Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1907

968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 49

British Labor in Strike Time. Foreign Enlistment Act

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Mr. W. Crooks, Labor member for Woolwich, has, introduced a bill into the House of Commons applying the penalties of the Foreign…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Soldiers and Politics

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 4

Mr. Crouch, M.H.R., got a well-deserved snub from Mr. Ewing, the Minister for Defence, when the member who makes quite a specialty of military grievances brought…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Local Option Victory Not the End of the War

Evening News · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 8

Mr. Edwin Stooke, secretary to the Liquor Trades Defence Association, writes:—The phrase at the head of this letter is not mine. It is rather a clumsy title for a communication…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Socialists on War. Citizen Militia Recognised. Masses to Be Roused. London, Aug. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 7

The International Congress of Socialists at Stuttgart, with a view of showing a united front, adopted by acclamation without discussion the resolution brought up by…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Socialists and War. Utilising the Economic Crisis. Bousing the Masses. the Anti-militarists Out-voted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, with, a view of showing, a united front, adopted by acclamation and without discussion the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Last Honours. a Soldier's Funeral. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 7

John L. Harrison, an old soldier who died here on Friday morning, aged 96, was buried yesterday. He was accorded a military funeral A detachment of the Scottish Rifles and their…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Immigration of British Ex-soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 3

The hon. secretary of the Immigration League (Sydney) has received the following letter from Rev. J. A. Batson, general secretary of the Royal Army Temperance Association, Simla,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Legal Leather Larrupers. Whose Shall the War Cry Be? "Sixo Eightpense."

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 5

Writ of Challenge Norto Minto Kangaroo In the Sydney Cricket Ground of New South Wales…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Irish Outlook. a Triumph for Landlordism. Into End to the Land War. Direct Incitement to Disorder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night, Mr. A. Birrell (Chief Secretary for Ireland) deprecated the amendment which the House of Lords had…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

War Office Orders. Horseshoes From America

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. R. B. Haldane (Secretary of State for War) has confirmed the report that the War Office has ordered 100,000 pairs of horseshoes in…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Irish Land War. Storm Signals in the West. Ultimatum to Graziers. Incitement to Cattle-driving

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Milltown (Galway) branch of the United Irish League has resolved to send a deputation to a number of local holders of grazing areas calling upon…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Declared!

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 4

CARRUTHERS (to His Army): To arms! To arms! Spread your ret. I've seized the Wire Netting, and the Battle will be in the Supreme Court. Forward, the Devil's Brigade. Fight for the Farmer and skin him of his Hide." (The Wire Netting Episode has been referred 10 the Couris)…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A German War Balloon

The World's News · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 21

In view of the attempt to secure a French airship the following telegram, dated Berlin, July 23, has a peculiar interest: Germany's dirigible war balloon made a triumphant trip…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Shooting at Summer Hill. Police Court Proceedings. How Cole Was Wounded

Evening News · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 10

At Ashfield Police Court, before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M. Harry Py[?], 47, electrician, was charged with, on August 22, at Summer Hill, maliciously shooting at Thomas Sylvester Cole with…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Proclamation. The War Declared Off

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 4

The following proclamation was about being signed by Sir Harry Rawson, only that the wire netting exposure…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Office Meat Contracts. and the Australian Market

Evening News · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 9

The Premier has received a communication from the Agent-General for New South Wales, in London, stating that it has been found necessary to make strong representations to the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Meat for the Army War Office Contracts Communication From Agent-general

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 15

The Premier has received a communication from the Agent-General for New South Wales in London, stating that it has been found necessary to make strong…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Faithless Soldiers' Wives

The Arrow · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 9

CAPT. FREDERICK A. HOLE, an Army officer, was granted a decree nisi in an English Divorce court, the correspondent, being Mr. E. W. Appleby, who was…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes ''A power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth."--DANIEL WEBSTER

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 5

The special standards of age and her[?] the Mounted Cadets have been fixed at 14 years as the minimum age, and 4ft. 8in. as the height…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Soldiers and People in Conflict. During Manoeuvres in Roumania

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--During the military manoeuvres in Roumania the schoolmaster in the village of Panad insulted some officers. On their removing the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →