Re-enlistment of Chinese. London, March 21
Mr. Winston Churchill, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said it was improbable that the existing licenses relating to the introduction of Chinese on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1906
1,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 55
The Class War at Lithgow
TROUBLE at Lithgow—for the workers; increased profits at Lithgow—for the syndicate. The workers created the machines, the syndicate owns them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Critics on the Boer War
We have from Dymock's Library copy of the German criticism of the Bo[?]r War, from the Paardeberg affair onward. The book is called " The War in South Africa, the Advance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Soldiers" of the Body. How They Fight Disease
The foundation of any system of medicine is a right appreciation of disease Sir. Frederick Treves, the eminent surgeon, ventures to think that the conception of disease which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Note Books Turf Talk & Tips (Copyright.) Selections for Rosehill. Doncaster and Sydney Cup Doings. Unexpected Retirements-Betting and Gossip-Winners at War-wick Farm-Events Ahead. Notes and Comments
SOMETHING of a more attractive order than usual should be seen at Rosehill to-day, where there is likely to be a big crowd if the prospect of seeing a better…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Stores Scandals. Forty Non-commissioned Officers Arrested
It is stated that about 40 non-commissioned officers have been placed under close arrest within the last few days, in connection with the war stores scandal (says…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War with China. Big Preparations in America. Washington. February 12
The First and Second Regiments of United States Infantry and the Eighth and Thirteenth Batteries of Light Artillery are 03 the sea, en route for Manila, where they…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →M's.P. and Soldiering
An anecdote told by Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., of his unskilfulness with the rifle, awakes the question : how many of these gentlemen who want everybody to be soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Graves in Foreign Lands
The English Government does, to a certain extent," look after the graves of our soldiers who have perished in foreign wars. The sum. of £200 is paid yearly for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Disorders in Russia. Official Report. 14,600 KILLED, 19,500 WOUNDED
LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—It is officiary reported that 14,130 persons were killed and 19,524 wounded during the disorders in Russia in 1905…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Year's Slaughter. Nearly 20,000 Wounded. Over 14,000 Killed. London, Sunday, 2.30 p.m
The official reports show that 14,130 were killed and 19,524 wounded in the Russian disorders, in 1905. The Russian newspapers assume that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Graves of Fallen Soldiers. Protest Against Re-burial. Sacred Tombs of the Battlefields
The following letter appeared in the London "Daily Mail" of February 12, just to hand:— To the Editor.—Sir,—That a period may be put to the ruthless manner in which the bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Distracted Russia. the Year's Disturbances. Record of Killed and Wounded. Political Prisoners in Chains
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Russian official reports state that there were 14,130 killed and 19,524 wounded in the disorders during the year 1905. The newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Up in a Balloon. Caught in a Snowstorm. German Soldiers' Sensational Experience. London, Tuesday, 2.30 p.m
Two German soldiers, whilst on a ballooning expedition from Berlin, were caught in a snowstorm in the Baltic. A rent was caused in the skin of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Presentation to Father Flemming. a Purse of Sovereigns. Great Welcome Home to a Popular Priest
There was a large gathering of the friends of the Rev. Father M. A. Flemming, private secretary to the Coadjutor-Archbishop, at St. Benedict's…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Boy Soldiers. Commonwealth Cadet System
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--All the States having now agreed to the new Federal scheme of organisation of the cadet forces, the Minister for Defence to-day made available the full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Case at Balmain. Man Wounded with a Knife
Myallah M'Kenzie, 22, was charged at the Balmain Police Court yesterday with maliciously wounding Alexander M'Kenzie, a wharf labourer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Height
Everyone remembers the famous duel in "The Tramp, Abroad," in which Mark Twain's principal, a portly man, claimed that is fairness his slender opponent ought to be…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →War Cloud Dispelled
The "Times" asserts that the settlement of the Morocco question made at the Algeciras Conference ought to dispel the dark cloud of war which has been seriously…
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