A Veteran War Correspondent
Everyone is glad to hear that Mr. Bennet Burleigh is on the fair way to recovery (says a London paper). Pneumonia is a serious matter at any time, and doubly serious for a man of…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1906
1,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 55
The Heroes of the War
During the stay of the cruisers in Sydney on the occasion of their first visit nearly three years ago, the officers and men made many firm friends, and naturally information…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tug-of-war
Mr. Ned Smith, of the Glenmore Hotel, Glenmore-road, Paddington, announces a two men aside tug-of-war, to take place at his house next Saturday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peter's Pranks. Saucy Sailors Silly Surging. Sorry Sample of Uncle Sam's Sons of the Sea. Cries Havoc and Lets Looses the Dogs of War
Yankee Doodle come to town. He got a little spoony, Poured some Sydney swanky down Which made the josser looney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bomb Again. Colonel Keller Wounded
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A bomb severely wounded Colonel Keller at Kalisz, Poland. He acted with great severity in suppressing the disturbances…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russia. a Colonel Wounded. London, May 22
Colonel Keller was severely wounded by the explosion of a bomb at Kalisz, Poland. He had acted with great severity in suppressing disturbances…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Retirement of Colonel Freehill. Farewelled by Officers and Men of the Irish Rifles. " a Good Citizen and Model Soldier."
Lieutenant-Colonel F. B. Freehill, the popular, officer in command of the New South Wales Irish Rides Regiment, was entertained at a valedictory…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Seaman Wounded
Early yesterday morning Charles Johnson, a seaman (35), was admitted to the Sydney Hospital in a serious condition, suffering from lacerated wounds in the head. He is a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sensation at Centennial Park. Police Officer Draws His Revolver. a Man Wounded in the Leg. an Aggressive Crowd
A good deal of excitement was created in the city yesterday evening through a report that a man had been shot by a constable in Centennial Park, and that he was lying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany's Little War. Campaign to Be Continued
LONDON, Friday, 3.10 p.m.—The Herero chief Morenga, who was driven across the border of German South-West Africa into British territory, and there arrested, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War of the Future. Inaginary German Studies of a Struggle with England
While Mr. Le Queux and Mr. Wilson are chro[?]icling from the British standpoint an imaginary war between England and Germany, it is a curious fact that numerous German studies of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Tug of War
The initiatory stage in connection with a series of tugs-of-war was entered upon at the Glenmore Hotel, Glenmore-road, yesterday afternoon. Quite a number of those…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Waste of War
It is stated that while about 6000 American soldiers were killed or died of disease in the Spanish war. nearly 70,000 pensions have been applied for, or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anarchists Attack a Bank. Two Customers Killed and Five Clerks Wounded. Plucky Cashier. LONDON, Saturday Morning
The Industrial Savings Bank at Warsaw, Poland, was attacked yesterday by anarchists. The cashier defended the bank by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Airships in Warfare. New French War Balloon
The "Petit Parisien" gives some details regarding the navigable balloon which is in course of construction at the Moissan workshops, and will be in the hands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germany's Little War. Morenga a Prisoner at Capetown
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Herero chief Morenga, who was driven across the borders of German South-west Africa into British territory, and there arrested,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Park Shooting Case. Young Man Wounded
At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfariane, S.M., Thomas Greenhill (20) was charged with unlawfully assaulting Thomas Kelly, a senior-sergeant of police, while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russia Unreformed. War Between the Czar and His People. Scene in the Douma'. Opposition Speakers Cheered
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- M. Goremykin's Ministerial declaration, in which the Czar refused to grant the full amnesty demanded, promising only a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tug-of-war
The pair tug-of-war, 5 minutes limit, at Ned Smith's Glenmore Hotel, Paddington, on Saturday, attracted a large crowd. McEneroe and Monahan proved…
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