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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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Trade with South Africa During War. Prospects of New South Wales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 9 October 1899 · page 2

An interesting consideration at this juncure (say the Herald) is that of the probable effect of war in South Africa on the producing industries of New South Wales. It…

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No Use for Unskilled Men. Cardinal Moran and the War

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1899 · page 3

Cardinal Moron incidentally touched on the threatened war, in the course of an address on Sunday. "We find here just now," he said, "a number filled with…

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Famous War Correspondent. Mr. Frederic Villiers at the School of Arts

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1899 · page 2

Considering the high-strung state of the pubic nerve in connection with affairs in the, Transvaal, and the probability of a contingent of troops being…

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Latest War News. Armed Boers Enter Natal. Are Sent Back by the Police. Further Acts of War. Insulting Starving Women and Children. Public Opinion in England LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 10 October 1899 · page 2

Great excitement has been created by receipt of information that a patty of armed Boers have crossed the border into Natal. No…

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Care of the Wounded. a Munificent Gift. the Red Gross Brigade. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1899 · page 3

Rothschilds and their friends have contributed £11,000 to the funds of the Bod Cross committee for the care of the wounded in the Transvaal war…

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Boer War Notes. [All Rights Reserved]

Leader · Wednesday 11 October 1899 · page 3

It is no use now raking up the past. It is easy to be wise after the event; but we cannot refrain from recalling one, of number of warnings, which London Punch,…

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The world the Transvaal Boer War Preparations. an Inexplicable Hitch. Various Reasons Assigned. Do the Boers Fear a Trap. LONDON, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1899 · page 2

Newspaper correspondents everywhere comment upon the pause in the war preparations of the Boers. It is regarded as inexplicable…

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A Short War Predicted. Justice and Moderation. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 3

Lord James of Hereford, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, speaking at a public meeting in Aberdeen, in the north of Scotland; predicted that tho coming war would…

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New Zealand Produce. a War Office Order. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 3

The War Office has ordered large quantities of oats and compressed forage from New Zealand for the use of the forces on active service in South Africa…

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British Parliament. the Transvaal Session. Only War Business Undertaken. London

National Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 3

The extraordinary session of the Imperial Parliament, which has been summoned to meet on the 17th inst, for the purpose of dealing with the situation…

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The News Confirmed. Admiral Pearson Receives Confirmation. War Declared. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 3

Admiral Pearson has received a cable announcing that war with tho Transvaal has been declared. Hon. W. P. Crick, Postmaster-General,…

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A Short War. A Confident Jurist. He Counts the British Chickens. London

National Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 2

Lord James of Hereford, speaking at Aberdeen last night, predicted that the war between England and the Transvaal would be a short one…

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The Transvaal. a Boer Ultimatum. Declaration Op War. Arrogance and Defiance. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 3

Mr. F. "W. Roitz, Secretary of State for the South African Republic, telegraphed to Sir Alfred Milnor, her Majesty's High Commissioner in South Africa, on Monday, the…

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War at Last. an Ultimatum. Sent by the Boers. Peremptory Demands Withdrawal of Troops. to Allow of Arbitration. The Boers to Reciprocate. Reply Required Yesterday. How Refusal is Regarded. A Declaration of War. LONDON, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent reports from the Transvaal that the Boers hive just despatched an Ultimatum to Great Britain in reference to the massing of…

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About the War

Molong Argus · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 2

CARDINAL MORAN incidentally touched on threstened was in the source of an address on Sunday. "We and here just now," he [?] number…

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Some War Correspondents

National Advocate · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 3

Now that the war correspondents are speeding to the front, it is not uninteresting to note that many of the correspondents ran each other close in respect…

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The War. Sydney

Molong Argus · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 5

A [?] message has been r[?]eived By Rear Admiral Pearoah, stating that war is now in existance in the Tennis- [?] The attention has been forced…

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War Declared. Sydney, 3.25

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 10

ADMIRAL PEARSON HAS RECEIVED A CABLE THAT WITH THETRANSVAAL WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED…

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Sketcher. the Wounds of War

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 10

Died of wounds is a [?] has litter phrase that will be loss [?] in [?] war of the [?] is has ever happened in any [?]…

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N. S. Wales and the War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon.--Now that war has been declared it is generally believed that there will be no serious opposition in Parliament to the proposal to send a contingent to…

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