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The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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After the War. Arrangements for Emigration. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, addressing the British Women's Emigration Association last night, said he anticipated that hundreds of thousands of men would…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 8

Lieutenant-General French reports an additional 46 Boers killed and wounded, 146 prisoners, and 200 rifles[?] 3700 cartridges, 2100 horses, 120…

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The War. Brisk Movements. A Big Boer Plan Frustrated. Attack on a Train. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 8

A party of Australian Bushmen scouts at Pienaars River captured 25 natives going to Pietersburg, all armed with rifles and ammunition…

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The Proposed State House a Triple Memorial. To the Queen, Our Soldiers, and the Commonwealth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 7

WITH the announcement of the Premier that he is in favor of the building in the Centennial Park of a State House, which should be a…

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The War. Lively Skirmishes. Preparing for English Emigration. Another Boer Crime. [Reuter's Message[?].] Another Boer Tragedy. British Prisoners Shot. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

Despatches from the front show that the Boers recently shot two British prisoners at Walmerstad, and that they also shot three burghers for refusing to…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, March 18, 1901. War—and What It Means

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

PEOPLE are beginning to ask what is at the bottom of the financial and commercial depression that is making the industrial world wince. In onr own…

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The War. Boers may be Sent to Australia. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 1

The British shot by order of General D[?] Ia Rey were named Boyd and M'Laughlin. They were naturalised burghers. The Dutch victims of the…

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The War. a Boer Commandant Captured. Skirmish at Krugersdorp. the Peace Negotiations. Reported Conference of Boer Leaders. [Reuter's Messages.] a Boer Laager Surprised. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

The British surprised and captured a Boer l[?]ger at Krugersdorp, seiziug a quantity of cattle and grain and 32 prisoners. Six Boers and fire British…

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A Larrikin Row in Sydney. Blue Metal, Bottles, and a Revolver. One Man Wounded in the Leg. [By Telegraph.[?] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

A serious disturbance arose in Carlton-street, off George-street West, last evening. One result was that James Winter,30, a bootmaker, residing at Newtown, received a bullet…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Presentation of War Medals. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 1

King Edward yesterday presented war medals to many of the seamen and marines on the Ophir; also to Prince Alexander of Teck, Colonel Byron (of…

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The War. The Murder of Mr. Boyd. Embarkation of Troops. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 1

Mr. Boyd, one of the men murdered in the Transvaal by General De la Rey's orders, began to show signs of vitality after being placed in the grave, and then…

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Rowdy French Soldiers. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

Owing to the French soldiers' continuous rowdyism, they have been forbidden to enter the British concussion at Tientsin unless on duty. Colonel…

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The War. De Wet's Men Scattering. the Prospects of Surrender. [Reuter's Messages.] the Cape Invasion. a Boer Threat. Commandant Fourie Hard Pressed. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

Commandant Kraitzinger, who is still operating in Cape Colony, has threatened to shoot any captured British officer. The raiders at a place called…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 4

The Boer commando l[?]red near Lichtenbarg, in the Transvaal, is reported to be in great straits for want of food and ammnnition. Supplies are…

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The War. The Shooting of Mr. Boyd. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 1

Mr. Boyd, the Englishman who was shot by order of General De la Rey, was a son of the sub-manager of the London office of the Bank of New…

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Disorderly French Soldiers Arrested. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

As a sequel to the recent disorder cansed by French soldiers at Tientsin 40 of the soldiers have been arrested…

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The War. Terms of Peace. Rejected by General Botha. Capture of De Wet's Stock Commandant Fourie Surrounded. [Reuter's Messages.] Mr. Steyn at Paardeberg. Reported Ill. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

Mr. Steyn is reported to be at Paardeberg, in Orange River Colony. He is suffering severely from dysentery…

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The War. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 2

The Executive Council yesterday afternoon appointed the following subalterns to the Sixth Contingent:—Lieutenants: W. A. Nunnelly, S. C. M'Farlane, A. K. Harvey,…

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The War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 1

The Boers have wrecked 21 trains [?]ince the British occupied Komati Poort. Colonel De Lisle, after doing good…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War. The Peace Negotiations. General Botha's Reply. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

Further particulars have been received of the murders by General De [?] Rey at Wol[?]ara[?]etad. The victims were [?]r in number—two Boers and two…

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