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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
289 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 15
President Harrison has ordered 12 cruisers, 4 revenue cutters, and 7 patrol steamers to assemble at San Francisco within a month, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fresh trouble is brewing in Central America, and the five states are making preparations for war. Hostilities are to be commenced in spring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EVERY evening the main body of the Salvation Army congregates at the south end of Oxide-street to scare the unregenerate heathen into consciousness of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discontentment among the Cardiff dock laborers is spreading. Three thousand men are on strike, and the strike is having a disastrous effect upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Pennyslvania, United States, 12,000 cokemen threaten to strike. The railway men are determined to take a neutral position in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vigorous opposition is being shown to the English Shipping Federation, and appearances point to a concerted resistance of maritime labor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The dockers at Cardiff and London are confident of crushing the Shipowners' Federation. LATER…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Parnell returned on Wednesday from Boulogne. He had an interview with Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon, but nothing was settled in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eighty armed constables left yesterday evening for Rockhampton by the Cintra. Owing to the large number of police withdrawn, specials have had to be sworn in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large numbers of men are continually arriving from various parts of the district and the footmen are forming a camp three miles from the town in the Blue Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A number of special constables were sworn in yesterday for service in Rockhampton. The constables from Brisbane arrived between 6 and 7 this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further intelligence from Clermont, with reference to the seizure of cartridges and shot yesterday, states that the three men taking the case of kerosene tins were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An official wire was received this morning from Sub-inspector White, at Springsure, reporting that he had returned from Arcturus Downs last night. Wool was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Brown, a member of the Strike Committee, has arrived here from Clermont. He states that the shearers intend to leave Central Qaeensland a heap of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News has been received from Logan Downs that on Sunday, two union delegates made their appearance at the woolsheds and interviswed the "free"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The town is quiet. The proclamation of the Government has been posted all over the town. The mounted infantry were sent to an old hotel, but objected to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Brown, a member of the Strike Committee, has arrived hera from Clermont. He states that the shearers intend to leave Central Queensland a heap of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr.Brown, the delegate of the Shearers' Union, has arrived at Rockhampton from Clermont to attend a conference with the Council of the Labor Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chilian insugents have bombarded and almost destroyed the port of Iquique. It is stated that 200 women and children perished, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The war in Ohili is being prosecuted with extreme bitterness. The conduct of President Balamaceda is stated to be cruel and grossly unconstitutional…
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