That Tug of War. to the Editor
Sir,—The tug of war challenge issued by the Star of Britannia Lodge, Parramatta, and accepted by Carrington Ludge, Rookwood, turned out a leg-pulling affair…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1906
1,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 55
War on Fruit Pests Wellington (N.z.)
The Government Pomologist has arrived from 'Frisco with the natural enemies of the woolly aphis and the codlin moth. He hopes that if the parasites are established…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Czar Rages. with Fire and Sword. Peasants' War at Hand. Trepoff's Ascendancy. Prudent Reform Policy. London, Aug. 7
It is reported that the Czar, on learning of the mutinies at Sveaborg and Cronstadt, stamped his feet, and exclaimed, "Now I will rule as my forefathers did with fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Investment of Hull. the War. Hull in Flames. Another German Landing 6.30 Edition
The following account written "by a Hull reporter, appeared in the London "Evening News" on Wednesday evening, and was the first authentic news of what had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Major-general Finn. His Approaching Departure. Australian Soldiers' Character. Melbourne
Major-General Finn, the retiring Inspector-General of the defence forces, leaves Melbourne on the 27th to join the steamer Aorangi for Vancouver, en route to England. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →America's New Uniforms. War Department Explains Mr. Winter's Duties
THE protests made by the labor organisations in reference to the engagement of Mr. Winter, the London tailor, at a salary of £250 a week, to effect…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Army Contracts. South African War Stores. Sales and Refunds. Commission's Findings. London, Aug. 10
A Bluebook has been published containing the report of the Royal Commission (of which Mr. Justice Farwell was chairman) appointed to investigate the War…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →After the Boer War. Report of a Royal Commission. "No Actual Corruption." Carelessness and Ineptitude
LONDON, Friday.--A Bluebook has been issued containing the report of the Royal Commission which was authorised last year to investigate and report upon allegations…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War at £2,200,000 a Day. an Estimate of What European Struggle Would Cost France
M. Roche, ex-Minister of Commerce gives statistics of the expense that France would incur in the event of a great European war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Not Guilty." Strange Scene in an English Court. Soldier Freed and Borne Shoulder High
The trial of Samuel Steele, a private in the 7th Hussars, for the alleged manslaughter of a civilian named Arthur Warren Hodges, had a dramatic termination at the Northampton…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fiendish Brutality Women Barbarously Done to Death . a German Soldier's Revelations London, Friday, 3 p.m
A revolting story of a barbarous murder of some native women comes from German South-West Africa. The sickening details of this awful crime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes
Last Friday, at Brisbane, the City Football team defeated a team from H.M.S. Promethus by [?] points to nil. Second Lieutenant Peter F. Mackellar, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Germany's African War. Native Women Bayonetted By Officers Orders. LONDON, Friday Afternoon
The "Rheinsche Zeitung" has published a sensational letter from a soldier in German territory, South-West Africa, where fighting has been going…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women Bayoneted German Soldiers' Alleged Barbarity LONDON, Friday, 3 p.m
A revolting story of a barbarous murder of some native women comes from German South-West Africa. The sickening details of this awful crime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Bloody Civil War
One of the most sinister curses forced on us by our ever-growing Empire is the inevitable and Increasing magnitude of tho serv[?] problem in all its repulsive forms. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Ships for War New Mosquito Craft
The Admiralty authorities are fitting all torpedo craft for oil consumption, and none of these vessels in future will carry coal for any purpose. The wisdom of this decision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Citizen Soldiers. Conditions of Service
Colonel G. W. Waddell, Brigadier of the First Australian Infantry Brigade, has submitted a , number of proposals to the Minister for Defence for an alteration in the conditions of militia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hanged Near the Roadway. Barbarous Execution of a Soldier. Comrades Paraded to See Him Die
Barbarity dies hard in spite of tho Army Council. A few days ago a question was asked in the House of Commons to elicit Information concerning the hanging of a British soldier,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting at Paddington. a Man Wounded
An exciting shooting incident occurred at a house in Glenmore-road, where a man named George Ernest Harris lodged, last night. As a result, Thomas Newton Hunt, an agent, who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Naval War
England's naval manoeuvres will show the world an unprecedented spectacle Her might is now even more terrible than at any previous period in her history…
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