Minister for Defence on War
THERE is no mystery about war. There is a science of war but if the same common-sense and intelligence that are brought to boar on ordinary commercial procedure are…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1907
968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 49
The Dear Old War Office
Major-General Sir Alfred E. Tumor possesses an interesting envelope. It covered a letter posted in Poona on July 4, 1897, mud arrived at the War Office in Pall Mall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story of the War. Rand Magnate Said to Have Lent Kruger £200,000. LONDON, February 26
In the course of a speech which be delivered at Pretoria Sir Percy Fitzpatrick stated that Mr. J. B. Robinson, the mine millionaire, had lent President Kruger…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Centipede. Book I. He of One Hundred Legs. Chapter Iv.—the Wounded Maharajah Is Discovered
The evening passed quickly away, yet no summons to attend upon bis august master came to Mir Singh. The Maharajah had been closeted with the Faquir now for…
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LONDON, Monday Evening.—The latest indications are that a freight war in connection with the American and Australian shipping service is improbable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Stories Incidents in Sir W. H. Russell's Career
Sir William Howard Russell, the famous war correspondent, whose death was reported a few weeks ago, drifted into journalism like so many embyro barristers, but his path…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Mail Service Freight War Improbable London, Monday, 3 p.m
Latest indications show that a freight war in connection with the American-Australian mall service is improbable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Country. Returned Soldiers' Pay
GOULBURN, Monday.--The police magistrate to-day held an inquiry respecting the pay of returned soldiers. Declarations of two persons were taken for transference to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Curtailment of War Orders
LONDON, Tuesday.--The War Office is about to discharge 1000 men from the Royal laboratory at Woolwich, 800 from the gun factory, and 500 from the Royal Carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Lessons of War. the Motherland's Lead. London, April 9
Mr. R. B. Haldane, Minister for War, in a memorandum, explains the formation of a special contingent designed to meet the wastage in war, not the needs of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Office Economy. Dismissals From Woolwich Arsenal. London, April 9
The War Office is about to discharge 1000 men from the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, 800 men from the Gun Factory, and 500 from the Royal Carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lessons of the War. Taken to Heart by the Colonies. Mr. Haldane Explains
LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. R. B. Haldane (Secretary of State for War) has issued a memorandum, in which he explains that his scheme for a special contingent in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Office Orders. the Woolwich Suspensions
LONDON, Wednesday.--The notices for the dismissal of employees at Woolwich have been suspended for a month, in order to enable the War Office authorities to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Germany Looing Forward. Women for War Hospitals. Suggested Compulsory
LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—A suggestion is being discussed in Germany that all young women should have a year's compulsory training in army and navy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Citizen Soldiers. Lessons of the Easter Training. Field Force Organisation. the Administrative System. Ii
Accepting the "Field Force" in the sense of a movable--and mobile--column, no fault can bo found with tho principles which have governed its organisation. On paper It is a complete…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Nurses' Training
Of old there was always an expectation of "something new from Africa." The modern world has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Nurses' Training. London, April 10
A suggestion is being discussed in Germany that all young women should have a year's compulsory training in the army and navy hospitals…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Civil Servants As Soldiers
One of the complaints of militia and volunteer commanding officers is that employers do not encourage members of the defence forces to attend drill and periods of training. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maori War
On the 4th March, three men of a skirmishing party wore badly wounded by Maoris in ambush. On the whole there has been a steady advance of the sappers,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Love and War. a Woman's Dilemma
THIS is true story, and I tell all that I know of it. And being wholly true, it is a very short story and,very sad. It was in 1876, 11 years after the close of…
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