Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 110

The Aeroplane in War. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 9

The British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Bristol, is supplying the War Office with four Bristol military bi-planes…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Shipping Ring War. Action in South Africa

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 7

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.--With a view to compelling a dissolution of the Shipping Ring, the Post Office Bill now before Parliament excludes from mail contracts any…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

In War-time. Modern Military Men. the Provision for Specialists

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--During a debate on the Army Estimates, in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Haldane (Secretary of State for War) announced that…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, March 16, 1911. Railways in War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 8

Most interesting as a symptom of the seriousness with which defence problems are now being taken is the report of the council consituted on Lord Kitchener's…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Railways in War. New Corps Proposed. Scheme for Military Control. Uniform Gauge Demanded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 9

"Preparation for mobilisation is primarily the work of the General Staff, which recommend the lines to be followed, and advise where and in what quantities the munitions for war…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Where the Church Fails the Growth of Social Evils. Militarism and Our "Incipient Soldiers." Vigorous Methodist Utterances

Watchman · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

The New South Wales Methodist Conference was confronted with the somewhat difficult task of answering a general indictment of apathy and carelessness in social…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of a Past Grand Master the Late Colonel J. C. Neild. Senator and Soldier

Watchman · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

It is with profound regret that we have to chronicle the death of Colonel John Cash Neild, Past Right Worshipful Grand Master of the Loyal Orange Institution in New…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

News of the World by Our Independent Cable Service. Morocco Bound. More French Soldiers for the South. Mulai Hafid to Organise a Force. Paris

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 1

The Cabinet yesterday considered the Moroccan situation in all its bearings, and decided to take determined action to protest French interests and commerce in the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Railways in War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

The first report of the War Railway Council, which was constituted at the suggestion of Lord Kitchener to the Commonwealth, has been made…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The War against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

A conference is to be, held at Glen Innes of the local P.P. board and the municipal and shire councils regarding the destruction of noxious weeds in…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War and the Railways. a Council Appointed

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 14

Another big development in connection with the organisation of Australia's defence system is the appointment of what is known as a…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Fair Trial Promised. for American Prisoners of War. Washington

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 1

Assurances have been given regarding the safety of all Americans now confined in Mexican prisons. It is officially announced that the American…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Mexican Civil War. Smuggling of Men and Arme Ineffective American Border Patrol. Washington. Thursdays

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

The excitement over the mobilisation of troops and the orders issued for concentration on the Mexican border has to some extent abated…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Squabblikg Soldiers

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

When Ca[?] wrote his Commentaries, we have no record of any personal attack being made upon him by any of his contemporary military leaders. There were few great…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Veteran Soldier. One of the "Faugh-a-ballagh's." Dies at Newcastle. a Remarkable Career

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--For many years one of the moot familiar figures in Newcastle has been that of Mr. Thomas Maxwell Walsh, an ex-soldier, who had probably seen more…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

News of the World by Our Independent Cable Service. the Mexican War. America's Only Demand. Order, Justice, and Independence New York

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 1

Mr. Roosevelt, in an address before the Toltec Club at El Paso, Texas, said he spoke for all Americans when he declared that all that the United States demanded of Mexico…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The War at Renmark

The International Socialist · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

THE tight goes on. The employer's delegates have returned from Melbourne—like wise Murphy and Brand. The politicians have been doing some queer wire-pulling…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Combination to Prevent War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 15

Lord Charles Beresford, in the course of an interview, stated that the time had arrived when English speaking countries should combine to prevent war…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

The Russo-japanese War. 4

Evening News · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 13

The Czar has at last given permission for the publication of the reports written by the Russian general staff on the Russe-Japanese War and the first volume has appeared…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Russell of "The Times" First War Correspondent

Evening News · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 11

Noticing a life of Sir William Howan Russell, "The First Special Correspondent," published on January 21. the London "Daily Mail" said:—"Seest thou a man diligent in his business; he…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →