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The wars & local soldiers, 1894

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The Late Matabele War. Trial of Two Police Troopers. Sentenced to Fourteen Years’ Imprisonment. London, June 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 21

In March last the British South Africa Company ascertained that Lobengula, the Matabele king, se[?]t on December 3 three messages to the ‘‘Forbes Patrol,” with a present of £1000 in…

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An Old Soldier

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 28

The Western Agriculturist says:— “There are few men of his age in Victoria to-day who will compare with Sergeant ait Cameron, of Heywood, a non-com. in the H Company Mounted…

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The Crisis in Morocco. British War-ships Ordered to Tetuan, London, June 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 20

A new claimant to the throne of Morocco has appeared in the name of Mulai Mohammed, an elder brother of Abdul Az[?]z, who was proclaimed Sultan on the death of hi[?] father, the late…

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The “White Man’s Grave.” a Picture of Soldiering in the Past

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 11

An Empire like that which Queen Victoria possesses can only be held by an annual expenditure of blood; her soldiers “have bought her the same with the sword…

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The British Soldier

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 2

The standing army of Great Britain dates to rise from the restoration of King Charles II., and regiments of seasoned and experienced British subjects in the service…

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The British Soldier

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 6

The standing army of Great Britain dates to rise from the restoration of King Charles II., and regiments of seasoned and experienced British subjects in the service…

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Ingrease of Cholera in Russia. Soldiers Dying in Large Numbers. Soourge Spreading in Germany. London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 1

At Chatrtes, a town 48 miles from Paris, girl aged 19 has been missing several days. Her mutilated body has been found in a…

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Labour Riots in Alabama. Attack on Negro Laborers. Six Strikers Killed and Twenty Wounded. London, July 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 24

Serious labor disturbances have occurred at Birmingham, in the State of Alabama. A number of unionist la[?]orers having struck work, their places were filled by…

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Native Outbreak in the Philippines. Spanish Troops Surprised by Malays. Fourteen Killed and Forty- Seven Wounded. London, July 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 18

An official announcement has been published in Madrid of & fresh disaster which befallen the Spanish troops in the Philippine Islands…

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Converted Hindoos on the War Path

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 4

A rather amusing affair has just been disclosed in connection with one of the leading churches in Bendigo, though certain members of the congregation feel rather too exasperated to see…

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The War of the Future. a Terrible Picture

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 August 1894 · page 4

Mr Archibald Forbes, in Scribner's Magazine for June, asks: What will be done with the wounded in the next great war? The article will open a…

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Latest by Telegraph the Asiatic War. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 4

Severe fighting has taken place and the Japanese have completely routed the Chinese, who fled in terror, leaving five hundred killed…

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Half Fares for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 28

All soldiers in uniform, when travelling on duly, are hencefoth to go at half-fares over the New South Wales tramways. It is not said if the privilege extends to volunteers in…

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A Picture of Civil War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 7

IN an article on "The Old Dominion" in a recent number of Harper's Magazine, Thomas Nelson Page draws a vivid picture of the State of Virginia during…

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A War Vessel Seized at Elswick. London, August 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 18

The British authorities have seized a torpedo boat catcher that was being built for the Chinese Government at Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by Sir W. G. Armstrong,…

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The Late Labour War in America. Some Facts about Mr. George M. Pullman

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 4

The trouble in Chicago began with a dispute about wages in the works of Mr Pullman, and a few facts about that gen[?]leman, for which we are…

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The Shearing War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 5

The shearing troubl[?] seems to be getting more and more serious. Unionists are creating no end of trouble, and outrages of the most daring character…

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The Bullet-proof Cuirass. Trial in Germany. Herr Dowe Wounded. London, August 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 18

Herr Dowe, the inventor of the bulletproof cuirass, which has been tested with highly satisfactory results in London and elsewhere, has been less successful in a trial…

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The Wounded Shearers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 September 1894 · page 29

The wounded unionists in W[?]lcan[?]la gaol hospital are progressing favourably. The sufferers are accommodated with beds of approved hospital pattern, with wire spring and…

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France and Madagascar. Four Men-of-war Despatched. London, September 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 September 1894 · page 17

The position of affairs with regard to Madagascar is becoming serious. As already reported, in consequence of the continued refusal of the Hova Government to recognise the…

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