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The wars & local soldiers, 1887

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Austrian War Preparations

Evening News · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 19.- At a special council of the Austrian an dHungarian Ministers, held yesterday, it was decided to devote a sum of 20,000,000florins for hutting troops in Galicia…

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Austrian War Preparations. London

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 5

At a special Council of the Australia and Hungarian Ministers held yesterday, it was decided to devote a sum of 20,000,000 florins for hutting troops in Galicia. It…

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A Council of War. Outlay of Twenty Million Florins

Evening News · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 19.-The Vienna Council of War has decided to outlay 20,000,000 florins in the equipment of Landwehr reserves and the erection of huts. The Galacian delegates were…

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The Late Unemployed Riot. Funeral of the Victim. Intense Public Interest. a Holy War Advocated. London

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 5

The funeral of Linnel, who died from injuries inflicted by the police in the recent unemployed riots in Trafalgar[?]quare, took place yesterday. Sir…

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Startling Rumors. the Czar Wounded

Evening News · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 20.-Yague reports are floating about, to the effect that an attempt on the life of the Czar had been made, with the result that he has been wounded…

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More War Material

Evening News · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 20.-It is reported that the Bulgarian Sobranje have asked a vote of credit for the purpose of purchasing 100,000 repeating rifles…

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A Council of War

Evening News · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 5

VIENNA, December 19.-At a special council of the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers, held yesterday, it was decided to devote a sum of 20,000,000 florins for hatting troops in Galicia…

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The Curse of Protection. A. Civil War, Predicted

Evening News · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 20.-Lord Salisbury, speaking at Derby, said as regards the introduction of a protective policy for England, if such a step were taken civil war would be the result. He…

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The Situation in Europe. the Prospect Op War Austrian Preparations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 5

VIENNA, Monday.--At a special Council of the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers held yesterday, it was decided to devote a sum of 20,000,000 florins for butting troops…

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The Czar not Wounded

Evening News · Thursday 22 December 1887 · page 5

LONDON, December 21.-The reported attempt on the life of the Czar has been officially denied…

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Rumours of War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 5

Sir,—In this, the tail end of the nineteenth,century of the Christian era, I would ask, are we in danger of a general European war? One feels that no apology is necessary to put such a question to one of the most respectable of the…

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The Situation in Europe. a Time of Grave Anxiety. Further Advance of Russian Troops. an Outbreak of War Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 5

BERLIN, Wednesday.--Prince William, eldest son of the Crown Prince of Germeny, in presenting Christmas presents to the Hussar regiment of which he is Colonel,…

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The European Situation. Advance of Russians on the Galician Frontier. Fears of War Increasing. Reinforcements in the Turkish Army. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 7

The Paris Temps states that the movements of Russian troops in Poland have ended. The Sultan of Turkey has postponed the…

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The French War Office Scandals. London, Dec. 13

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 1319

The Judges of the French Supreme Court have dismissed the case Against M. Wilson, who was implicated in the alleged corruption at the War Office, on the ground that no legal…

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The European Situation. War Threatening. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 1319

The Journal de St. Petersbourg to-day publishes an article dealing with the frontier scare. The writer, while endorsing the views of the Invalide Russe, that Russia is justified in…

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An American Soldier. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL P. H. SHERIDAN

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 28

Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan, the commander of the[?]army of the United States, has passed his 56th year. Yet no one who sees him in his office attending to the dull routine, in his…

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Fatal Tunnel Accident. Killed and Wounded

Evening News · Monday 26 December 1887 · page 5

CAIRNS.-In. No. 7 tunnel on Friday evening a fall of earth took place. Three men were struck -one named Robert Hall being killed, and two severely injured. The fall was not very large,…

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War Preparations

Evening News · Monday 26 December 1887 · page 5

Bucharest, December 24.-The Roumanian Chamber of Deputies, to-day, voted a sum of 16,000,000 francs for the purpose of building and strengthening the forts, and increasing the…

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Gillies' War Fever

The Australian Star · Monday 26 December 1887 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--In anticipation of threatening European trouble, the Premier asks the other Government consenting to Australian defences to act and…

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War Hap and Mishap

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 December 1887 · page 6

ON Saturday night a young Chinaman named appropriately "War Hap," aged 23, of Croydon Park, Rosedale, was bought to the Prince Alfred Hospital by…

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