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The wars & local soldiers, 1887

64 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 4

The Malagasy War Officer in Gaol

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

General Wiloughby, British agent at Madagascar, is in gold there for embezzling £12,000 of Government money…

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Latest Cable Messages. Mr. Sheehy Sentenced to Another Month's Imprisonment. The Marquis of Hartington Goes to Italy. War in Europe Imminent. The European Press is Confident that the Advance of Russian Troops on the Gallician Frontier must Eventuate in War. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 5

DAVID SHEEHY, member of Parliament for Galway, who was recently sentenced to three months' imprisonment for attending a midnight…

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Fears of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 December 1887 · page 5

Much uneasiness prevails throughout Europe regarding the political situation, which is of a most complicated character. Reports are…

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LONDON, Wednesday. More War Ships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1887 · page 5

Orders have been issued for the new fast-sailing gunboats Stork and Lizard to be prepared to sail for Australia…

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