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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 71

Shot with a Revolver. a Girl Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 6

Shortly after 9 o'clock last night a serious shooting? accident occurred at Stanmore. Mr. Charles Whitford, an officer recently returned from South Africa, was visiting some fnends living in Stanmore-road,…

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Mr. Chamberlain. Settlement of Delicate Questions. the War Contribution. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

Mr. Chamberlain has had discussions with leading citizens of Johannesburg with the following results:— An agreement has been made for the…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] South Africa. Delicate Questions Settled. a Guaranteed Loan. the War Contribution

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 13.—The discussions of Mr. Chamberlain with leading citizens of Johannesburg have resulted in an agreement being arrived at for the raising of a public…

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On the Eye of a Great War. a Tremendous Conflict Looming Between a Group of Nations

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 6

Every morning when we take up our papers we find evidences of an increasing friction between the nations. There seems to be trouble everywhere. We read of…

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South Africa. Mr. Chamberlain on the Rand. War Contribution Fixed. Public Works Loan of £30,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--As the result of discussions between Mr., T. Chamberlain, -Secretary of State for the Colonics, and leading. Johannesburg citizens, an…

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South Africa. the War Contribution

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

A published cable reads:—"Mr. Chamberlain has had discussions with leading citizens of Johannesburg, with the following results:…

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Returned Soldiers' Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 7

A well attended meeting of returned soldiers was held at Fitzgerald's Crystal Palace Hotel last night for the purpose of considering what further steps should be taken to recover the deducted Imperial…

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The Black War

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 8

It was, however, not only with the bushrangers the settlers had to deal—the blacks were a terrible nuisance. These poor creatures, who at first made overtures of…

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New French War Aerostat

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 19

The "Auto-Velo" announces that Colonel and Major Renard are going to have built a steerable balloon, the plans of which have already been approved by the Minister of War. The balloon,…

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The War Contribution. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that the contribution of the Orange River Colony to the war expenditure will be £5,000,000. and that a loan of a…

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Bright and Lively Narrative of the War

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 17

Although the late South African war, as the subject for a book, is somewhat played out now, General Ben Viljoen's "My Reminiscences of…

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Orangia War Contribution. Fixed at £5,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that the Orange River war contribution has been fixed at £5,000,000…

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War Cost. Transvaal's Contribution. Ten Millions Sterling Guaranteed. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

Though the information has been published that Mr. Chamberlain had agreed with the principal commercial and mining people of Johannesburg that the Transvaal's…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] South Africa. the Transvaal War Tax £10,000,000 Guaranteed in Ten Minutes

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

LONDON, January 16, 2.55 p.m.— Though Mr. Chamberlain has postponed the official announcement respecting the £30,000,000 war tax, a meeting of the heads of South African mining houses…

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Peer of Many Parts. Soldier, Steward, Actor and Nurseryman

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

Few peers have played so many parts in life [?] the present Lord Lyveden, of Northampton[?], who is at present giving dramatic re[?]ls in the English provinces…

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Soldiers Compelled to Fight a Duel Against Their Will

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 21

An extraordinary affair is reproduced under reserve by the Vienna "Tagblatt" from a Buda-Pesth journal. Two artillerymen, named Pallos and Eisler, who were einjaehrige, or volunteers…

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The Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press. Parramatta, January 17, 1903. the Proposed Soldiers' Memorial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

IS nothing ever to be done to complete the Soldiers' Memorial scheme in Parramatta. Other towns and districts have carried their schemes to a successful…

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The End of the Dutch Thirty Years' War

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 8

It will be something of a should to many people throughout the world to near that the Acheenese War is at an end. Men who are now grandfathers were at school when…

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War of the Churches Imported Priests and Parsons to Blame. to Blame. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 8

Sir,—If we had only Australian clergyman amongst us, and no Irish parsons or priests, the war of religions would end, because if an Australian parson or priest flaunted the orange or green…

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Famous School Mutinies: When Boys Have Rebelled, and Soldiers Been Called in to Keep Them in Order

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 2

THE recent staffing up with plaster of Paris of the keyholes of the…

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