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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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British War Supplies. Cape Government Active. London, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 3

At the Cape the authorities are seconding tho preparations of the Home Department, and are purchasing horses, waggons, forage, and general…

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My Soldier Keeper CHAPTER I.

National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 4

Four o'clock of a late May morning (that is to say, four hours before most of you pale-faced lazy Londoners were out of bed) the hero of this, my story…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. CHAPTER I.

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 4

Broad of chest ho undoubtedly is, sound too of wind and limb, keen-eyed as a sparrow-hawk, likely to make such a soldier as you may hope to take…

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American War Secretary. Refuses to Resign. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 3

For some time considerable dissatisfaction has existed in the United States with regard to the management of the War Department by the Secretary of…

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War of Railway Rates. a New Arrangement. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 3

The Executive Council has approved of Bet railway rates to apply to the whole of the railways of the colony. The alterations come into effect on Monday…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper CHAPTER I.

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 4

Every time the "Mouse" attacked the boy's eyes were turned full to meet him, though the head moved ever so little to avoid the full force of the…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 4

"I'll be hanged if I think there is a pheasant or a kakur within half a dozen miles of our camp," and the speaker threw himself on the ground in…

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War !

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 8

The life saving campaign opened at the local Salvarmy my Barracks on Wednesday evening last, when Captain Dixon, of the Mudgee corps, joined…

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Will there be War?

Molong Argus · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 7

THE trouble in tho Transvaal may precipitate the long deferred world's war About one half of the Cape Coolonists are in sympathy with kinsmen in the…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

See how many navties he employed, I got some idea of the ease with which he obtained information of any white man's advent on his hunting grounds in…

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Mr. Rhodes Scouts the Idea of War. London

National Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 2

Mr. Cecil Rhodes, speaking at a meet­ing at Capetown, scouted the idea of war with the Transvaal over the franchise question…

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The News Confirmed. What Mr. Chamberlain Says. Mr. Rhodes Scouts the Idea of War. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 3

The secretary of State for the Colonic has confirmed the report that the Transvaa Government has decided to extend the franchise…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 4

The word coward has wonderful effect on men, and it was that name that we all feared to draw, upon our­selves by backing out when this black…

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The Peace Conference. Asphyxiating Shells in War. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 3

The Peace Conference sitting at the Hague has given further consideration to the report of the sub-committee relatives to the armaments of the nations joining in the Czar'…

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The Peace Conference. Asphyxiating Shells in War. London, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 2

The Peace Conference sitting at The Hague has given further consideration to the report of the sub-committee relative to the armaments of the nations…

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Sensational Development. Kruger Refuses to Yield. There May Yet Be War. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 3

A sensation has been caused by the latest news received here in regard to the Transvaal crisis. A statement is published, emanating from…

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The Storyteller. My Soldier Keeper. Chapter Ii

National Advocate · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 4

It was partly my fancy no doubt, but I could rest neither sleeping nor waking for the tought that every one's eyes were upon me the murderer elect…

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A Soldier Discharged. for Striking a Coolie. London, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 2

A British soldier stationed at Allahabad, North-West India, has been sentenced to 18 months' gaol, and has been ordered to be discharged from the army…

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Latest Cablegrams. a British Soldier Punished. for Striking a Coolie. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 3

A British soldier stationed at Allahabad, North-West India, has been sentenced to 18 months' gaol, and has been ordered to be discharged from the army with ignominy…

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The American War Secretary. Mr. Alger's Successor. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 3

Mr. Elihu Root, a prominent New York lawyer Las succeeded Mr. Russell Alger, who resigned on Wednesday last from the position of Minister for War…

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