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

The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Japan's War Chiefs Decorated

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

The Emperor of Japan has decorated the chief military and naval commanders who took part in the war with Russia…

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Love of War--or Peace?

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 2

In the course of a kindly Christmas sermon last Sunday Archbishop Clarke, of Melbourne, deplored "the thoughtless way in which the spirit of…

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Russian Soldiers Sentenced

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 2

Seven soldiers at Tiflis have been sentenced to from four to twelve years' penal servitude and 142 have received minor sentences for murdering the Commandant, another officer,…

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Identity of Soldiers

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 3

The War Office is issuing aluminium identity discs for soldiers to wear under their clothing when on active service, in lieu of description cards…

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British and Foreign. London, Tuesday Afternoon. the Hague Conference—prevention of War

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

MR. W. T. STRAD, editor of the Review of Reviews, who is touring Europe interviewing leading statesmen of behalf of the forth. coming peace conference at the Hague, states…

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Racial War. California Governor's Message. London, Jan. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. G. C. Pardee, Governor of California, in a message to the State Legislature, says that President Roosevelt with others in the eastern parts of the country has failed to understand…

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The Russo-japanese War

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 3

A STAFF OFFICER'S SCRAP-BOOK. The impressions of the Japanese army, which Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton has put together in "A Staff Officer's…

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How Soldiers Behave in Battle

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

During a war, says a contemporary, we read of companies falling back, regiments giving ground, and brigades becoming demoralised, and the average reader takes it…

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The Sinews of War

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. Bon. James, secretary of the Liberal and Reform Association, Sydney, so writes to (he press:—“Having an empty treasury I sont out last month 150…

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Mr Shaw on the Book War

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

Mr Kipling's idea is that Mr Moberly Bell will gradually ruin all the booksellers, extinguish all the libraries, and buy up all the newspapers in England…

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New Armoured War Automobiles

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

The new types of armoured automobiles equipped with rapid-fire guns, which have been constructed in France and also in Austria, show that a great advance has been…

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Sensational Shooting Incident Man Fatally Wounded

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 3

A SENSATIONAL shooting affair occurred at Drammoyne at a late hour on Friday night. The victim was William Joseph O'Brien, 24, a drover, residing in Plunkett-street,…

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African War Medals

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

The War Office announces that the South African war medals are ready for Doyel's Australian scouts…

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Cable News. Fighting in America. Honduras and Nicaragua at War. London, Feb. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

It is reported that a body of troops of the Republic of Honduras invaded Nicaragua, and the relations between the two States have been ruptured. The United…

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Russo-japanese War. London, Feb. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

General Kuropatkin's history of the Russo-Japanese war was published in December, but the Russian Government immediately suppressed it…

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Russo-japanese War

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 4

General Kuropatkin's history of the Russo-Japanese war was published in December, but the Russian Government immediately suppressed it…

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A General's Book on War

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 4

In consequence of the revelations mode by General Kuropatkin, sometime Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies in Manchuria, in his book on the…

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The Scottish Soldier. Mr Carnegie Rebuked

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 4

At the St. Andrew's Society's dinner given in New York (says a Reuter correspondent), messages were read from King Edward, President…

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Balloons in War

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

General A. W. Greely traces the uses and discusses the various [?]s of the balloon in time of war. The first time it was proposed to use the…

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Food in War Time

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 3

The Admiralty and experts are considering the plans of Mr. R. K. Middleton, the London engineer, for the construction of largo submarines capable of carrying food in time of…

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