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The wars & local soldiers, 1891

643 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 33

The Shearing Difficulty. Tub Clermont Rioters Found Guilty. Proposed Board of Conciliation. the Attempt to Poison a Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Mr. Macfariane, P.M., started from Charieville for Adavale yesterday, where be will try the prisoners charged with arson. It appears that there is no magistrate…

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The Attempt to Poison a Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In connection with the attempt to poison Private O'Callaghan, of the Gympie Infantry, the Colonial Secretary has received word from Camp-Surgeon Garde that…

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The Pathos of War

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 7

"There, on the left!" said the colonel; the battle had shuddered and faded away, Wraith of a fiery enchantment that left only ashes and blood- sprinkled clay --…

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Latest News From the Seat of War. Brisbane, Friday morning

The Australian Workman · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 3

BURGESS, the A.S.U.'s delegate, who came to Queensland as missionary with the last batch of blacklegs, returned yesterday to Brisbane. Ho reports that our Western men are firm, and…

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Anti-ministerial War. Bowman's Stormy Meeting. Free Fights and Hen Eggs. WINDSOR

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 6

Mr. Alex. Bowman, M.L.A., essayed to address a meeting of the electors, Pitt Town, last night, Mr. Joseph Hobbs in the chair. There was a large crowd and…

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Death of Von Moltke. the Great Soldier and Stratagist

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 7

A GREAT sensation and a greater sorrow were caused ia Berlin on April 26 by an announcement that the veteran soldier and statesman, Field-Marshal Count Von Moltke, had expired suddenly…

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A Shearing Difficulty Incident. Dastardly Attempt at Poisoning a Soldier

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 6

THE following sensational story is called from a metropolitan contemporary :— On Wednesday afternoon Joseph O’Callaghan, a member of the Gympie Mounted Rifles, was…

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Shearing War. Cabinet Conclusions. Rioting Trials. Banging a Juror. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Monday 4 May 1891 · page 5

A rumor was circulated yesterday that Sir Samuel Griffith and Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith disagreed' as to the means to be adopted for suppressing…

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The Country. the Outrage by Blacks. Condition of the Wounded Men

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1891 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--The aboriginals who speared and robbed the settler Savien Mursczkavitz at Dora Dora have so far evaded arrest. There are now about a dozen troopers, together…

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Shearing War. Conspiracy Cases. Alleged-Intimidation. Meeting of Pastoralists. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 May 1891 · page 6

An official telegram from Adavale to the Colonial Secretary states that eight unionists are travelling down the Bulloo forcing out all the hands on the stations,…

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Rioters Shot Down. Battle with Strikers. Seven Killed and Many Wounded. Thousands of Armed and Desperate Men -- All the Dead Men were Foreigners Attempt to Wreck a Coke Factory

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 May 1891 · page 8

A DESPATCH from Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, April 2, states : -- Ominous signs of the gathering of a storm in the coke region have been observed for some time, and at 2…

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The Civil War in Chill. the Torpedo Fight. Disaster to a War Vessel. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1891 · page 5

Further details from Chili bIiow that, when the ironolad Blanco Encalada was attacked with torpedoes she was in process of being repaired, being thus helpleos and…

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The Cutter Welcome Home

Evening News · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 5

The cutter Welcome Home, Captain J. B. Munns, returned to port last evening, being unable to make Lord Howe Island, whither she was bound. The Welcome Home, of 14 tons, left…

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The Welcome Home in Heavy Weather. Narrow Escape From Foundering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 6

An idea of the severity of the weather between this port, and Lord Howe Island of late is afforded by the report of Captain J.B. Manns, of the cutter Welcome Home. This…

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The Welcome Home Returns to Port After a Perilous Voyage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

Last evening Captain J. B. Munns reached Sydney in the cutter Welcome Home, and reported having put back while on a voyage from Sydney to Lord Howe Island. The Welcome Home, of 14 tons, left this port on April 13. She carried…

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Anxious for War. Trouble in Bechunaland. London, May 7

The Australian Star · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

The PALL MALL GAZETTE declares that the movement of the British troops towards Bechunaland, in South Africa, is an indication that Great Britain is anxious for war…

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Shearing War. Unionists Waiting Appeal to Parliament. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 6

The unionist policy in the central district now appears to be to wait until Parliament meets, when they believe Parliament will compel the Government to withdraw the troops…

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The Civil War in Chili. Seizure of a Rebel Steamer by the United States. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 5

The United States authorities have made a seizure at San Diego, in California, of the steamer Etata, belonging to the rebel party in Chili, which was loading arms at…

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War Pigeons

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 19

The following are the regulations as to training and flying in connection with the messenger war pigeons in Italy. The posts of Digdegha, the wells of Tata, as well as the detachments sent out…

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A Selector Speared by Blacks. the Wounded Man in Albury

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 10

WE learn from Albury that the aboriginals who speared and robbed the settler Savien Mursez kavitz, at Dora Dora have so for evaded arrest. There are now about a dozen troopes, together…

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