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

The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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Airships of War

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 3

Mr. Hudson Maxim, who spoke at the annual banquet of the Areo Club of America in New York recently, contended that the use of airships in war…

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Short Story. (Published by Special Arrangement.) a Stage Soldier. (Copyright.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 3

December, on a West Texas Prairie, under a grey, wind-streaked sky awning. Brown earth, covered with grey, dry moss, and unhappy mesquite…

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"Soldiers All!"

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

Under the rallying title of "Soldiers All!" the Brisbane "Worker," which is the leading organ of the socialist in Australia, prints in its issue of July 18…

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Short Story. (Published by SPEClAL Arrangement.) a Stace Soldier. True," &c, &c. (COPYRIGHT.) Continued from last week

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

Feeney continued. " The Quane [?] parts was riprisinted by Miss Delia O'Flynn thot's a bit av family history-her shtage name was far…

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Wounded in a Duel. Fencer Injured by a Novice

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 5

A fierce duel (says "Lloyd's Weekly") was fought on the 14th May in the grounds of the Big Wheel in Paris between a young man named…

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Cable News. War Against Order. General Strike Declared. London, Aug. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The police in Paris raided the office of the Confederation of Labour, and arrested 18 prominent anarchists, whereupon trade-union secretaries appointed a new…

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Salvation Army District War Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2

A number of officers are at present assembled in council at the local barracks-Adjutant and Mrs. Thurkettle (Crookwell), Captain Haywood (Yass), Ensign Oakley and Lieutenant Joyce…

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The War in the Air

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 7

In this startling story, to be published in October Mr. H. G. Wells has set himself to show, in the most vivid way, how far civil and international conflicts are likely to be…

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Hero of Boxer War. Dies in Boston. Remarkable Career

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 6

Daniel J. O'Neil, who was the first man of the allied troops to scale the walls of Pekin during the Boxer uprising, a well known swimmer and…

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Soldier Telegraphists. the Nerves of a Force. on Frontier Duty

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 4

Among factors (writes the "Daily Mail" of 6th May) in the success of an Indian frontier expedition such as that now being undertaken against…

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Cable News. Illinois Racial War. Negroes Terrorised. London, Aug. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2

The Washington correspondent of the Times describes "the gratuitous brutality of the mob at Springfield surpassing the brutality of any racial clashes of recent years." When the mob…

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Shots at a Church Door. Son-in-law Wounded

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 3

Just as the congregation was leaving Clapham Parish Church after morning service yesterday (writes the "Daily Mail" of 18th May) they…

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Shipyard War. Enormous Losses. Sufferings of the Workers. Crowds at Soup Kitchens

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 4

From time to time the cable messages published have given information respecting the ship-building troubles in the north-east of Great Britain. A…

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The Tobacco War. London, Aug. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

Owing to the campaign of nightriders, who destroy the stores of tobacco of the Trust, the American Tobacco Trust announces that its buyers will henceforth…

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War Bulletin. the Konquoring Kii Ties Are Komin’. Will Give One Concert Here Friday Night Next

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 2

In Martial array —inspired by the irresistible bag pipes and the wild war Slogans of the Clans, the Kilties have carried the banner of success into seven…

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Czar As Speculator. the Cause of the War. London, Sept. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

"M'Clure's Magazine" publishes the suppressed memoirs of General Kuropatkin Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria during the greater part of the Russo-Japanese war…

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War Possible. Belief of German Socialists. London, Sept. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 1

Herr Bebel, leader of the socialist party, in Germany, replying to Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P. (Labour), says that he believes war between Germany and Great…

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After the War "A Japanese Egypt."

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

Reuter's representative (remarks a writer in the London "Daily Telegraph" on May 11th) has had an Interview with Baron Suyematsu, the Japanese…

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A Famous Victory. Soldier and Sailor

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 6

It began tamely enough. The soldier, throwing in briskly from "cover," caught the policeman of Church Halstead on the side of the…

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Another War That in Somaliland

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 5

Regarding the momentarily forgotten war in Somaliland, the London "Daily Telegraph" writes on [?]…

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