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

The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Where the Tin Soldiers Come F[?]m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

Tin soldiers issue forth in vast armie[?] of every nation under the sun from the [?]kshops of Nuremberg Most of them come [?]om Herr Rupprecht's factory, a modern bu[?]ing…

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Mutiny on the High Seas. Attempt to Seize the Ship Leicester Castle. Second Officer Shot Dead. the Captain Badly Wounded. Mutineers Adrift on a Raft

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 4

THE story of the mutiny on the ship Leicester Castle on her homeward voyage from San Francisco reached Sydney on Tuesday, and forms one of the most…

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A Ghoorka Soldier's Obedience

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 4

The following remarkable anecdote of a Ghoorka is told in the "Scotsman" by a correspondent, to whom it was related by the surgeon of the regiment, who was present on the…

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Cable News. South Africa.war Contribution Fixed

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 2

London, Wednesday.—-As the result of discussions between Mr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and leading Johannesbury citizens, in…

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Mr. Chamberlain. the War Contribution. London, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 2

Mr. Chamberlain has had discussions with leading citizens of Johannesburg with the following results:— An agreement has been made for the…

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Cardinal Moran and the Samoan War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

At the blessing of a Catholic ediflee at Waverley on Sunday afternoon Cardinal Moran referred to the Samoan war and its causes. He complained that certain statements which…

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War Items

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 5
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A front seat--The seat of war. An English general is, so to say, giving the Boers " some lessons in French." " It appears that the Boers are paying the…

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The War Commission. London, Feb. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

Colonel M. F. Rimington, the organiser of Rimington's Guides in the South African campaign, in giving evidence before the Royal Commission on the War yesterday, expressed…

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Preparing for War. London, Feb. 4

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 4

THE feverish has to of completing all preparations for war is still continuing in the United States. The Amiercan…

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The War Commission. London, Feb. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 4

General Sir George White, who commanded the forces in Natal at the outbreak of the South African war, gave evidence to-day before the Royal Commission on the War…

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The War Commission. Evidence by Sir Redvers Buller. London, Feb. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 2

At the sitting of the Royal Commission on the War in South Africa, General Sir Redvers Buller, who was Commander-in-Chief during the first period of the war, was examined…

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The War Commission. Further Evidence by Sir Redvers Buller. London, Feb. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 4

General Sir Redvers Buller was further examined by the Royal Commission on the War it South Africa at its meeting yesterday. Sir Redvers Buller stated that on December 15,…

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The Cape War Contribution

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

London, Saturday.—The Johannesburg “Leader” states that while at Mafeking recently Sir Gordon Sprigg undertook, as Premier, to propose in the Cape…

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Mr. Chamberlain. a Five Million Contribution to the War. London, Feb. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

The Afrikander Bond suggests that Cape Colony should contribute £5,000,000 towards the expenses of the late war, on condition of an amnesty being granted to rebels, with their…

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Australian Soldiers. Remarks by Judge Docker

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 2

Orange, Friday.—When sentencing a prisoner named Hubert Nolan at the Quarter Sessions yesterday for receiving cattle knowing them to have been stolen, Judge Docker made…

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About Australian Soldiers. a Judge’s Comments

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 3

At the Orange Quarter Sessions on Thursday last, Judge Docker presiding, when Hubert Nolan, who had pleaded guilty to receiving stolen cattle, was brought up…

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Food Supply in War Time. London, Feb. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

Au influential meeting was held at the Mansion House yesterday to consider the subject of the supply of food for Great Britain in war-time. The meeting passed a resolution recommending…

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Food Supplies in War Time

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 2

London, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. A. J. Balfour) has promised to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of British food supplies…

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A Soldier's Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 2

Mr. J. Turner, of the Goulburn Marble Works, has just completed a handsome monument to be erected at Crookwell to the memory of Private Harry Spiers, one of the victims of…

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