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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
1,240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 62
With the telegraph lines cut, and the operators either murdered or forced to flee, definite news regarding the situation in Yucatan, Mexico, the scene of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The United States Congress has at last passed the Bill providing for the raising of the wreck of the battleship Maine, in Havana Harbor. The sinking of the Maine on February 15,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN Englishman has invented the torpedo of the air. Sitting at a transmitter in London, he can send a dirigible balloon through the air at any height, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advices received to-night front Lima, the Peruvian capital, report that the Government is disbanding the corps that were formed among those who volunteered their services…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A German battery of Artillery, while practising near Cologne, was struck by lightning. Two gunners were killed, and two injured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Advices received tonight from Lima, the Peruvian capital, report that the Government is disbanding the corps which was formed among those who volunteered their services…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An effort will be made shortly to bring the first battalion seniors up to its full strength. The position of the O.C. Temora-Wyalong senior cadet company will be filled by Lieutenant Nixon, of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Acording to "La France Militaire," 661,599 men will be called up in France this year for military training. Deschamps, a corporal of the 100th Regiment of Infantry of France, is reported to have confessed that [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Wot 'as the gen'ral done?" says I, "Wot 'as the general done?" "O, 'e's a Prince o' the Royal Blood, An' they chucked 'im in for fun!"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War between Turkey and Greece, over the Creton question, is regarded in Government circles as possible. It is believed that Greece insists upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence), speaking at a smoke concert at the St. Kilda Yacht Club last night, said he knew that for some time there had been in the minds of yachtsmen the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Before the Paris Tribunal of Commerce a revelation was made during the week which should cause defence departments in all parts of the Empire to be on guard respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A weatherboard cottage in Elgin-street, Woolwich, overlooking Cockatoo Island, was the scene of an extraordinary and shocking occurrence early yesterday morning. As a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →English Army officers are waging war on cigarette smoking. A little while ago Lieut.-Colonel G. V. Dauglish, commanding the Buffs, issued an order in which he stated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Out of a small party of British immigrants which arrived in Sydney yesterday morning, under the auspices of the British Immigration League, five were reservists from the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. -- A terrible tragedy occurred in the heart of the town tonight. A distribution of prizes was to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrible tragedy occurred in William-street, in front of St. Paul's Schoolroom, tonight. Miss Emily Salisbury, of Yeppoon, who was staying with Mrs. J. Steed, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Wednesday. -- The King has conferred the Albert medals upon Charles Wagner (driver) and Alexander Stewart (fireman), of Pietermaritzburg, for gallantry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The father of English Liberty was Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, afterwards Cardinal Langton, who organised the barons of England into a successful power…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The death of General Sir William F. Butler, G.C.B., was announced by cable last week. Heart failure was the cause of his death. He passed away at his residence,…
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