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The wars & local soldiers, 1891

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Sandy Ross Wants War. (To the Editor of the Referee.)

Referee · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 6

Mr. Smiler,-I wish you would do me a kind favor by inserting this in your valuable paper, the REFEREE:-I want to go up to Broken Hill and fight either of the Murphys-Jimmy…

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Donohue to Molloy. It Should Lead to War. (To the Boxing Editor or the Referee)

Referee · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 6

Sir,-I see in the last issue of your SUNDAY TIMES and REFEREE that Jack Molloy is very much in want of a job, and as Jack Donohue is getting blue mouldy for a thrashing, Mr…

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Donohue to Molloy. It Should Lend to War. (To the Boxing Editor Of the Referee)

Referee · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 6

Sir,—I see in the last issue of your SUNDAY TIMES and REFEREE that Jack Molloy is very much in want of a job, and as Jack Donohue is getting blue mouldy for a thrashing, Mr…

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Wrkck of an American Man-of-war. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 7

The Gelena, an American man-of-war, has been wrecked off the coast of Hampshire. The United States warship Galena was a wooden…

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The Welcome Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 6

The Welcome Home, Captain Wathe, reports left Sydney February 19, and had a good run of seven days. Loaded produce and sailed on the 9th for Sydney. A gale from the eastward was experienced on leaving for 36 hours, when…

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The Shearing Struggle. the Dogs of War. Beginning of the Reign of Terror. Will There be an Insurrection. BRISBANE, day

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

News from Clermont shows matters are becoming serious. The pastoralists having been unable to obtain labor to shear at Peak Downs Station, they decided to bring…

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Some Bits of Modern Irish History. a War Correspondent's Reminiscences

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 6

The doyen of war correspondents, Mr W. H. Russell, of the TIMES, is among the autobiographers. His reminiscences are shortly to be published in the orthodox form. In the…

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Foreign. Refractory British Soldiers. Riotous Scenes the Exiled Grenadier Guards to the Rescue

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 7

Intelligence from Bermuda received via Halifax on Feb. 5 states that the military authorities have definitely announced that the Leicester Regiment has been ordered to Halifax to…

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A Salvation Lass. a Week's Experiences. An Inside View of the Army. The Lass at Home. The Penitent Form--Training of a Cadet-- Donning the Bonnet-- Selling "War Crys"--A Base Deserter

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 8

IT is a truism that "one-half of the world does not know how the other half lives." Since that phrase was coined the "search light" of the special article has been thrown…

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An Old Soldier. The Sun Made Him Steal

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 5

A FIERY-FACED individual named Thomas O'Connor, who claimed to be one of the glorious warriors who had spent their life's blood in defence of their…

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A Coming Republic. the Portuguese Outbreak. Sentences on the Soldiers. Hoisting the Red Flag. Republicanism in the Army--A Premature Rising -- 24,000 Shots. Fired--The Killed and Wounded. LONDON, March 24

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 5

In connection with tho recent insurrection at Oporto, Portugal, 160 of the military revolutionists have been sentenced to imprisonment and deported…

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The Shearing War. Arrest of the Leaders. Refuge in West Australia. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 5

A telegram from Clermont received states what is believed will be the beginning of the end, viz., that 14 unionists were arrested yesterday, including Griffin, the…

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The Civil War in Chili. the Fighting in Valparaiso. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 7

Horrible details are to hand of the fighting in Valparaiso between the insurgents and the adherents of President Balma[?]da. Two hundred insurgents tied together were…

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The Shearing War. Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith in Command. Cabinet on the. Situation. A Wave of Warrants. The Crisis Coming. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 6

Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith presided at a special meeting of the Cabinet this morning to discuss the strike situation. The decision of the Cabinet has not been made public,…

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The Industrial War in Queensland. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 5

Sir,—As one of the general public who sympathises with both sides in this deplorable and suicidal warfare between those whose solo aim ought to be peace and unity, I should like to appeal to the patriotic and…

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The Shearing War. Programme of Arrests. A Territory in Arms. Terrific Struggle Predicted. BARCALDINE

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 6

The strike leaders Ryan, Bennett, Fother-well, and Blackwell were arrested in the district council offices this morning. The troops kept the streets clear while the police…

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The Shearing War. Gatling Guns Again. The Locked-up Leaders. There is No Bail. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 5

The documents seized by the police on the Unionists arrested at Clermont are of an alarming character, for they caused the Government to take immediate steps…

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The Shearing War. Bain. on the Troubled Territory. The Plan of Campaign. Sensational Disclosures. day morning

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 5

Shortly after 9 to-night Isaac Fry, unionist leader, Was arrested at a private meeting of prominent unionists, including Hamilton, Ford, and Gregory. Mr. W…

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The Shearing War. Meeting at Wagga Wagga. Sympathetic Resolutions. Storm and Quietude. The Reign of Rain. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 6

A public meeting was held at the Protestant Hall lust night to hear the Queensland shearers delegates' version of the reasons for the existing state of affairs…

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The Hon. Lewis Wing-field. Artist and Litterateur. The Franco-German War. His First Novel--Study of Archaeology--Playwriting and Stage Management--The Tower Armory--About Costumes

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 5

It has often been urged against as a people that we are inclined to publicly recognise and make much of visitors who shine in the branches of sport and manly exercise…

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