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

The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Boer War. London. Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 4

The House of Commons resolved istelf into Committee of Supply last night to consider supplementary war supply of £5,000,000. There was a thin House. The amount asked…

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New South Wales War Accounts. London, Jan. 80

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

MR. BRODRICK (Secretary of States for War) states, in reference made by the Colonial Governments in respect of money…

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The War in South Africa. London, Jan. 29

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 4

IN the House of Commons last night Mr. Balfonr, the First Lord of the Treasury, replying to Mr. Labonchere, said that no…

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The War in South Africa. London, Jan. 30

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

THE "Daily Mail" is the only newspaper claiming to know the farts of Dr. Kuyper's suggestion. That journal states that Dr. Kuyper has…

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Boer War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

A supply train was hold up by Boers in the Craddock district and partly burned. The movements of Byng and Garrett prevented de Wet's intended meeting, and his force is dispersing…

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The Latest. London, Wednesday. the Boer War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

Colonel Byng, after a night march, defeated a large Boer force under Wessels. He recaptured a 15-pounder gun and a pom pom lost by Firman. Five Boers were killed, six were wounded, and 27…

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The Labor, Party and the War. a Resolution Carried

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

What should be the attitude of the Labor party towards the Boer war was brought up again at the sittings of the Labor Conference on Monday night…

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Boer War. Sharp Engagement with De Wet. London, Feb. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

A sharp engagement took place on January 25 at Leeuwspruit, in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, between a portion of Commandant de Wet's force and Lieutenant-Colonal Garrett's column,…

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Boer War. Dr. Kuyper's Mission. Lord Lansdowne's Reply. London, Feb. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

The Notes exchanged by Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of the Netherlands, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the…

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Two Soldiers and a Raw Recruit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

During the American Civil War, several Northern soldiers were talking together one day just before the advance upon Corinth. A tall, ungainly, raw recruit stepped upto…

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Soldiers Perish in the Snow. London, Feb. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

Later reports of the disaster to a party of Japanese infantry state that 21 Japanese officers and soldiers have been rescued from the snow in the last stage of exhaustion…

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Indian Frontier War

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

Operations on the north-west frontier of India against the W[?]zaris are of an arduous character, and there has been hard fighting. The British casualties…

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The War in South Africa. London, Jan. 4

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

THE Governor of Cape Colony, in replying to a loyal address presented by prominent members of the Afrikander Band, including clergymen, stated…

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The War in South Africa. the Frankfort Fight

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

Farther particulars have been received of the attack made on Saturday, January 25, on Culonel Wilson near Frankfort, in the north-east of the Orange River…

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The War in South Africa. London, Feb. 3

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 4

A SHARP engagement took place on January 25 at Leeusprait, in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, between a portion of De Wet's force…

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Armoured Trains in Collision. Five Soldiers Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

A co[?]ion between two armoured trains took place near Burgher[?]dorp, in the north of Cape Colony. Five soldiers were killed and five others were…

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Alcohol in War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 6

Scotch Whisky as Manufactured in Egypt "War's Aftermath" is the title of a paper contributed to the "Forum" by Mr. W. K. Rose, Reuter's correspondent…

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The Latest. Boer War. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

The protest of Andries Cronje against the prolongation of the war and announcing the formation of a burgher crops annoyed Commandant DcLarey, who replied courtly…

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The Boer War. London, Fb. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, stated in the House, of Commons last night that the Government had asked Lord Kitchener to communicate the Notes…

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Boer War. De Wet's Forces Defeated. London, Feb. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 6

In the engagement with Commandant Wessels, Colonel Byng captured the last pom-pom of Commandant de Wet's force. Colonel Byng, in his despatch announcing the…

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