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The wars & local soldiers, 1897

235 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 12

The Greco-Turkish War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 2

Nothwithstanding the truce between Turkey and Greece pending the peace negotiations, isolated conflicts have occurred between the Turks and…

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General Cable News. Libelling a War Correspondent. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 2

Mr. Atteridge, the war correspondent of the Daily Chronicle in the Soudan, has recovered £1000 damages from Edward Frederick Knight, war correspondent of The…

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Comedy of War. a Humorous Confederate

Western Grazier · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 4

General Porter author of "Campaigning with Grant" the title of an interesting series of papers appearing in the "Century"—reports the amusing talk of…

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The War Settlement. Modification of Turkish Claims. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 2

The Standard states that the Porte has agreed to reduce the amount of its claim by way of war indemnity from Greece by two millions sterling…

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The Powers and Turkey. Reduction of the War Indemnity. the Sultan and Peach Negotiations. London, July 15

Western Grazier · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

It is reported in Constantinople that the Porto has agreed to the reduction of the war indemnity by two millions sterling…

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The Turko-grecian War. The Indemnity. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 August 1897 · page 2

The ambassadors have made further progress in the settlement of the Turko-Grecian war. They have made arrangements to control the Greek…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, August 5, 1897. the War of the Tariffs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 August 1897 · page 2

THE denunciation by the British Government, at the instance of the colonial Premiers, of the commercial treaties with Germany and Belgium,…

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An Old Soldier's Story. a Reminiscence of the Zulu Campaign

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 August 1897 · page 4

MR. RICHARD GROVES owns a comfortable house and grounds at Hyde Park near Rookwood, Sydnoy, and is spending the remainder of a stirring…

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The Turko-grecian War. The Peace Negotiations. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

The terms of peace between Turkey and Greece have been settled except as to the method of the evacuation of Greece by the Turkish troops. The Porte claims that the…

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The Horrors of War

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 August 1897 · page 3

O War relentless, devastating scourge, Offspring of Hell, though first in Heaven conceived By mind infernal—O for power to purge The earth of thee, that men might be relieved…

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An Awful Calamity. Terrible Details of the Rutschuk Explosion. 130 Killed and 170 Wounded. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 2

Futher particulars of the explosion at a cartridge factory at Rutscbuk, in Bulgaria, show that the calamity was a more awful one than the first brief…

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The Graeco-turkish War. The Evacuation of Thessaly. The Porte's Proposal. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 2

The Porte has proposed that the Turkish troops shall evacuate the Greek territory to the smthward of Larissa within 15 days after the…

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Greece and the War Indemnity. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 2

Greece up to the present has made no effort to raise the amount of the war indemnity to Turkey, and is placing every obstacle in the way of an international…

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Premier Turner's Welcome Home. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 4

Owing to Premier Turner's many engagements the proposed citizens' banquet has been abandoned. The Mayor (Mr. Strong) will invite him to the…

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"A Tribal War."

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 4

WHAT Mr. J. R. Edwards characterised in the Police Court to-day as "a small tribal war" has been proceeding amonst the Syrians of Broken Hill…

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Premier Turnkr Welcome Home. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 1

Owing to Premier Tamer's many engagements the proposed citizens' banqueo has been abandoned. The Mayor (Mr. S[?]rong) will invite him to the…

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"A Tribal War."

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 1

WHAT Mr. J.R. Elwards characteriseds in the Police Court to-day as " a small tribal war" has been p-oceeding amo[?]st the Syrians of Broken. Hill…

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The International Duel Prince Henry of Orleans Seriously Wounded. London. August 16

Western Grazier · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 3

The duel between Prince Henry of Orleans and Count Turin, the Italian, was fought on Sunday. The Prince was wounded seriously in the…

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Late Cable News. British and Poreign. Indina Frontier Trouble. Holy War Advocated. London, August 16

Western Grazier · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 3

Ten thousand British troops are concentrated at Rawai Pindi in Punjab. It is reported on India that a…

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The Greco-Turkish War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

It is reported that Greece has obtained a loan of £1,000,000 in Paris for the payment of the war indemnity to Turkey. lt is understood that the money will be available…

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