America and War
According to the latest news from Washington, the United States is unprepared for war. The coast defences are insufficient, the best vessels of the navy are defective, there is no…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1898
2,281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 115
The Maine Disaster. War Agitation in New York. Panic in Wall-street
Reports from Havannah received in New York with reference to the disaster to the U.S. cruiser Maine, state that it was caused by the explosion of a torpedo or a mine. The reports…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →British Foreign Policy. Rights in Madagascar. War Too Dear a Price. the Niger Trouble
LONDON, Thursday Night--In the course of a speech at Bradford to-day, the Earl of Selborne, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, said the country was unanimously of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Original Novel. THE Daughters of Eye; A Tale of the Maori War Chapter Vii.—(continued.)
'He has not said be wanted to see you; be is more considerate than you give him credit for.' 'Oh, Mary, we shall never see Don again.'…
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An interesting ceremony took place yesterday afternoon at Colonel Douglas Mackenzie's quarters, in Victoria Barracks, when a beautifully illuminated address in a handsome frame was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comrades. a General Who Did Not Forget His Soldiers
An instance of the generosity of the late Sir Havelock Allan has just come to light, it appears that an old soldier. named Hickey now living at Reading who served in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Wives' League
Yesterday afternoon Lady Paston Cooper was presented with an address by the members of the Soldiers' Wives' League. The presentation took place at the "Bungalow," Victoria' Barracks,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Maine Disaster. " Jingos" Urging War with Spain
MR. JOHN SHERMAN, the American Secretary of State, declares that a large indemnity will be claimed from Spain if it should be proved that the explosion on the Maine was wilfully…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The United States Prepared for War. Lunatic Leaded Leaders in the Sydney Daily Press
THE odds are about 10,000 to 1, the same as this scribe would have liked to have had about Amiable in the Newmarket Handicap, that the outcome of the 'Maine'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Final War. 0 H a Story of the Great Betrayal Chapter Xii. How Germany was Qutwitted. (Continued)
ALTHOUGH the landing of Colonel Lookhart'a brigade five miles from Stralsund for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner of War. In Afridis' Hands. Sergeant Walker's Captivity
Colour-Sergeant Walker, of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was captured by the Afridis in December in the Bara Valley, and released on January 14, has given an account of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Lassetter. a Welcome Home. Entertained by Employees
In order to fittingly signalise Colonel H. B. Lassetter's return to this colony from England, the senior employees of the Arm of F. Lassetter and Co., Limited, entertained him at dinner last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome Home. To Colonel Lassetter. By the Firm's Employees
Colonel H. B. Lassetter, who recently returned to this colony, from his visit to the old land, was entertained last night at Cabarita by some 170 of the senior employees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Picquart-henry Duel. Colonel Henry Wounded
LONDON, March 7.-A duel was fought yesterday between Colonel Picquart, late of the French Military Intelligence Department and Colonel Henry. Colonel Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Indemnity. Japan Requires the Money by May
LONDON, March 7, 3 p.m.-The Japanese Minister at Pekin has demanded from the Chinese Government a signed assurance that the war indemnity shall be paid by May…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Indemnity. China Signs the Assurance
LONDON, March 8, 3.35 p.m.—The Chinese Government has signed the assurance demanded by the Japanese Minister at Pekin that the war Indemnity shall be paid by May…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Edition. War Scare. Serious Situation. Heavy Fall of Stocks
LONDON, Tuesday Morning.--Owing to the unsettled condition of affairs abroad, serious perturbations have taken place in Wall-street circles, and also on the Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →China and Japan. the War Indemnity. a Demand. London, March 7
The Japanese Minister at Pekin has demanded from the Chinese Government a signed assurance that the indemnity due to Japan as the result of the late war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Special Cables. the War Cloud. Ominous Outlook. Fall on the Stock Exchanges. LONDON, March 8
In consequence of the unsettled condition of international affairs serious perturbations have taken place on the London and New York Stock Exchanges, and also on the…
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