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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
643 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 33
Some startling telegrams were received last week, from Europe. The announcement that a British fleet [?]ad taken possession of Mitylene, and had fortified Sigri, a point about 50 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A mass meeting, attended by 20,000 persons, was held yesterday in Hyde Park. Resolutions were carried pledging support to the carpenters on strike, and protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vice-Admiral Barbey, the French Minister of Marine, speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies, stated that France has conquered the friendship of the nations of Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE WAR CRY, the receipt of which each week we wish gratefully to acknowledge, is one of our most treasured exchanges. The several writers, good souls, without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, October 3.—Mr. Poultney Bigelow, an American, who has just completed a tour of the Continent, declares that Russia is prepared and anxious for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AUCKLAND, Sunday.--News has been received from Samoa that in consequence of the imprisonment of five Manona chiefs a large body of Mataafa'a followers recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advices received from San Francisco state that tribal war has broken out in the island of Tanna, in the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the forcing of the River Aconcagua by the Chilian Congressionalists and the defeat of Balmaceda at that place, both parties rested for several days to reeruit their troops, bury the dead,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The cutter Welcome Home was another arrival from Lord Howe Island. Her cargo consists of ferns, plants, bananas, seeds, etc. Captain Dathe reports making a smart run of four days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, October 8.—Telegrams from Shanghai state that it is believed there that China is drifting into war through blind confidence in the strength of her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A gunner in the Permanent Artillery named Jhon Johnson, aged 28. committed suicide at the Victoria Barracks, Paddington, by shooting himself with a revolver last evening. Shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"CAN anyone answer that? It's doubtful, very doubtful." War may not be healthy or conducive to longevity, especially for the front rank of the participants in the frolicsome pastime. We read…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The following account, dated yesterday (says the Times of August 31), of the docisive battle between the forces of President Balmaceda and the Chilian insurgents has been received from Valparaiso:—…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, October 12.—The German War Budget is 30,000,000f more than the French War Budget, though the army is 11,000 less…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday Night.--Particulars are published of the claims of British residents in Chili for losses sustained through the civil war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The strike amongst the London riverside workers continues. To-day the strikers paraded the thoroughtares in the vicinity of the affected wharves with bagpipes, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An intense sensation has been produced by the publication of a book, the author of which is M. Edward Simon Lockray, the French journalist and politician…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.--M. Edward Simon Lockray, the French journalist and politician, has just published a book which has created an intense sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, October 14.—M. de friers, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, is credited at Italy with an attempt to detach Italy from the Triple Alliance…
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