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

The wars & local soldiers, 1901

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The War in South Africa. London, June 18

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 2

ACCORDING to Mr. St. John Brodrick the Secretary of State for War there are 37,748 people in the refuge concentration camps in the Transvasl…

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The War in South Africa London, June 17

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 4

LORD KITCHENER reports that 250 of the Victorian Mounted Rifles detached from Major General Beatson's column were…

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The War in South Africa. a Fight with De Wet. Boor Transport and Captured

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 2

Lord Kitchener reports that Major-General E. L. Elliot during his march from Vrede, in the north-eastern portion of the Orange River Colony, engaged…

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Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 3

STAFF Sergeant-Major H. Pearce, Sergeant A. Hair, Corporals II. M[?]ir, R. McKinnon and Lance Corporal Leathart, returned soldiers, arrived at Yass on Wednesday, and…

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Returned Soldiers. Grand Reception

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 2

FROM an early hour on Wednesday morning the town was astir, making preparations to welcome the returning soldiers -- Sgt. A. Mair, Corporal H…

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Welcome Home to Corporal J. Ellis

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

LAST Wednesday afternoon Corporal J. Ellis returned borne to Murrumburrah after being on active service in South Africa for a long time. The…

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Boer War. London, June 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, in addressing a meeting of Conservative agents at the Holborn Restaurant, said that the assertion made by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the…

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The Boer War London, June 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

The force under Colonel J. W. Colenbrander is clearing the north-east district of the Transvaal. It has made many prisoners, and many have surrendered, with their…

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Boer War. London, Friday. Reported Surrender of Botha

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

The Sun says that the Downing-street authorities believe that Commandant Botha bas surrendered…

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A Queenslander Wounded

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 24 June 1901 · page 2

London, June 22.—William M’Cabe, a Queenslander, was dangerously wounded at Groothoek on June 17…

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The Transvaal War. Settlement of Soldiers on the Land. London, June 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 4

The committee appointed to inquire into the best means of settling reservists and discharged soldiers on the land in South Africa, a committee of which Mr. Arnold…

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Boer War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 4

Commandant de Wet is at West Kroonstad. Commandant Botha is at Amersport, where Commandant Delarey is trying to join him…

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A Quaint War Song

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 1

The words of the war song sung by Maoris during the Royal visit were rather quaint, the translation being:— Russia is beaten,…

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The War in South Africa. London, June 21

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 2

THE Financial Secretary to the Treasury considers that the meannest scribbler, the mean nest journal, never made a more…

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The War in South Africa. London, June 20

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 4

MR. BALFOUR characterises Sir Henry Camphell-Bannerman'e assertion that the war is being barbarously conducted as scandalous and shocking, since no…

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Boer War. London, June 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 3

Lord Methuen engaged the Boers at Welgeboow Spruit, in the Western Transvaal. Twenty-six Boers were killed and some were taken prisoners. The British also captured large quantities of grain…

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The Boer War. London, June 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 1

Major Made, in the engagement with a commandant at Reitz on the 6th instant, captured 100,000 rounds of small arm ammunition and not 10,000 rounds as at first reported. Commandant do…

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Boer War. London, Tuesday. a Fierce Fight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 4

Details have been received of the affair at Reitz on the 6th. The South British surprised convey of Boers, who fled, but when they saw the…

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The Boer War

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 2

The Boers caught Mr. J. N. P. Botha, a member of the Cape Assembly, on his farm and brut, ally sjamboked him because he…

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A Lurid Picture of War Ruin

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 1

A Caps Town message of May 3 published by the Daily Mail says:—The publication of the verbatim report of the Boer peace envoys…

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