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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

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A Serious Duel. Madame Bernhardt's Son Wounded. London, November 7

The Australian Star · Monday 10 November 1890 · page 5

The son of Madame Sarah Bernhardt the famous actress, fought a duel yesterday with a journalist. The encounter resulted in the former being seriously wounded…

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The Next War. by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 November 1890 · page 7

The institution of compulsory military service throughout the greater part of the Continent. of Europe appears to have tended in favor of peace. Not only have we had no war for 20…

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The Fruits of War

The Australian Star · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 5

BEFORE Mr. Johnson, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, John Smith, a laborer, was charged with having stolen a case of…

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Accidents and Offences. Wreck of a Man-of-war. Great Loss of Life Execution of Birchall. a Railway Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 11

LONDON, November 13.—Intelligence has reached the Admiralty that H.M.S. Serpent struck on the rocks off Cape Bucy, on the coast of Spain, during a thick fog, and…

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The Boyne and Aghrim. or the Story of Bomb Famous Battlefields in Ireland. Chapter Xv. Capitulaton, and End of the War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 6

Notwithstanding all the advantage now gained, the English were not yet sure of Immediate success. To take the city was still a very difficult and a very dangerous…

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A Welcome Home

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 November 1890 · page 5

CAMDEN, Wednesday.--The tenants aud employes of the Camden Park Estate held a picnic on Camden Furl; to-day to formally welcome Mrs. Ousiow and family on their return…

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The Boyne and Aghrim, or the Story of Some Famous Battlefields in Ireland. Chapter Xv. (Continued). Capitulation, and End of the War

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 5

But the civil articles were far more important in their nature and range. By them it was provided, and the Roman Catholics of Ireland were to enjoy the same, toleration for…

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The Murderous Outrage at Liverpool. Some of the following items Appeared in war later editions of yesterday

Evening News · Wednesday 3 December 1890 · page 5

Frederick Barker, one of the men on remand from the previous Tuesday on a charge of maliciously wounding John Thompson, of Camden, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, was yesterday…

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Tasmania. Suicide of a Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 December 1890 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday.--A determined suicide was committed at the Permanent Force Barracks this morning. Gunner John Lang, who during breakfast appeared in his customary good…

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"P. P. C." Chapter I. Bob the Soldier

Evening News · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 7

The rain, which had been threatening all day, began with the setting of the sun—a steady downpour, which, in no time, filled the ruts and gullies, and turned the road into an amateur…

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Reported Loss of Two Men-of-war

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 December 1890 · page 4

In another paragraph it is stated that news from Corea is to the effect that two Chinese warships have been lost. The prevalence of terrible weather in the North China and Japan Seas is reported, involving the loss of two Chinese…

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Flegg Has a Fledgeling Who Wants Wild War. (To the Editor of the Referee.)

Referee · Wednesday 10 December 1890 · page 6

Sir,—Having learned through the papers that Griffo, the Champion Feather-Weight of the World, is oager for a fight, I wish to state I have an unknown who will fight (at 8st 4Ib)…

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A Great Disaster. The Wreck of a British War Vessel. Two Hundred and Forty-seven Lives lost

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 December 1890 · page 2

THE British torpedo cruiser Serpent foundered off the coast of Spain, on November 11. The Serpent was a twin-screw vessel of 1770 tons and carried six guns. She was…

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4 o'clock Edition. Island News. Arrival of the Lubeck. All Quiet at Samoa and Tonga. The Last of the Wrecked War Squadrons. Accident to the Warship Sperber

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 December 1890 · page 6

THE North-German Lloyd's steamship Lubeck arrived in harbor to-day from her round trip to Tonga and Samoa. She left Ania on December 9. and had fins weather…

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Arrival of the Lubeck. Island News. All Quiet at Samoa and Tonga. The Last of the Wrecked War Squadrons. Accident to the Warship Sperber

The Australian Star · Friday 19 December 1890 · page 6

THE North-German Lloyd's steamship Lubeck arrived in harbor to-day from her round trip to Tonga and Samoa. She left Apia on December 9, and had fine weather…

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War Game

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 December 1890 · page 9

At the United Service Institution in Sydney on Monday another of the new popular war games was played on the official Aldershot maps. The " general idea" of the game was as…

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The War Ships

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 December 1890 · page 4

H.M.S. Curacoa, attached to the Australian station, is now in New Zealand waters and will be joined next month by tho flagship Orlando and perhaps several other ships of the squadron…

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Party of Soldiers Attacked by a Tiger

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 December 1890 · page 9

A party of four men of the 7th Hussars returned to Secunderabad recently after an absence of nearly a fortnight. They were out shooting near a village some sixty miles from Kazipet station on…

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Lord Carrington. a Welcome Home by Tenantry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 December 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Lord and Lady Carrington were to-day welcomed back to their country seat at Wycombe Abbey, in Buckinghamshire, by their tenantry and the…

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The War Training of the Navy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 December 1890 · page 6

Admiral Sir G. P. Hornby, writing in the United Service Magazine, advocates a regimental system in the navy, which, he states, would facilitate training for war by the practice of approved systems of teaching, as…

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