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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1895

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New War Vessels. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

The new British warship Prince George has been successfully launced at Portsmouth. The first attempt to launch the new…

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Capture of Burglars Caught Removing the Plant. One Mortally Wounded. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 2

Burglaries have been again frequent in the city and suburbs during the last few weeks; but last night the police made a capture which it is hoped will…

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A Yeteran Soldier. Some Personal Reminiscences. Incidents in Convict Life

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 2

JOSEPH P. MORAN was a soldier in the British army as far back as 1829. He served in Van Diemen's Land, in the Indian mutiny, and in the Crimean…

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General Cable News. The War in Madagascar. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 2

The letters of the war correspondents in Madagascar state that the Malagasy Government is completely disorganised, and beyond the…

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Another War Scare. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 August 1895 · page 2

The action of the Czar of Russia in despatching rifles and cartridges to Montenegro (a small independent principality bordering on Turkey,…

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Horrors of Civil War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 October 1895 · page 4

A strange Story of the revolt in Cuba comes to hand. A party of volunteers raised in Cuba for suppressing the insurgents came on a body of the…

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Horrors of Civil War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 1

A strange story of the revolt in Cuba comes to band. A party of volunteers raised in Guba for suppressing the insurgents came on a body, of the…

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2nd Edition Miner Office. 4 p.m. the War Cloud in the East. Interviews in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 October 1895 · page 4

The Commandant (Sir Charles Holled Smith), speaking to-day to a Press interviewer concerning the war cloud in the East, said most of the…

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The War Cloud in the East. [By Telegraph] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 1

The Commandant (Sir Charles Holled Smith), speaking to-day to a Press interviewer concerning the war cloud in the East, said most of the…

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Another War with Ashantee. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 November 1895 · page 2

The date of the British ultimatum to the King of Ashantee, requiring him to accept a British protectorate, expired on November 1. The King is…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Ashantee War. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 November 1895 · page 4

Intelligence from Coomassie is to the effect that King Prempeh, of Asbant[?]e, has sent two common messengers to interview the Governor of…

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The Ashantee War. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 1

Intelligence from Coomassie is to the effect that King Prempeh, of Ashantee, has sent two common messengers to interview the Governor of…

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The Shantee War Military Preparations. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 2

The War Office is making active preparations for the despatch of an expedition against the King of Ashantee, who has ignored the British…

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A Terrible Explosion. Over 500 Chinese Soldiers Killed. Loss of the Steamer Kungpai

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 3

A Sydney telegram states:—The steamer Chingtu brings news from the East of a disastrous explosion of gunpowder on board the Chi[?]a merchant…

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Japo-chinese War. The Taking of Formosa

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 4

A PRIVATE letter received from Fornosa, dated October 23, gives an interesting account of the sabjugation of that island by the…

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General Cable News. The Kaiser and his Soldiers. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 December 1895 · page 2

Addressing a corps of the Imperial Guards, the Emperor William of Germany said that, ignoring party claptrap, he firmly relies on the army to…

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Socialism in Germany. The Effort at Suppression. Threat by the Prussian War Minister. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 2

General Brousart von Schellendorf, Prussian Minister for War, in reply to the agitation raised by the Socialists in consequence of the recent closing of…

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Civil War in Ashantee. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 December 1895 · page 4

In consequence of Adamsis, a prominent Asha the chief, having refused help against the British, King Prempeh sent an expedition against…

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Civil War in Ashantee. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 December 1895 · page 1

consequence of Adamsis, a prominent Ashantee chief, having refuced help against the British, King Prempeh sent an expedition against…

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The War Cloud. by Cable.] The Feeling in America. "Wildly Bellicose" but Subsiding. Views of Salisbury and Cleveland. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 4

The feeling in America over the threatened difficulty with Great Britain in connection with Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine is wildly bellicose;…

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