Uniforms for Postmen and Soldiers
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A committee was recently appointed by the Postmaster-General to inquire into the question of supplying the clothing required for the Postal and Defence…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1909
1,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 60
Every Man a Soldier. a Clergyman's Advice
A military church parade was held in the Parramatta Park on Sunday afternoon, when Lieut.-Colonel Cox, C.B. (officer commanding the Lancer Regiment), together with his staff,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Soldiers. Review of Metropolitan Cadets. Nearly 3000 Boys on Parade. Major General Hoad's Commendation
The declaration by the Prime Minister in his Gympic speech that the policy of the Federal Government was to initiate compulsory military service by a system of physical drill and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the Next Great War. the Parts That Fighting Ships Will Play
Frigates, said Nelson, were the ships most lacking in his time, and the greatest of all seamen never ceased to lament the fact that his combinations were hampered the utility of his…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Soldiers' Memorials. Movement in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Colonel Lyster (State Military Commandant), Lieutenant - Colonel Chauvel, and a number of other officers waited on the Premier this afternoon, and asked for a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →If War Game to Australia
This disturbing thought has in it sufficient possibility to arrest the attention of the most indifferent The future cannot be viewed with smug complacency, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military Parade to St. Mary's Cathedral. Big Attendance of Catholic Soldiers
A voluntary military church parade took, place last Sunday afternoon. The Catholic troops numbering several hundreds, formed up in the Domain, and, headed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →An Old Soldier's Beads
In the Hospital for Incurables at Autwerp there lived some years ago an old soldier broken down by wounds and hardships. A visiting priest having taught him the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Meteorology and the Universities. Enlisting Scientific Sympathy
Practical meteorology, or the relation of cause and effect in weather, Is of the most vital Importance to Australia, a continent which as regards rainfall, may be said to be subject to i…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. Brisbane
Replying to a deputation asking the Government to make up £700 required for the fallen soldiers' memorial, the Premier said he could not give the money out of Government revenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Postmaster Seriously Wounded. Three Shots in the Mouth. Burraga
J. A. Knox, postmaster, shot himself here shortly after the office opened, about 9.30 a.m., three revolver bullets entering his mouth. He is not expected to recover. Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fight with a Lion. Battle with a Wounded Beast in Small Hut
THE story of a thrilling night adventure at one of the outposts of civilisation has come to hand by the African mail from Serenji, in North-eastern Rhodesia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Italy to Have 40 War Balloons
The war appropriations bill for this year and next in Rome makes provision for the construction of forty militar[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter (L)XIV.—Continued
The contest at last was over, and victory—so boldly wooed and won by the allies—hung enamoured over their banners as they floated side by side on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hireling Soldier
See! He stands in coat of red, Trim and beardless, full of pride ; Gaudy cap upon his head, Gaudy stripe adown his side;…
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
War will never be forced on us as long as we are strong enough to win.--Mr. Arthur Lee, M.P. Britain will never be conquered by a European newer while the colonies stand part, and, parcel of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Empire of the Air. War Office Besieged by Inventors. Experts Evidence
A committee appointed by Mr. R. B. Haldane to investigate the question of aerial navigation sat in London on April 14 for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Soldier's Memorial at Kiama
Brigadier-General Ranclaud, V.D., unveiled, at Kiama, on Saturday, an obelisk, erected by the officers and men of E Company, First Battalion, are A.I.R., to the memory of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Democracy and War
The Berlin correspondent of a London newspaper pertinently reminds the representatives of the British Labor party, who are visiting Germany, that the German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Shooting Affray. a Merchant Wounded. Country Farmer Under Arrest
At lunch time yesterday Ernest Samuel Barter, of E. S. Barter and Co., Argent-chambers, 19A Hunter-street, indent merchants, was shot in the face with a revolver, the bullet entering…
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