Two Soldiers Shot. Mysterious Incidents on Salisbury Plain
Two privates of infantry regiments stationed at Tidworth Barracks. Salisbury Plain, are lying in the Garrison Hospital at Tidworth suffering from bullet wounds…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1909
1,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 60
In Time of Invasion. Great Britain's Defenders. Enrolment of Territorials. War Secretary's Views
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Speaking at Gullane, IHaddingtonshire, the Secretary of State for War (Mr. R. B. Haldane) said it was not unsatisfactory that only 207,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Meat for the War Office
The Prime Minister has received from the War Office a supply of forms of tender for frozen meat in bulk, required for the troops at Gibraltar. Tenders should be sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Epping Shooting Case. Young Man Wounded in the Leg. Who Fired the Revolver?
Edwin Simpson, a young man, was charged at the Hyde Police Court on Monday with that on December 12 last, at Epping, he did maliciously shoot at one Leslie Butler, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dr. Dill Macky. Welcome Home. "Decadent Scotland." the Sin of the Day
The congregation of the Soots Church and his friends gave a "welcome home" to the Rev. Dr. W. M. Dill Macky and Mrs. Dill Macky at Protestant Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Welcome Home. Dr. and Mrs Dill Macky Entertained. the Need of the Church
Rev. Dr. Dill Macky, of the Soots Church, who returned last week after a tour is the Old country, was welcomed home by a great gathering of his congregation and friends at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mundooran Shooting Case. How Cameron Was Wounded. a Bullet in the Neck. His Wife Committed for Trial
GULGONG, Wednesday.—Teresa Cameron who was arrested at Mundooran in connection with the shooting of her husband, William Cameron, was charged at the police court with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Broken Hill Riots—Dynamite—-Thrilling Incidents of Labour War. the Romance of "The Hill."
A barren stretch of country, with practically no use to the industrial world, resting for ages in an isolated corner of Australia, where the saltbush grew, withered, and grew again,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Coadjutor-archbishop Kelly's Return. His Tour Round the World. the Welcome Home
After 12 months' travel in many lands his Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, is home again, and last night he was royally welcomed in…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fighting in West Africa. Boundary Commission Attacked. German Official Wounded. London, Jan. 12
It is officially stated that the tribe of Munchis were not connected with the fierce attack on the Anglo-German Boundary Commission delimiting the frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Stowaways' Welcome Home
A private message received by a member of the Chinese community of Sydney states that when the steamer Eastern arrived at Hongkong from Australia a few days ago, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Little War at Guildford
At the Parramatta Police Court, some heavy penalties were imposed on some Guildford residents, who had participated in a local war. The fines and costs aggregated £34 13s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Master Builders. Associations Anniversary. Welcome Home to Mr. J. Pringle
There was a large gathering at the Master Builders' Exchange last evening to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of their building in Castlereagh-street, and at the same…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War in the Air
The prophets of Anglo-German war have reached the airship stage, as was to be expected, and are speculatively discussing what may happen when man becomes a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Battle with Fanatics. Strange Street Scenes in Kansas City. Seven Killed and Wounded
IN Kansas City on the evening of December 10 a fight took place between policemen and fanatical street evangelists, resulting in Dalbow, a policeman, being killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Airships in War. SIR H. Maxim's Prophecy
Sir Hiram Maxim declared the other night that the aeroplane, even in its present imperfect state, was a very efficient military weapon. The occasion was a lecture at the Society of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XLIII—Continued
It is not to be supposed that a person, of Schamyl's importance could make his preparations for a long and dangerous journey without some of his followers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes "A power whose morning-drum boat, following the sun, circles the earth." --Daniel Webster
The Department of Defence is inviting tenders for the supply of plant for the manufacture of small arms, [?]ayonots, and scabbards. Turkey has expressed a wish to engage the services…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War on Freak Cheques
London bankers have been invited by Sir Felix Schuster to wage war on freak cheques. "The size of cheques now seems to vary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No "German Peril." The "Coming War" in the Distance a German Day at Clifton Gardens "Our Native Land-- Australia!"
The sixteen celebration of the anniversary in new South Wales of the foundation of the German Empire, in 1871, was held yesterday afternoon at Clifton Gardens, and…
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