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

The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Central American War. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 4

The war between the Central American States is still being waged in a desultory fashion. The U.S. gunboat Marietta has landed a force of mariners…

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The Central American War. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 4

The President of the Central American republic of Honduras (General Bovilla) has fled in a steamer and is being pursued by a Nicaraguan gunboat…

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Accident in Camp. Soldier Breaks his Arm. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 4

John White, aged 21, a soldier in camp at Lancefield, was thrown from his horse to-day and [?]ad his arm broken through the animal stepping into a…

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Distressed Turkish Soldiers. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

A number of retired soldiers who had been on service at Yemen, in Arabia, yesterday arrived at Alexandretta, a seaport in Syria, in a very ragged…

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The Science of War. Submarine Signalling. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 4

The Defence Department has an interesting report from the Federal representative in London on a new invention for submarine signalling…

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Mutinous Turkish Soldiers. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 4

The Turkish transport Assyr, from Hodoida, has arrived at Suez. The troops, becoming mutinous, refused to land at Akabah and forced the captain…

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Central American War. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 4

The war. between the Contral Ameriean republics of Honduras and Nicaragua has ended through President Bovilla, of Honduras, surrendering the…

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Victoria. Locally-made War Material. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

The tender of Robinson Brothers of Melbourne, at £21,000, has boen accepted by the Defence Department for the construction of 36 ammunition…

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A Shooting Affray. One Man Killed, Another Wounded. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 4

There are rumors of a sensational shooting tragedy in the Burnett district. It is alleged that Conrad Roth shot another man named Avilla, who…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, [?] p.m. Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Revolutionary Russian Soldiers. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 4

There has been an alarming spread of the revolationary propaganda in the Russian army, and many officers have been compelled to resign. There is…

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Railway War in America

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 7

The deadlock continues between the managers and the employees of the western railways in America, and it now seems more than likely that the…

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A Wounded Nihilist. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 1

A Russian Nihilist named Petroff lins entered the Paris Hospital suffering from the effects of the explosion of a bomb which he was making. It is…

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A War Balloon Trial. Aeronauts' Experiences. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

A war balloon, containing Lieutenants Caulfield and Leak, of Royal Engineers, both skilled aeronauts, which ascended at Aldershot on Tuesday, was…

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War Balloon Tragedy. Officers Still Missing. Their Log Book Found. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 2

The log book of Lieutenants Ca[?] field and Leak, skilled a[?]ronauts, of the Royal Engineers, who ascended in a war balloon at Aldershot on Tuesday,…

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Soldier's Death. Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, C.B. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 2

Licutenant-Colonel Nicholas william Kelly, C.B. V.D., of the Reserve Forces of Victoria, aged 57, died from an apoplectic fit at his residence,…

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America and Japan. Secretary Taft Scouts the Idea of War. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

General Taft, Under-Secretary for State, in the course of an interview as to the possible occurrence of a war between America and Japan, as a…

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Earthquake in Jamaica. Several Buildings Destroyed. Soldiers' Dash for Freedom. Several Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

An earthquake, which came from the south-east, has been experienced at Kingston, the capital of the British West Indian Island of Jamaica, and…

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[?] Report of M. Albert's Arrest Unconfirmed. Disaffected Districts Calmer. Ministers Cancelling Their Engagements. Mutinous Soldiers Resume Ork. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 4

The report of the arrest of M. Mercellin Albert, the leader of the disaffected peasants of the South of France, has not been officially confirmed…

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A Soldier's Recompense. Sent to Gaol as a Vagrant. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

Thomas Williams, an old soldier, who said that he had fought in India, was charged at the Ballarat City Court yesterday with vagrancy. Ho said he…

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War Innovations. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

The War Office has adopted a new pattern of bayonet similar to that in use in the Japanese army; also a n[?]w pattern of cavalry sword…

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