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The wars & local soldiers, 1893

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3rd EDITION Miner office, 7 P.m an Irish Faction Fight. Two Ms.P. at War. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 4

Mr. J. E Kenny, Irish member of the Commons for Cork, and Mr. Pierce Mahony, Irish member for Meath, fought, as the result of a violent altercation with…

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An Irish Faction Fight. Two Ms.P. at War. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 4

Mr. J. E. Kenny, Irish member of the Gemmons for Cork, and Mr. Pierce Mahony, Irish member for Meath, fought, as the result of a violent altercation with…

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The Old Soldier. a Tale of the Floods. [Written expressly for the Barrier Miner.] Chapter I.

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 4

GEORGE ROBERTS was a man of many years, and enjoyed a peaceful existence with his wife and only son in a quiantlybuilt residence on the banks of the…

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Ihe Hum of the City. The Tug-of-War

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 2

THE gentlemen who have been stumping the country in the interests of the Opposition have returned to Sydney, are storm-staid by the floods, or have…

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A War Vessel Aground. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 2

H. M. warship Undaunted, under command of Lord Charles Beresford, is aground near Alexandria, in Egypt. Her position is considered serious…

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The Georgetown Burglary. The Wounded Man. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 3

Douglas, the burglar who was shot by Mr. Belcher at Georgetown while he was breaking into that gentleman's store there, is now in a very precarious…

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Mutiny of Cossack Soldiers. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 2

A mutiny has broken out amongst a body of soldiers belonging to a Cossack regiment, stationed at Kieff, in the Crimea, due to harsh treatment…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, Juke 5, 1893. Humors of War

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 2

IT was a foregone conclusion that at any rate a general effort to reduce wages would follow upon the suspension of so many banks and the…

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Intercolonial War

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 2

"FEDERATION is in the air," it was commonly said a little while ago; and there have been no announcements to the contrary made, since. On the…

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The Intercolonial War. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 3

Mr. Thallon, one of the Railway Commissioners of this colony, is now at Charleville arranging to give pastoralists concessions with respect to…

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The Railway War. Queensland to Leyy a Border Tax. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 June 1893 · page 4

The Government has introduced into the Assembly the Railway Border Tax Bill, a measure designed to prevent the diverting of traffic which…

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War Between France and Siam. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 2

Despite the reported arrangement of the difficulty between France and Siam over the massacre of a French corps on the Mekong River, hostilities…

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General Cable News. Poisoning of Soldiers. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 2

A number of Bavarian Soldiers at Munich are suffering from poisoning by prussic acid. Out of 324 affected five have died. The cause of the…

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Fires and Explosions in Ships of War. a Terrible Catalogue

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3

THE Edgar, a fine 74-gun ship just returned from American waters, in 1711, blew up in Portsmouth Harbor, with great loss of life, few escaping…

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The Railway War. The Border Tax Bill. The Queensland Assembly Evenly Divided. A Crisis Probable. Mr. Eddy's Offer. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

The second reading of the Railway Border Tax Bill, which is designed to prevent Queensland produce being carried on the New South Wales lines,…

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The War in Samoa. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 2

The New Zealand Heralds correspondent, writing on July 7, just as the Alameda was leaving Apia, the capital of Samoa, says:—"War has…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p m. France and Siam. War Imminent. French Minister Ordered to Leave Bangkok. Probable Employment of the Australian Squadron. [By Cable.] London, Sunday Night

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 July 1893 · page 4

The nature of Siam's reply to France's ultimatum is not yet definitely known; but it is thought that some, if not all, of the French demands have…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— France and Siam. War Imminent. French Minister Ordered to Leave Bangkok. Probable Employment of the Australian Squadron. [By Cable.] London, Sunday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 July 1893 · page 1

The nature of Siam's reply to France's ultimatum is not yet definitely known; but it is thought that some, if not all; of the French demands have…

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The War in Samoa. Details of the Fighting. Metaafa Deported and Quiet Restored. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 3

The steamer Upolu, which has arrived here from Samoa, brings full particulars of the recent fighting between the partisans of Malietoa and…

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3rd. EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. Horsewhipping an M.P. A War Office Employee the Assailant. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 August 1893 · page 4

An employee of the War Office appeared in the Police Court to-day charged with assaulting the Hon. W. St. John Brodrick, Conservative M.P…

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