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

The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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Rolling Home. Soldiers From Malta

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 6

There is a quite unusual suggestion of activity in the grand harbor at Malta this glorious morning, and a commotion, among all ranks and grades of…

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Rolling Home. Soldiers From Malta

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 6

There is a quite unusual suggestion of activity in the grand harbor at Malta this glorious morning, and a commotion among all ranks and grades of…

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Soldiers and Politics. General Gordon and Mr. HALL

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—I the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Hall drew the attention of the Minister for Defence to a speech he said had been made by General Gordon at Goulburn, in…

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Veteran Soldier. Gone to His Rest. Field- Marshal Sir F. Haines

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

On Friday night, at his chambers, 123 Pall-mall, passed away Field- Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines (says the London "Daily Telegraph" of June 14)…

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Ex- Soldier's Love Letters. Girl Awarded Damages

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 6

The courtship between Arthur Samuels, 29, a tramway clerk, and Mabel Bottoms, aged 30, lasted three and a half years, during which period…

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Veteran Soldier. Gone to His Rest. Field-marshal Sir F. Haines

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 3

On Friday night, at his chambers, 123 pall-mall, passed away Field-Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines (says the London "Dally Telegraph" of June 14)…

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Ex-soldier's Love Letters. Girl Awarded Damages

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 6

The courtship between Arthur Samuels, 29, a tramway clerk, and Mabel Bottoms, aged 30, lasted three and a half years, during which period…

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May Day in Paris. Mob Fight Police and Soldiers

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 6

Sixty thousand troops were on duty in the streets of Paris on Tuesday, and May day did not pass without, much tumult, the worst disorders taking place at…

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The Latest. Sydney, Saturday. Man and Wife Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

At about 5.30 this morning Central-street, a small thoroughfare running from George-street to Pitt-street, suddenly resounded with piercing cries of pain and terror…

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The Polar War. Cook and Peary. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

Dr. Cook's friends allege that the quarrel with Commander Peary began in the Polar Expedition of 1901, Peary monopolising all the comforts…

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The Polar War. Allegation Against Commander Peary. London, Sept. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

The Polar war is eclipsing all topics in the United States, where the partisans of Commander Peary and Dr. Cook are engaging in a campaign of vituperation…

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Soldier’s Overwork. Color-sergeant Kills Himself

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

“ Suicide during temporary insanity brought on by overwork,” was (says “Lloyd’s News”) the verdict returned at an inquest at Chester Castle on the…

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Family of Soldiers. Record of Nearly 250 Years' Service

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 5

The recent mention in our columns (says "Lloyd's Weekly News") of the late Mrs M. A. Colclough, whose father, husband, sons, and grandsons were all…

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Family of Soldiers. Record of Nearly 250 Years' Service

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 7

The recent mention in our columns (says "Lloyd's Weekly News") of the late Mrs M. A. Colclough, whose father, husband, sons, and grandsons were all…

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Beer War. Waging in Germany

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 5

On the engrossing subject of beer Germany is working itself into a state of intense excitement. It has all arisen in consequence of the…

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Bathurst Soldiers' Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 2

Bathurst, Monday.—The election of the Bathurst soldiers' memorial or that portion of it covered by the present contract, will be completed to-morrow. The memorial, which occupies a site on the…

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The South African War

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 October 1909 · page 2

This (Tuesday) evening Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A., and the selected candidate for this electorate at the next Federal election, will by invitation deliver a lecture in the Town…

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Fight with Wounded Lion. Hunter’s Close Call

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 2

Few hunters have undergone such a terrible experience as that which befell Mr Harry Williams, the African explorer, near Nairobi in June last (says…

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The Boer War. Lecture by Colonel Byrie

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 4

IN the Town Halton Tuesday evening last Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A , gave a very. interesting lecture on his experiences in South Africa daring the time of the Boer War,…

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