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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1892

3 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Disgraceful Riot at the Tug of War

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 10

A SCENE of unparalleled disorder was witnessed at the conclusion of the tug-of-war on Friday night. It was the outcome of a just refusal on the part…

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The Life of a Soldier

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 9

LORD WOLSELEY, speaking at the Irish Military Society's meeting recently, said he wished that the lecture, "A Soldier's Life," delivered by Lieutenant…

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The Prince and the Soldier

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 9

ON the authority of the late Earl of Carnarvon a story is told in the current number of the Smoker in winch the Price of Wales, when he went…

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