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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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An Imperial Army. Britain and the Colonies. a Systematic War Organisation. an Important Suggestion. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 2

The memorandum by Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary for War, announcing the constitution of the general staff of the British army, anticipates…

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Unrest in Russia. the Seidlce Massacre. Wounded in the Streets. Summarily Dispatched. Hospital Volleyed. Forty-two Revolution Aries. to Be Court-martialled. Lieutexant and Lady Murdired at Warsaw. Bomb-throwing in the Polish Capital. a Wedding Disturbed. Revolutionist Executed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

The Vice-Governor of Seidlce, Poland, the scene of the recent grave disorders and massacres, was suddenly taken ill on Wednesday. Colonel…

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Captain Macfarlane. the Manner of His Death. Accidentally Shot by a Colonial. Another Officer Accidentally Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

The Durban (Natal) correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" reports that Captain Macfarlane, of the Transvaal Mounted Rifles, formerly of South…

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War Office Reform. Royal Engineers' Service. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 2

The War Office, with a view to securing a maximum of efficiency in theRoyal Engineers by keeping the ranks free from elderly men, have restricted…

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Unrest in Russia. Indiscriminate Murder. a German Subject Killed. Nobles Migrating. Afraid of Assassination. M. Witte Being Operated on Russian Official Wounded. Death and Destruction. an Awful Tally. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 2

The Terrorists have murdered Herr Busch, a wealthy German manufacturer, at Riga, a seaport on the gulf of that name. Germany has…

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Beer, War in Germany

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 2

What the Gormans call a " Bierkrieg" (beer war) has broken out in large, districts in the country, and threatens to spread over the entire…

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Unrest in Russia. a Sensational Statement. General Rising Anticipated. Workmen All Armed. Disaffected Soldiers. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 2

A delegate representing the Russian Polish Socialists has made a sensational statement at the Social Democratic Congress now sitting at…

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British War Office. in State of Chaos. Declaration by Mr. Haldane. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1906 · page 2

The Secretary of state for War, Mr. R. B. Haldane, M.P., speaking at Haddington, Scotland, on Saturday night, said that the chaos at the War Office…

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Citizen Soldiers. Mr. Haldane's Ideal. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 2

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary for War, speaking at Prestonpans, Scotland, on Saturday night on the question of army reform, said that much might…

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Unrest at Cairo. Fanatical Outbreak Feared. British Soldiers Ready. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

The possibility of a fanatical outbreak against the European population at Cairo, Egypt, has induced the British authorities to take the precaution…

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British Politics. Building Cp the Labor Party. Socialist War on Liberals. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

An important development in the political situation occurred yesterday at the conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants at…

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War Stores Scandal. the Official Report. Officers Retired. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

The Army Council has, after considering the report of the commission appointed to inquire into the war stores scandal, decided that no action…

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War Stores Scandals. Officers Punished. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

The warrant and non-commissioned officers concerned in the war stores frauds were paraded at Aldershot yesterday. They were then discharged…

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Wounded by a Hat Pin. Curious Case at White Cliffs. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 8

A woman named Rage was found bleeding profusely from wounds in the hoad, while there was a Jargo quantity of congealed blood about her body. It…

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Citizen Soldiery. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 October 1906 · page 4

Earl Roberts, speaking, at Ed.nnurgn on the question of national- defence, said he feared the Joeal of Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary for War, of a large…

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No War Without Warning

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 5

The Institute of International Law has adopted the following solutions:— 1. In conformity with the traditions of international law, with the loyalty…

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Chicago Meat Scandals. the Position Op the War Department. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 4

The Secretary for War, Mr.R. B. Haldane,in reply to Mr. Henniker Heaton, Conservative member for, the city of Canterbury, said that…

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"The Unfathomable Imbecility of War."

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 November 1906 · page 2

At the inter-Parliamentary Congress held in the Westminster Hall on July 25 the following line speeches were made in favor of increasing…

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Soldiers and the Rain. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

A peculiar incident occurred at Portsmouth yesterday. An officer kept a company of soldiers on parade unnecessarily long during a deluging…

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Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Russia's War Rill. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 4

The "Novoe Vremya," a St.Petersburg daily paper, states that the Russian Treasury has disbursod £167,000,000 so far in connection with…

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