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The wars & local soldiers, 1895

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A War Alarm Australia Be Beady

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 October 1895 · page 2

Speaking in New Zealand, Mr. Frederic Villiers, the famous war artist (according to the Otago Times) expressed his surprise that the Australian colonies are disbanding their…

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Charges Against the Turkish Soldiery. London, Oct. 3

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 2

Various reports are in circulation as to the behaviour of the combatants. It is alleged on the one hand that after the fight was over a number of the wounded Armenians were…

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British Guiana and Venezuela. a Threatened Border War. London, Oct. 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 2

IN consequence of the threatening aspect of the dispute between Great Britain and the South American republic of Venezuela, Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the…

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Russian War Ships in Port Arthur. London, Oct. 29

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 October 1895 · page 3

It is reported that five Russian war ships are already lying inside Fort Arthur harbor, and that nine others are lying just outside the entrance…

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In the Event of War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1895 · page 2

"THE unprepared state of the country in the event of war," was the subject on an adjournment motion by Mr. O'Sullivan the other night in the Legislative Assembly. He held…

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Another Domestic Tragedy. Husband and Two Children Dead. the Wife Terribly Wounded. Sale

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 November 1895 · page 2

Sale was thrown into a state of complete gloom this morning by the intelligence that Mr. Arthur Montague Short, the well known and popular manager of the Commercial…

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War Office Reform Scheme

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1895 · page 3

AN order in Council, dated 21st November, has been issued defining the duties of the principal officers who may be charged, under the Secretary, of State for War, with…

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