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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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The British War Commission. Astounding Revelations. a Rotten System

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 9

The amazing and dangerous incompetence of the British War Office and its methods has been fully demonstrated by the evidence given before the recent War…

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Russia and Janan. Will There Be War ? LONDON, Thursday

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 3

Japanese' military students in Europe have been recalled home. Russian officers have been refusal leave to proceed abroad…

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Horrors of War. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3

It is reported that smallpox has broken oat in the camp at Sorovitch. [Sorovitch, near Monastir, was the scene of a signal defeat of Bulgarian insurrectionaries…

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Where the Next War Will Be, America Preparing. London

National Advocate · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3

The United States Government is sending Agents to South America to study the local military conditions, believing that the next conflict will be…

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Tactical Lessons of the War

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 3

Among the masses of evidence on the tactical developments brought about by the magazine rifle and smokeless powder, the following extract from the…

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Latest Cablegrams. Will There be War? London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 3

The latest Russian and Japanese orders for steam coal, being placed at Cardiff, aggregate 50.000 tons…

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War Commission Revelations. Muddle and Incompetence. Inefficiency and Waste

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 1

Tho amazing incompetence of the War Office at the outbreak of the South African war is (says a London daily) borne out only too fully and too painfully in three…

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Japan Against War. Japan Against War. London

Leader · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 3

Japan has decided against war with Russia…

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Latest Cables. The British War Office. Mr. Brodrick in Defence London, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 3

Mr. W. St. John Brodrick (the newly-appointed Secretary of State for India) addressed a meeting on Saturday at Hull, and death with the work of the…

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The War Cloud in the East

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 October 1903 · page 11

A cable states that Japan has decided against war with Russian over Manchuria and Korea. this would mean that Russian would be permitted…

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The New Secretary for War. to Be Opposed. London, Tuesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1903 · page 3

The United Irish League has selected Mr. Patrick Dempsey to oppose Mr. H. O. Arnold Foster, the new Secretary for War, upon the latter seeking re-election…

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Speculating on War. Insurances at Lloyds. London

Leader · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 3

Many insurances are being taken at Lloyds against risks of seizure or capture and detention, during voyages to Japanese and Russian ports in the Far…

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Russia and Japan. Insurance Against War Risks. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 4

Many insurances have been made at Lloyd's on vessels against risks of seizure or capture or detention on the voyage to Japanese ports or. Russian ports, in the…

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War Report Scandal. Lord Rosebery Urges Reform. Lord Kitchener and the War Office

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1903 · page 1

The revelations of the War Commission report have induced Lord Rosebery to come forward and again urge that the War Office should be placed under the control of…

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Latest Cablegrams. The War Office. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 27 October 1903 · page 3

Mr. W. St. John Brodrick says that when the public demanded a change whereby Army reform and administration should be conducted he felt it…

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The War Office. Mr. Brodrick's Position. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1903 · page 3

Mr. W. St. John Brodrick says that when the public demanded a change whereby Army reform and administration should be conducted he…

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Revolting Arabs. a Thousand Troops Killed and Wounded. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 3

The Arabs at Sandjack, Assyria, revolted against the new cattle tax. A thousand troops have been killed and wounded and reinforcements have been…

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Japanese in Council. Reported Triumph of the War Party. London, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 3

The veteran statesmen and Ministers of Japan have conferred at Tokio and discussed a proposal made by the Marquis Ito not to insist upon the…

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War Commission Revelations

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 6

I suppose that Mr. Rhodes. had some vague and hazy notions of founding empires. But he was a thorough business man who--as he himself said-- regarded the…

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The War Commission Revelations

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 3

The evidence taken by the British War Commission has revealed a hopeless condition of muddle and incfliciency which is without parallel since the Crimean days. In other times such revelations…

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