A Soldier's Adventure
Spectators witnessing the recent launching of the German cruiser Gnelsenan at QeeBtemunde were treated, according to the "Tagblatt" of Bremen, to an unrehearsed Incident that…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1906
1,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 55
Elephant Soldiers
The Siamese army has an elephant corps. Eight hundred of these animals, which Are stronger, though smaller, than those of India, are organised into a special corps, commanded…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes
The world's navies employ 1,693,000 men. Naval officers are not allowed to wear their uniforms at fancy dress balls. In less than 300 years Britain has expended…
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The report of an official inquiry into defalcations on the Siberian railway during the Russo Japanese war shows that the contents of 1600 waggons disappeared, and the State was defrauded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Soldiers Ambushed in the Philippines
In Leyte, an island of the Philippines, to the north of Mindanao, Pulajeme tribesmen in overwhelming numbers ambushed Leiutenant James and ten American infantrymen. Six of the party,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Revolutionary Russia. Bomb-throwing in Warsaw. Goyernor-general Wounded. Hundreds of Arrests Made
LONDON, Sunday.--Three bombs were thrown yesterday from the balcony of a house in Natolinska-street, Warsaw, at the Governor-General's carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russia's Troubles Dragoons Fire on a Crowd Many Killed and Wounded London, Monday, 3 p.m
Whilst dragoons were dispersing a meeting of miners at Usovka, Ekdterinos[?]av, European Russia, shots were fired from the back of the crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers' Conference. Interstate Gathering. Federal Political Platform. War Against Socialism. Labour for Sugar Fields
A conference of interstate delegates of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened at the Hotel Grand Central yesterday afternoon for the purpose of formulating a political…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wounded Governor
LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Governor-General of Warsaw, who was injured by the explosion of bombs on Saturday, is worse, and is now threatened with an attack of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Invasion of 1910. with a Full Account of the Siege of London. with Naval Chapters by H.w. Wilson. [Copyright.] the British Admiral Killed in Action
The German battleships steamed direct towards the British battleships, repeating the manoeuvre which they had employed at the opening of the battle, and forming their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great Earthquake Valparaiso in Ruins Visitation Predicted the Killed and Wounded a Shock of Nearly Five Minutes London, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m
Latest advices respecting the great earthquake in South America state that the first shock at Santiago lasted 4min 60sec…
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A smile of oxidation spread over the faces of delegates of the Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday when Mr. Carruthers told them that another David was in the paddock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Stabbing Affray. Young Man Wounded. Dying Depositions Taken
A serious stabbing affray occurred at Pyrmont last night, when a young man named George Bennett received injuries which are likely to prove fatal. A young man was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stabbing at Pyrmont. a Man Seriously Wounded. an Arrest Made
A serious stabbing affray occurred in Bridge- road, Pyrmont, at about 9'o'clock last night, and as a result George Bennett, aged 25, a carter, was. taken to Sydney Hospital and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War of Freights
The following telegram was received last week by Messrs. Turnbull, Martin, and Co., the Dunedin agents for the federal-Houlder-Shire line of steamers, from the New Zealand head office:—" We authorise you…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News in Time of War. Newspapers and a Policy of Patriotic Silence
An Important conference of newspaper proprietors and editors was convened yesterday (says the "Daily Mail" ot June 22), at the Royal United Service Institution, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labor Disturbance in Spain. Police and Strikers in Conflict. Several Killed and Wounded
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Disturbances have occurred at Bilbao, the principal port of the north of Spain, where 3000 miners are out on strike. Barricades have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War Contribution. Imperial Government Surrenders. London, Aug. 24
The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" understands that the Imperial Government has decided to forego the repayment of £30,000,000 towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Liberals and the Transvaal. Foregoing War Contributions. Loan for Land Settlement
LONDON, Friday. -- The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" understands that the imperial Government has decided to forego the promised repayment by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tallest British Soldiers
The British army has lost its tallest soldier. Major Oswald Ames, whose retirement from the Life Guards recently robbed the service…
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