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The wars & local soldiers, 1865

4 stories in Murray's papers

A Confederate War Steamer in Hudson’s Hay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 28 January 1865 · page 2

Considerable interest was manifested in Melbourne on Wednesday morning by an announcement at the Telegraphic-office that the screw steamer Royal Standard had…

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Civil War in America

Pastoral Times and Echuca and Moama Chronicle · Saturday 18 March 1865 · page 2

The public anxiety for news of General [?] has been relieved by the announcement rate authority that he has reached [?] and taken by [?] Fort [?]…

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Arrival Op the English Mail. by Electric Telegraph. [Per [?] and Bird—reuter’s Agents.] President Lincoln Shot Dead. Mr. Seward Wounded. General Lees Army Surrendered. English & French Alliance. Melbourne. Friday Night

Pastoral Times and Echuca and Moama Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1865 · page 2

THE Alexandra, with the English mail, bringing English dates to the 16th May, arrived in ninety hours from the Sound. Her delay was occasioned by the non-arrived of the [?] at Gaile. It was…

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“Now Comes the Tug of War!” [To the Editor of the “Banner.”]

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 18 November 1865 · page 3

SIR,— The question of Border Customs is one which has been pretty well canvassed in this district during the past twelve months, and it has been so freely discussed, and nothing p[?]cal been done, that the…

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