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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, August 22, 1907. the Trust War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 2

When the Federal Parliament passed into law its Anti-Trust Bill it had in view the possibility of a similar danger arising in the Commonwealth as had…

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The Trust War. Standard Oil Company. Asserts Its Absolute Innocence. Objects to the Chicago Fine. Emphatic Declaration by President Roosevelt. No Reversal of Policy. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 2

The Standard Oil Company's directors have published a pamphlet declaring the company's absolute innocence of wrongdoing in allegedly seeking to…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, August 28, 1907. a War of Revenge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 2

THE attendance at the Trades Hall meeting on Sunday night was not large, but it is to be regretted that it was evon as large as it was, that there…

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Evicted Tenantry. Irish Land Bill. the Lords' Interference. Mr. Redmond's Prediction. No End to the Land War. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 2

In the House of Commons last night the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Augustine Birrel1, strongly dep[?]cated the amendment of the House of Lords…

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The War Office. Contract for Horseshoes. Given to America. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 2

The Secretary of State for War, Mr. R. H. Haldane, has confirmed the repart that the War Office ordered 100,000 pairs of horseshoes from…

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Canada and America. Impossibility of War

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

The "Toronto Globe," in an article dealing with the def[?] of Canada, says:—The notion that Canada is in need of defences along her 3000 miles…

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British Officer Wounded. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 2

Three youths have been arrested at Patras (an important trading town in the west of Groece) for firing at and slightly wounding an officer of the…

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Moroccan Troubles. Tribesmen and French Soldiers. Mulai Hafid's Sultanate. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

Press correspondents at Casablanca state that the tribesmen are mixing with the French soldiers in a manner to astonish those who were witnesses of…

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America and Japan. No Possibility of War. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Smalley, the Washington correspondent, of "The Times," declares that the majority of soberminded Americans do not believe in…

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Attacked by Natives. a Prospecting Party's Experiences. Two of the Party Wounded. One of Thom Dead. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 2

A telegram from Wiluna, East Murchison, 712 miles from Perth, states that Stephen Grace and William Phillips, two members of Fitz[?]…

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Two Russian Flags. Imperial Standards. An Incident of War. Port Darwin

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

The steamer Changshai, which arri[?]d yesterday from ea[?]tern ports, brings details of an interesting event. During the war with Russia the…

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South African War. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 4

The "Wochenblatt," a German military organ, reviewing Maurice's "History of the South African War," handsomely admits that the attempts…

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Women at War

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 2

In the police Court yesterday, before Mr. Kensey, S.M., Mrs. Jane Mickards proc[?]ded against Mrs. Ellen Melvin for making [?]se of…

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Soldier Found Dead. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 4

John M'Hugh, an old soldier, who went through the Crimean war and the Indian Mutiny, has been found dead in his camp near, Inverell…

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Lord Beresford on War. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 8

Lord Charles Ber[?]ford, speaking at the Salters' Company's d[?]er last night insisted that success in war now depended upon stra[?]gy. The [?],…

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German Affairs. the Army and Navy. Forward Work Being Executed. Preparations for War. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 November 1907 · page 2

The "Koelnische Zeitung" foresees in the German naval supplementary proposals of 1911. creating the nucleus of a third double squadron of the…

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Moroccan Troubles. Tribesmen Fighting the French. Number of Men Killed and Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

Several thousands of the Beni Hassen and two other tribes have crowed the Algerian border and attacked Babelessa. The French were first…

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The Land War. Cattle Driving in Ireland. Five Persons Convicted. an Archbishop's Declaration. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

Mr. Justice Wright at Dublin yesterday sentenced five persons convicted of cattle driving to four months' imprisonment…

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American Tobacco War. Fight Between' Growers and Dealers. City Attacked by Armed Men. [Reuter's Mesaage.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

A. tobacco war has been raging between the growers and dealers at Hopkinville, Kentueky, U.S. A. Four hundred armed masked men…

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Russo-japanese War. Surrender of Port Arthur. Officers on Trial. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

General Sto[?]sel and othor officers (Roiss Fook, and Smirnoff) are being tried by courtmartial at St. Petersburg for illegally and dishonorably…

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