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The wars & local soldiers, 1894

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The War in Brazil. a Masonic Appeal

Evening News · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 4

LONDON, April 5. Admiral da Gama, the Brazilian insurgent leader, will, together with his officers, be landed in Portuguese territory…

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The Civil War in Brazil. London, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

Admiral di Gama, the insurgent leader in the Brazilian rebellion, will, together with his officers, be landed in Portuguese territory…

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The Civil War in Samoa. Cessation of Hostilities

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--News from Samoa by the Government steamer Upolu, two days later than that by the mail steamer Alameda, shows that nothing of importance has since…

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The War in Samoa. Overtures for Peace. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

Later news from Samoa states that overtures for peace have been made by the Government at the request of the consuls, but they will only be accepted by the rebels conditionally on their being…

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Tug-of-war

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 5

Owing to the illness of one of the competitors the tug-of-war referred to in our issue of yesterday between two picked teams from the Borough of Paddington did not…

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The Matab[?]lm War

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 9

Stories of inhumanity on the part of the British South Africa Co.'s troops towards the Matabele are beginning to crop. Late advices show that several wounded prisoners…

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The Civil War in Brazil. London, April 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 690

President Peixoto's troops have occupied Starrare, on the frontier of the province of Sao Paulo…

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A Survivor of Waterloo. Pilgrimage to the War Office

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 7

There is now in Northampton (says an English paper), on his way to London from Mexborough, near Rotherham, an old Army pensioner named John Stacey,…

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The War in Samoa. Interview with Miss Ide. Peace Proclaimed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 9

Miss Ide, the daughter of the Chief Justice of Samoa, who arrived here by the s s. Alameda, was interviewed by a representative of this journal last evening in regard to the war in Samoa, an article…

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Civil War in Samoa. Renewal of Hostilities. The Outlook Critical. Auckland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 718

News has reached here by the R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived from San Francisco to-day, of another outbreak of civil war in Samoa. Writing on 2nd March, the correspondent at Apia of the…

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Cable Messages. Matabeleland. the Last of the Indunas. the War Completely Over

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 12

LONDON, March 31.—News from South Africa states that the Matabele rising has now been entirely quelled. Gambo, the last induna, or chief, who continued to hold…

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The War in Brazil. Insurgents on Board Portuguese Warships. London, April 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 9

Owing to the insanitary condition of the Portuguese warships, the Government of the Argentine Republic insists that the Brazilian insurgents who have taken…

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Buried Treasure. Sensational Confession of a Soldier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 19

A LONDON cable reports:— A soldier, who engaged with the British troops on the occasion of the surrender of King Thebaw, at Mandalay, Upper Burmah, in 1885, has confessed that he, at that…

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The War in Samoa. Miss Ide's Idea

Truth · Sunday 8 April 1894 · page 5

Miss Ide, the daughter of the Chief Justice of Samoa, has arrived in Sydney, by the s.s. Alameda, the same vessel, by the way, that brought over a quantity of smuggled…

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Citizen Soldiers

Truth · Sunday 8 April 1894 · page 4

THE attitude of the military at Darlington, , South Carolina (N.S.A.), is an object-lesson to all autocrats who worship law-n-ordet as a fetish, and would put down ail papular…

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The Civil War in Brazil. Insurgents in the South. London, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1894 · page 5

Intelligence has been recoived from Rio de Janeiro to the effect that the rebel squadron has forced an entrance into Rio Grande harbour, in the province of Rio…

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Italy's Financial Trouble. War Expenditure to Be Lessened. the Kaiser Promises Peace

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 4

LONDON, April 9. During the meeting of the German Emperor and the King of Italy at Venice the Emperor William made an important statement as affecting the peace of…

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Shooting Affray Near Bathurst. a Farmer Seriously Wounded--his Dying Depositions Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 5

BATHURST, Tuesday.--A serious shooing affray occurred to-day on the Vale-road, four miles out of town, when a fanner named George Mills Kable was shot by an…

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Bathurst Shooting Case. Full Particulars. Statement of the Wounded Man. A Case of Alleged Trespass-- An Alleged Accident. BATHURST

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 5

The shooting affray which occurred yesterday caused considerable excitement. From later particulars it is learned that Mr. G. M. Ruble was proceeding with his…

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Shooting at Bathurst a Farmer Fired Upon. And Seriously Wounded. The Injured Man Not Executed to Recover-- The Supposed Culprit. BATHURST

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 6

A man named George M. Kable was driving into town today with exhibits for the Agricultural Show, when he was shot, it is alleged, by a man named Brady, who lives…

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