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The wars & local soldiers, 1889

448 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 23

Will There be War?

Evening News · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, April 11.-The European situation is again serious, and uneasiness prevails. The formation of a strong anti-Russian Cabinet in Roumania has been quickly followed by…

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The Milk Supply of Sydney. the Companies and the Dairymen. a War of Extermination

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 9

As a mild and comforting article of diet, one of the very few articles of diet that nobody has quite successfully imitated, and that, as far as we are aware, has never been entirely superseded…

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Will there be War?

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, April 14.-Russia has decided to rein force her military forces on the German frontier by the addition of 10,000 men. The determination of Russia, as announced in the…

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Will There Be War?

Evening News · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, April 16.-During the course of his Budget speech in the House of Commons last night Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, made reference to the really grave state of…

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Threatened War in Roumania. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 7

A Russophile journal in Roumania asserts that war will be declared against King Charles…

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The War Vessels at Samoa. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 5

Sir,—I am exceedingly sorry that your correspondent, "Captain F. H. Trouton" (for the last 20 years a fresh-water sailor), should have wasted so much paper and tired his writing hand by discounting, at so terrible…

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The Increase of the Navy. Seventy New War Ships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 8

The Government scheme for the extension of the navy was laid before the House of Comnionson March 7 by Lord George Hamilton, the attendance on the occasion being very much larger than that which is gonnrnlly accorded…

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The Straight War

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 2

Housewife: "That servant of ours is a merry girl. There she is out in the kitchen singing 'I want to be an angel' as hard as she can sing."…

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Holy Water and Holy War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 4

In our recent description of the blessing of the corner stone of a Church, as set forth in the Roman Pontifical, and acted by Cardinal Moran, we shewed the…

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A Disturbance on Board Ship. a Chief Officer Severely Wounded --The Revolver Used. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A serious disturbance occurred on board the ship Lady Ruthven last night. It appears that several of the crow wanted to go ashore and applied for permission…

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Easter Manœuvres. Saturday Night. How We Do It on Sunday. Visitors and the Visited. a Soldier's Fall. Whisky--the Tide Dead Out. National Park, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 5

" I 'spose you recollect that I explained my genrile views in the last billet that I writ," or, if I didn't, I tried to; and it would be a pity to go back on…

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She Would Be a Soldier. a New Zealand Girl Attempts to Enlist

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 7

At Marlborough-street, on March 6, a prisoner, wearing a black coat and vast and fashicnably-cut trousers, a deer-stalker hat, and a white scarf, was placed…

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A Peaceful Lecture on War

Evening News · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 3

The lecture to be given by Mr. Wm. Jones on his "Personal Experiences in War Time" this evening, in Pitt-street Church, over which Sir Henry Parkes is to preside, should have…

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Easter Man[?]euvres. What We Are. a Brilliant Charge. the Wounded. National Park, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 5

IT is getting time to turn a dea[?] to the solicitations of the enemy and have a glance at what this camp really is. Firstly, it seems admirably laid out,…

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Peace or War? the Question of International Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 6

The Pitt street Congregational Church was well filled last night when Mr. William Jones, formerly hon. Commissioner of the War Victims Fund during the Franco-Gorman War of 1870,…

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War Time

Evening News · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 8

A very instructive and interesting lecture, entitled "Personal Experiences in War Time," was delivered in the Pitt-street Congregational Church, on Wednesday night, by Mr. William…

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War in West Africa

Evening News · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, April 25.-The British expedition from Sulymah, on the West Coast of Africa, which proceeded up the Sulymah River for the relief of Jeormah, and attacked by unfriendly…

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Holiday Soldiers

Evening News · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 3

The Easter Encampment at the National Park this year has been one of the pleasantest yet held. In spite of threatening clouds the rain kept off, and the weather has been delightful. The camp…

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An Imprisoned Priest's Release. Father Kennedy's Welcome Home

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 6

On Thursday morning (says the Dublin NATION, March 9) Rev. Father Kennedy was released from Cork County Gaol after undergoing three months' imprisonment for taking part in meetings of…

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This War Week

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 13

As a military nation we are decidedly getting on. That is not, we are aware, the kind of national growth that finds most favour with the party who most affect here the title of…

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