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

The wars & local soldiers, 1889

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The Civil War in Samoa. Auckland

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

NEWS from Samoa received by the P.M.S. Mariposa show that affairs there are more unsettled than ever. Shortly after the arrival of the Olga, there being then three German warships at Apia, the German consul…

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The Civil War in Samoa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 7

Auckland, Sunday,—News from Samoa received by the R.M.S. Mariposa shows that affairs there are more unsettled than over. Shortly after the arrival of the Olga, there being…

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The Civil War in Samoa. LONDON, Jan. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

The German officials in Samoa have accused Mr. Blacklock, the United States Consul, and Captain Leary, of the American war s.s. Adams, of having instigated the recent rising in Samoa…

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She Sikkim War. LONDON, Jan. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

The parleyings between the Thibetans and the British at Gnstong for a settlement of the Sikkim difficulty are at a deadlock. The Thibetans insist ths: their sovereignty in Sikkim shall be…

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The Civil War in Samoa. LONDON, Jan. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

Mr. Sewell, United States Consul at Samos, has been examined at a secret sitting of the Foreign Relations Committee at Washington He stated that unless it was intended to yield to…

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War Predicted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

THE S. M. Herald's special correspondent does not take a hopeful view of the European situation. The peace, he points out, is very likely to be kept until the spring, but few would…

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The Sikkim War. LONDON, Jan. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 4

In consequence of the deadlock which has arisen in the parleyings between the Thibetians and the British at Guatong for a settlement of the Sikkim difficulty, China has intervened in…

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The Civil War in Samoa. LONDON, Jan 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 4

News has reached San Francisco to the effect that the German men-of-war at Samoa have burned several American flags and imprisoned subjects. It is also reported that a German…

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Modern War. (From the Spectator.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 4

THE stupendous change made visible in the size of armies strikes the popular mind, yet still seems to be hardly realised in all its depth and breadth. The weapons,…

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An Actress Attempts to Enlist. LONDON, March 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 6

An actress named Miss Muir, the daughter of a New Zealand squatter, was arrested in London yesterday while attempting to enlist as a recruit in a British regiment. She was attired in male…

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Threatened War in Roumania. LONDON, April 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 4

A Russophile journal in Roumania asserts that war will be declared against King Charles…

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Prince Bismarck on the France-Prussian War. LONDON, May 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 2

Prince Bismarck, opening in the German Reichstag, and referring especially to the scene that had taken place, said that it was impossible to forecast the events of the year 1890, and that…

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The War Cloud in Europe. LONDON, June 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 4

State officials and the Press in Berlin express grave distrust as to the intentions of Russia. They feared that the Czar has entered upon a new period of activity in the Balkans…

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The War Cloud in Europe. LONDON, June 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

The Vossische Zeitung, a continental newspaper, states that Russia has issued orders for the sup. ply of 4,000,000 boots for the army; and also for the immediate storing of provender for the…

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The War Cloud in Europe. London, June 13

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 3

The Vossiche Zeitung, a continental newspaper, stales that Russia has issued orders for the supply of 4,000,000 boots for the army ; and also for the immediate…

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Commerce and War

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 6

IT is very commonly believed, especially by persons whose knowledge of history is limited, that wars are in general the result of the personal passions of kings, princes,…

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The Austro-Hungarian War Estimates LONDON, June 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

The Austro-Hungarian war estimates for next year are 7,000,000 florins below the estimates for 1889…

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Lord Wolseley on War

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 July 1889 · page 4

LORD Wolseley lectured in the Sheldonian Theatre, at Oxford. He said that until some mad Minister came to rule over England, and allowed a tunnel to he made under the…

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A Man-of-War for the Colony

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 8

In connection with the matter of Australian defence the Government recently applied to the Imperial Government, through his Excellency the Governor, for the grant of an iron clad—one…

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Patriots on the War Path. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1889 · page 4

SIR,—read your exhaustive report of Mr. Dibbs's speech at Goulburn with a feeling of disappointment. I expected something new and fresh from the lengthy leader of her Majesty's…

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