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The wars & local soldiers, 1886

6 stories in South Coast's papers

The Waste of War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1886 · page 2

Give me the gold Hint war has cost Before this peace-expanding day, The wasted skill, the labor lost, The mental treasure thrown away;…

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Miscellaneous. Peace or War?

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 2

Peace is it or war? God knows. The sky has a lurid light That comes ere the tempest blows; We hear in the thickening night…

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Fatal Occurrence on Board H.M.S. Opal. One Seaman Killed and Another Wounded

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 2

AT noon to-day, as the tolls throughout the metropolis announced the hour, the ships belonging to the Imperial Navy received the signal to fire the Royal salute in honour of the…

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The Trying Moment in war

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 July 1886 · page 2

I'LL tell you when a man feels rea badly. It's when he's forming his men into line for a big battle when a little skirmishing fire is kept up all the time. Every minute or so some…

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Science. An Engine of War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 October 1886 · page 2

THE details of moving torpedos, as regards their steering power, propulsion and explosive charge, have for some time past formed a special study with Mr. R. Paulson, who has…

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"Welcome Home" to Mr. John M'Arthur

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 December 1886 · page 2

THE Teachers' Association in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Sholhaven, gavea "Welcome Home" on last Thursday, to Mr. and Miss M' Arthur, after an absence of nine months…

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