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The wars & local soldiers, 1902

210 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 11

Edttor's Notebook. War and Rum Our of War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 4

WAR is the pet subject of dame rumour just now. The Sydney dailies recently reported a peculiar theft, which, on later developments, looks…

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Boer War Commission. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 5

Sir Frederick Darley has been offered a seat on Lord Elgin's commission of inquiry into the Boer war…

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British Forces in the Late War

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

A PARLIAMENTARY paper has been issued in London giving a return of the military forces in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, and a detailed table of the reinforcements sent to…

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Canada's Treatment of Her Returned Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 10

MRS. Edward Kearney, of Grafton, is in receipt of a letter from her brother, who is attached to the Royal Canadian Dragoons. He was present with the Canadian…

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Far and Near. Russian Soldier Worst Paid

Macleay Argus · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 3

IN view of the present proposition to give Master Thomas Atkins a clear shilling a day it becomes not uninteresting to compare his…

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Ellenborough. Welcome to Returned Soldiers—troopers W. &R. Noakes and D. Kennedy. Splendid Reunion. Ball

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 6

As our readers will remember, the troopers who first returned from the late war were accorded a public welcome; and in several instances, more tangible mementos, in the…

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A War Blue Book. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 3

A blue book has been issued by the Colonial office with reference to the late war, containing answers to appeals made on the continent by the Boer…

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Smoky and Smokeless Powder in War

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 2

Modern inventions are often needed to counteract other modern inventions. While smokeless powder has been expected to give battle…

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Smoky and Smokeless Powder in War

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 December 1902 · page 2

Modern inventions are often needed to counteract other modern inventions. While smokeless powder has been expected to give battle…

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The Lass That Loved a Soldier

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 7

There was war in India. sod the 2nd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers lied been ordered to the scene of notion. Fagenle Fairfax squeezed a few tears to the…

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