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The wars & local soldiers, 1864

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New Zealand War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 6

THE last accounts from New Zealand are full of gloom. There is no activity in the war. There is no probability of peace. Ten thousand men, imposing a heavy charge both upon the…

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Intentions As Regards the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 9

The New Zealand Herald of 30th ultimo states that the new Ministry formed entirely of Southern men, and has entered on office with the determination to sacrifice Auckland interests in every possible way. The immediate removal of the seat of…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 9

Harrier, 17 guns, Acting-commander Swan, New Zealand. Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at Sydney, Eclipse, 4 guns, Commander Freemantle, at New Zealand. Curacoa, 23 guns, Commodore Sir William Wiseman, at New…

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The New Zealand War. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Mangonui, November 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 9

AMONGST all the subjects which I have been able to impart to you since the New Zealand war commenced, I have felt that the one in which I had least to say was perhaps the most…

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America. News From the Seat of War to October 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1864 · page 8

BY the Electra, Captain Bishop, we have Californian papers to the 22nd of October, and telegraphic news from New York and Washington to the 21st. The Evening Bulletin of the 17th says: — Rebel…

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Latest From America. News From the Seat of War to October 21

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 12

BY the Electra, Captain Bishop, we have Californian papers to the 22nd of October, and telegraphic news from New York and Washington to the 21st. Advertising to the fall military campaign, the A'ta…

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The War in America From a Canadian Point of View. (From the Times' Own Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1864 · page 2

MONTRRAL, September 26.—There are some phases of the war in America that can be observed to better advantage in the cities of Canada than in New York or Washington. The Southerners from the border and…

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Explosion of Two Powder Mills-several Persons Killed and Wounded

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 December 1864 · page 3

At a quarter to seven on Saturday morning, the two powder mills ef Messrs. Hall and Sons, at Low wood, Belvedere, exploded with considerable loss of life and immense damage to property within a…

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