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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 49
Sir,—I should feel obliged if you will grant me a little space in your columns, as I feel sure that by doing so you will save many a returned soldier like myself both serious…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →While trying to surprise a secret political meeting at the residence of General Gomez, Vice-President of Venezuela, General Mata, the Governor of Caracas, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ORANGE, Thursday.-- A man named Pond, employed in the smelting works at Cadia, reported to the police yesterday morning that he had been shot at and wounded in the fleshy part of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What might easily have been a fatal accident happened yesterday afternoon a short distance from Orange. A party of shooters from Orange encroached on Mr. Daniel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The United States armoured cruiser Montana was successfully launched on December 15. The. military medical and hospital corps of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seventeen negroes have been killed near Memphis, Tennessee, in consequence of a renewal of the race war which caused serious loss of life and property in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Minister for Defence (Mr. Ewing) was seen to-day with reference to his statement at Ballarat last night concerning citizen soldiery, when he said that Australian citizen soldiery would…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Walter Marsh, the ex-soldier who murdered his wife in Chesterfield (Eng.) on July 9, was executed on December 27, in Derby Gaol. At half-past 6 a.m. Marsh was visited in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Office announces that the South African war medals are ready for Doyle's Australian Scouts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Ewing, Minister of Defence, speaking at BBllarat-.on Friday night at a complimentary dinner to Colonel R. E. Williams, expressed tho opinion that Australian citizen soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is more than two centuries since a famous English satirist railed at the militia of his day as contemptible when measured by the standard of professional soldiers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At a dinner to Brigadier-Colonel Williams, in Ballarat, the Minister for Defence expressed the opinion that Australian citizen soldiers would never learn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arising out of an alleged libel by Lord Wolseley in his book, "The Story of a Soldier's Life," published in 1903, upon a West African gentleman named Maxwell,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The welcome news reached Parramatta last week from Father T. O'Reilly that he was in New Zealand, and expected to reach home on Friday, 8th instant, by the s.s. Ventura…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A striking example of Gorman commercial tenacity is the continued rate war which has been in progress between Antwerp and India during the last 18 months (writes a London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pope has approved of the decision of the French Bishops, who are willing to accept a form of contract admitted by the civil code between…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The recent trouble regarding the Japanese in California is dealt with and commented upon by the special correspondent of "The Times" in a letter dated from San Francisco on December 12,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Paris correspondent of the "Jewish World" writing on December 14, says:—The close of the year in France is being marked by t e turmoil of religious war. While…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Considerable dissatisfaction is felt among those members of the South African contingents who are claiming back pay under the finding of the Royal Commission, and who complain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A seaman on board the United States cruiser Tennessee shot two petty officers, killing one. A marine then shot the murderer…
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