Assaults in the Streets. Three Men Wounded
During the clamour invariably associated with heralding the New Year three men were the victims of vicious attacks by rowdies. They were removed to the Sydney. Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1898
2,281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 115
News by Mail. the Indian Frontier War. the Dreyfus Case. Banquet to Sir Saul Samuel. the German Navy
ALBANY (W.A.), Saturday.-The following items are from latest London files by the R.M.S. Oroya: The gale which began on the night of Saturday, November 27, continued with great violence over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Japanese Soldier. What He Lives Upon
An interesting paper on the health of the Japanese soldier was read before a recent meeting of the Sanitary Society of Japan by Surgeon-Colonel Koike. A considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Indian Campaign. Sip Hevelock-Allan Killed. A Distinguished Soldier. LONDON, December 31
Advices from the Indian frontier state that Lieutenant-Genernl Sir Henry M. Havelock-Allan, V.C., K.C.B., the Liberal-Unionist member for Durham in the. House of Commons, was out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Frontier War
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HAVELOCK-ALLAN, V.C., of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment, while oat riding near Khyber, left his escort and was missed for some time. His horse,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier's Dung Wish. Whisky as Holy Water
AT Lichfield, on November 21, Thomas Nourse, a contractor, of Fisherwick, was charged with indecent behaviour ia Whittington churchyard, on the occasion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cuban War. London, January 2
American newspaper correspondents are leaving Cuba, believing that a pacific solution of the Cuban question is assured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Barton on National Affairs. Australia and the War Cloud Secession of Queensland From Federation
It was a brief and pleasant drive from Milson's Point, North Shore, to the residence of the Hon. Edmund, Barton, and the statesman readily agreed to chat for half an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The British Army. Work of the War Office. a Decentralisation Scheme. Proposed Increase of Infantry
LONDON, Monday.--It is exported that the Government will shortly submit a scheme to decentralise the work of the War Office…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Landsdowne on the Feontier War. Sir William Lockhart and "A Big Blunder." the Enormous Cost to the Country
Lord Lansdowne makes, we believe, an excellent Minister of War, but he was most unfortunate at the Guildhall on Tuesday in the illustration he selected to show the efficiency of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hungary. Duels at Budapest. Four Deputies Wounded
LONDON, January 5, 3.50 p.m.-Two duels arising out of the recent political crisis have been fought at Budapest, the Hungarian capital…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Political Duels. Fought at Budapest. Four Deputies Wounded. LONDON, January 5
Two political duels have been fought at Budapest, the capital of Hungary, being the outcome of the recent political convulsions into which the Austria-Hungary Empire has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cuba in War Time
The London "Times" publishes the followign review of "Cuba In War Time." by R. H. Davis: It is a significant fact that, unless one turns to the Spanish newspapers, one finds practically all the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A Great War Ship
We give a reproduction from a photograph of H.M.S. Powerful, the fastest and largest cruiser in the world, which has just been commissioned for the Chitia station, by Captain the Hon. Hedworth…
Continued on Trove, page 71 →The Royal Irish and the Frontier War
A letter from a Liverpool man, dated Rawal Pindi, October 22, points out that in the columns of the Liverpool Post of September 18 the Royal Irish Regiment is not mentioned as forming part of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winners of the Tug of War at the Hibernian Sports
One of the chief events of the Hibernian sports, which were held at Botany on Boxing Day, was the tug of war. This, after a most exciting contest, was won by the Irish Rifles A team, who defeated the…
Continued on Trove, page 72 →Our Illustrated London Letter. Soldiers of the Empire. The New Goldfields. LONDON, November 26
It is interesting to note that in this year of jubilee, her Majesty's troops of so many different races should be fighting side by side on the north-west frontier of India. We all know…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News from Abroad. (By Cable From London. The Far East. China, Corea, and Japan. Activity of the Powers. War Clouds Lowering
Many of the British newspapers comment upon the m[?]cing International situation which marks the opening of the year. The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cycles and Cycling. the Motor Car Industry.--dr. Talmage on the Bicycle.--the Wheel in War Movements.-- Recent Severe Tests.--californian Riders for Australia.--an Important French Race
The secretary of the League of Wheelmen in Sydney recently received a communication from the California Associated Cycling Clubs, which body has seceded from the League of American…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Frontier War
THE Zakka Khels remain obdurate in their opposition to the British forces. As a consequence two of their villages were burnt by the troops, and 25 of their watch-towers…
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