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The wars & local soldiers, 1889

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Evictions in Ireland. Three Persons Wounded. London. January 13

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

A number of evictions have occurred near Lurgan, in the County Armagh, Ireland. The tenants offered a desperate resistance, and three persons were…

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Saturday's Cablegrams. The Small War in Sikkim. Deadlock in Parleying

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 6

LONDON, January 11.-The parleyings being carried on at Gnatong, between the British Commander there and the Thibetans, since the defeat of the latter, and their expulsion from Sikkim…

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The Sikkim War. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

The parleyings between the Thibetans and the British at Gnatong for a settlement of the Sikkim difficulty are at a deadlock. The Thibetans insist that their…

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The Civil War in Samoa. Examination of the United States Consul. Decided Action by the European Powers Suggested. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. Sewell, United States Consul at Samoa, has been examined at a secret sitting of the Foreign Relations Committee at Washington. He stated that unless it…

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The Little War in Thibet. Chinese Mediation Rejected. London, January 14

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 5

The Thibetan authorities have repudiated the overtures of the Chinese Government to mediate between the British and the Thibetans in the settlement of the…

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A French Duel. the Duellists Wounded. London, January 15

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

M. Henri Rochefort, the well-known French politician and journalist, and editor of L'INTRANSIGEANT, has fought a duel with M. Agary, a Communist, whom…

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Melbourne Capitalists at War

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 6

The attitude which shareholders in the Royal Standard Investment Company recently took in regard to the action of the directors in purchasing, properties in which they were interested…

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The Soudan War. Wady Halfa Threatened by Dervishes. London, January 14

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

Reports from Suakim state that a number of deivishes, with a strong force of followers, are at Dongola, and intend marching upon and attacking Wady…

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The War in the Soudan. Wady Halfa Menaced. London, January 14

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

News from Suakim is to hand to the effect that a large force of dervishes has invested Wady Haifa, and is menacing the garrison…

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The Irish Question. Soldiers Assisting Evictions. Archbishop Croke Speaks. the Inquiry Commission. Tyndall and Gladstone. Dillon's Australian Visit. the Invincibles

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 15.-Archbishop Crote, of Cashel, has stated in a letter in reference to the employment of soldiers to assist the police and bailiffs at evictions in Ireland, and the recent…

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Evictions in Ireland. Three Persons Wounded

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 16

London, January 13.-A number of evictions have occurred near Lurgan, in the County Armagh, Ireland. The tenants offered a desperate resis-tance, and three persons were wounded by the…

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The War at Suakim

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 11

LONDON, January 9.—Colonel Kitchener, R.E., who is in charge of the garrison at Suakim, has intimated to the native tribes that it is no part of the policy of England to impose taxation upon…

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The Political Situation. Preparing for War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 3

OUR well-meaning friends, the Protectionists of Parramatta and Central Cumberland, have evidently become alarmed at the extraordinary turn the political situation has taken within the…

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TELEGRAPHIC. The Civil War in Samoa. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 118

A section of the German press urges the annexation of Samoa by Germany, asserting that American interests are not large enough to justify any dispute with…

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Effects of Mesmerism. Hypnotism and Crime. Remarkable Experiments Made by a French Scientist. An Important Problem in medical Jurisprudence—Tests Applied to a French Lady and a Soldier—Result of the Experiments

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 2

According to the London St. James' Gazette M. Jules Liegeois, Professor of the Faculty of Law at Nancy, has lately made some remarkable experiments connected…

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The Cival War in Samoa

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 20.—News has reached San Francisco to the effect that the German men-of-war at Samoa have burned several American flags and imprisoned American subjects. It is…

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The Burmese War. Severe Fighting. London, January 20

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

Severe fighting is reported from Burmah, The head-quarters and capital of Sawlapaw, the insurgent chief, was stormed by tho British troops and captured after a hard…

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To-day's Cablegrams. The Small War in Sikkim. China's Intervention

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 20.—China is promoting a compromise between the British and the Thibetans in reference to the sovereignty of Sikkim. The claim of the Thibetans to sovereignty over the…

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The Sikkim War. China Promoting a Compromise. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 7

In consequence of the deadlock which has arisen in the parleyings between the Thibetans and the British at Gnatong for a settlement of the…

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The Civil War in Samoa. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondents.) Desultory Fighting Still Going On. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 7

News has reached San Francisco to the effect that the German men-of-war at Samoa have burned several American flags and imprisoned American subjects. It is…

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