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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1886

7 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

The War in the Balkans

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes from Odessa, Dec. 3:—"As soon as people here became pretty well assured that Servia would attack Bulgaria, several youths of the latter nation,…

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The Chances of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 6

GENERAL IGNATIEFF has been good enough to inform the world that France and Russia will shortly unite to revenge themselves upon Germany. He has not said what…

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The War Cloud

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1886 · page 3

THE bellicose spirit is day by day becoming more threatening, and the impression in well informed circles is that a European conflagration is imminent. The Russian press has been very violent in its…

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The War Cloud. Startling News. (Special Message to the "Evening News.")

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1886 · page 3

LONDON, NOVEMBER 12.—The European crisis is fast approaching the dreaded cul[?]ination. The opinion held by some of the highest State officials in England is that an appeal to arms is inovitable,…

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The Agriculturist and Grazier Wage War Against Wreds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 3

"ONE year's seeding is seven years' weeding" is a farmer's maxim as true here as anywhere else, more necessary perhaps to be had in remembrance in this climate, where…

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The expenditure of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 8

THESE seems to be no limit to the expenditure on war. Europe will spend in this year and the two following at least £10.000.000 apon the now rifle, and now the French Minister of Marine has…

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The Soldier Tramp. [Scene—a San Francisco Poli[?] Court.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 2

"YEE honour, I pleads guilty; I'm a b[?]mer; I don't deny the [?]op here found me drunk; I don't deny that through the whole long summer The sun warmed earth has been my only bunk,…

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