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

The wars & local soldiers, 1903

265 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 14

Welcome Home

Leader · Monday 2 November 1903 · page 4

The Lucknow Church of England people have arranged for an evening's entertainment to welcome their genial and ind[?]strion[?] minister (the Rev A…

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

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 3

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

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Sydney Squibs. a Story -- Cool to the Last -- War Tales -- Precocious Babies -- First Class Old Lady -- a Scotchman's Dilemma -- Faith Healing

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 7

A good story tells of one of the chosen people, whose parents had chosen the name of Isaac to tack on to the surname of Moses by way of keeping some honourable " monikers " in the…

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War Medals and Clasps

National Advocate · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 2

Members of the Mounted Rifles, Lancers A. M. Corps, Citizens' Bushmen (clasps only), 6th Imperial Bushmen. 2nd Imperial Mounted Rifles, 3rd Imperial…

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Re-organising the War Office

National Advocate · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 2

Sir George Sydenham Clarke, the Governor of Victoria, has received a cablegram from the Prime Minister of Great Britain, asking him to return to England to serve…

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War Office Re-organisation. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 3

The newspapers warmly approve of the appointment of Lord Esher, Sir John Fisher, and Sir G. S. Clarke as a Committee to advised the Government…

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The Panama Trouble. War Ships Hurrying to the Scene. London

Leader · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 3

Four United States warships are hurrying to Panama. Admiral Glass commands the U.S. have force at Panama, and Admiral Calhan at…

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England And Citizen Soldiery. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 3

Speaking at Eastbourne last night Lord Brassey said that if Great Britain desired a force of citizen soldiers numbering thousands she must pay for the…

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A Citizen Soldiery. Britain Should Follow Australia's Example. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

Speaking at Eastbourne last night, Lord Brassey said that if Great Britain desired a force of citizen soldiers numbering thousands she must pay fur the…

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Novel War Kite. London

Leader · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 2

Cody, the inventor of a , war kite, succeeded in crossing ;from Calais to Dover in a collapsible boat drawn by the kite…

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The War Kite. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 3

Mr. Cody, the inventor of the war Kite, has succeeded in crossing from Calais to Dover in a collapsible boat drawn by a kite…

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A Romance of the War

Molong Argus · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 5

IT is stated that during the South African war two Boers became detached from a commando in a northern desert beyond Lydenburg, and having wandered about…

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The Late War. Buller's Leadership. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 3

Writers of treatises on the South African war published by the German General Staff, consider Buller's leadership caused the Colenso disaster, and…

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Turkish Atrocities. Soldiers Banished to Arabia. London

National Advocate · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 3

The Prizrend Haveh battalion has been court martialled at Salonika for the perpetration of atrocities in the vilayet of Adrianople. Out of 750…

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Welcome Home at Lucknow. to Mr Peter Floyd

Leader · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 2

On Thursday night a public welcome home, after his trip to the old land, was given Mr Peter Floyd, when a crowded house [?] to…

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The South African War. LONDON, Thursday afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 3

The general staff of the German army has just published an interesting treatise on the South African War. In dealing with the reverse of the…

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The South African War. German Critisism. London

Leader · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 3

The general staff of the German army has just published an-interesting treatise on the African war, dealing with the reverse of the British at…

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In Memory of Fallen Soldiers

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 2

A stained glass window to the memory of officers and men of the Second Regiment, New South Wales Mounted Rifles, who were killed in South Africa, was unveiled at…

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Welcome Home Party

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 2

A social evening was given by Mr. A Everitt at the residence of Mr. Forbes sen., on Wednesday, night as a welcome home to Mr. and Mrs. D. Forbes, jun,. on…

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A Brutal Murder. The Crime of Soldiers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 November 1903 · page 16

English papers to hand by the last mail bring particulars of a brutal [?]der by seldiers near the great military camp at Aldershor, the victim…

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