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The wars & local soldiers, 1897

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The War Settlement. Position of the Peace Negotiations. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

The Times states that the Powers are not agreed that the evacuation of Thessaly by the Turkish troops, as demanded by Lord Salisbury, should be made a condition of the…

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Late Cable News. British and Foreign. Greek War Indemnity. the Marquis of Salisbury's Proposal Approved Of. London, Sept. 8

Western Grazier · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 3

The Powers have approved of the Marquis of Salisbury's latest proposal with regard to the Greek war indemnity loan…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The War Settlement. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 September 1897 · page 4

Further delays have been caused in the negotiations for the settlement of terms of peace between Greece and Turkey in consequence of fresh…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The War Settlement. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 2

The foreign ambassadors in Constantinople, who are arranging the terms of peace between Greece and Turkey, have adopted the proposals of…

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The Greco-turkish War. Peace Treaty Signed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 2

M. Hanotaux, French Foreign Minister, states that the Turkish troops will withdraw from Thessaly directly an instalment of 25,000,000…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] An Old Soldier's End. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 2

An old man who has been killed on the railway at York Plains, presumably by a passing train, has been identified as Peter M'Gee. He had…

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The Cuban Difficulty. Spain and the United States. War Considered Inevitable. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 2

The intimation from the United States Government to the Spanish Foreign Minister, made hy the American Minister in Madrid, that if:the war in Cuba is not…

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War Between Spain and America Inevitable. London. Sept. 23

Western Grazier · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 3

In Madrid it is considered that a war between Spain and the United States in connection with the Cuban question is inevitable…

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Mr. Kingston's Welcome Home. The Demonstration in Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 2

There was a big demonstration in honor of the return of the Premier (the Right Hon. C. C. Kingston) at the Town Hall last night…

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The Greco-turkish War. Peace Negotiations in the Final Stage. Sensational Disclosures by the Duke of Sparta. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 2

The representatives of the Powers have communicated the full text of the peace treaty arranged with Turkey to Greece, and it is now operative…

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The Greek War Indemnity. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 4

The Minister of Finance in the new Greek Ministry has arranged terms with the old Government bondholders and completed arrangements for the early issue of the War…

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Indian Frontier Trouble the Burning of Villages. Several British Killed and Wounded. London, Oct. 3

Western Grazier · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 2

The village of Argah has been completely burned by Colonel Jeffrey's troops. Ghat was also partially burned…

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The English Labor War. The Cotton Trade Trouble. The Engineers' Strike. Speech by Sir Howard Vincent. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 2

The employers of the cotton spinners have granted the operatives a fortnight to consider the proposed 5 per cent. reduction in their wages…

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The Indian Trouble. Two Brave Queensland Women. Gallantry of the Sikh Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 3

FROM a private letter from Major des Voeux, of the 35th Sikhs, and formerly A. A. G. and Infantry Staff Officer in Queensland, we (the Brisbane Courier) are…

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America and Spain. Rumors of War. Panic on the Stock Exchange. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 November 1897 · page 2

Rumors of an alarming nature are prevalent in New York as to an imminent war between the United States and Spain…

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Assassination in Brazil. Attempt on the President. The Minister of War Killed. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 November 1897 · page 2

A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, states that an attempt was made yesterday to shoot the President (Don Jose de Moraes)…

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America and Spain. Rumors of War. London, Nov. 7

Western Grazier · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 3

The alarmist rumours in New York with regard to war with Spain caused a great depression in Wall Street prices, but confidence in again restored…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Greco-Turkish War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 November 1897 · page 2

The Porte has notified the foreign ambassadors in Constantincple that the Imperial Ottoman Bank has advanced the Government £800,000 in…

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The Austrian War Vote. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 2

Acrording to the Austrian Budget presented to the Rsicharath, 7,000,000 florins will be required to supply war materials and the erection of forts…

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The War Settlement. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 4

The Daily News says the Powers are prepared to blockade the Dardanelles unless the peace condition stipulating the autonomy of Crete is…

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