Football War in America
The American football season has come to an end, and during the two months that the game has been played last year 19 persons have been killed, 13 permanently injured, and one driven…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1904
3,985 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 200
Statement by an Official. Rescuing the Wounded. a Graphic Account
A representative of "The Daily Telegraph" had an interview with one of the vessel's officials immediately the Wallaroo made fast to the buoy yesterday morning. He said:--…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wars and War-makers
The war rumors now filling the world with fears of an immediately impending Armageddon show how much the mass of mankind remain still at the mercy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Feeling in Russia. Why and by Whom it was Fomented
The Japanese authorities declare that M. Sezabrazoff, the Russian Secretary of State, who is said to enjoy the Czar's special confidence, and Admiral Alexieff, the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China Ready to Make War. in Defence of Her Rights. Japan Prepared to Fight Single-handed
The Chinese in Australia are taking a keen interest in the difficulty between Japan and Russia, firstly because Russian aggression is a menace to their Empire, and, secondly,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lord Wolelsey's Memoirs. Story of a Soldier's Life
Lord Wolseley's memoirs were published recently, under the title of The Story of a Soldier's Life." It is an exceedingly interesting book, and full of good stories and suggestive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Great Men's Defects. Poets, Soldiers, and Scientists Alike Affliuted
Honor, tradition tells us, was blind, though it is unlikely that he was born so, since his fine appreciation of colour as shown in such expressions as "rosy-fingured dawn," the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Cloud. Hostilities Drawing Near. Russian Squadron Leaving Port Arthur. to Meet Japanese Ironclads. Russia and the Dardanelles. London
Several warships have left Port Arthur to reinforce the Russian cruisers outside. The combined forces will them proceed too meet the four Japanese ironclads that are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Cloud. in the Far East. Diplomats Pessimistic. Warlike Movements of Both Powers. Russia Testing Japanese Opinon. Reply Not Formally Presented. Concession Still Possible. London, Jan. 8, 5.25 a.m
The Cabinet at Tokio has considered the reply of Russia to the demands of Japan. The situation is not improved. The Council of Elder Statesmen of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Vessels for Australia
The first-class cruiser Euryalus (12,000 tons, 21 knots), has been placed in commission to relieve H.M.S. Royal Arthur, flagship out the Australian Station…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Week's Miscellany: a Compilation of the News of the World. Wending War. Russia's War Chest—big Leakage
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the New York "Herald" states that for a long time past over £3,600,000 per month has been spent on fortifications and strategic railways, and on the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Imminence of War. Japanese Public Excited London, January 9
The "Standard's" Tokio correspondent states that the uneasiness of the public in Japan is increasing hourly. The "Standard" urges friendly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mediation Urged. To Avert War. LONDON, Saturday, 5.25 a.m
The "Standard" urges that there should be friendly mediation as an alternative to a struggle which, it says, would exhaust even the victor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Feeling Fomented by Russian Officials to Safeguard Private Interests. London, January 8
The Japanese authorities declare that M. Sezarbrazoft, the Russian Secretary fur State, who enjoys the Czar's special confidence, and Admiral Alexieff…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Spluttering Shots of the War. All Russians Eggs in One Basket. Berlin, November 30
Three-quarters of the Russian fleet is now massed in or moving towards the Pacific, and there is practically nothing of her navy left in European waters.—Reuter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Cloud Grows Darker. Very Little Hope for Peace Terms of Russia's Reply to Japan. Manchuria Is the "Core of the Situation." Uneasiness in Tokio Increasing Hourly. Many Russian Battalions Ready for Transport. Hope Has Nearly Reached the Vanishing Point. London, Saturday, 5.20 a.m
The latest information in regard to the situation in the Far East, which has caused intense anxiety for some time, is of a slightly more reassuring nature, and there now seems…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Latest Cable News. War Must Soon Commence Though Russia Seeks Delay. Her Note Conciliatory. But Not Acceptable to Japan. Russian Cruisers Looking for Japanese. Fight in Korean Waters Expected. Preparations by British and Americans. Transports for 7000 Yankee Troops. Five American Transports Ready to Carry 7000 Troops. London, January 8
A message sent by Laffan (the American Reuter) from New York, states that five transports, capable of carrying 7000 American troops, are preparing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will Not Stand War Strain
Major W. S. Nathan, R.E., who was a high railway transport officer during the war in South Africa, has inspected the Siberian railway. He is convinced that the line will break…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Siberian Railway. Will Break Down in War Time
LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Major Nathan, who held the post of a high railway transport officer during the Boer war, has inspected the Siberian railway, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Departure of the Japanese Mail. a Big Cargo
Although the Japanese mail steamers often take big cargoes from Sydney to the Bast never before has such a huge cargo been shipped to Japan as that which was taken by…
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