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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1894

18 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Military Estimates. Trenchant Criticism. the Increases to Officers. Unfair Treatment of the Men. a Word for the Colonial Soldiers

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 2

Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, speaking on the Miliary Estimates, said :—I do not know who advised the drawing up of these estimates; but if they are to be passed into law as they stand,…

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Chinese War Loan. Nov. 4

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 3

A Chinese war loan of £1,600,000 will be issued on Tuesday next…

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War in the East. London, Nov. 2

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 3

The Japanese have captured another fort at Port Arthur. Twenty British men-of-war have assembled at Shanghai…

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The Corean War. Nov. 6

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 2

Latest news from the East states that Admiral Fremantle, the officer in charge of the British fleet, has issued an ultimatum to the Chinese, in which he demands…

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Cable News. the War in the East. London, Nov. 5

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 2

THE Steamer Gaelic, from San Francisco, which was arrested at Yokohama on the ground that she was carrying contraband of war, has been released…

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A War Levy. Nov. 9

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 3

A Chinese war levy of 12s per head of population has been procclaimed at Hankow…

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War in the East. Nov. 9

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 3

The Japanese are still scoring over the Chinese in the Eastern war. The latest despatch announces that the victorious Japanese have captured…

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Latest War News. London, Nov. 11

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 3

The Japanese-forces marching westward and southward in Manchuria have not met any opposing Chinese, and it is supposed that all the Chinese soldiers have fled to the…

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Cable Intelligence. the War in the East. London, Nov. 23

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1894 · page 3

LATEST advices from the East report that the Commissioner of Customs' at Tientsin has started for Japan, in order to parlay for peace between China and Japan…

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Telegrams. the Czar's Marriage. War News -- the Chinese Flight. Excessive Heat. a Treasurer's Opinion on the Income Tax Bill. Mr. Reid at Newcastle. the Cricket Scores. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1894 · page 3

THE Czar was married in the presence of sixty royal personages. This Japanese lost 250 in an attack upon Port Arthur, and captured 80…

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Cable Intelligence. News From the Seat of War. London, Nov. 27

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

On the fall of Port Arthur the Japanese captured Reuter's special reporter, on the ground that he was acting in the service of the Chinese…

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Telegrams. Latest War News. Nihilist Manifesto. Death of the Grand Duke George of Russia. the Income Tax Bill. the Cozier Family Committed for Trial. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 3

THE Chinese were defeated with heavy losses at Montein Ling. Count Ito refused to grant Detring an interview…

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Telegrams. War News. -- Barbarous Atrocities. the Czar's Concessions. Wheat Market. Cricket Match. a Heavy Fine. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 December 1894 · page 3

A LONDON newspaper correspondent who was an eye-witness to the capture of Port Arthur says that the Chinese used explosive bullets, and that the…

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Cable Intelligence. Eastern War News. Barbarous Cruelty by Soldiers. London. Dec. 3

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 3

THE correspondent of the Times, who was on eye-witness of the capture of Fort Arthur by the Japanese, gives a graphic account of the engagement…

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Cable Intelligence. Eastern War News. London. December 7

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 December 1894 · page 3

CHINA will, send a special ambassador to Tekio, Japan, to negotiate for terms of peace. It is reported that the Japanese advance…

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Cable Intelligence. the War in the East. London, Dec. 10

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 2

A SERIOUS rebellion has brokon out [?] Wichu, in China. The British Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, is proceeding to the scone of the outbreak…

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Telegrams. War News. the Russian Loan. Russia on Armenian Protection. Parliamentary. -- the Estimates. [?]Ysgan Waterworks. Rabbits Dying in the North. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 3

[?]apanese have occupied Foochow [?]osed, the Chinese retreating [?] it firing a shot. [?] garrison at Weihaiwei have…

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Eastern War News. December 14

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1894 · page 2

The reported capture of Kinchow is untrue. Prince Kung, uncle of the Emperor, has been appointed virtually dictator of China…

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