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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1887

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Offer of the P. and O. Steamers in Time of War. LONDON, Aug. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 4

The Peninsular and Oriental Company have undertaken to place their large new steamers, the Victoria and Britannia, and two others yet to be built, at the disposal of the British…

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Reforms in the War Office. LONDON, Sept. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 4

In the House of Commons last night Mr. Stanhope announced that a number of important reforms are to be effected in the administration of the War Office…

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A Gamekeeper Mortally Wounded. PARIS, Sept. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 2

An incident, involving fatal consequences, was reported to-day. A French lieutenant, accompanied by a gamekeeper, went shooting close to the German frontier, and was fired upon by…

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War Imminent Between France and Germany

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 4

THE cable news this morning announces that the recent incident on the Franco-German frontier has caused much uneasiness, and it is feared at Metz that an outbreak of hostilities between…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Oct. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 2

Attempts have been made in Paris to implicate General Boulanger, M. Thibaupin, and M. Wilso in the scandal in connection with the French War Office…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Oct. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 4

General Blanblau, who is implicated in the scandal in connection with the French War Office, has suddenly disappeared from Paris. It is believed that he has committed suicide…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Oct. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 4

It is reported that General Boulanger, who was ordered by General French, the French Minister for War, to explain his statement that the Government had aimed at him through…

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A Boy Dangerously Wounded by a Boar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 2

WALGETT, Wednesday.—A serious accident happened yesterday at Goangra township, 20 miles from hero, to a boy named Willie Tinto, who had been playing with a boar. The animal…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Oct. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 6

It is announced that Mr. Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law of President Grevy, against who[?] charges of corruption have been made in connection with the French War Office scandal, is…

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The French War Office Scandal. London, Oct. 19

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 October 1887 · page 2

It is announced that Mr. Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law of President Grevy, against whom charges of corruption have been made in connection with the French War Office scandal is likely to yield to the…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Oct. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 3

The French Chamber of Deputies demands an immediate inquiry into the alleged sale of military decorations by certain officials in the War Office…

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The French War Office Scandals. LONDON, Oct. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 4

The Right and Extreme Left of the French Chamber of Deputies have coalesced, in order to carry the motion for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges of corruption…

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The French War Office Scandals. LONDON, Oct. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 4

M. Daniel Wilson has repaid the French Treasury 40,000 francs, this amount being the cost of the franking of letters extending over a period of six years. M. Wilson has left the…

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News by Cable. The French War Office Scandals. LONDON, Nov. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1887 · page 4

In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Rouvier, the Premier denied that there was any foundation for the scandals levelled against President Grovy, through his son-in-law, M…

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The French War Office Scandals. PARIS, Nov. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 4

Great excitement prevails in this city regarding the inquiry into the War Office scandals, which is still proceeding. M. Daniel Wilson is now accused of having, in connection with the case of…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Nov. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 2

M. Daniel Wilson persists in declaring that the letters supposed to have been substituted for his own are authentic, despite the proof that the paper on which they were written…

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The French War Office Scandals. LONDON, Nov. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 4

M. Daniel Wilson, who is implicated in the French War Office scandal, has been accused of abstracting from the police two letters to Limouzin, and substituting others of a loss…

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Sinking of a Russian Man-of-War. LONDON, Nov. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 4

A Russian man-of-war has been sunk by coming into collision with a British merchant ship at Odessa…

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The French War Office Scandals. LONDON, Nov. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1887 · page 2

The Baroness Soilliere declares that her husband gave M. Daniel Wilson 2,000,000 francs, with the view of obtaining contracts for the French army…

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The French War Office Scandal. LONDON, Nov. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1887 · page 4

M. Daniel Wilson has been accused of having accepted a bribe which was offered as a means of influencing the judiciary. The prosecution of M. Wilson is regarded as…

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