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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
1,240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 62
According to the "Nene Frel Persse," Shevket Pasha, War Minister of Turkey, has handed over to the Government a fortune of fifteen million Turkish pounds, retaining only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The strike riots have assumed terrible proportions in Philadelphia. The "Times' " Washington correspondent stales that the strike is attributable to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Strike riots still continue at Philadelphia. So far 750 cars have been destroyed, and the total casualties exceed 1000. The dead and dying…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Utah, which was named by Miss Alice Spry, daughter of Governor William Spry, of Utah, has a displacement of 21,825 tons. She will have a complement of 60 officers and 940 men. It may be noted that the British vessels of the Neptune class have a displacement of about 20,000 tons. The difference in size is thus very considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following story is related by the Harbin papers. The usual nondescript crowd was on the railway station platform. A non-stop Manchurian express was swiftly approaching, when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A remarkable Admiralty experiment is reported in connection with the recommissioning at Portsmouth of the cruiser Melpomene, which was formerly known as the Indefatigable…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A corporal of the 8th Regiment of Hussars of the French army was yesterday found guilty of attempting to poison 80 men of the regiment by putting cyanide of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →It ia not very often that a play is produced in Melbourne with such a strong "minor" part in it as that of King Charles in "Count Hannibal"; and not many companies that have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This is a story of a prize of £500 given to the "bravest soldier in the British army at Waterloo." Before the battle commenced the Duke…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →About 380 senior cadets will parade in Cootamundra on Good Friday. It is proposed to establish a detachment of mounted cadets in Bega…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →For Heaven's sake be careful with that rifle, man!" exclaimed a musketry instructor. "You just missed me that time." "Did I, sergeant? I'm awfully sorry!" responded the indifferent marksman…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The strike in the Bethlehem Steel Works in Pennsylvania, which is fast reported. Whereby nine thousand men have "gone out," is a symptom of the trouble which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph Cook) delivered an address on "Defence" at the Epping School of Arts on Saturday evening, before a large and appreciative audience. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "Standard" reports that there is fierce rate-cutting in the oil industry between Weetman Pearson's syndicale and the Standard Oil Company. The latter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister of Defence (Mr. Cook) lectured on defence under the auspices of the School of Arts, Epping, on Saturday night, before a good house. Mr. langston,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A supposed Turk named Elazer entered the offices of Bassoon and Sons, in Leadenhall street, London, and fired five shots, critically wounding Louis Naffin, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,—Your reporter at the Fitzroy Dock picnic fell into an error when he stated that predicted there would be a serious war in exactly seven years. What I said was,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A bomb prematurely exploded in New York, shattering a house in East 65th-street, and blowing away the fingers and thumb of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. caton Woodvill tells following story--" some years ago i met with a peculiar experience in Morocco, where i was wild boar hunting. A boar had gone at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Major Murray's "The Reality of War" (Hugh R[?]s) is a little book well worth reading. It has an introductory note by Spenc[?]r Wilkinson. He mentions that he gave a lecture to…
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