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

The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Russo-japanese War. the Baltio Fleet. London, Jan 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

Admiral Rozhdestveusky, commanding the Baltic Fleet, is cruising about the Indian Ocean. He has been ordered to avoid the East Indian Archipelago and the Japanese cruisers…

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Russian Strikes. Industry Paralysed. a Monster Demonstration. the Soldiers' Sympathy. Priestly Leader's Threat. London, Jan. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

The Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Interior (Prince Santopolk-Mirski) refused to receive a deputation of the Russian strikers The strike is now rapidly becoming political. A great…

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The War London, January 24

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 4

Two and a half divisions of Russian troops face General Oku's army, and two army corps confront Field-Marshal Nodzu's troops, while three army corps face General Kuroki's…

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Telegrams War News London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

The outposts of the two opposing armies in Manchuria are now only 500 yards apart. Not work trenches separate the main armies…

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Russian Sensation. Serious Rioting at St. Petersburg. 5,000 Killed and Wounded. Father Sergius Shot. a Bloody Conflict. 40,000 Armed Strikers Marching on St. Petersburg. Sebastopol Works on Fire. London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the St. Petersburg strikers on Sunday resulted in serious conflicts. It is estimated the killed and wounded number fully 5000, of…

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Revolution in Russia. Strikers at the Royal Palace. Fired on by the Soldiers. London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

The St. Petersburg strike is rapidly spreading. Seven thousand men employed at the Alexand[?]ovsky machine works and the…

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The War. London, Wednesday. Baltic Fleet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 2

The French gunboat Capricorne, which has arrived from the Seychelles, reports that the Baltic Fleet was at Passandava, Madagascar, on the 20th, and expected to remove to a port…

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The War. Stoessel's Final Proclamation. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

General Stoessel's final proclamation stated that the garrison could stand, but further resistanos would be merely ,daily murder, and a commander must be brave enough to…

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Russo-japanese War. Foreign Spy. London, Jan. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 2

H. R. Collins, a British subject of Portuguese extraction, has been sentenced at Yokohama to 11 years' hard labour for disclosing Japanese military secrets to the Russians…

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Russo-japanese War. Medical Stores for Port Arthur. London, Jan. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

The store ship Humber, attached to the China squadron, and stationed at Hongkong, is carrying a surgeon with medical stores and appliances from Wei-hai-wei to Port Arthur…

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Manifesto to the Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 2

Father Gapon, the leader of the revolt has sent a revolutionary manifesto to the soldiers His letters to the workers are so violent that when they are read at the secret meetings they…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

Mr. J. Cody has in hand the work of erecting a poet and chain fence round the Soldiers' Memorial in the Botanic Gardens. Hardwood posts, Sin. by Sin., are being put in and painted white. When…

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Russo-japanese War London, Jan. 24

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

A Japanese estimate puts General Kuropatkin's forces on the Sha-ho at 300,000 men. The cold is intense, and a great battle is not immediately…

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The War. London, Thursday. Capture of a Collier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 4

The Japanese have captured at Hokkaido the Austrian collier Burma, conveying 4000 tons of coal to Vladivostok. LONDON, Thursday…

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Russo-japanese War. Russian Advance. Reported Japanese Naval Defeat. London, Jan. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent with the headquarters of General Kuroki's army on the o[?]stern side of the theatre of war in Manchuria reports that there was heavy artillery firing to the westward all Thursday…

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The Man Princesses Elope With. Soldiers, Writers, Tutors, Painters, and Coachmen

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 1

BY the elopement of Princess Marie of Coburg another name has been added to the lengthy list of Princesses who have eloped and the incident suggests an inquiry as to…

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The War London, January 27

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 4

REUTER'S correspondent with General Kuroki's army in Manchuria reports that there was heavy artillery firing to the westward all Thursday. Apparently the firing betokened…

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Latest War News. London

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

A Japanese detachment was twice defeated by the Russians at Lieutisokou on Saturday night. Another Japanese…

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Russo-japanese War. London, Jan. 27

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

THE Japanese Government is having constructed at Yokosuka a nineteen thousand ton battleship, which it is anticipated will…

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Russs-japanese War London, Jan. 27

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent with the headquarters of General Kuroki's army on the eastern side of the theatre of war in Manchuria, reports that…

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