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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 71
The great mining houses on the Rand, with the exception of Mr. J. B. Robinson's, at the meeting at London suggested £30,000,000 as the Transvaal's war contribution. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inhabitants of the Cornish village of Downderry were amazed to find, lying high and dry on the Longshore, the French torpedo boat No. 108, without a crew. She had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 22.—Mr. Chamberlain has had a conference with the leaders of the mining companies at Johannesburg with regard to the supply of native labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rather a handsome man, in the vicinity of 40, a shade under six feet, of wiry build, with smiling blue eyes, and a firm square chin. Such is Dr. George Morrison, the famous China…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Constable Barnard while on duty in Carlton had an encounter early to-day with burglars, and found it necessary to use his revolver. His suspicious were aroused by movements in a grocer's shop at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AN extraordinary affair is reproduced under reserve by the Vieuna "Taghlatt" from a Buda-Pesth journal. Two artilleryman, named Pallos and Eisler, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speaking at the opening of the Christian Brothers' new High School at Waverley on Sunday last his Eminence replied to his critics. Addressing an assembly of about 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →By bitter irony of fate the Bishops of the Protestant Church of England have this week triumphed in the House of Commons through the agency of the Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Evening News" frightened itself on Friday. It published a scare, commencing in this way :— AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE—We…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The true principle of Protestantism was breathed forth in the declaration ol the Christian princes, whose famous protest at the Diet of Spires in 1529 gave birth to the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Among those present at the banquet given at Johannesburg in honor of Mr. Chamberlain were Lord Milner and General Louis Botha. The Mayor of Johannesburg…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A report has been presented by the special board which recently inquired into the charges of irregularities made by Mr. Alexander Scarlet, formerly inspector of exports under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When the silly season is in full blast, and newspapers begin to send reporters down the sewer to look for news, then look out for the war scare. It came to hand on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brigadier-General Finn on Saturday, when unveiling the scroll at the Council Chambers containing the names of all the district men who volunteered for service in South Africa, said that when 150 men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Senator Colonel J. C. Neild has arranged for Sir Edmund Barton to receive, to-morrow at 11.30 a.m., at the Commonwealth Offices, Macquarie-street, a deputation of men, retrenched from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.--An encounter has taken place in the streets of Tomsk, in Siberia, between a body of Cossack soldiery and 3000 railway employees who are out on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The argument for small horses in war is one capable of almost mathematical demonstration. In every campaign horses have necessarily to put up with short…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WAGGA, Tuesday.--Major Bennett, D .S .O., has presented the Wagga Hospital with the flag which waved over the ambulance of the First and Second New South Wales Contingents…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The railway strikers at Tomsk, Wostern Siberia, came into collision yesterday with the Cossacks. An encounter took place in the strects between threc thousand strikers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, January 27.—The railway workmen at Tomsk, Western Siberia, are out on strike. An encounter occurred yesterday in the streets of the city between 3000 of the…
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