · page 3

CHAPTERS I. AND II.—The reader is introduced to Norman Gartram, the granite king, as he is called, who has made his wealth as a quarry owner, and his daughter Claude. As a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Declaration of War

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 August 1890 · page 4

ON behalf of his party the leader of the Opposition yesterday desired information from the Treasurer as to when the Financial Statement would…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

"The Dogs of War."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 August 1890 · page 4

There was a distinct smell of powder in the political atmosphere last night. As soon as the House met, tho Opposition chief, coming direct from a council…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The War in Guatemala. the Ex-premier Shot

Evening News · Thursday 14 August 1890 · page 4

LONDON, August 12.-News has arrived to the effect that Senor Don E. M. Sobral, the ex-Premier of Guatemala, has been shot by the President, General Don M. L…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

"The War Dog" Fiasco

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 4

The Opposition by their desperate stamping and shuffling in the political mud have created a quagmire for themselves in which last night saw them…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Central America. Another War Imminent

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Affairs in Central America continue very unsettled. It is now reported that war is imminent between the Republic of Salvador and its…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War in Central America. London, August 14

The Australian Star · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 5

A despatch from America states that war is likely to be declared between the Republics of San Salvador and Honduras…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Yesterday's Cables. War in South America. More Fighting Imminent

Evening News · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 5

LONDON, August 13—Intelligence has reached London to the effect that war seems imminent between the Republics of San Salvador and Honduras…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Trades and Labor Council. a Council of War. The Impending Struggle. Australian Labor United

The Australian Star · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 7

THE weekly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council held in the Trades Hall last night was one of the most largely attended which has been held since the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Farce in Parliament. an Ignominious Back-down. the Dogs of War Bark Loudly. But Do Not Bite

Evening News · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 4

Last night the Legislative Assembly witnessed a scene which was without parallel in the history of parliamentary warfare, the features of the thing being a complete…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The War in Central America. London, Aug. 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 356

The American Minister at Guatemala has taken refuge in a warship. General Barillas, the President of Guatemala, is preparing to flee, owing to the…

Continued on Trove, page 356 →

The Declaration of War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 7

Sir,—What has the leader of the Opposition gained by his tacties in the first engagement after his note of a general blockade of Parliamentary business was sounded? Not "the Premier's crown," nor the ghost of a chance of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Mint of Money [All Rights Reserved.] Or, Norman Gartram’s Heir, Author of “The Matter of the Ceremonies,” BlackBlood or the Lass that Loved a Soldier,“ “Hard to Win,” etc., etc., etc. CHAPTER IX.—Continued

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 7

‘ You know I would have come to you before, but poor papa has been so ill, and I dared not come away. But he is better now, and sitting up.’…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →