Captain Grogan Explorer, Soldier, and Empire Builder
Captain Grogan, who was recently tried and imprisoned at Nairobi, in British East Africa, for flogging some natives accused of insulting white women, and about whose…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1908
1,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 64
Shot with a Pea Rifle Hornsby Resident Wounded Goulburn
'A young man named Richard Whale, 19 years of age, and residing at Hornsby, who was staying on his holidays at Chatsbury, near Goulburn, was the victim of a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motors in War and Peace
At the Motor Union dinner recently hold in London General Sir John French dealt with what he considered the important services which the motor car can afford in time of war. He pointed out the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Does Japan Mean War? American Naval Officer Says Yes Secret Preparations on a Gigantic Scale
IS Japan preparing for war? W[?] does she intend to go to war? Stories have been told again and again of Japan's extraordinary activity in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What Does It Mean. America's Munitions of War Five Years' Supply for the Philippines London, Thursday, 3 p.m
Interesting and not a little significant is the Item of news published to-day to the effect that the United States Is forwarding to the, Philippine islands munitions of war,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Life in Dartmoor. the Old War-time Prison. a Picturesque Description. [All Bights Reserved.]
During the war with France in the earlier years of the nineteenth century, the ships in the harbor at Plymouth, as well as the depot in the town, became so inconveniently crowded…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes a power whose morning-drum boat, following the sun, circles the earth."
The British Army Medical Department comprises over 3000 officers and men. The now sea-going torpedo destroyers are pf 790 tons, and cost £143,000 each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.
"Be just in all you say and all you do; Whatever be your birth, you're sure to be A peer of the first magnitude to me."—Dryden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dangerous Relic of the War
While walking on the veldt near Jacobsdal. Orange River Colony, a soldier named Apelgrin noticed a bunch of thin wires protruding from the ground. He attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brutal Outrage in Ireland. Landlord Fired on at Church Door. His Mother Wounded. Dublin. November 19
An outrage of an unusually cowardly character was committed at Kilconieran, Co. Galway, on Sunday. Mr. Helenus White Blake, of Hollypark,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian War Invention. a New Projectile
The Minister for Defence and the Chief of Ordnance are giving consideration to a new projectile which has been Invented by Mr. Jehu Brighton, of Mildura, Mr. Brighton is in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Liquor War. Mr. W. A. Lloyd Proceeding to England
New South Wales will be well represented in England during the coming liquor war which is to be waged in consequence of the British Premier's promised liquor legislation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The National Guard Commonwealth Insurance Against Invasion a New Phase of the White Australia Question Chronic Soldiers and Children's Chest Measurements
"My view of it is this," said a regimental commanding officer to a "Star" reporter, referring to the new defence proposals, "the present forces are admittedly insufficient for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Veteran Indian Soldiers. One in Five Campaigns. Another Served for 30 Years
LONDON, Saturday.--One of the Indians to be deported by the Transvaal Government for not registering under the Immigration Act served in four Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ladies at War. a Boxing Day Skirmish
On the summons side of the Newtown Police Court, Dora. Lahiff, a widow, proceeded against Josephine Smith, a married woman, for assault. There was a cross summons, charging Laniff…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Empire's Main Prop. Indian Troops' War Service
LONDON, Monday.--Viscount Midleton, speaking at Ottawa, reminded the Canadians that India was the main prop of the Empire, and that, "instead of India pulling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Iron Cross Mr. Horstmann's War Memories a German Who Loves Sydney
Mr.-Ernest Horstmann, of Sydney, has been a member or the German Concordia, Elizabeth-street, for 20 years, and whenever there is a "splash" at the club he wears…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Munitions of War. for the Philippines. Goal and Remounts
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The United States Consul at Newcastle (Dr. F. W. Goding) is in receipt of a communication from the War Department of the United States, intimating that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Soldier's Wedding
At an Artilleryman's wedding at Brighton (England) the bride was driven to the church in a brougham drawn by six gun horses, adorned with white rosettes. The drivers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Iii. (Continued)
Brief was the repose which Charles Vavasseur, probably for years, and possibly for over, enjoyed under the roof of his father. At an early hour he left his…
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