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, 1912

2,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 144

War, Clorious War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 8

What, speaking in quite unofficial language, is the net purport and upshot of war? To my knowledge, for example, there dwell and toil, in the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The War Against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

The starling, which is numerous in parts of the harden district, N.S.W., is credited with being a great for to the grasshoppers by feeding on the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Banned by the War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 10

The prominent Chicage packers were recently indicted in America under the Sherman Act for conspiracy in restraint of trade. Thereupon the British War Office placed all firms so situated…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

War Will Soon Come. German Officer's Warning. Berlin

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 8

A Defence Society is being organised in Berlin, its purpose being to agitate for an increase in the strength of the army, and to encourage the military spirit among…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Griffith V. Ryrie. About the South African War. Pro-boer or Pro-chow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 7

Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Works, yesterday turned his attention to Colonel Ryrie's Clontarf speech. He was not going to quarrel with Colonel Ryrie he said. He had known him…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Trying To End It. Germany and the War in Tripoli. Turkey to Join Triple Alliance

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 8

PARIS, Monday Evening.—"Le Journal des Debain" considers that the visit being made by Herr Von Kiderlen-Waechter, the German Foreign Minister, to Rome, is intended to…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Turco-italian War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 49

Three battalions of Italian infantry and a small body of cavalry were defeated by Arabs While endeavouring to recapture Sensour, which lies to the west of Tripoli. The Arabs…

Continued on Trove, page 49 →

Turko-italian War

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 5

Regarding the reply by Mr. Zelamina to Mr. Mockbell's statements regarding the war in Tripoli, I as one interested in the question, would like to draw attention to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

What War Means to Women

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 48

I do not wish ever again to live in a country where there is war. I did wish it once—as people often desire things of which they imagine a great deal that is romantic,…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

Tripoli War. Turks Attack Ainzara. Repulsed with Heavy Loss

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 10

TRIPOLI, Tuesday Night.—Five thousand Turks and Arabs, feigning to attack Gagerest, made an attack on A[?]rs. After three hours of vigorous fighting, how…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Turko-italian War. Italian Naval Activity. British Launch Captured. Constantinople, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 19

The Italian cruiser Piemonte lowered a beat flying the white flag at Hodel[?], and captured a motor launch flying the Union Jack. It is reported that the British Consuls have…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

The Tripolitan War. Germany Trying to End It. Turkey and the Triple Alliance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 9

PARIS, Monday Evening.--The "Journal des Debats" considers that the visits of Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter, German Minister for Foreign Affairs to Rome, is intended to prepare…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

What Germans Want. "Diversion of a Great War." Never Thrive on Eventless Peace. Berlin

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 11

In the course of a remarkable article, which it publishes to-day, and which is addressed to the Kaiser, one of the Berlin papers, the "Post," writes: "Only the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

The Last Muster. Coronation Cadets Receive Medals. Lord Denman on Soldiering. "The Best Material."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 11

A roll of the Police Band drums, and 70 veterans and 184 members of the New South Wales Coronation Cadet contingent came smartly to attention at the Queen's-square yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Turco-italian War. the Manouba Incident

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 7

PARIS. Wednesday Evening.—The Turks on board the French steamer Manouba, which was captured and detained by Italy, and who claimed to be medical men successfully…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

War Declared. by Employers. General Closing Down. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 9

The position of affairs in the city was considered to-day by the employers of the city and suburbs, and as a result of the deliberations the following important statement in…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Sinews of War. State of Money Chest. Cabled Offers of Help. Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 7

A strike, just like a war, depends for its success upon the state of the funds held by those who direct it. In this case the strike leaders refuse to disclose what money is…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Upheaval in Brisbane. a General Strike. in Full Force. Unions Declare War. Employers Decide to Fight. All Trade Stopped. Industry Paralysed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 9

Brisbane is in the throes of the greatest industrial upheaval that it, or perhaps any other Australian city, has ever experienced For the first time in the history of…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Industrial War. All Services Stopped in Brisbane Shops and Factories Close Down. Shortage of Food Supplies Possible. Unions Seek to Extend Strike. Every Wage-Earner Urged to Cease Work. BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 1

Brisbane stands paralysed by the general strike which has been declared in support of the employees of the train way company. All industry has been stopped. The…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The War Against Pests Inferior Poisons

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 3

At a meeting of the Forbes Branch F.S.A., Mr. W. J. Marsh referred to the unsatisfactory results obtainable from the use of nearly every poison…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →