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Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1889

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

The War in Zanzid London, J[?]

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

News is to hand from Zanziba Germans have made an attack on tribes, which resulted in a large the insurgent natives being killed…

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The "Jaynial Dan" on the War-path

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 2

Mr. Daniel O'Connor, M. P., for West Sydney, popularly known as the "Jaynial Dan," has been on the political war-path within the last week or two in the freetrade interest; or, according to…

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The Terrible Disaster in America. the Result of Neglecting a Warning. Roughs Murdering the Wounded

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 2

LONDON, Monday, 5.8 a.m.—News from America states that the terrible floods near Pittsburg are spreading and causing unprecedented dovastation over a wide extont…

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Some One Else. Chapter Iii (Continued). He Would Be a Soldier

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1889 · page 4

"Well, then, mind, you are to say nothing about it, and keep the news to yourself, for it is a dead secret: I am going to—enlist," stepping back a pace, so as to view the full…

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War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 3

FOR some years past the condition of matters in relation to many of the nations of continental Europe has presented one of the most perplexing problems for…

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