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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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"War Against War."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 3

Mme, Olga de Novikoff, Mr. Stead's Russian friend, has turned against him. "Under the heading of "War against War," she published an article in the Moscow…

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A Shooting Sensation. a Clergyman Wounded. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 5

Edgar James Price, a clerk, recently from Adelaide, surrendered himself to the Penrith police last night, and made a statement to the effect that he called…

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War Ends Every Century

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 9

It is a curious fact, however little real significance it may have, that regularly, since and including the close of the 11th century, each cycle of a hundred years has…

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Glimpses of the Great War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 12

A contribution of curious historical interest in "Blackwood's Magazine" is Mr. Charles Bagot's paper, "Bygone Days." The lady is a member of the great…

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The Dreyfus Scandal. Charge Against the War Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—M. Poleologue, an official of the Foreign Office, in his evidence before the Court of Cassation, accuses the War Office of falsifying…

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The Irish Egg War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 5

A newspaper war wages between the Liverpool provision merchants and those who are charged with the supervision of the Irish export trade in eggs. Mr. O'Shea…

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The Bicycle for War Purposes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 3

At a meeting of the Royal United Service Institution, held in London recently, a paper on "The Bicycle for War Purposes" was read by Captain B Baden-Powell,…

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The Horrors of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 5

Among other places we visited Ayunta-Miento, formerly the political centre of the Spaniards and new the headquarters of the American troops. Among other things…

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The Dreyfus Scandal. Minister for War Resigns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Minister for War in the French Cabinet has resigned, owing to the Chamber of Deputies having resented his justification…

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The War in the Philippines. Battle of Santa Cruz. Evacuation of the City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 3

The steamer Argus, of Messrs. Archlbald Currie's line, arrived here on Saturday from Manila, and as was expected brings news of the American operations against the…

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Soldiers Want to Colonise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 3

A few days ago cables were received stating that the American soldiers serving in the Philippines were complaining that they bad enlisted as volunteers for the war with…

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The Dreyfus Scandal. the New Minister for War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Intelligence from Paris states that Mons. Monestier, who succeeds M. Krantz as Minister for Public Works, is a Dreyfus…

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A Sydney Letter. Federal Politics in Sydney.—the Transvaal and the Mayor.—what Is a Place of Worship?—the Balmain Tragedy.—the Liability of Soldiers for Debt.—carriers and Diseased Meat.—the Governor's Infatuation.—what May Some Day Happen on a Mail Boat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 7

There's a dull just now in Federal politics in the city. This no doubt is because of the absence of the chief stewards of the cause, Messrs. Reid and Barton. In a…

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The Value of a Wooden War Vessel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 12

In the April number of the "Pall Mail Magazine" Mr. W. Clark Russell writes:— A good many years ago Mr. chatfield, of her Majesty's Dockyard, Plymouth, read at…

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International News. The Trouble in the Transvaal. Alleged Enlistment for Military Service. Eight Recruiting Agents Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The latest news from the Transvaal states that seven Englishmen and one Dane were arrested at Johannesburg on Monday…

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"The Dogs of War."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 12

An interesting article in "Peason's Megazine" describes the training that is given to the war-dogs of the Prussian Army. Nowadays, in the iron legions of the…

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International News. The Czar's Rescript. the War Against War. Meeting in Holland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The International Peace Conference assembled to-day at the Hague, Holland, on the occasian of the Czaris birthday. The…

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Men-o'-War's Men. Naval Gunnery and Promotion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 12

The demand for a recognition of the services and capability of chief gunners, chief boatswains, and chief carpenters, is one which is made, not only by the officers…

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Nationality of British Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 12

The recently-published Army returns for the year 1807 give the nationally of our 219,283 soldiers then serving as 158,566 English, 16,485 Scotch, 26,374 Irish, 8275 Indian…

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The War in the Philippines. Rebels Suing for Peace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Filipino Congress, of which Emilio Aguinaldo a President, has appointed Peace Commissioners to negotiate with the…

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