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The wars & local soldiers, 1900

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The China War. Late Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. the German Emperor on the Partitioning of China

The Mountaineer · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 3

The Emperor of Germany declares the Powers bare no idea of partitioning Chins, but with to establish a powerful Chinese Government…

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Open Column. Comforts for Sick and Wounded Soldiers in S. Africa. to the Editor

The Mountaineer · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

SIR,—I shall be obliged if you will allow me, through your columns, to convey my thanks to Mesdames Bray, Edwards, Hamilton, Hney, G. King,…

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The China War. Late Telegrams. Sydney

The Mountaineer · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 2

Chefur advises that Prince Tuan is using Krapp guns. The Chinese have thirteen miles of entrenchments along the River Amor…

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Was It War?

The Mountaineer · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 4

It was two days after the final signing of the peace papers between the United States and Spain when the lady called on an American editor…

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Open Column. Soldier's Pinch to the Editor

The Mountaineer · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 3

The above title is the name given to a rather keep hill about a mile from Mount Victoria on the Sydney side. The Roads Department decided that the grade should…

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What the Enlisted Men Got

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 August 1900 · page 4

One of the returned sailors from Manilla gunner’s mate and much sworn at affoat, a gentleman and a wheelman ashore—was sipping amber refreshment in a roadhouse,…

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Soldiers' Pinch Deviation. Public Works Department, Sydney, 24th August, 1900

The Mountaineer · Friday 31 August 1900 · page 2

SIR,—With reference to the letter dated the 7th instant, presented by you from the Mount Victoria Progress Committee regarding the deviation…

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Italian War Proposal. to Spend Ten Millions

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

Italy proposes to raise ten millions in a loan to build warships…

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The China War. Bandits Work of Destruction

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

Bandits are plundering villages around Canton. They have destroyed the Roman Catholic Church and have desecrated the cemetery…

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The War. Late Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Five Days' Armistice

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

Lord Roberts has granted the Boers a five day's armistice…

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