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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

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The Savages by War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 4

And when one read on the top of these things of the fenrful slaughter of the Filipinos in the Philippine Islands, it seems though modern…

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Taken in War

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 3

THE Colonel came home upon leave—the only leave spent…

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War Ends Every Century

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 2

It is a curious fact, however little real significance it may have, that regularly, since and including the close of the eleventh century, each…

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[All Rights Reserved.] a Tug of War

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 3

"What a lucky girl I am!" said pretty Lisa Vernon a month ago Lina Moore. "I'm only nineteen, and I'm married before any other girl I know, and I've had my own way through…

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The Advance of the Soldiers of Victoria. To the Editor of the Scrutineer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 7

Sir,—If there is one thing more than another that the Legislative Council are to be thanked for in connection with the delay they stipulated for in…

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Crisis in Belgium. Rioting in Brussels Renewed. One Hundred People Wounded

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3

London, Friday Afternoon.—The rioting in Brussels Occasioned by the proposed alteration of the Belgian Constitution continues…

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The Transvaal. War Declared Inevitable Unless Kruger Makes Concessions

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 4

London, Thursday —An [?] meeting was held in Capetown last night in connection with the present crisis in the Transvaal. There were…

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An American War Story

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

When Theodore Roosevelt was giving his farewell address to the Roughriders at Camp Wikoff recently, he concluded with this little story:…

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The Transvaal. Modified Franchise Proposals. Great Britain’s War Preparations

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

London, Saturday. —A Reuter’s telegram from Pretoria states that the Volksraad has held a secret session to consider the franchise question. After…

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The Vampire of War

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

Counting only the armies of the six great Powers on a peace footing, they amount now to nearly three millions of men; and if we add the men…

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A Family of Soldiers

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

The death was announced a few days ago of Mrs. Margaret Hobbs, of Baraaby Hoase, King's County, a lady of 103 years of age, who was one of the most interesting figures in…

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Tragedy at Ultimo a Man Shot Dead.two Young Women Seriously Wounded

The Mittagong Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

Fig-street, Ultimo, was the scene of a tragic event on Wednesday night under circumstances of a dramatic character. A young man named…

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The Transvaal. War Imminent. a Last Warning

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 2

Loudon, Sunday.—Yesterday, at Birmingham, Mr. Chamberlain made an important speech concerning the Transvaal crisis…

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A Relic of the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 4

Many old soldiers now feel the effects of the hard service they endured during the war, Mr. Geo. S. Anderson of Rossville, York county, Penn., who saw the hardest…

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The Transvaal. War Expected Immediately

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 3

The special meeting of the British Cabinet, held on Friday to deal with the situation in the Transvaal, unanimously decided to demand from the…

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A Ralic of the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 3

Many old soldiers now feel the effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson of Roasville York county, Penn, who saw tho hardest…

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38,000 Troops for the War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 4

With the departure from England during the last few days of four battalions of infantry, three regiments of cavalry, and additional artillery and…

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The Transvaal. the Pending War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 2

The exodus from Jonannesburg continues, many ladies travelling in cattle trucks. There is now a large force of British…

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War Supplies for Great Britain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 2

Orders have boon placed by Great Britain for four and a half million pounds of tinned meat with the Louisville Packing Company. Similar…

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Association Debate. "Is England Justified in Going to War with the Transvaal."

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 2

AN excellent debate on the above subject was held in the Association Hall, Bowral, on Wednesday evening last, the speaker Mr. Albert Chapman occupying the chair…

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