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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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War in Damaraland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 3

Circumstantial reports have been received that numbers of Transvaal and Orange River Colony Boers have enlisted with the Germans in Danmaraland, South-West. Africa…

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Invasion of Tartars. a Holy War. [By Cable] LONDON,Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 3

Thousands of Tartar horsemen are crossing the Perso-Russian frontier and joining the insurgents in the Caucasus…

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A Holy War. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 4

Thousands of Tartar horsemen are crossing the Perso-Russian frontier and joining the insurgents in the Caucasus…

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Side-lights on the Russo-jap War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 4

Those desiring an inside view of the Russo-Jap war from the Russian standpoint will be interested in a little book which has been sent to us by the author. We have found it…

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The Russo-japanese War. Losses and Gains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 6

No attempt has been made in England to Rive anything like tt complete summary of the losses Buffered by the combatants in men and material during the Japanes-Russian war…

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After the War. Japan's Gain. New Russian Fleet. LONDON, Monday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 1

Mr. H. .W. Dennison, legal adviser to the Japanese Foreign Office, values the railways transferred from Russia to Japan at…

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British Food Supplies in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 2

In case of a sudden stoppage of food supplies from abroad, the amount produced at home would go only a very little way to avert a speedy famine. The stoppage, or…

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The Russo-Japanese War. Losses and Gains

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 8

No attempt has been made in England to give anything like a complete summary of the losses suffered by the combatants in men and material during the Japanese-Russian war…

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After the War. Side-Lights on the Peace Terms. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 4

The senior Russian peace plenipetemtiary, M. Witte, has arriVed it Cherbourg from America. Interviewed by a representative…

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On the War-Path. Out West—of Scone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 2

THOUGH the early morning gave the promise of a radiant day, a bitter and persistent westerly—already a fortnight old—seemed to have gained…

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After the War. The Armistice. The Mikasa Disaster. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 1

Vice-Admiral Jessen and RearAdmiral Shimamura, representing Russia and Japan respectively, met in Comiloff Bay, near Vladivcstock, and…

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Letter to the Editor. Compressed Forage for War Department

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 3

Sir,—The Minister of Mines and Agriculture is in receipt of a communication from the Agent- General in London transmitting copies of a specification issued by the War Office…

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After the War. Japan's Opposition. M. Witte in Berlin. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 1

The Mikado is personally considering one hundred memorials urging him not to ratify the treaty of peace, the Japanese public almost…

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On the War-Path. Out West—of Scone

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 8

LUNCHED with Mr. T. E. Saunders at "Roseheath"—over a ridge from the Wybong—which here I finally left. He had just started shearing and…

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Always the War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 4

The sick man had called his lawyer. "I wish to explain to you," said he, wealthy about willing my property—" The lawyer held up his hand r[?]…

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British Food Supplies in War Time

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 16

In case of a sudden stoppage of food supplies from abroad, the amount produced at home would go only a very little way to avert a speedy famine. The stoppage, or…

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Letter to the Editor. Compressed Forage for War Department

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 6

Sir,—The Minister of Mines and Agriculture is in receipt of a communication from the Agent-General in London, transmitting copies of a specification issued by the War Office…

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A Costly Frontier War. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 3

Viscount Cnrzo[?] the retiring Viceroy of India, in a speech, said that the frontier war, from 1899 to 1899, cost four and a half million pounds,…

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After the War. The Armstice not concluded. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 2

No official report has yet reached Tokio of the conclusion of an armistice in North Korea. It is believed that the chief obstacle to the…

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After the War. Japanese in Saghalien. Treatment of Russian Prisoners LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 4

The Japanese troops on the island of Saghalicn will winter at Alexandrovsk, owing to the fact that snow and heavy gales render it…

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