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

The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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The Soldier on Active Service

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 13

On Tuesday evening last the Mechanics' Institute accommodated a packed audience to hear Captain Holman, D.S.O., lecture on the above…

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Japan and the United States Will There Be War? Mr Taft Says 'No Fear,' London

National Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 3

Mr W H Taffc, United States Secretary for War, in an interview on the probability of war with Japan, said : ' Don't you believe it. Rest…

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Earthquakes Kingston Again Visited Walls Collapse Forty-six Soldiers Injured London

National Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

A recrudescence of earthquakes as occurred at Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, which was the scene of much devastation and loss of life some…

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Untrustworthy Soldiers LONDON. Thursday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 3

Owing to regiments in four of the disturbed provinces in France being untrustworthy the Government is replacing them with several better…

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Weapons of War New Patterns Adopted by War Office London

National Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 6

The British War Office has adv[?]ed a new pattern of bayonet similar in that used by the Japanese ar[?]es. The War Office has also [?]dopted a…

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The War Cloud America and Japan London

National Advocate · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 3

The New York Herald and San Francisco Call are agitating the Government to send the most powerful warships to the Pacific where, in…

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The Hague Conference. Robbing War of Its Terrors. London

Leader · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 2

According to the “Times,” if any considerable number of the proposal [?]e at the Hagne Peace Conference are adopted war will possibly be…

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Young Christian Soldiers St Barnabas' Church Lads Brigade Some Presentations

National Advocate · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 4

Freely decorated with flags, and with the St Barnabas' and All Saints' battalions of the Church Lads Brigade occupying the centre of the floor, St Barnabas'…

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The British Navy Unprepared for War London, Saturday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 2

The Spectator complains that the unreadiness of the British fleet constitutes a grave peril and attacks Admiral Fisher for declaring that the…

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The Peace Conference the Rules of War London, Saturday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 2

At the Hague peace Conference the committee discussed America's proposal in favor of a general inviolability of private property at sea…

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Soldiers Memorial

National Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 2

The President of the Bathurst Progress Association, Mr J J Sullivan, who was asked to see the Mayor in reference to the Soldiers' Memorial, reported to the meeting…

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The Late Russo-japan War. More Generals on TRlAL. London

Leader · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

Generals Stoesse[?], Reuss, Fock, and Smirnoff are to be placed on trial for their conduct during the Russo-Japanese war. The indictment states…

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The Wellington Tiger. Wounded in the Foreleg. Wellington

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 6

The tiger which was said to have been seen near here some days ago is again being heard of, and causing some alarm. It is reported that Mr. Andrew Zell the other…

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A War Secretary. a Busy Man

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 6

The Secretary for War is the subject of a character-sketch in the May "Pall Mall Magazine." He will generally, we are told, be found absorbed in work at…

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After the War R Sso — Jap Agreement London

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

The Russo-Japanese treaty of commerce, navigation and fisheries has been signed at St Petersburg. It provides for the status quo in the Far…

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Riots in Roumania Soldiers Refuse to Fire on Peasants London

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 3

Fifty-eight Roumanian soldiers have been Sentenced to penal servitude for life for refusing to fire on the peasants in the recent agrarian riots in…

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Forty Koreans Killed and Wounded London

National Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 6

The disbandment of troops at Seoul led to a fight between the Koreans and Japanese. Forty Koreans were killed and wounded, but the Japanse…

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A Tale of the Boer War

Leader · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 3

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent, tells an amusing story of the Boer war. Whilst at Nq Mell Mountain,18 miles east of vryhe[?]…

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The Horrors of War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 8

David Christie Murray, whoso death at the age of 60, is just announced, was well known in Australia from the lectures that he delivered here during his visit…

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The Belfast Strike Soldiers Stoned by Strikers Several Badly Hurt the Commander Wounded London

National Advocate · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 3

The strikers at Belfast seriously stoned a party of the Berkshire Regiment. Several soldiers were badly hurt, and the commanding officer was…

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