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

The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Derelicts of the War. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 2

The Mayor of Goulburn has been appealed to by three returned volunteer soldiers from South Africa to provide them with employment. The…

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MELBA. Her First Concert. Magnificent Welcome Home. An Exciting Evening. The Diva's Singing. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 2

Madame Melba's first concert at the Town Hall on Saturday night was a brilliant success in every way. Critics and public are in raptures…

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South Africa. The Boer Generals. The Bond and the War. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

Lord Alverstone and his colleagues, forming the Royal Commission on martial law in Cape Colony, have sailed from the Cape…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, October 20, 1902. the New Civil War

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 2

IN view of the fact that, so far, the American Miners' Union has more than held its own in the titanic straggle with the owners, Mr…

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Soldiers in Theatres. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 4

The Hon. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of War, threatens to take legal steps if the managers of theatres refuse to recognise soldiers' uniforms…

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South Africa. The Bond and the War. Christopher Botha Dead. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 2

The Boer generals (Boths, D[?] Wet, and De la Rey) yesterday visited Buckingham Palace and inscribed their names in the visitors'…

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The Boer War. Further Honors Awarded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 November 1902 · page 2

The following further list of honors to officers and others engaged in the Boer War has been published:…

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Another War Medal. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 2

The King has granted a special medal to officers of the mercantils marine engaged in the transport service during the Boer war…

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The East. China's War Indemnity. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent states that China, at the request of the United States, has asked the Powers to submit to The Hague Arbitration…

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The South African War

Western Grazier · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 2

THE manifesto of the Boer generals and the unfriendly attitude of Germany, France, and Holland, should touch the British—if they can be taught—the value…

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South Africa. Boers and Money Grants. De Wet and the War. Burghers' Deputation for Australia. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 2

Mr. Jostice Bingham declares that Lord Alvarstone's Royal Commission on the war encountered in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony…

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The American-spanish War The Aftermath. A Revulsion of Feeling. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 1

Mr. Elihu Root, United States Secretary of War, speaking at a farewell banquet given at Washington to M. Jules Cambon, the French…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Soldiers Wanted their Pay. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 4

A number of dischaged Turkish soldiers from the Dardeneiles surrounded a general's house, demanding four years' back-pay. The Sultan…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Message.] Soldiers Wanted their Pay. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 4

A number of discharged Turkish soldiers from the Dardanelles surrounded a general's' house, demanding four years' back-pay. The Sultan…

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Young Woman Shoots Her Lover. a Cowra Tragedy. A Returned Soldier the Victim. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 1

A young woman named Ethel Herring yesterday shot J. Lee, proprietor of the Club House Hotel, at Cowra, She fired three times and wounded Lee…

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The War Commission. [Reuter's Message.] LONDON,Thursday

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 2

The South African war Commission yesterday examinad Major-General Sir G. A. French (late commandant of the New South Wales…

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Cornish Soldiers' Recognition Fund. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 December 1902 · page 2

SIR,—We hope you will extend the hospitality of your columus to the following appeal, and taht your readers will assit our committee by sending…

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General "Viljoen's War Story. Boer Criticisms

Western Grazier · Wednesday 3 December 1902 · page 1

A fairly large audience was present in Queen's-hall. Langham place, yesterday, to hear General Ben Viljoen give his story of the Boor war. The lecturer has…

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After the War. Unemployed Soldiers. A London Meeting. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 December 1902 · page 2

An influential meeting was held in London yesterday to impress upon employers the "crying needs of 70,000 reservists and time-expired…

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The Queen Amd the War. a Christmas Expression of Sympathy. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 2

The following official announcement has been printed:- "Her Majesty the Queen desires in this Coronation year to express…

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