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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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England and Francs the Marchand Expedition. Continued War Preparations

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 4

THE Parisian journal " Le Motin" states that Major Marchand's expedition will not return to the French Congo or proceed along the Nile to Cairo, but will journey…

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A Desperate Duel Racial Feeling in Austria. a Deputy Seriously Wounded. London, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 2

A political duel has been fought at Vinna, which is likely to have a fatal result. The principals were two members of the Reichsrath, Herr Wolfe, a member of the…

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The Late War. European Hostility to America. a Russian Denial. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 2

Count Cassini, the Russian Minister at Washington, and formerly at Peking, his, in an interview with a press representative, stated fate views with regard to the attitude…

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The Philippines. Spain's Decision Awaited. War-ships Mobolising. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 November 1898 · page 3

The final answer of Spain to the peremptory demand by the United States for the cession of the Philippine Islands is awaited with pome anxiety…

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The Latest. London, Nov. 17. Spain and America — American War Preparations

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

The Curted Stated troops have been warned to be in readiness for active service. The United States has offered to purchase from Spain one of the Catroline Islands for a…

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England and France. an Abyssinian Mission. to Meet Major Marchand. Services in the Late War. Distribution of Honors. the Victoria Cross Awards. London, Nov. 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 3

King M[?]lik of Abyssinia has resolved to send a spccial mission to meet Major Marchand on the Abyssinian frontier, on his return from Fashoda with the French…

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The Dreyfus Case. Who Informed the French War Office? London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

The St. James's Gazette makes a remarkable statement hearing on the Dreyfus case. It asserts that one of the documents in the…

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Horrors of War. a Private Soldier's Letter

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

IN a letter to his friends at Heywood, dated September 5, from Khartoum, Private J. Carruthers, E Company, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, who took part in the battle of…

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Later Cables. Through Reuter's Agency. Duel in Hungary. a Deputy Wounded. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

A member of the Hungarian Diet, named Hollo, has been badly wounded in a duel with M. Desiderius Perezel, Minister of the Interior…

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The British Soldier. the Same Old Blood

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 4

CONAN Doyle, after spending a week near the Blandford encampment of 25,000 men, writes in the "Speaker":— And after all, this talk about the boy…

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England and France. the Crisis Passed. War Preparations Relaxed London, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 2

The British Channel squadron which six weeks ago was ordered to the Mediterranean for a winter cruise, with a double supply of provisions and munitions, and which was…

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Later Intelligence. Fleeing Esterhazy Sails for America. Helped by the War Office. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 2

Major Esterhazy, who is so deeply implicated in the plot to establish the guilt of Captain Dreyfus, and who wrote the celebrated bordereau which was used against Drey[?]…

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The Philippines. Trouble Expected. Despatch of War-ships. London, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

Admiral Dewey, the American naval commander at Manila, has reported to the United States Government that he expects serious trouble with the insurgent Filipinos…

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The Latest. London, Dec. 4. Private Owbership at Sea in War Time —American Proposal to Exempt From Capture

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

The NEw York Chamber of Commerce has petitioned President M'Kinley to conveue an international conference for the purpose of arriving at an agreement to exempt…

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In Case of War. Private Property. Shall It Be Exempt From Capture. an International Conference Proposed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

An important proposal regarding private property in future ware has been made by the New York Chamber of Commerce. That important body has petitioned…

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A Soldier's End. a Lieutenant Found Dead in Bed. Supposed Suicide with Prussic Acid

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 3

Lieutenant Alexander Stewart, 28, who had lately been attached to tho Sub-Martine Miners at Chowder Bay, and formerly at Watson's Bay was found dead in his room…

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Inquiry Into the Conduct of the War

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

In the House of Representatives yesterday, M. William Sulzer, Democratic member for New York, moved a resolution in favour of an inquiry into the conduct of the war with…

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A Soldier's End. What the Inquest Disclosed. the Coroner and a Witness

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 4

The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Lieut. Alexander William Stewart, at the Chowder Bay depot at the end of last week, particulars…

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The United States Congress This Resident's Opening Speech America's Foreign Relations. the Late War. American Interests in China. London, Dec. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

The United States Congress was opened yesterday. President M'Kinley's message, after dwelling upon the increased prosperity of the United Stat[?]s, the unprecedented…

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A Welcome Home. Entertaining Dr. Chalmers. a Social Evening at St. John's

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the Right Rev. Dr. Chalmers, Anglican Bishop of Goulburn, arrived in Gundagai by train and was driven to the Parsonage…

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