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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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Correspondence. Our Condition in the Event of War. to the Editor of the Observer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 2

SIR,--None but those imperfectly acquainted with the history of Russian and German intrigues and the recent movements in China will deny that the news we are now…

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War Rumour Unfounded

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

An unfounded report was current in the city yesterday to the effect that a private cablegram had been received stating that…

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Rumoured Declaration of War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

Considerable excitement prevailed in Melbourne yesterday in consequence of a rumour that war was declared between…

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Rumours of War

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—There was considerable excitement and consternation in, Melbourne yesterday owing to the circulation of the rumour that England had declared war…

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The Soldiers Tricked

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

During a shooting exhibition by some English soldiers in the presence of an Afghan chief, the latter noticed, to his astonishment, that birds were the…

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Russia's War Vote. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 March 1898 · page 2

Russia has ordered an expenditure of fourteen millions and a half sterling for the construction of new warships…

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A Terrible Tragedy. Employee Killed and His Wife Wounded

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL tragedy occurred at Rookwood on Saturday morning a little before 7 o'clock, in the Roman Catholic section of the Necropolis, at Rookwood. At that…

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The Chances of War

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 March 1898 · page 3

The warlike news form the other side of globe is setting us all to calculate [?]. Apart from the very remote [?] of invasion, it is pretty clear that…

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The Rookwood Murder. Employer Killed and His Wife Wounded

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 1

A FRIGHTFUL tragedy occurred at Rookwood on Saturday morning a little before 7 o’clock, in the Roman Catholic section of the Necropolis, at Rookwood. At that…

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War Preparations

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—It was ru[?] Sydney last night that our naval [?] a had purchased 60,00 tons of co[?] report lake confirmation. The A[?]…

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The War Cloud

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 3

The American Minister and the Plenope potentiary of Maonopo- pbtqntiary of Madid have left the Spanish capital. The war fooling is deepening throughout America…

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The War Cloud

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

The American Minister and the Plenopopotentiary of Madrid have left the Spanish capital. The war feeling is deepening throughout America…

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Horrors of War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 1

A correspondent of the " Times" said that the road from Plevna to Teliche during the Russo-Turkish War wan rendered melancholy by the perpetual…

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A War Scare

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

On Friday night, says the Goulburn Herald, some graceless creature stuck upon the telegraph board at the office of our contemporary a bogus notice that Russia had…

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Cablegrams. War Prospects. London, April 13

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 3

The Foreign Relations Committees of the United States Senate and House of Representatives are engaged in discussing…

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Cablegrams. War Must Come. America and Spain. London, April 15

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

Latest developments in connection with the trouble between Spain and the United States seem to indicate that there is no escape from war. Further interest has…

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War Inevitable

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 2

Recent developements in connection with the trouble between Spain and the United States indicate that there is no escape from war. Further interest has been added to…

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LATEST. War News. The Ultimatum to Spain. War Begins To-morrow. SYDNEY

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 3

WAR has been decided on. Hostilities will commence on Saturday morning. President McKinley has signed the ultimatum…

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The War News

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

"Is it true that you have received a telegram stating that war has been declared [?] said Mr. Hodgkinson to our reporter on Thursday morning. On being…

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The Cuban War

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

The Americans cordially recognise that the unfaltering friendship of Great Britan has been, and still is, the chief obstacle to a European alliance against the United States…

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