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The wars & local soldiers, 1889

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Will There Be War?

Evening News · Monday 3 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, June 1.-On the occasion of the betrothal of the daughter of Prince Nikita of Montenegro to the cousin of the Czar of Russia, the Czar, in toasting Prince Nikita, stated that…

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A Fearful Accident. a Squatter Seriously Wounded. Wagga Wagga, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 3 June 1889 · page 4

Thomas Mulholland, a squatter, whilst riding, with a butcher's knife in a bag thrown across the saddle, his horse shied. Mulholland's leg caught the knife, and…

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The Civil War in Hayti

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--It is stated that General Hippolite, the leader of the insurgents in the civil war at Hayti, is aspiring to the presidency of the republic…

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Hayti's Civil War. the President Routed. the Insurgents in Power. London, June 1

The Australian Star · Monday 3 June 1889 · page 5

News from Hayti shows that a decisive battle has been fought between the forces of General Legitime, the President, and those of General Hippolyte, the insurgent…

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Will There Be War?

Evening News · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, June 3.-The PanslaVist party are jubilant, believing that the Czar's speech at a banquet in St. Petersburg, in which he declared that the Prince of Montenegro was the only…

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The Burmese War. a British Commissioner Killed. London, June 3

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 4

Mr. Dyson, the British Assistant Commissioner in British Burmah, has been killed by Dacoits…

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The Terrible Disaster in America. Thousands of Persons Drowned and Burnt. the Result of Neglecting a Warning. Eight Villages Destroyed. Roughs Murdering the Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 5.8 a.m.--News from America states that the terrible floods near Pittsburg are spreading and causing unprecedented devastation over a wide extent of…

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[?]Ral, of an Old Soldier

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 5

THE [?]mains of Thomas Palmer, said to be the last survivor of the 14,000 men who fought in the battle of Corunna, were interred recently in Weston-super-Mare…

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Will There Be War

Evening News · Thursday 6 June 1889 · page 5

London, June 5.-The speech delivered by the Czar at a banquet in St. Petersburg, in which he declared that the Prince of Montenegro was the only sincere friend of Russia, has encouraged a…

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Will There Be War?

Evening News · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 5

London, June 6.-The Standard declares that Russia is plotting with Montenegro to enable the latter to absorb Servia…

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Will There be War?

Evening News · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 5

London, June 7.-The German press declare that the cordial relations between the Emperor William and the Czar are unchanged, and that there is no fear of war…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland. the Land War in Donegal. a Week of Police Ruffianism. Falcarragh in a State of Siege

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 5

Says the Dublin NATION, April 27:- The police, in retaking possession of these bouses in Falcarragh, displayed even more than their usual brutality, Among those put under…

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Will there be War?

Evening News · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 5

London, JUNE 9-The Austrian troops in Bosnia are being reinforced, and a feeling that the worst is likely to happen, and that hostilities may break out at moment, prevails in…

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A Past Redeemed. a Story of Seven Links in a Chain. 1.--A Wounded Sparrow

The Australian Star · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 2

Snow has fallen, and is about to fall. Dartmoor is covered with thin white lace-work : ere long her bridal veil will become a thick winter robe…

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Will There Be War?

Evening News · Tuesday 11 June 1889 · page 5

London, June 10.-The fact that the Archbishop Michael, before returning to Servia, visited the Czar has caused a sensation in Vienna. The Archbishop proposes that Prince Nikita of…

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Murder of a Young Soldier in the Streets

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 June 1889 · page 2

IT is not often that soldiers got into trouble in Paris, but a young corporal who had come up on leave from Chalons-sur-Marne met his death-blow recently as he was walking with…

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Will There Be War ?

Evening News · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 5

London, June 11.-Prince Nikita, of Montenegro, has ordered the army of the principality to be put on a war footing at the shortest possible period from the time of notice…

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Will There be War?

Evening News · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, June 13.-In reference to a cablegram sent to the EVENING NEWS, Sydney, on the 21st of May, which recorded the growing uneasiness on the Continent in the face of apprehensions of…

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The War Cloud in Europe. Increase in the Russian Artillery. Enormous Supplies for the Army Ordered. Poland to Be Fortified at Once. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 7

The Vossische Zeitung, a continental newspaper, states that Russia has issued orders for the supply of 4,000,000 boots for the array; and also for the immediate…

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Will There Be War?

Evening News · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 5

London, June 14.-State officials and the press in Berlin express grave distrust as to the intentions of Russia. They fear that the Czar has entered upon a new period of activity in the…

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