Invasion of Australia.
Sydney, January 22. The Sunday Times states with authority that 4ustralia was twice on the point of being invaded, in 1878 and in 1885.
On the latter occasion the Council was hurriedly summoned on Sunday afternoon, the Governor, Admiral, Commandant and Ministers of the Crown being present. The warning by cable was to the effect that the colony might be attacked any moment, and a subsequent wire stated that 15,000 men then at sea would make a simultaneous attack on Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide without any declaration of war by Russia. - Had the Penjdeh incident not been peacefully settled, as one result the Admiral had made arrangements for the destruction of every unprotected coal depot, the various Governments agreeing to share the cost,
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2070, 25 January 1898, Page 2
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126Invasion of Australia. Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2070, 25 January 1898, Page 2
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