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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages] a Memory of the War. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 4

Commandant Celliers has been acquited at Bloemfontein of the charge of shooting Boyle. General De Web testified than Commandant…

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The War Cloud. Macedonian Reforms Agreed to. Russian Military Activity. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

Tewfik Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has informed the ambassadors of the Powers at Constantinople that the Sultan has agreed to…

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The British Army. Mr. Brodrick's New System. Lessons of the Late War. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

In the House of Commons last night. Major Ernest Beckett, member for Whisby, moved an amendment to the…

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End of a Long War[?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 3

THE A[?]hinese war, as recently notified by cable, has been concluded. A Government d[?] received at The Hague last month, reported the…

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Late Cable News. [[?] Message.] a Memory of the War. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 4

Commandant [?] has been acquitted at Bloemfontein of the charge of [?] General De Wet testified thats Commandant…

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The War Cloud. a Russian Warning. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 2

The Russian Government is reported to have warned Bulgaria and Servia that not a drop of Russian blood will be shed on their behalf if they strive…

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Criminals and the War. Austrians' Reputation. Remarks by Judge Docker. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 2

At the Orange Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Docker presiding, a young man named Nolan pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving stolen…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Food in War Time. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 2

An influential meeting held yesterday at the Mansion House, London, recommended the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire and…

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The War Cloud. Turkey's Assurance. Position in the Far East. An Alarming Outlook, [Reuter's Messages] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

The Sultan of Turkey has assured the ambassadors of the Powers at Constantinople that steps have already been taken by Turkey to execute the…

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The War Cloud. An Ominous Movement. Insurrectionary Macedonia. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 2

French advices from St. Petersburg state that Austria and Russia have secretly agreed to provisionally occupy Old Servia and Macedonia, if, as…

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The following appeared to yesterday's Third Edition. the War Cloud. Swedes and Russia. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 1

Some excitement has been caused by a preliminary mobilisation of the Norwegian military forces. This step, it is announced, is not…

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In Time of War. Britain's Food Supply. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

Mr, A. J. Balfour, replying yesterday to a deputation favoring the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate matters connected with the…

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The War Cloud. Turkey and Macedonia. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 2

The Standard's Constantinople correspondent, who has interviewed the Grand Vizier of Turkey, says that it is the Vizier's intention to carry out the…

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Death of a Soldier. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 2

The death is announced from South Africa of Colonel George Francis Robert Henderson, C.B., Director of Military Intelligence in South Africa…

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The War Cloud. Fighting at Monastir. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 2

Serious fighting has occurred at Monastir, in the west of Macedonia. A revolutionary band occupied and defended a church for some hours…

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Food Supply in War Time. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. A. J. Balfour) has promised, in reply to the deputation that w[?]ed on him last week, to appoint a Royal Commission to go…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. the War Cloud. The Macedonian Trouble. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

Colonel Sarafo[?]'s band of insurgents in Macedonia has had a stiff engagement with the Turkish troops at Vladimirovo. The insurgents killed…

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The War Cloud. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 2

The Standard says that General Paprikoff, Bulgarian Minister of War, has resigned office. He, it is alleged, allowed at varions times army rill[?]s…

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After the War. Natal Treason Court Dissolved. Free Pardons Granted. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 2

The special treason court formed in Natal to deal with cases arising out of the war has been dissolved. The Governor (Sir Henry M O[?]llum) has…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] China and the War Indemnity. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 2

The Government of China, while recognising its obligation to pay the war indemnity to the Powers in gold, declares that it will be unable to do so…

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