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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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The Recent Tug-of-war. (To the Editor.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to the Tug-of-war at the recent Oddfellows’ Sports, and the paragraph in your issue of 30th ultimo stating that the secretary of the committee…

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Cost of War

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 1

Even to those who profess to know something of the terrible cost of war it will be somewhat of a shock to learn that the six principal wars of the latter half century…

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Cost of War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 4

Even to those who profess to know something of the terrible cost of war it will be somewhat of a shock to learn that the six principal wars of the letter half century…

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The Late War. Honours for Distinguished Service. Grand Cross of the Bath

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

Lord Kitchener, Sordar of Egypt, and Sir Francis Wallace Grenfelt, the commander of the British forces to Egypt, [?] the Grand Cross of the order of the…

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The War Preparations

Moruya Examiner · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 2

THE recent warlike preparations in England, France, and other European countries undoubtable betoken [?] change in the foreign policy of the British Cabinet. Few…

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A Soldier's Song

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 4

Victory crowns our Sirdar 'Mid din of war on Afric's plains; Glory gilds our Sirdar. As drops the wrist its servile chains—…

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