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

The wars & local soldiers, 1908

87 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Wounded with an Axe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 4

Cooma, Tuesday.—A young man, Charles Yen, was brought to Cooma Hospital from Adaminably suffering from injuries alleged to have been inflicted on him on Dry Plain road, five…

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Passed Away. Lord Blythswood. Soldier, Politician. Scientist

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

The death of Lord Blythswood took place last night (July 8), at his Scottish, seat, Blythswood House, Renfrewshire. Born in 1835, Lord Blythswood, as…

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Mutinous British Soldiers Plucky Officer Enters Their Camp

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 4

The ba[?]talion which mutinied at Howick, fifteen miles from Pletermaritzburg, consisted of strong drafts of men intended for India, taken from the South…

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[Reuter's.] the Troubled Balkans. Peace or War? London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 2

Bulgaria has 130,000 troops readly to take the field. Reuter's agent at Berlin reports alt official that should the Porte ask the…

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Soldiers in Prison Signs of Reform

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 5

The report of Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson, Inspector of Military Prisons, on the discipline and management of the military prisons in 190[?] was issued as…

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Servia Wants War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

Servia has summoned 120,000 reservists to join the colours. Enthusiasm prevails throughout the kingdom for war against Austria-Hungary…

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Balkan War Feared. Turkey and Bulgaria. Armies Moving Towards the Frontiers. an International Congress Proposed. London, Oct. 6. Two Armies in Motion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

The Vienna correspondent of the Times states that the Bulgarian army is moving towards the frontier, and that a Turkish army is advancing to meet it…

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The Balkan Crisis. War Not Expected. London, Oct. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 6

The people of Beania and Herzegevins received the proclamation of the annexation of the province by Austria Hungary quietly, at the same time expressing good wishes for the future of the new regime…

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Bulgaria's Terms. Humiliation of Turkey. Servians Demand War. London, Oct. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

The Sofia (Bulgaria) correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the opinion prevails that unless Turkey accepts the situation, and makes pacific overtures, Bulgaria will resort to…

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[Reuter's.] London, Thursday. The War Against Poverty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 6

Mr. John Burns, speaking at Newcastle, said he refused to be a party to panic legislation regarding unemployment. The war against poverty was not a skirmish, but a…

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London's Soldiers. 30,000 Territorials. Scene at Salisbury. Splendid Enthusiasm

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 3

Arms and the man at his grandest and happiest, I sing. Thirty odd thousand. It is impossible to-night, to give exact figures…

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An Afghan War Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2

Several months before the Afghan war began the Guides were placed on guard at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, and there occurred an incident which illustrates the extremely delicate…

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The German Emperor. His Remarkable Revelations. How He Won the Boer War. London, Oct. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

One of the passages in the interview which the German Emperor had with a representative Englishman, published in the Daily Telegraph, is exciting the strongest indignation throughout…

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Losses in War the Sacrifice of Life. Is It Greater or Less?

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 3

The news of the sanguinary fighting this week round about Liaoyang and at Port Arthur invest with particular interest the following article…

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[Reuter's.] War Believed Inevitable. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 2

Austria-Hungary is secretly hurrying reinforcements to and military preparations on the frontier, believing that war with Servia is inevitable. Trainloads of war…

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Telegrams. London, Tuesday. the War Cloud

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 4

Extraordinary inspections of Russian troops have been ordered in the districts bordering upon Austria and Germany. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS…

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Forces Against War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 2

The "Temps,' the organ of the French Foreign Office, writes that it would be the height of folly for Prince Bulow, the Imperial German Chancellor, to risk war in the present condition…

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Cable News. War Clouds. France Refuses Apology. All Parties Unanimous. London, Nov. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 2

Relations between France and Germany are strained, arising out of the Casablanca affray. All parties in France support the refusal of M. Clemenceau, tile Premier, either to apologise to…

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Russia and America United States Action. War Ship in Custody. the Lena Case

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

The chief executive, the State, and the navy departments of the Government evidently consider themselves well over a bit of dangerous ice with the final…

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A Boer War Wound

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 5

Last Wednesday, while Dr. B[?]zman was engaged in removing an apparent growth is the [?]mpit of Mr. M. Seaborn, it parkes, the knife struck a hard [?]…

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