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The wars & local soldiers, 1861

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The War in New Zealand. Glorious Victory! — Another Pah Taken! 135 Waikatos Killed and 70 Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 16 January 1861 · page 3

The following despatch has been placed at our disposal by His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly:— Sydney, January 12…

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New Zealand War. Triumph of British Troops

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1861 · page 2

THE latest news received to the 3rd, from New Plymouth and from Auckland to the [?] instant; it is to the effect that the British troops under General Pratt, after twenty-four hours’ hard fighting on the…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. Civil War in the United States

The Border Post · Saturday 2 February 1861 · page 1

We (writes the New York correspondent of the Boston Pilot) had a fight the other night between a corps of Wide Awakes and some clubs of the fusion opposition. It began…

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New Zealand War

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1861 · page 3

THE Argus reported the following telegram from Sydney on Tuesday last:— “Yesterday a chance ship (the Kathleen) brought news from Taranaki to January 19. A force of…

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Telegraphic Despatches. Sydney, February 12, 1861. 8.0 p.m. War in New Zealand — Another Desperate Assault. Further news from New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 13 February 1861 · page 2

The Mnories made a desperate assault on the English position, and were repulsed with the loss of nenrly forty men and many wounded…

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New Zealand War

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1861 · page 3

BY a telegram of the Argus of Wednesday last, we are informed that the Lord Worsley had arrived at Sydney with news [?] ultino from Taranaki Just before dawn on that day the [?] attarcked…

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The War in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 16 February 1861 · page 2

The following telegram has been kindly placed at our disposal by Sir Henry Barkly. It is substantially the same as that contained in our columns yesterday:— SYDNEY, February 11…

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New Zealand War

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1861 · page 3

BY the arrival of the Lord Ashley at Sydney on Tuesday |last, we have news from Taranaki.to the 11th instant. Subsequent to the intelligence furnished in our last, General Pratt resolved on…

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New Zealand War

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1861 · page 3

THE barque Lion, from Wellington, New Zealand, arrival last Thursday, at Newcastle, bringing news to the 20th of February. There had been a slight skirmish at the seat of war, in which Capt. Richards…

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The War in Newzealand. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 16 March 1861 · page 2

The Lord Worsley early this morning brought news from New Plymouth to the 27th ultimo. On the night of die 26th & party of natives crept up to the advanced sap…

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The War in New Zealand. Later From the Seat of Was

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 16 March 1861 · page 4

By the Kate, from Auckland, we have fire days later news from New Plymouth, namely, to tile 16th of February. The news (says the Sew Zealander), is of a…

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The War in New Zealand. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 March 1861 · page 2

The Victory, with news from Nelson to the 11th and Taranaki to the 12th inst., arrived during the night. There was a continued interchange of shots with natives, but nothing…

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The War Movements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 3 April 1861 · page 4

We copy the following from the Sydney Morning Herald-.— The Auckland Register of the 11th says:—" There have been several arrivals during the past week, but…

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The War in New Zealand. Sydney, March 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 3 April 1861 · page 4

The Sea Nymph, arrived at Newcastle, has brought Taranaki news to the 16th. On Friday, the 15th, hostilities were renewed. The troops began working at the approaches at…

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Playing at Soldiers

The Border Post · Saturday 6 April 1861 · page 2

OLD Diedrich Knickerbocker’s description of the volunteering of the New Amsterdammer’s under Peter Stuyvesant, will stand good for the present bellomania which now afflicts a…

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The War in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 10 April 1861 · page 3

We see nothing in die Sidney papers on the war in New Zealand, not already published, except a few comments, and a continuation of the journal of events, which we liave subjoined:—…

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New Zealand War

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1861 · page 3

BY the Melbourne Herald telegram from Sydney we are informed that—The Highland Iassic arrived at Newcastle with Tarana[?] news to the 23rd of March. Our troops continued pushing forward with great…

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By Electric Telegraph. Melbourne. Thursday Night. New Zealand War

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1861 · page 2

THE Victoria steamer arrived, this morning about half-past ten o’clock, with General Pratt on board. The Volunteers were called out to receive him. The war is considered finished ; the Natives having…

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The War in New Zealand. Sydney, Tuesday Morning, 8 o'clock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 13 April 1861 · page 3

[?]ia Newcastle, we have news li-om Taranaki to the 23rd ult. The Waikatos have made a precipitate retreat from Te-Arei, after fighting bravely for three days and…

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The War in New Zealand. the Terms of Peace. Sydney, April 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 24 April 1861 · page 3

The Lord Ashley, mail steamer, brings news from New Zealand to the 13th. The terms offered by the Governor to the Waitara insurgents were thus announced to them :—…

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