Return of Dean Phelan. a Warm Welcome Home
The Very Rev. Dean Phelan, of St. Patrick's, Melbourne, returned on Monday, February 26th, after a twelve-months' holiday spent in Europe. On Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1906
1,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 55
The Boys' Tug of War
The result of the drawing for the tug of war resulted as follows:—St. Mary's v. St. Francis; Waverley v. Parramatta; North Sydney v. Westmead Boys; Redfern v…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →After the Czar's Fall. a Second War Awaits the Revolutionists
One of the most prominent revolutionary leaders of the Moscow movement arrived in London a few weeks ago, and returned to Russia again in as mysterious a way as he came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waging War in the Air. Aeronauts May Be the Peacemakers of the World. Future of Kites
Field-Marshal Sir George White presided at the Royal United Service Institution, London, recently, when Colonel Capper, R.E., lectured on military ballooning…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Empire Defence. the Military Policy. Expounded by the War Minister. Efficiency of the Army. London, March 9
Mr. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, in explaining in the House of Commons last night the Government's military policy admitted that the army was never more…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Franco-German War of 1906. (A Forecast.) From a French Point of View. the Invasion of France
The following narrative, purporting to give an account of the circumstances in which war broke out again between France and Germany in the autumn of last year, is a translation from "La Vie Illustree,"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Soldier's Sacrifice
On the recommendation of Lieut.-General Daniloff the Czar has singled out for special honor Private Ivan Kanatoff, of the 13th Eastern Siberian Rifles, who was selected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russian Ferment. Political Prisoners Exiled. a Socialist Rescued. Soldiers Severely Punished
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Many political prisoners, loaded with irons, are passing through Moscow, on their way to exile…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Anglo-franco-german War
SHOULD Germany and France come to blows over Morocco, and Britain assist the latter—which is not quite so…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America's Little War. Encounter with the Rebels. Fifty American Fatalities. Six Hundred Moros Killed
LONDON". Saturday.--There have been renewed hostilities in the Philippines. Troops, it naval contingent, and the Philippine Constabulary had a hot engagement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America's Little War. the Encounter in the Philippines. Moros' Death-roll
LONDON, Monday.--A total of 900 Moros were killed and wounded in the recent encounter with the United' States troops. Included in the list were a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Cloud. Looming on the Horizon. Germany Annoyed with Italy. London, Monday, 2.50 p.m
The German Government and press are treating Italy with great coolness owing to the reserved attitude of Italy's representative (the Marquis Viconti Venosta) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensions for Old Soldiers. Military Board Considering
The problem of evolving some scheme by which retired Australian soldiers who are over 60 years of age, and are in really necessitous circumstances, may receive a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded Buried Alivi
With the return to European Russia of sections of the Manchurian army, the awful fact has been brought to light (says the "Anglo Russian") that after each battle the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Frazer Outs Soldier Thompson. Eleven Vigorous Rounds
Soldier Jack Thompson stripped in superb , fix, and fought. In quite his old form, opposed to the Melbourne middle-weight, Frazer, at the National Sporting Club last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Graves
Last year Major Patterson, of the Victorian forces, wrote to South Africa asking if the graves of soldiers were being attended to in any way. A reply has been received from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mummer Memoirs. John Hall Wilton. Author, Soldier, Traveller, Advance Agent. Australia's First "Much-travelled." Jenny Lind and T. P. BARNUM. No. IX
When Phineas Taylor Barnum, the eminent showman, first conceived the idea of introducing the Swedish nightingale, Jenny Lind, to the United States, he looked about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bob Fraser v. Jack Thompson. a Vigorous Battle, in Which the Victorian Vanquishes the Veteran Soldier in the Eleventh
Middleweights Bob Fraser, of Victoria, and Soldier Jack Thompson, or N.S.W., were the attraction at the National Sporting Club last night. The house was not at all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Middle-weight Battle. "Soldier" Thompson V. Bob Fraser. the Melbourne Man Wins
"One of the best contests seen in the hall," was the unanimous verdict of the crowd at the National Sporting Club last night at the conclusion of the fight between the two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fallen Soldiers' Graves
A communication has been received by the Defence Department from the Military Secretary at Capetown, stating in reply to inquiries, that in 1902 the Parliament of Cape Colony…
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