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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Japan's War Spirit. Auckland

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 2

Sir Edward Levien Samuel, son of Sir Saul Samuel many years New South Wales Agent-General, has arrived in Now Zealand from Japan. He…

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Coal Lumpers' Troubles. Net Yot Settled. "Peace or War?" Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

As a result of a sould week's work the issues standing between the Colliery-owners, the Coal Stevedoros' Association, and the Coal Lumpers'…

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The Peace Conference. Humanising War. Abolition of Contraband. Declaration of War. Before the Opening of Hostilities. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 2

The sectional committee to which it was referred discussed the proposal in favor of the general inviolability in times of war of…

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The Peage Conference. Contraband of War. [Reuter's Message.] London, Mondny

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

It is understood that the American proposal to the Peace Conference, now in session at The Hangue, that in times of war private property at sea of…

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Peace Conference. an Important Departure. Declaration of War to Precede Hostilities. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 July 1907 · page 2

The representatives of Great Britain, America, and Japan at the International Peace Conference now in session at The Hague support the…

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Hague Conference. Turning Merchantmen Into Warships. CONTRAIIANll of War. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

The fourth committee of The Hague Couference him been discussing at great length the transformation of merchantmen into warships in time of war…

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A Powder Explosion. an American Warship Damaged. Men Killed Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

A powder explosion occurred aboard the United States battleship Georgia during target practice at Princeton, New Jersey. Five men were killed,…

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War Balloons. Franck Constructing a Fleet. [Reuter'a Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 2

The new war balloon La Patrie is to be stationed at Vordun. a fortified town in the Department of the Mouse, and on the Mouse River. The French…

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War Stores' Provision. Idle Machinery to Be Employed. Lauge Annual Expenditure. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 2

[?] parliamentary Committee of [?] War Office recommends that the mac[?] at the Woolwich Arsenal be employed producing army…

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Influence of the Moon. Upon an Ex-Soldier. Compels him to Suicide. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 4

An inquest was held yesterday into the death of a man named Thomas Owen. The evidence showed that the deceased, who was 60 years of age,…

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French Labor Trouble. Bootmakers' Riot. Captain of Gendarmerie Injured. Strikers Killed and Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

Further labor troubles, eventually ending in rioting and a conflict between the strikers and the police and military, are reported from France…

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Patriotic Soldiers. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

Fifty-eight soldiers of the Roumanian Army have been [?]mtenced to penal servitude for life for refusing to fire on the demonstrating [?]…

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A Holy War! Proclaimed by Arab Fanatics. Frenchmen Massacred at Casablanca. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

A German ship has brought to Tangier (Morocoo) a large number of Jewish refugees from Casablanca, who doclare that three of the tribes, angered…

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Barrier Miner. Tuesday, August 6, 1907. Can War Be Abolished?

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 2

ONE of the most glorious yet practically insuperable problems the nations ever set themsolves to salve is that of abolishing war. If war could be…

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The Trust War. a Sensational Verdict. Enormous Penalty Exacted. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 2

The United States District Court at Chicago has imposed the maximum penalty for 1462 violations of the Elkins anti-rebate law, which the…

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The Trust War. Prolonged Litigation. [R[?]ut[?]r's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 2

The Rockefeller [?]ment in the combination has prevented a panic in connection with the s[?]ing of Standard Oil stock. Leading financiers declare…

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The Anti-trust War. a Scandalous Record. [Reuter's Mossnge.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 2

Mr. Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of the Corporations at Washington, has mnade a scathing report on the operations of the Standard Oil…

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The Trust War. Fall in Stocks. Threatened Prosecution of Railway Magnates. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 2

Further heavy liquidation on saturday carried the level of prices on Wallstreet below that of the panic of March 14. The decline of stock for the day…

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Belfast Troubles. Mobs and Military in Conflict. Many Fatalities. An Infuriated Soldiery. Charge the Populace. (Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 2

The strikers' position in Belfast has been strengthened, inasmuch as they share in the strike benefits of the General Federation of Trades-unions…

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A Constable Wounded. Albert Martin on Trial. Accused DlSO[?]UUED

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 4

Before his Honor Judge Gibson at the Qunrter Bossions this morning Altert Martin,a well-known lootbailor, pleaded not guilty to a charge of maliciously…

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