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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

8 stories in South Coast's papers

[?] of War

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 2

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The little Soldier I.

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

“When I’m big I’ll be a soldier, That’s what I will be; Fight for rather, fight for mother, Over land and sea”…

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Back from the Grave a Soldier’s Experience

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 3

In 1860 an English regiment was serving in Holland, and at Egmont-up-Zen crossed bayonets with a French regiment. A ball, fired during the…

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Fight between German Soldiers and [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 4

A [?] occurred on dance [?] a member of soldiers and [?] of the popular pleasure [?]. The…

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A Twilight Song. for Unknown Buried Soldiers, North and South

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 2

As I sit in twilight, late, alone, by the flickering oak-flame, Musing on long-lost war scenes—of the countless buried unknown soldiers,…

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The Murder of a Constable. Shot Through the Heart. Harrowing Scene on a Steamer. the Murderer Arrested. Fired at and Wounded

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1890 · page 4

THE Dargaville correspondent of the New Zealand Herald gives the following particulars of the shocking tragedy which took place on the Northern Wairon River,…

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War in the Future

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 2

In the August number of the Fortnightly [?] Colonel W. W. Knollys writes an article upon ‘War in the Future which he expects will be more destructive than in the…

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Man Overboard. How He is Picked up by a Man-of-War

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 2

When the cry ‘Man overboard? is heard on board man-of-war it acts upon the ship’s company with an instant pressure as does the beat to quarters. Every man has a place…

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