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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

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Arrival of German Men-of-war

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 649

Two representatives of the Imperial German Navy made their appearance in Port Jackson on Tuesday. One is the flagship of Admiral Valois, the Leipzig, and has not before been here. The other…

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Welsh Coal for German War Vessels

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 29

The German naval authorities have given an order for Welsh coal of the best quality to the…

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A Tilt in Court. Verbal War. ORANGE

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 5

During the hearing of an assault case at the police court yesterday a passage-at-arms occurred between the P.M. and Mr. Isaacs, the prosecuting solicitor. Mr…

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Foundering of an Austrian Man-of-war. London, Sept. 17

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 637

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

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Terrible Calamity. Man-of-war Sunk. Five Hundred Men Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 4

LONDON, September 19.— it is announced the the Turkish ironclad man-of-war ship Ertogroul has foundered in Japanese waters, and that 500 of the men on board…

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Shipping' Strike. This Morning. The Present Outlook. A Cheerless Prospect. Cases in Court. Prisoners Sentenced. Rioters and the Union. Men-of-War and the Strike

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 5

AFTER the rowing and goings on of yesterday there is a remarkable quietude this morning. Fearing there might be further disturbances during the night detachments…

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War in the Future. The New Conditions

The Australian Star · Monday 22 September 1890 · page 3

THE chief characteristic of the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries was a series of sieges and manoeuvres. It would seem as if a similar practice will prevail in the future…

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Playing at War. British Naval Manœuvres. Five Vessels Torpedoed

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 8

THE Admiral in command of the British squadron lying in Plymouth Sound was informed, at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon (August 8), that "war " had broken out…

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The Freightage War

Evening News · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 4

LONDON, September 25.—Messrs. M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, in view of the action taken by Messrs. Tyser and Co. in reducing the freightage to Australia, propose that…

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The Election Riots in Goa. the People Tired Upon by the Soldiers. British Annexation Asked For. (By Cable.) (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 9

The election riots in the Portuguese town of Goa, on the west coast of India, have resulted most disastrously. The soldiery, incensed by the mob…

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Twenty Men Shot. Bloodshed in New York. Pinkerton Guards Use Revolvers. Outside Spectators Seriously Wounded-- Indignation' of the Regular Police Authorities

The Australian Star · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 2

A DESPATCH from Albany, August 17, states:-- The most disastrous day in the history of the New York Central closes to-night. Fifteen Pinkerton men are under the care…

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Bridge Disaster in Russia. 400 Soldiers Drowned

Evening News · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 4

ST. PETERSBURGH, September 28.—It is rumored here that during the autumn manoeuvres of Russian troops at Rovno, owing to the collapse of a bridge, 400…

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A Soldier of Sin

The Australian Star · Monday 29 September 1890 · page 5

AN ironmoulding person named Thomas Graham was charged at the Central to-day with having brutally assaulted Edith Brown, a private in the Salvation…

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A War Council

Evening News · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 6

A council of war in connection with the Salvation Army was held yesterday afternoon in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. Commissioner Coombes presided, and among those present…

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A War Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 44

A council of war in connection with the Salvation Army was held on Monday afternoon in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. Commissioner Coombes presided, and among those present…

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News By Cable. Soldiers as Stokers. Threatened Strike

Evening News · Monday 6 October 1890 · page 4

LONDON, October 4.—With reference to the mysterious dispatch of a detachment of 700 troops from Chatham to suppress a reported outbreak, the locality of which…

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The German Minister for War. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1890 · page 7

General Kaltenborn has succeeded General Verdy du Vernois as Minister for War in Germany. [A c[?] dated September 27 announoed that a…

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A Slander Case. Women at War. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 4

At the District Court, Parramatta, before his Honor Judge M'Farland, yesterday, a slander case, [?]owan and wife v. Olson and wife, was heard. The plaintiffs alleged that,…

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News by Cable. Another Attempt on the Czar. the Czar Reported Wounded

Evening News · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 4

LONDON, October 10.-It is reported in Vienna that another attempt has been made upon the life of the Czar of Russia. A dynamite shell is said to have exploded…

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Old Irish War-cries. "Erin Go-bragh."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 7

From Mr. Charles de Kay's "Irish Kings and Brehons," an illustrated article in the CENTURY, we quote as follows: "Wareries, meant originally to keep the…

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