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The wars & local soldiers, 1899

2,742 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 138

The Transvaal. Anti-boer Conspiracy. Enlisting Men for Service. Excitement at Johannesburg Seven Englishmen Arrested

Evening News · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 6

LONDON, May 17.—Seven Englishmen and one Dane were arrested at Johannesburg on Monday night and conveyed to Pretoria, charged with enlisting men for service…

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The Transvaal. Kevolutionary Movement. Enlisting Men for Service. Excitement at Johannesburg. London, May 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 7

Seven Englishmen and one Dane were arrested at Johannesburg on Monday night and conveyed to Pretoria, where they Were charged with enlisting men…

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The Transvaal. Sensation at Johannesburg. Seven Englishmen Arrested Alleged Secret Enlistment. for Service Against the Government. British Officers Concerned. Regret Expressed by the British Agent. Discovering the Plot. Exposed by a Spy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The startling news has been received that seven Englishmen and a Dane have been arrested at Johannesburg, the most important city in the Transvaal…

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British War Preparations Relaxed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. Two thousand of the men who have been lately working at the Woolwich Arsenal have been discharged…

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Latest War News

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

OUR war correspondent writes :— The Salvation Army forces made an advance on Riley-street and Harrow road, Kogarah, on Sunday, evening…

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The Samoan War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 1177

Though we were last week able to announce the conclusion of the Samoan War by the intervention of the Powers behind the representatives who have been waging war in Samoa, the arrival of the…

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New War Office

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 7

Our sketch indicates the now building (designed by Mr. William Young, F.R.I.B.A.), as it will appear as one looks from the Admiralty down Whitehall towards the Houses…

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Australian Leather. War Office Restrictions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 9

LONDON. Friday.--Mr. J. W. Taverner, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, who has been endeavoring to have the restrictions upon the trade in Australian leather and dried apricots removed,…

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Effect of a War Scare on the Wine Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 1150

The effect of the recent diplomatic disturbance between England and France on the wine trade was remarkable. Mr. Max Rown, of Messrs. Swift and Co., Sydney, has supplied the following…

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Victims of the Land War. Conference of the Evicted in Dublin. Kelease of the Paris Funds Demanded

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 6

A conference of evicted tenants from different parts of Ireland was held on April 6 in the Rotunda, Dublin. Mr. Francis Tully, of Woodford, presided. The following resolutions were adopted or. the…

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The Transvaal. Significant Speech by Mr. Goschen. The Tangle Must he Unravelled by Soldiers. LONDON, May 19, 4 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 5

The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty made a significant reference to the Transvaal trouble at the annual dinner of South African colonists in London…

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War Not Improbable

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 May 1899 · page 8

A train load of artillerymen to man the guns, and a searchlight, have teen sent to Johannesburg. Dr. Jameson, the hero of the Raid, has…

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Cable News. the Strike of Postmen Is Rendered Futile by Women and Soldiers. London, May 17

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 May 1899 · page 7

The strike of Paris postmen, who required extra pay, and which threatened to be very serious, ended Quite unexpectedly. The work of letter-carrying was taken up…

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Lyceu Theatre. a Soldier and a Man

Truth · Sunday 21 May 1899 · page 2

THERE is one consolation in a reputation of' being difficult to please—when one is pleased be can say so with some likelihood of conviction. This is particularly applicable to…

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The Lyceum. -"A Soldier and a Man."

Evening News · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 8

There is something refreshingly novel, something out of the beaten track, in the construction and handling of Ben Lindeck's drama," A Soldier an i a Man," which was speedily appreciated by…

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Lyceum Theatre.—"a Soldier and a Man."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 4

On Saturday evening Mr. Charles Holloway produced at the Ly[?] Theatre for the first time in Australia the fout-act drama, "A Soldier and a [?] by Ben [?] an author who has already…

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"A Soldier and a Man."

The Australian Star · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 2

The management of the Lyceum Theatre is to be congratulated on the Undoubted success which attended the Australian debut of Miss Dora de Winton and also of Mr. John D…

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"A Soldier and a Man" at the Lyceum

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 3

"A Soldier and a Man," played for the first time in Australia at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night before a packed and delighted house, is without a doubt the best thing Mr…

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Tug-of-war Championship

Referee · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 6

Owing to a hitch in connection with arrangements for bringing off the tug-of-war and scratch-pulling championship at FitzGerland Bros Circus next Saturday…

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Australians As Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 4

Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, M.P., who commands the Australian Rifles, in responding to a toast at a military function last night, remarked that the great bulk of those forming the regiment…

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