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The wars & local soldiers, 1893

628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 32

Soldiers for India. Twenty-five Thousand Required

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- General Lord Roberts, who recently resigned, the command of the British forces in India, has stated that 25,000 additional soldiers are…

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Daring Bank Robbery. by Six Armed Men. a Kansas Bank Stuck Up. The Cashier Compelled to Assist--He Carried £20,000 to the Robbers' Buggy--A Newspaper Office Attacked--Two Persons Killed and One Wounded. LONDON, June 6

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 5

Telegrams from New York give particulars of a most daring bank robbery which has taken place at Deutonville, Kansas. Six armed men took possession of…

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War in Dahomey. London, June 7

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 5

Despatches from Dahomey report that the country is still in a very unsettled condition, and that the Dahomeyans have recommenced a guerilla warfare against the…

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The Dahomey War. London, June 8

The Australian Star · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 5

The Paris FIGARO, commenting upon the renewal of the native rising in Dahomey, says that to France Dahomey is a second Tonquin, and the best thing the…

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Colonial Soldiers. a Bushranging Display at the Tournament. Personal Congratulations of the Prince of Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--At the National Military Tournament in the Agricultural-hall, Islington, the team of New South Wales Cavalry, yesterday gave a display…

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Catholic. Mass on War-ships

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 19

WHILE the Austrian warship Saida is in Melbourne, the Rev. Isaac Moore, S. J., says Mass on board on Sundays. The request for the Mass on board was made to Archbishop Carr by Captain…

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The Soldier's Lass

Evening News · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 10

I watched the regiments go marching by, And the bands were playing gaily; I saw him go forth, perhaps to die, And I shed no tear and sighed no sigh…

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Useful Soldiers

Evening News · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 12

"Yon get along very well with your servants,. Mrs. Meier, considering that yon work them to death and pay them very small wages." My dear, the simple is reason is because I live…

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Colonial Soldiers. to Compete at the Rifle Association's Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--It has been decided that the teams of New South Wales Cavalry and of Victoria Horse Artillery shall remain in England…

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Frozen Meat. a War Office Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- Major Stockpool, of the War Office, giving evidence before the House of Lords committee on the advisableness of branding colonial produce, said…

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A Bank Stuck Up at Cargo. the Manager Severely Wounded. the Robbers Escape with £1000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 5

ORANGE, Sunday. -- Mounted Trooper Lord arrived here at daybreak from Cargo, 25 miles away, with information to the effect that the Australian Joint Stock Bank at…

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A Labor War. Fatal Conflict at Chicago. London, June 11

The Australian Star · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 5

A serious encounter has occurred between a number of strikers at Chicago and the negro workers who were put on to fill the places of the white men at some drainage…

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Our Soldiers Abroad. Impressions of Jeames

The Australian Star · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 3

The EVENING NEWS AND POST gives an amusing account of the reception accorded the New South Wales Cavalry at Hounslow, where they were sent on arrival last…

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The A.J.S. Bank Stuck Up at Cargo. The Manager Severely Wounded. the Robbers Escape with £1000

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 2

FROM Orange it was reported on Sunday that the Australian Joint Stock Bunk at Cargo, 25 miles from Orange, bad been broken into at 3 o’clock that morning. The manager was…

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Colonial Soldiers. an Escort at the Royal Marriage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--It has been arranged that, the teams of New South Wales Cavalry and of Victoria Horse Artillery shall take part in the military…

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News from Samoa. a War Impending

Evening News · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday.—The R.M.S. Monowai, which arrived here yesterday afternoon, brought news from Samoa to the effect that a serious native war is impending. The report states that…

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News From Samoa. War Regarded As Inevitable. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

News from Samoa by the R.M.S. Monowai states that war is regarded as inevitable. The Government party have emphatically declined to e[?]ter into any negotiations with the rebel leader for a…

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Miners' Troubles Abroad. Forcible Evictions. Sabred by Soldiers

Evening News · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, June 14.—An extensive strike of miners having taken place at the mines of the Robey Indiana Company, Indiana, U.S.A., 3000 miners were evicted from their…

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Australian Soldiers

Evening News · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, June 14.—Viscount Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, inspected the New South Wales Cavalry and Vic-torian Artillery teams in Dublin to-day,…

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