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

The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Sandow at the Victorian Barracks. Soldiers and Physical Culture

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

With abolition of the battle ax[?] and other effective but ponderous weapons of warfare, the necessity for a military man to be a giant of physique has…

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Welcome to a Returned Soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

A very pleasant evening was spent at the residence of Mr. William Jones, Cowper-street, on Monday in honour of a returned soldier, Mr. Arthur Campbell, Q.M. Sergeant, nephew…

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Indiscretions of French War Ministers. London, Sept. 16

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 4

M. PELLETAN, the French Minister for Marine, speaking at Bizerta, tilted at Germany, and added that France, with her…

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The Wombeyan Caves Shooting Affair. Desperate Encounter with an Armed Assailant. the Wounded Man in the Hospital

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 2

Edward Moram the wounded man in the Wombeyan Caves shooting affair reported by our Taralga correspondent, is now in the Goulburn Hospital. He is not dangerously…

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South Africa. Paying for the War. London, Sept. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 2

The Daily Mail says that all account has been opened at the Imperial Treasury all the basis of the Transvaal and the Orange Rive Colony paying £100,000,000 as their…

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Stranded Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 September 1902 · page 2

Three returned South Africans applied to the Mayor this morning for work. The story they tell, which is supported so far as it can be by their papers, .shows that they have been very…

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Back From the War

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 1

I told Smithy I would call on him as soon as I had got settled in london, so on Sunday I went down [?] way…

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A Soldier Who Ran Away

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 5
Also in The Young Chronicle

An extraordinary story of desertion from the army, intermixed with anecdotes of love and romance, was brought to light some weeks ago near Stone, Staffordshire…

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The Stranded Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 2

In the House of Representatives on Friday the Minister for Rome Affairs promised to inquire into newspaper statements to the effect that three returned Victorian soldiers were landed at…

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Wombeyan Caves Shooting Affair. Prisoner Before the Court. Acts Like a Lunatic. the Wounded Man in a Critical State

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 2

Alexander Thomas, the man arrested in the Womboyan Caves shooting affair, was brought before the Goulburn Police court to-day on remand from Taralga. Messrs Caswell, P. M., Belcher and…

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The Stranded Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 2

The Mayor received a wire on Wednesday from Colonel Mackenzie stating that if the three stranded soldiers were still in town passes would be granted them at the expense of the Commonwealth…

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The Taralga Shooting Case. the Wounded Man in a Serious Condition. His Depositions Taken

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

AT the Goulburn police court yesterday morning, before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Roberts, Alexander Thomas, an elderly man, on remand from Taralga, was charged with…

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The Stranded Soldiers

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday Captain McShane received a letter from the Mayor of Goulburn asking him to interest himself in getting passes to Melbourne for the three stranded soldiers…

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News by Cable the Late South African War

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 3

The Boer [?] arrived at Brussels on Monday, and had a warm welcome [?] On Wet, speaking from the [?] of an hotel, disclaimed any efforts…

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The Royal Commission on the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 2

Sir Frederick Darley, the Chief Justice of New South Wales, has been offered a seat on the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the war in South Africa…

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Short Story. Only the Brave Deserve the Fair. A Story of the War in South Africa

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 5
Also in The Young Chronicle

"I'm sure he cares for you, Lucy." " Oh, don't be so foolish, Maud. The very idea ! As if I had no higher ambition than to marry my father's farm hand."…

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The War Office. London, Oct. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 4

Mr. St John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, in his speech at Whitehaven yesterday defended the work of his department. He declared that the army corps system was now the bedrock of…

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Unemployed Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 2

Mr. Price, M.L.A., introduced a deputation, consisting mainly of representatives of the Commonwealth Contingents, to the Minister for Works on Wednesday, on the question of…

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