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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1887

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More Men-o'-war

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 5

H.M.S. Rattlesnake has been ordered to join the British squadron on the Australian station. The Rattlesnake is a steel torpedo gunboat of…

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Corruption in the French War Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 5

It is announced that Mr. Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law of President Grevy, against whom charges of corruption have been made in connection…

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PARIS, Thursday. French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 4

The Chamber of Deputies have elected a committee of enquiry in connection with the War Office scandals in which General Caffarel and M…

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England Unprepared for War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 5

Sir Charles Dilke has contributed an article to the Fortnightly on the condition of the navy and the undefended state of the barbours of the…

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PARIS, Saturday. Corruption in the French War Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 5

In consequence of Mi. Daniel Wilson having insisted on offering an explanation of his conduct to the committee of inquiry which has been…

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Accident to a Russian War Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1887 · page 5

The flagship of the Russian squadron in the Pacific the Vladimir Monomach, has gene ashore at Vladivostock…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. the French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1887 · page 5

IT is expected that the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the French War Office scandals will lead to a Ministerial crisis. The…

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PARIS, Saturday. the French War Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1887 · page 4

The Chamber of Deputies to-day resolved by a large majority that an enquiry into the war office scandals should extend back for the past 10…

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Rumours of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 5

Russia is gradually massing her troops on the Austrian frontier. Germany is re-arming her troops with a fresh description of repeating…

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PARIS, Thursday. French War Office Scandal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 5

Great excitement prevails in this city regarding the inquiry into the War Office scandals, which is still proceeding. Daniel Wilson, Grevy's…

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The French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 5

M. Daniel Wilson, President Grevy's son-in-law, persists in declaring that the letters supposed to have been substituted for his own are…

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The Right of Public Meeting. The Trafalgar Square Railings Destroyed. Alarming Rioting—The Soldiery Called Out. LONDON, Sunday evening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 5

In express defiance of Sir Charles Warren's recent edict, the Radical Societies in London, to-day persisted in their attempt to hold a meeting in…

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The French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 November 1887 · page 5

M. Daniel Wilson has been accused of having accepted a bribe which was offered as a means of influencing the judiciary. The prosecution of M…

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The French War Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 5

The Journal des Debats hints that a popular outbreak will ensue if the scandals in connection with the French War Office are prolonged…

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PARIS, Thursday. the French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 5

The Chamber of Deputies has unanimously granted leave to the civil authorities to prosecute M. Daniel Wilson in connection with the recent,…

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A War Seer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 November 1887 · page 5

General Gourko has delivered a speech at Warsaw, in the course of which he predicted an early war in Europe. General Gourko is likely to…

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BERLIN, Sunday. Germany Ready for War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1887 · page 5

On receiving the President of the Reichstag to-day, the Emperor William declared that he desired peace, but that Germany was perfectly…

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Important Cable News. Deliberate Attempt to Murder M. Jules Ferry. A Would-be Assassin Fires at Him Several Times. Saved by Thick Clothing. Political Crisis in France. Another Arrest of a Nationalist. The Wool Sales. Russian Journals on the War Scare. (Received 1.30 a.m. Monday.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 5

THE present series Of colonial wool auctions closed to-day. A good demand was evinced for most descriptions. Prices generally were very…

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French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 5

The Judges of the French Supreme Court have dismissed the case against M. Daniel Wilson, nephew of the ex-President Grevy, on the ground…

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The French War Office Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 5

The Judges have decided that the charges against M. Daniel Wilson in connection with the War Office scandals are legally untenable…

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