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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

341 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 18

Russia and Turkey. the Payment of the War Indemnity

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 June 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Russia threatens ulterior measures unless the Turkish Government promptly pay up the balance of the war indemnity owing from the recent…

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The Cadets Review. Among the Boy Soldiers

The Australian Star · Monday 23 June 1890 · page 6

THIS afternoon Major-General Richardson reviewed the cadet army. About 600 members of the school force put in their appearance, and Mr. Carruthers, Minister…

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The Wagga Wagga Libel Action. The Editor and the Volunteer. Mr. J. P. Abbott in Effigy as a Soldier

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 6

THE case of Coleman v. Hawkins, in which the plaintiff, a solicitor, of Wagga Wagga, and captain of the Murrumbidgee Light Horse, sues Samuel Hawkins, the proprietor…

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Secularists and Anarchists. a Man Dangerously Wounded at a Melbourne Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A shooting accident which will probably terminate fatally occurred in the Secutaris to-ball to-night. It seems that several adherents of Joseph Symes…

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War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1890 · page 1416

Count von Moltke has again been talking to his countrymen about the dangers of war. He is a vise man and always worth listening to, but at the same time, as he always has an object to serve, his…

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Collision in the Channel. Sinking of a Dutch Troopship. Seven Soldiers Drowned. a Million Sterling Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1890 · page 5

A disastrous collision has taken place in the English Channel between the Dutch troopship Prinz Frederick, bound for Java, and the steamer Marpossia. The Prinz…

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Texas Bandits. a Desperate Gang. They Rout U.S. Troops. Seven Dead and 20 Wounded. LONDON, July 2

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 6

Reports from America state that a severe conflict has taken place in "Texas. A band of well-armed bandits have for some time past been scouring the country…

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Sydney Labor Delegates. Away Down South. Enlisting Fraternal Sympathy. The Wharf Laborers' Dispute--How They Prepared for a Strike-- Trips to South Australia Tasmania, and Victoria --Melbourne Trades Unionism

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 2

"Are you perfectly satisfied with the result of your mission ?" asked your representative of Messrs. A. J. Kelly and James Sullivan, delegates from the Sydney…

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News by Cable. The Grea Labor Movement the Gasmens Strike. a Town in Darkness. Mob Dispersed by Soldiers. London Telegraphists. Protest Against Overwork. Strike in Dublin

Evening News · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 4

London, July 3.—The gas stokers at Leeds are still on strike. In consequence of the supply of gas being exhausted, the town is in darkness, and the greatest…

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The Land War. Another Victory for the Plan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 5

A correspondent of the Dublin FREEMAN, May 24) says:—"The dispute on the Modeshill (campaigned) estate has been settled. In the autumn of '87 the tenants demanded an…

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A Debate on Detectives. Traill on the War Path

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 10

MR. Traill moved the adjournment of the House on Wednesday to discuss the conduct of the Post-office authorities in having employed detectives to discover the official who had written…

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War Office Reforms

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, July 5.—The War Office authorities are appointing a council of advice to assist the political heads of the department in their administration, and also a board…

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The Imperial War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Imperial War Office is about to appoint an Advisory Council and a Promotion Board…

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War office Reforms

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, July 5.—The War Office authori­ties are appointing a council of advice to assist the political heads of the department in their administration, and also a board…

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Cable Ship in War-time

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1890 · page 9

The Heela is to be refitted as a cable ship and to be supplied with tanks which would hold 2000 miles of cable. As a torpedo depot ship she has done useful service; but she was built as a passenger and cargo steamer, and she is…

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The Military Revolt. a War Office Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--An inquiry has been instituted by the War Office into the cause of the recent insubordination among the second battalion of Grenadier Guards. This…

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A Soldier in Trouble

Evening News · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

In the Water Police Court, before Mr. Lee, yesterday, George Lawton, described as 20 years of age and a "soldier" (really one of our artillery­men), was charged with unlawfully assaulting…

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War Scenes in Tipperary Standing Up for Free Speech—bayonet, Baton, Brutality, and Bloodshed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 5

Of all the outrageous things done by Mr. Balfour in Ireland (says UNITED IRELAND, May 31) the "suppression" of the public meeting in Tipperary last Sunday was the worst. In the…

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War Scare in Melbourne. Preparing for Invasion. a Warship Ordered to the Heads. Immense. Excitement--Men Taken from their Beds--Torpedo Boats in Readiness. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 6

An extraordinary war scare, due, it is reported, to the breakage of she cables at 9 o'clock yesternight, is prevalent hero. Instructions have been received…

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War's Alarms. Return of the Cerberus. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 6

The ironclad turret ship Cerberus and the gunboat Victoria, which proceeded to the Heads when telegraphic communication with Europe became interrupted, will…

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