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The wars & local soldiers, 1891

15 stories in Illawarra's papers

Welcome Home to Lord Carrington. London, Dec. 26

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1891 · page 4

WYCOMBE ABBEY, the country seat of Lord and Lady Carrington, is the typical home of an English nobleman. It stands in the midst of an extensive park,…

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War Engines of the Future

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 4

IN a series of letters lately published by General W. N. Hutchinson, he shows that balloons and submarine boats are likely to become the war…

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Terrible Torpedo Disaster. Four Men Killed at Middle Headeight Wounded

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 2

THE closing day of the Encampment (Friday) at Middle Head has been marked by an event of so sad and disastrous a character that it has sent through the…

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The Battle for Municipal Reform. the Labor Party on the War Path

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 3

There is as much need of municipal reform as of parliamentary reform (says Truth). We have to sweep away abuses, correct imperfections, and shut the door…

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War Experiences. a Pressman's Anecdotes

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 19 August 1891 · page 4

IN the "Strand Magazine" Mr. Irving Montagu has a series of interesting anecdotes of war corresponding experience…

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A True Story. Strange Experience of a Soldier at Midnight on the Ramparts of the Tower

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 4

MR. DUNCAN DUNN (lately colour-sergeant in the Scots' Guards) sends the following "thriller" to a Glasgow paper:—During the course of a…

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The Revolt in Chili. a Four Days' Battle—three Thousand Killed and Wounded

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 2.50 p.m.—Details are being recived of the severe fighting which has taken place since last Friday in the Republic of Chili between the…

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Correspondence. Peace or War? to the Editor

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 3

SIR,—It is much to be regretted that Mr. G. W. Spence, secretary of the Labourers' General Union, should persist in his endeavours to foment strife between the…

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France Preparing for War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 4

London, Monday.—The completion of the eastern railway in France will enable the Government to place 80,000 men and 2000 horses at any point on…

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How War was Banished from the Earth. a Prophetic Story From America

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 4

THERE, is a wonderful little story in the "Century Magazine," for August, entitled "The White Crown," by Mr. Herbert T. D. Ward. It professes to…

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The War in Chill

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 4

London Monday Night.—Particulars are published of the claims of British residents in Chili for losses sustained through the civil war. The total amount claimed…

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France and the Next War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 4

London, Wednesday.—M. Edward Simon Lockray, the French journalist and politician, has just published a book which has created an intense sensation…

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German War Preparations

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1891 · page 4

London, Friday.—The New York Times states that Germany has made arrangements by which she has secured a practical monopoly of the supply of…

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The French War Workshops

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1891 · page 3

London, Wednesday.—Two Englishmen have been arrested at the town of St. Etioune, in France, where the Government workshops for the…

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Select Poetry. One Soldier's Love

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1891 · page 4

IT was in an ancient country, Far away beyond the sea, And a swallow at my window Told the story unto me…

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