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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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The Spanish-American War. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 2

In the Commons on Friday night Viscount Cranborne said that Lord Pauncefote, at the verbal suggestion of his diplomatic colleagues at…

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The War. Kitchener's Great Drive. [Reuter's Message.] London. Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 1

Despatches from the front show that the great Boer drive completely demoralised the enemy and that terror-stricken Boers sought refuge in…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Kitchener's Great Drive. De Wet's Intentions. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 2

The Standard correspondent says that before Lord Kitchener's "drive" in the Orange River Colony reached Heilbron, 1400 of the Boers…

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The Strike at Trieste. Military and Rioters. Many Killed and Wounded. Threats of Martial Law. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

The strike at Trieste, on the Adriatic, is stated to have originated among the Austrian Lloyd's stokers, who demanded an eight hoars' day,…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] Escaping Prisoner Shot Dead. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

A sentry shot dead a Boer prisoner escaping from St. Helena…

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Australia and the War. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 2

The Times says that Mr. Barton's remarks at the Melbourne patriotic meeting on the terms of settlement in South Africa are most…

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

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 1

Mrs. De Wet, it is reported, is comfortably housed in a canvas cottage at the Maritzburg concentration camp, in Natal. The only…

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Late Cable News British and Foreign. the Boer War. London, [?]

Western Grazier · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 3

Roer prisoners estimate that there are still 12,000 Boers in the field. They also state that De Wet has some Krupp guns hidden…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] in Cape Colony. the Midlands Clear. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 2

Lord Kitchener reports that the Cape Colony midlands are now clear of the enemy. Commandant Piet Wessels' commando has pushed…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages] Another Fight with De Wet. Many Prisoners Taken. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent cables that De Lisle's and Fansbaw's columns engaged General De Wet's large force at Trommel on February 16…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War Departure of S. A. Troops. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 4

The south Australian quota of the First Federal Contingent left Adelaide shortly before 9 o'clock this morning by special train, and boarded the…

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A Great Soldier Dead. Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 2

Field-Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain, one of the greatest of England's Generals, is dead, aged 82 years…

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The War. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 1

The Defence Department has received word from the War Office that Albert Spowat (?), of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, has died of enteric…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages] an Execution. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 2

A rebel named Geldenhuis has been executed at Middleburg, in Cape Colony…

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The War. Departure of S. A. Troops. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 4

The South Australian quota of the First Federal Contingent left Adelaide shortly before 9 o'clock this morning by special train, and boarded the…

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 1

A German paster, the Rev. Mr. Paul, has protested against the calumnies passed by Germany on the British troops…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages] a Transvaal Judge Captured. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

A captured burgher whose name was given as Morretts proves to be Judge Kock, who presided at the trial in connection with the Edgar…

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Late Cable News British and Foreign. the Boer War. London, Feb. 19

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

Out of 114,376 persons in the Boer concentration camps during January, 169 men, 587 women and 1059 children died…

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Balfour, replying to a proBoer correspondent, states that General Buller was not asked to rewrite his account of the Spion Kop affair, for…

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Maoris and the War. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has cabled to Lord Ranfurly that the Imperial Government has received with gratification the offer of the Maoris to…

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