Unemployed and Soldiers
A National Congress Of Unemployed in the United States has demanded "to be State-supported during periods of inactivity like soldiers are." This is one of those schemes…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1908
1,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 64
Welcome Home
On February 1st, a welcome home party was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Butcher, at their residence, "Lauriston," Kogarah, to Mrs. and Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Netherlands India. the War in Acheen. Thirty-four Years' Struggle
The unavailing struggle of the Dutch during thirty-four years past to subdue the Achinese cannot be without interest in Australia, which, in some senses, is a neighbor to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An Industrial War Strike in the Timber Industry. Showing a Solid Class Front
ANOTHER manifestation of the Class Struggle appears above the surface in the strike of those engaged in the timber industry of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes a power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth." --Daniel Webster National Defence Rifle Shooting and Its Successful Application
Rifle shooting as conducted by many of the rifle clubs throughout not only New South Wales, but also Australia, provides a fascinating pastime, but beyond this it has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Old Soldier's Career
Mr. George A. Hayman, of Granville, whose death was recorded in our Thursday's issue, was one of the few remaining Imperial troops who assisted at the capture of the Eureka…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XVI.—(Continued.)
The only circumstance which the narrator kept from him was the formidable fact of his having no less a personage for a rival than the Grand Duke Constantine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Indian Frontier War. General Willcock's Advance. Tribesmen Building Sangas
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—General "Willcocks, with the punitive expedition against the Zakka Khels, is advancing with remarkable rapidity, and has entered the Bazar Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Frontier War. Closing the Passes. Remarkable Rapid Advance. London, Feb. 14
The Zakka Khels refuse to surrender five outlaws or accede to other British demands. General Willcocks, commanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another "Little War."
On the night of January 4 a large party of raiders belonging to the wild frontier hill tribe known as the Zakka Khels burst down upon the little transport post of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Event of War
While criticising the proposed defence policy of the Federal Government last night at the Liberal and Reform Association Mr. H. N. Maclaurin argued that one serious objection to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shadow of War. Austria and Russia. Balkan Railway Policy. London, Feb. 17
The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph wires that starting action in Novi Bazar, through which Austria wants to construct a railway to Miltrovitza, is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Welcome Home
Mr. J. J. Virgo, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, will be welcomed home to-morrow night at 7.30 the Pitt-street Congregational Church, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →International Tug of War
The first heats of the internationa tug-of- war will be pulled next Saturday night at Wonderland City. The following teams have entered up to date:--A.U.S.N. (champions),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Car in War
The French War Office has despatched a 30 h.p. Panhard war car to the scene of the Morocco campaign. The car carries there Hotchkiss machine guns and 60,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →International Tug-of-war
The first pull in the international. tug-of-war at Wonderland City will be held next Saturday night. The teams already entered are the A.U.S.N. (present holders of the championship),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wonderland's Tug-of-war
Good entries have been received for the big tug-of-war competition to be decided at Wonderland City next Saturday afternoon, and which promises to prove moat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Incident of the American War
When General Grant was before Vicksburg, a certain Captain Ashby was captain of a company of artillerymen. But, before this city was captured the besieged made one desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 51 →The Sinews of War. [?]Ffragusts' Campaign. London, Feb. 17
The women suffragists have set apart a "week of self-denial," with the object of raising funds. Their efforts will consist of making…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest War Cloud. Russian Troops Concentrating. a German Denial
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.—It is stated in St. Petersburg that owing to tho movement of Turkish troops Russian forces are concentrating near the frontier, the outcome…
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