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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1903

64 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 4

Special Telegraphic Service. Telephone No., 1017. Sydney, Office: The Stock Exchange, Pitt-street. General Cables. (From Our Sydney Editor.) The War Cloud. LONDON

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 5

The war cloud seems to be getting blacker. The latest cables say that torpedo officers are undergoing instruction aboard the torpedo school-ships Verne…

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Latest Cable News. Russia and Japan. War Expected in January. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 5

IT is generally regarded in diplomatic circles as certain that Japan and Russia are on the eve of hostilities…

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Kites for War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 7

For some years past much attention has been paid to scientific kite flying by the military authorities in nearly every European country, and as the kites have been modified…

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War Preparations. Japan Fully Prepared—70,000 Troops and £20,000,000 Russia Pressed for an Early Reply. Invasion of Korea Mooted. An Alleged Secret Treaty. LONDON

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 5

Officials at Tokio, state that Russia rejects the proposal for a mutual guarantee of the preservation of Chinese and Korean sovereignty, while securing…

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