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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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Probability of War

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 5

Thursday, January 7, is alleged to be the latest date fixed by the Japanese Government, for the Russian reply to its final note. The negotiations…

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The Far East Crisis. War Seems Imminent. London, 29th December

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the Daily Telegraph's war correspondent, telegraphing from Tokio, reports that the Japanese Cabinet has resolved to preserve a resolute…

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The War Cloud in the Far East. Ominous Military Movement. London, Jan. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

The Kiushiu railways have been ordered to-morrow to transport 5000 troops to Nagasaki, whence they will embark for Korea. Japan is equipping three fast mercantile steamers…

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Cable News. the War Cloud in the Far East. Japan Must Fight. London, Dec. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 4

The Lokal Anzeiger, of Berlin, announces that Japan has informed the Powers that the present situation in regard to her relations with Russia cannot be maintained, and that Japan must fight…

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Cable News. the Far East.war Inevitable

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

London, Sunday.—The best-informed diplomatists in Pekin are said to feel convinced that an outbreak of War between Japan and Russia is now…

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War of Independence

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 4

The first gun for secession, the echoes of which are to go on [?] far and wide over this State, was fired last night in the School of…

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The War Cloud. London, Jan. 2

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

The Kiushiu railways have been ordered to-morrow to transport 5000 troops to Nagasaki, whence they will embark for Korea. Japan is…

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The War Cloud. London, Dec. 30

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 4

THE St. Petersburg correspondent of the "New York Herald," says that Russia's reply to Japan's note will be given inside of ten days. There is a…

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The War Cloud in the Far East. Hostilities Inevitable. Russia Stands Firm. London, Jan. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 4

Best informed diplomats in Peking are convinced that war between Russia and Japan is inevitable, and will possibly be declared within a few days. Jan. 2…

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Cable News. the War Cloud in the Far East Russia Replies to Japan. Japanese Ultimatum Imminent. China Aids Japan. London, Jan. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

The pessimism at Peking, where war between Russia and Japan is considered inevitable, is based upon diplomatic despatches received from Tokio. These despatches show that Russia is willing to…

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War Regarded As Inevitable. Japan's Menacing Move. Outbreak Possibly in a Few Days. London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

The latest advices from Peking state that in the best-informed diplomatic circles in that city there is a conviction that war between Japan and Russia is inevitable…

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The War Cloud. London, Jan, 4

Crookwell Gazette · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 2

THE pessimism at Pekin, where war between Russia and Japan is considered inevitable, is based upon diplomatic despatches received from…

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The War Cloud in the Far East. Decreased Tension. Russia's Evasive Reply. Rejected by Japan. London, Jan. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

There is a slight decrease in the tension between Russia and Japan. It is semi-officially announced at St. Petersburg that the Russian reply to Japan's…

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Cable News. the War Cloud in the Far East Reply to Japan. Counter Proposals. Decisive Action in Korea. London, Jan. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 2

Trustworthy reports from Vladivostock received at Tokio represent the Russian squadron in the Far East to be preparing for action. advice which have been received from St…

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Explosion on a Warship. Four Persons Killed and Three Wounded

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

A GREAT sensation was caused yesterday by the news that an explosion had occurred on H.M.S. Wallaroo and that forty-three persons had been killed and many others injured. The…

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The War Cloud. Hostilities Inevitable London, Jan. 3

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 4

BEST informed diplomats in Pekin are convinced that war between Russia and Japan is inevitable, and will possibly be…

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The War Cloud. Hostilities Inevitable London, Jan. 4

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

Mr Bennet Burleigh, the special War correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," cabled from Tokio on Sunday night that Russia and sent a…

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The Far East. War Nearer. King Edward and Peace

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

The ‘ Novoe Vremya,’ the leading Russian newspaper, in a [?] article, asserts that despite the efforts of the Russian and Japanese Governments to avert…

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"Story of a Soldier's Life."

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 1

LORD WOLSELEY has written a very fascinating but unfinished book. It stops short at the close of the [?] war in 1874. His most important…

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Our Interest in the Threatened War

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

The situation in the Far East has a particularly delicate interest for the Australian Commonwealth. If the threatening rupture between Russia…

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