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The wars & local soldiers, 1893

19 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

War Preparations in Russia

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 3

Telegrams from Berlin report that the Russian Government is massing large bodies of troops on the Polish frontier,…

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A Soldier's Honour

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 7

A COMPANY of soldiers was drilling on the parade ground, and some officers had gathered on the captain's porch, watching them. Fort Harker was far out on the…

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The Labor War. the Recent Outrages. London, April 26

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 2

Further daring daring attempts at outrages have occurred, but matters have now quietened down. In several cases the strikers were…

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The Labor War. London, May 3

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 4

Coal lumpers at the Victoria and Albert Docks, London, intend to renew the strike against the employment of shipping federation men at those…

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Could Women Be Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 2

THE presumed inability of women to personally safeguard the Empire has been urged against granting to them the franchise. If the protection of the Empire devolves on…

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The Cost of a Soldier' Uniform

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

WHO is there that does not admire the appearance of a smart and well-[?]essed soldier? But very few, outside military circles,…

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War Correspondents' Experiences

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 2

MR. FREDERICK VILLIERS, the well known artist, tells the following:--During the Russo-Turkish war Mr. Forbes and I, at last came up with the advancing Russian…

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War to the Knife

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 2

THE lovers had long tarried at the garden gate. The bulldog was becoming thoroughly aroused to the situation, and already there had fallen upon them with…

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Hearing From Jimmie. The Pathetic Story of a Soldier's Letter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 7

The man on the cot to my right in the hospital had been wounded by a fragment of shell and, for the first three or four days, the surgeons said he had a…

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Shocking Tragedy. the City Bank at Carcoar Broken Into. The Manager and a Lady Murdered. Another Desperately Wounded. The Assassin Arrested and Identified. The A. J. S. Bank at Wickham also stuck up. Full and Latest Particulars. [Special Telegram.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 4

A tremendous sensation was created in the city to-day by the publication in the morning papers of news of a terrible sticking-up affair at Carcoar,…

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Terrible Tragedy at [?]. Bank Manager and [?] Killed by Robbers. Wife and Child Seriously Wounded. [?]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 5

A MOST [?] murder was [?] here at about 2.30 a.m. yesterday, the victims being Mr. J. W. Phillips, manager of the local branch of the City Bank, and Miss Cavanagh…

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War Correspondents' Experiences

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 2

MR. FREDERICK VILLIERS, the well- known artist, tells, the following:-- During the Russo-Turkish war Mr. Forbes and I, at last came up with the advancing Russian…

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War to the Knife

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 2

THE lovers had long tarried at the garden gate. The bulldog was becoming thoroughly aroused to the situation, and already there had fallen upon them with…

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For Country. a Stirring Episode of the Franco-german War

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 7

The Franco German war of 1870 quickly brought ruin and desolation to the village of Ramini, which is, as most people know, situated in Alsace-Lorraine…

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Arbitration v. War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

MAINTAINNIG peace by preparing for war, may be said to be the quintessence of military logic and tactics, and a very expensive "fad" it is for the universe generally. Germany…

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The Matabelle War. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 4

Latest cables from Africa state the British have been everywhere successful against the Matabelles. Major Forbes has burned Buluwayo. Capt…

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The Moorish War. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 7

Hostilities between the Spaniards and Moors have been resumed in Morocco. Having been Strongly reinforced, the Spaniards have assumed…

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A Soldier's Secret. Captain Charles King. [Copyright All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 2

WHEN the Indian summer haze is [?] over the bluffs along the Pawnee in these dreamy, sunshiny afternoons of late November, there is a languorous spell even in…

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A Soldier's Secret. [Copyright. All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Ii

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 2

Indian summer was over and done with. The soft haze had gone. For three days the wind had been blowing hard from the north-west and the air was as clear as an Arizona…

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