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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

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The Sinews of War

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 September 1890 · page 5

The Labor Defence Committee have expressed themselves as highly satisfied at the manner in which subscriptions and contributions to the strike fund are flowing into their…

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The Labor War. the Policy of the Masters' Meeting

Evening News · Wednesday 3 September 1890 · page 4

UNDER the auspices of the New South Wales Employers' Union and the Steamship Owners' Association, a large, very representative, and entirely unanimous…

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Shipping Strike. This Morning's News. Shipowners' Conference. British Unionists' Assistance. Arrests for Rowdyism. At the Police Court. Several Men Fined. War in Woollboomooloo. Trouble With Non-Unionists. All Quiet in Queensland. LONDON September 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 September 1890 · page 5

The Shipowners' Union proposes to deal with the maritime labor of the whole world, to resist the demands of maritime trades unions, and to protect non-union…

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The Tote War

The Australian Star · Friday 5 September 1890 · page 6

IN the summons division of the Central Police Court to-day Willian M'Keown was charged, on information, with using his premises, 31 Parramatta-road, for totalisator…

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The Tote War

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 6

IN the summons division of the Central Police Court to-day Willian M'Keown was charged, on information, with using his promises, 31 Parramatta-road, for totalisator…

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The Southampton Strike. Serious Conflict. Charge by Soldiers

Evening News · Thursday 11 September 1890 · page 4

LONDON, September 10.—Serious disturbances, as was anticipated, have occurred at the Southampton docks. The military and police were stoned by the…

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Southampton Dock Strike. Disturbance at the Docks. Soldiers and Blue Jackets on Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 September 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Admiralty authorities have adopted precautions which will prevent the laborers and Bailors on strike at the Southampton docks from…

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Peace or War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 13

THIS week will, probably, see so far decided the issue of the great labour struggle as to whether it is to be settled by mutual concession and agreement, or whether it shall…

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Military Gossip. (By 'Citizen Soldier.')

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 9

NAVIGATING Lieutenant E. R. Connor, R.N., the subject of our illustration, was born in the Coastguard Station, Herne Bay, Kent, England, in 1846, educated at the Royal…

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Frozen Meat for the Army. the War Office Regulations

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Thomas Atelier, Agent-General for Queensland, has again written to Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking him to arrange…

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Mutiny Among German Soldiers. London, September 13

The Australian Star · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 5

A mutinous feeling has been displayed by the soldiers in garrison at Oldenburg, North-west Germany, and 16 Socialists in their ranks have been imprisoned…

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Mutiny of German Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 September 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night. -- Sixteen Socialist soldiers in the garrison at Oldenburg, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, in North-west Germany, have…

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War to the Knife

Evening News · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 4

Last week the action of toe Employers' Conference, in adjourning without affording an opportunity for the men to negotiate, pat capital in the wrong before…

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War to the Knife. the Master Carriers. the North Shore Ferries

Evening News · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 6

It was stated in yesterday's NEWS that it was probable the shearers, carriers, and rouseabouts would be called out by the Labor Congress, and this has already been done. The leaders of the…

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The Great Maritime Strike. the Calling Out of Affiliated Unions. Why It Is to Be Done. About the "Sinews of War." the Call on the Shearers. Debates in Australian Parliaments. Another Unionist Appeal for a Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. John Burns has announced that the British trades-unionists will cordially welcome Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald the labor delegate dispatched from Sydney…

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Man-of-War Foundered. Seventy-three Lives Lost

Evening News · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 4

LONDON, September 17.— The Austrian man-of-war Taurus has foundered in the Euxine. Seventy-three of those on board were drowned…

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Foundering of an Austrian Man-of-war. Seventy-three Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 5

The Austrian man-of-war Taurus has foundered in the Euxine. Seventy-three of those on board were drowned. The Taurus is an iron paddle steamer, built at…

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The Dogs of War

The Australian Star · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 3

" LET loose the dogs of war" will presently have a very literal significance. In the French army dogs are being trained to act in time of war as scouts, messengers and…

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The Man-of-war Taurus

Evening News · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 4

LONDON, September 18.— The reported foundering of the Austrian, wan-of-war Taurus in the Euxine, with great loss of life, proves to have been without…

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The Austrian Man-of-war Taurus. London, Sept. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 5

The reported foundering of the Austrian man-of-war Taurus in the Euxine, with loss of life, proves to have been without foundation. The vessel is safely anchored…

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