War Against Fruit Pests
Mr. George Compere, a well-known entomologist. who for years past has professed an ardent faith in the use of parasites as a means of eradicating fruit pests, passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1909
1,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 60
All's Fair in Love and War
Married Woman: "For whom are you in mourning?" Old Maid: "for [?] one. I am simply trying to see whether I shall not have better luck with the men if I wear widow's weeds!"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Workers and War
When Lord Rosebery urged on the delegates to the Press Conference the necessity for a broader patriotism he spoke to the whole Empire. His remarks in that respect…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Man Who Stopped a War. (A Tale Op an Australian War Correspondent.)
"I will be shot!" "You will be shot," repeated the lieutenant of the marines, "you will be shot as a spy, if you do not answer Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Leviathan Ships of War. Do They Represent the Best Naval Policy
If the relative superiority of the Dreadnought design could be demonstrated as against any other type of warship, then there would not be so much to urge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Press in War Time. Discussion at the Conference. the Navy Above Party
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—At too Imperial Press Conference to-day, the subject for discussion was "The Press and Imperial Defence—the Navy."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War on the Priesthood. PIUS X. on God's Enemies
"Morte at Preti!" Death to the priests! That is a cry becoming of sinister frequency in the streets of Rome on the lips of the followers of men like Don Leone Caetani…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Late Cable News. Received to -Day. Sumatra Shaken.EARTHQUAKE and Tidal Wave. 230 Killed,. Many Wounded
LONDON. Thursday Evening.-An earthquake and tidal wave have occurred at Sumatra. Two hundred and third people were Killed, and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Office View. Need for Co-operation
Mr. R. B. Haldane (Secretary of State for War) said he agreed with every word uttered by Mr. Balfour, and urged the colonies to organise their forces in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War Scare. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I think the new Federal Government has done wisely in offering a Dreadnought or a substantial subsidy for the defence of Australia. There is no doubt some war or…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wounded Soldier. Medical Services in War. Lecture by General Williams
"A sick army cannot fight. The better the health of the men, the easier the task of the general. By preventing disease and caring for the wounded the medical officers rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Kuropatkin on the War
"The Russian Army and the Japanese War" is a version of General Kuropatkin's critical comments on the campaign. No man's reputation was higher than Kuropatkin's when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Weapon That Will Abolish War. Secrets of a Most Mysterious Invention
WHILE the nations are building Dreadnoughts against each other, the scientists have been busy discovering other weapons for the warfare of the future…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →An Army in War. the Part of the Doctor Organisation of Services. Lecture by General Williams
"The Organisation of Medical Services in War," was the title of an interesting lecture delivered by Surgeon-General W. D. Williams, C.B., on Friday evening, in the rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Flying Man. the Wrights and Their Triumph. a Story of Genius and Courage. the Aeroplane in War
LONDON, May 7.--The progress of the flying machine in the past eight or ten years is without parallel in the development of mechanical contrivance. A few years ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter LXVI.—Continued
"What has occurred?" hastily demanded the Pole. "What has occurred?" repeated Jack; "what never ought to have occurred;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.S.W. Young Soldiers. Visit of American Boys. Instruction Classes and Senior Cadets
The party of boys from America who will arrive at Sydney at an early date, will be quartered during their stay in this city at the Drill Hall, Victoria Barracks. Hie American…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldiers and Sailors. Military Naval Notes
A power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth."--DANIEL WEBSTER. I believes so implicitly in the protection of England…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Human Drama. From Murderer to Millionaire Pardoned by the Czar, and Fights in Russo-japanese War
A great human drama, as strange as Dumas's "Count of Monte Cristo," has been closed by the death in St. Petersburg of Captain Lansberg, representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Terrible Engine of War
A Central News message from Chalon-sur-Saone states that a new weapon of submarine warfare has been constructed at the P[?]it Creusot works by an engineer named Gabet…
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