Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War Cloud. Possible Collective Note. of the Great Powers
Evening News · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 4
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—M. Pichon, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. has conferred with the British (Sir F. Bertie), German (Prince von Radelin), Italian (Court Gallina)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defence of the Empire. Preparation for War. in Times of Peace. a Comprehensive Scheme. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 7
A memorandum on the Imperial general staff, received from the War Office by the Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, last week, was made available to-day. With the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yachting. Sayonara Cup. Welcome Home to Thelma's Crew
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 12
At the club-house Carabella, on Friday evening, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron entertained Thelma's crew at dinner in recognition of the splendid work they had done in equipping and in sailing the Sayonara…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our English Admirals. Courted War Like a Mistress
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 2
If the Indian Empire, the trade of London, and all the outward and visible ensigns of our greatness should pass away, we should still leave behind us a durable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lax Soldier
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 8
It would hardly be fair at the present stage to comment on the specific charges of military laxity referred to in our article yesterday. It is probably safe to say in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Welcome Home to Father Phelan. Concert at Lewisham
The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 12
The Rev. Father T. Phelan, P.P., of Lewisham, who has just returned from a twelve months' trip to the Old Country, was ten-dered a hearty welcome home by his…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →If War Were Here!
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 8
Captain J. R. Wallace (captain of the Randwick Club) complained that the rifle club movement had to an extent been neglected by the Commonwealth staff and district staffs. There should be a larger distribution of rifles than at present, which was one for every ten men. CHORUS: " I say, old chap Don't forget it's my shot next."…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 8
Mr. W. E. H. Nicolle, a draftsman on the Proprietary mine, one of the officials who were so badly maltreated on Jauary 4. left for Melbourne to-night to undergo an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Clouds Darker
Evening News · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4
LONDON, Thursday.—Messages received by the "Times" from its correspondents on the Continent show that the Austro-Servian crisis is acute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Aerial Preparation for War
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 6
The cable news published yesterday as to the position of the British War Office with regard to aerial apparatus for war purposes raises a question whether there was warrant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Acute Crisis. Austro-servian War Rumors. Serious Menace to Peace Big Military Preparations
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 7
LONDON, Thursday,--Continental messages to "The Times" show that the Austroservian crisis is acute. Reuter's Belgrade correspondent states…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragedy in the City. a Barmaid Wounded, Suicide of Her Assailant
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 9
At the Empire Hotel, Pitt and Hunter streets, at about a quarter to 6 o'clock last night, a barmaid, known as Miss Anno Venus, employed at the hotel, was shot at by a man named…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Aeroplane In War. British Ascendancy. Cody's Aldershot Machine
The World's News · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 21
THE cablegrams have told us of the superiority of the British Army lu the application of the principles of aeronautics to the science of war. During last month Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter L.—Continued
Nepean Times · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8
Never since the roundheads passed through the village on the way to the Moat, and plundered its inhabitants, had such a scene of commotion been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes
The Australian Star · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 6
"A power whoso morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth." --DANIEL WEBSTER. Scandals concerning the misappropriation of funds or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flying Machine in War
Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1909 · page 7
Sir Hiram Maxim. in an interview last month, said: "The cleverest engineers in Franco recently assured me that they are practically certain that within…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rand Riot About a Holiday. Six Chinamen Shot Dead and 15 Wounded. Johannesburg, January 21
Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1909 · page 12
Six Chinamen were this morning shot dead and fifteen others were wounded and taken to hospital during a riot at the Village Deep Mine caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Peace or War?
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 6
At the beginning of March it may be said that in the Balkans that period is almost at an end during which the stage is occupied by diplomatists to the exclusion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Lisbon Carnival. Serious Riots. Many Persons Wounded. Two Hundred Arrests
Evening News · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Serious riots have occurred during the carnival at Lisbon, and, according to Reuter's correspondent, many persons were wounded, and 200 arrests made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disgraceful Lisbon Carnival. Slain King's Obsequies Simulated. Regicides and Their Victims Impersonated. Coffins, Skeletons, and Blasphemous Songs. Two Hundred Arrests, and Many Wounded. London, Sunday, 2.30 p.m
The Australian Star · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 1
Reuter states that 200 arrests were made and there were many persons wounded at the Lisbon Carnival. Mobs Joined the masqueraders in stoning the police for interfering…
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