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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1874

7 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

The Ashantee War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1874 · page 4

IN the early part of this century some gentlemen met in a little room, for the purpose of distributing a few Bibles to the poor of Wales; they were the aucleus of that great society which is now sending thousands…

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"Call Boy," and the Ashantee War. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1874 · page 6

SIR.—Your contributor "CALL BOY," does not appear to have studied his subject "The Ashantee War," very closely, or British Colonists' treatment of Aboriginal Natives in a fair and calm manner…

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The Ashantee War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1874 · page 7

THE Ashantee army is made up of two distinct races — Ashantees proper and Donkas, or slaves; these last without, guns and perfectly maked, do all the menial work of the…

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The Spanish Civil War. London, May 5Th

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1874 · page 5

The Carlists, having been driven back by the Republican forces from several points, have retreated to the vicinity to Bilbao. Marshal Serrano and General De le Concha entered…

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The Result of the "Whiskey War."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1874 · page 3

THE women's whiskey war in the United States has become a very serious business. About eighty per cent, of the internal revenue of the United States Government is derived from the taxes on spirits and…

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General Intelligence. Cablegram Direct From London. Count Arnheim Arrested. Don Carlos Wounded. Victorian Loan. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1874 · page 3

Count Arnheim has been arrested, on a charge of detaining certain public documents. Don Carlos, the noted Carlist leader, has been wounded in Spain, during a meeting of troops…

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France and Its War Debt

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1874 · page 3

IT is stated on the authority of one of the most eminent political economist in France that the FrancoGerman war, and its subsequent consequences, cost France 9 milliards 238 millions of francs. This vast…

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