Railway Collision. Many Killed and Wounded. London, Friday Afternoon
A railway fatality occurred yesterday at Charleston, Illinois, U.S.A. Two trains came into collision as the result of which 20 persons were killed…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1907
968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 49
£200,000 for War Balloons
The French Budget Commission has voted £200,000 for the construction of military airships of the "Patrie" type, and extensive arrangements are being made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Empress Eugenie And the War of 1870
Eugenie, we are told, was all-powerful at the Tulleries; her phlegmatic husband was in constant fear of her turbulent temper. He was willing, it was said, to set fire to the four…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Premier in a War Balloon. Manoeuvres Over Paris for Hours. Accident in Mid-air. Paris, July 22
The Premier, M. Clemenceau, and the Minister for War, General Picquart, made an ascent in the military airship Patrie this afternoon, and manoeuvred about over…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldiers Lost on Alps. Company Has a Remarkable Escape Prom Disaster. Geneva, July 2[?]
While engaged in manoeuvres on a s[?] of the Mont Blanc range an entire company of a French regiment, the 11th Chasseurs Alpins, nearly walked over a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Strikers Led Like Soldiers. Japanese Rioters Fight Under Commanders Tokio, July 24
Some remarkable scenes were witnessed during the riots of the Besshi miners at Niihamo, in Northern Japan. The men had demanded a 30 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Memorial Hall for Fallen Soldiers' Sir Harry Rawson Speaks
The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a memorial hall, in connection with St. John's Church of England, Rockdale, to soldiers who fell in the South…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Memorial Soldiers Who Died Abroad Imposing Military Function
All Rockdale was astir yesterday [?] when, at the invitation of the Rev. W[?] Bowers and the churchwardens of St. James Church, the State Governor laid the four[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Declarations of War
Something--but not very much--is conceded to the modern spirit of humanitarianism by the unanimous decision of the Hague Conference to adopt the principle that in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Office Meat Contracts
The Premier has received a communication from the Agent-General, stating, that it has been found necessary to make strong representations to the War Office concerning their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Initiation of War. Ample Warning Enjoined. Permanent Arbitration Court. London, Aug. 31
The Committee of the International Conference at the Hague, dealing with warfare on land, unanimously adopted the proposals of France for regulating the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Edition. War Balloon for Britain. Similar to "La Patrie. Improved, Petrol Motor
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The "Daily Mail" states that the War Office, after two years' secret experiments, has built an airship approximating the type of the French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the Fallen. Soldiers' Memorial at Rockdale
The State Governor performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a memorial hall in connection with St. John's Church of England, Rookdale, to soldiers who fell in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Honouring Fallen Soldiers. Memorial Hall at Rockdale. Address by the Governor
Rockdale was on fete on Saturday afternoon in honour of the visit paid by his Excellency Sir Harry Rawson for the purpose of laying the foundntion-stone of a hall to be erected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Office and Australian Meat
The experience of many decades has shown that in any business connected with stores the British War Office may be confidently expected to take the wrong course…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Balloon for Britain. Similar to "La Patrie." Improved Petrol Motor
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The "Daily Mail" states that the War Office, after two years secret experiments, has built an airship approximating the type of the French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Goulburn Mystery. an Indian Hawker Wounded. Goulburn
This morning an Indian hawker, whose name is at present unknown, was found in a mutilated condition near Rossi's Bridge, a couple of miles from Goulburn, where he had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Civil War in Morocco. the Pretender Liberates Prisoners. Troops Lauding at Tangier. an Exodus From Fez
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mulai Hafid, the Pretender to the Moorish throne, has liberated 4000 prisoners at Marakesh, including Ulinaamo, one of the assassins of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Civil War in Morocco. Sultan's Abdication Invited. Rebel Clears the Gaols. Europeans' Flight From Fez. London, Sept. 3
The Sultan of Morocco, Abd-ul-Aziz, has submitted to the Ulenia (religious leaders) at Fez a letter from Mulai-elHafid, his brother, proclaimed Sultan at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Rifles for Australian Soldiers. "The Rest in the World."
The Defence Department some time since piacre an order in England for 18,800 short Let-Enfield rifles, which is the rifle decided upon to arm all our forces. Execution of this order was delayed…
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