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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

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Our Soldiers' Pay

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 2

The conduct of the Government in with holding the pay so well carried by our brave warriors, and to which it would seem they are legally as well as…

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[Complete Story.] Englishman's Prisoner, a Story of the Franc[?]prussian War, [Copyright.] Chapter[?]

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 5

OST of the English made all haste to…

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The War

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 3

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons that the war had cost £46,300,000 from April to…

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The War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

THE following is included in the latest particulars to land relating to Australian soldiers on active service in South Africa:—Chaplain Foreman, of the New South…

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Alcohol in War

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 5

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

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Went Around the World. to Wed a Soldier

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 5

To journey around the world for the sake of becoming a soldier's bride is more than most girls would be equal to. But to make such a Journey and then to…

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Soldiers of Fortune

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 6

Soldiers of fortune were a great and glorious class in their time, but they have, says a writer in the "Pall Mall Gazette, fallen upon evil days. A good many hundreds, or…

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The War in South Africa

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 2

Lord Kitchener reports that a battallion of the Malta Mounted Infantry, while reconnoitring at Zuikerboschrand on the 12th instant, engaged a…

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Returning Soldiers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 11

In a list of returning soldiers for Sydney by the Gothic, which arrived at Hobart on Wednesday, appears the names of Sergt. W. T Richardson and…

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The Death-cry of War. Zola Thinks This War Will Be the Last

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 5

Is it a dream to believe that we are witnessing war's last agony? Do not a thousand symptoms indicate the [?]t? May not the furoce caused by the question of military…

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Welcome Home

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 13

Sergt. W. Richardson has no reason to complain of the cordiality and heartiness of his reception on Wednesday night, when a most representative and…

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Welcome Home. Sergt. Richardson's Return [?] Great Demonstration

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2

The demonstration on Wednesday evening on arrival of the evening train in which was Sergeant W. J. Richardson who has been at the front in South…

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Fate of a War Baloon

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 4

During the siege of Paris in the Franco-German war no less less than 64 baloons made their assent from the capital. Out of…

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The South African War. Lord Methuen Wounded and Captured. London

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 3

IT is announced that Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, commanding the British forces in the Western Transvaal, has, together with several of his officers and four…

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The South African War. Liberation of Lord Methuen. General De La Rey a Chivalrous and Humane Enemy. London

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 2

THE War Office has received the following wire front Lord Kitchener, despatched from Pretoria:—"Lord Methmen was brought into Klerksdorp on Thursday. He is doing…

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Is the War Nearly Over

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 4

A letter received in Sydney from a lance-corporal of the 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry contains the following passage:—"Cronje has written to De…

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A War Correspondent's Adventure

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 6

In his book, "War Correspondence as a Flue Art." the late Mr. Archibabl tells the following story of his adventures in Parts when the Germans took possession of…

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The Executed Officers Guilty of Twelve Murders. the War Office Statement

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 3

IN connection with the execution of lieutenants H. H. Morant and P. J. Handock, of hte Bushveldt Carbineers, at Pretoria, and the sentences passed by…

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Council Doings. Inspector on the Warpath. Underground Street Sewers. to Be Removed at Last. Action Already Taken. Baths Improvements. More About the New Piano. Evidently Been to the War. Reading-room and Library to Be the Librarian to Be Dispensed with Proposed Formation of a School of Arts

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Wellongong Council on Friday evening the Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. J. Woods) reported in addition in addition to other matters…

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War Horses

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

THE South African war has undoubtedly been the most destructive of horses, no other wars excepted, Never before were there such continuous…

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