Ballooning in War
Of the mass of military equipment being got ready by the Aldershot authorities for early dispatch to the Soudan not the lease useful will be three war-balloona. It is now some ten years since…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1896
823 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 42
Thurston and Angel. Two Bush Bandits. Their Crimes and Awful Death. In Coonamble Gaol—Gaoler Mitchell Shot in Cold Blood—Thurston and Angel Escape—Take to the Bush—Tracked by the Police—Sticking up a Store—Conflict Within-The Shooting of Stewart—Thurston Shot Dead and Angel Mortally Wounded
AT half-past six o'clock a.m., Thursday, March 12, 1885, the quite little pastoral town of Coonable, on the Castlereagh River, was startled from its propriety by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Edition News by the Mail. Li Hung Chang and the German Emperor. the Trial of General. Baratierl Funeral. of One of the Light Brigade. the War with the Dervishes. Wreck of the Drummond Castle. President Kruger and the Released Prisoners
Albany (W.A.), Monday—The following items of interest are taken from the latest English, newspapers by the R.M.S. Ophir, winch arrived on Saturday:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First of the Tea Clippers. The Guthrie with 2500 Tons. News of a War of Timor. Portuguese Troops Sent From Macao
The E. and A. Co.'s steamship Guthrie, under the command of Captain W. G. M . Arthur arrived in Sydney early this morning on an express trip, with a freight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Transvaal. Dr. Jameson's Raid. Trial Op the Accused. the Foreign Enlistment Act
LONDON, July 21.—the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice to-day, the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Russell of Kil-lowen) gave judgment upon the question…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War of American Independence
Under the auspices of the Burwood Congregationa L[?] and Debating Society, Professor G. A. Wood, of the Sydney University, repeated his lecture on "The War of American Independence, its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Revolt in South Africa. Engagement with the Matabele. the Rebels Dislodged From the Matoppo Hills. Retreat to the Caves. Sixty of the Enemy Killed. Three of the British Killed and Eleven Wounded
LONDON, Wednesday.--Lord Grey, the Administrator of the British South Africa Company in Mashonaland, and Mr. Cecil Rhodes, together with Colonel Rhodes, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Abyssinian War. London, July 23
The Marquis di Rudini, the Italian Premier has failed in his negotiations with the Shoans for the release of the Italians held prisoners in Abyssinia. The King of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extraordinary Case. Charge of Wounding. A Restaurant Row. The Accused Discharged--A Female Witness Arrested--A Walter Wounded
John Joseph Walsh, at the Central Police Court to-day, was charged with wounding Santan de Souza, a waiter at Walker's Restaurant, Park-street, about 7…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Geowth for China. Progress Since the Late War
G.W.Noel, n prominent Shanghai merchant, on a visit to San Francisco, spoaking of Chinese commercial affairs on 23rd June, said:—" There has been great business activity since the war, especially…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wounded Soldier
The other day, in a North Italian town, a general officer met a soldier, evidently returned from Africa, in his, buff uniform and blue cloak, and was much surprised that' the man omitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →England. Death of a Splendid Soldier. Covered "With War Medals. Left in Poverty by the Government
Towards the end of May was buried at New Brompton, near Chatham, Michael Peyton, a member of the Chatham District Army and Navy Veterans' Association, whose record of service was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAR, What it Will foe Like
HE fog made the clothes of the column of men In the roadway seem of a luminous quality. It…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scotland. Ireland Victorious in a Tug-of-war
The Glasgow Police Sports were held on Saturday, June 6. The principal item on the programme was the International Tug-of-war, Ireland's representatives being the famous team of the Dublin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Matabele Revolt. a Laager Attacked. Repulse of the Insurgents. After a Fierce Battle--The Killed and Wounded. London, July 23
Despatches just received from Bulawayo report that the Matabele attacked Captain Laing's laager at daybreak intending to surprise the whites…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kinglake and a Young Soldier's Memory
A good story of Klaglake, the historian, is now making, the rounds of the press, having been rescued from the pages of the "Nouvelle Revue," where it was given by Madame de Novikoff, in her…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Women at War. As Social Reformers. They Invade Parliament A Monster Petition. 257,000 Signatures
THE supporters of the Woman's Suffrage in England are displaying all the energy and persistence that distinguished the pioneers of the reform in New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shooting Affray at Parkes. Two Women Wounded--suicide of Their Assailant
PARKES, Saturday.--A terrible tragedy was enacted in the vicinity of the Parkes Show Ground at about 9.30 this morning. A man named James Manns shot at aud wounded a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Affray. Woman and Girl Wounded. Suicide of the Assailant. PARKES
A shocking tragedy occurred near the Parkes showground about 9.30 on Saturday morning. A miner and station labourer named James Manns, about 30 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sadden Death at Bulli. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editio[?]s of Saturday.) an Old Soldier
BULLI, Saturday.—A man named Treadwell died suddenly last night. He was at one time in the Victorian military forces, and latterly for many years in the N.S.W. forces. He was at the…
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