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The wars & local soldiers, 1893

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Reminiscences of the Maori War of 1860. (Louisa Rawson Walker, in London Society.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 26

How were we getting on at the mission action ? Living in daily, nay, almost hourly uncertainty ; hearing rumors; warned to fly the moment we heard two signal cannon fired…

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How Much Lead It Takes to Kill a Soldier

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 11

No doubt every reader has seen the statement that it takes a man’s weight of lead to kill him. The statement is usually looked upon as a rhetorical hyperbole,…

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Are Soldiers Lives Worth Saving?

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 January 1893 · page 1

YES, of a verity our soldiers' lives are worth saving, and this being so, the Contagious Diseases Acts must, be promptly reintroduced. The wastage of our soldiers' lives…

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The War Scare Again

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 27
Also in The Corowa Free Press

In Europe the periodical alarm occasioned by this cry, seems to increase in intensity each succeeding year, and a general consensus of opinion prevails that the mighty strain caused by the…

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The War Scabs Again

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 4

In Europe the periodical alarm occasioned by this cry, seems to increase in intensity each succeeding year, and a general consensus of opinion prevails that the mighty strain caused…

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The War Scare Again

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

IN Europe the periodical alarm occasioned by this cry, seems to increase in intensity each succeeding year, and a general consensus of opinion prevails that the mighty strain…

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Spies in War. Bailly's Magazine

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 1

NAPOLEON'S Italian blood and training, added to the profound distrust with which he regarded everyone about him, and especially those of generous, lofty,…

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The Brave Tin Soldier

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 11

There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked…

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The War Scare Again

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

IN Europe the periodical alarm occasioned by this cry, seems to increase in intensity each succeeding year, and a, general consensus of opinion prevails that the mighty…

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Use of Elephants in War

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 1

In the good old days, long before [?]-powder was invented and war became too terrible to serve as a pastime for kings, when armies were equipped with swords and…

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An Indian War Story

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1893 · page 10

As we got out of the ravine, which we had followed back into the mountain for a mile or more, with the ascent so steep that our horses could hardly make their way,…

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Use of Elephants in War

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 1

In the good old days, long before gunpower was invented and was became to terrible to serve as a pastime for kings, when armies were squipped with swords and…

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War Preparations in Europe. London, April 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 19

It has been decided by the Austro-Hungarian Government to further augment the military strength of the empire. There is to be a general increase of the military…

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Could Women Be Soldiers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 1

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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Violent Conflict at Mons. Five Rioters Killed and Many Wounded. London, April 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 18

The excitement caused in Belgium by the action of the Chamber of Representatives in rejecting the Franchise Bill, granting universal suffrage, is Increasing daily…

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Real Dogs of War

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 2

The pages of history from the [?] times record with honorable mention [?] services of dogs as auxiliaries in war. T[?] were utilized in the Greek and [?]…

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A Royal Way Op Making War

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 May 1893 · page 1

MALEK, Vizisr of the Caliph Mosthudi, having obtained a victory over the Greeks, made ther King prisoner. When the monarch was brought before him, be asked…

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Real Dogs of War

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 24 May 1893 · page 1

The pages of history from the earliest times record with honorable mention the services of dogs an auxiliaries in war. They were utilized in the Greek and Roman…

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Effects of [?]merism. Hypnotism and Crime. Remarkable Experiments Made by a French Scientist. An Important Problem in Medical Jurisprudence—Teats Applied to a French Lady and a Soldier-Result of the Experiments

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 May 1893 · page 1

According to the London St. James Gaze[?] Jules Liegeois, Professor of the Faculty of Law at Na[?]y, has lately made some remarkable experiments connected…

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