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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Singleton Argus. Tuesday, January 3Oth, 1906 Soldiers Pay

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

The result of the enquiry into the matter of the pay of Australian returned soldiers, who took part in the late South African compaing, has now…

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Customs War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 5

Servia and Bulgaria have formed a customs union, and in consequence Austria has closed her frontier against the importation of Servian cattle. In replying to the…

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Russo-japanese War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Tokio says that the actual outlay by Japan on the war with Russia was, for the army £99,000,000, and for the navy £18,000,000, while a further…

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Russo-japanese War Japan's Bill of Costs LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 2

Router's correspondent at Tokio says that the actual outlay by Japan on the war with Russia was, for the army £99,000,000, and for the navy…

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South African Soldiers' Pay Claims to be Met

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 2

Tile Government has decided to carry out the recommendation of Judge Murray in regard to the claims of the men forming certain…

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War Stores Inquiry. Documents Cause Delay

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

So many fresh documents have arrived from Pretoria which require examination that the Royal Commission on the waste of war stores only…

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South African Pay. Soldiers' Claims Upheld

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

The report of Judge Murray, who in March last was appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the claims of members of the New…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3

Some exaggerated statements have recently been going the rounds of the press concerning the amount of money that will be required to pay certain of the soldiers who…

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South African Soldiers' Pay. Claims to Be Met

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 8

THE Government has decided to carry out the recommendation of Judge Murray in regard to the claims of the men forming certain continents that…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Iv— (Continued)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 9

The "Bruce" kept a table d'bote after the Continental fashion, and we dined at it, preferring the certainty of hot dishes, and good cookery to the chance of a cold dinner' and second-rato viands in…

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Japanese War Takes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 5

The constitutional party in the Japanese Diet will support a bill to convert war taxes into a permanent import. A majority is assured in favour of the bill…

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Serious Shooting Case. Young Man Dangerously Wounded

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

Shortly before midnight on Friday a sensational shooting affray took place in Launceston (Tas.), in which young man named Roy M'Leod, a racing [?]…

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War Stores Inquiry. Documents Cause Delay

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 6

So many fresh documents have arrived from Pretoria which require ex-amination that the Royal Commission on the waste of war stores only…

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Japanese War Taxes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

After a very heated discussion the Lowe [?]use of Japanese Diet agreed, by 222 votes to 125, to a continuation of the taxes [?]posed for the purpose of war…

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War Stores Inquiry. Documents Cause Delay

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

So many fresh documents have arrived from Pretoria which require examination that the Royal Commission on the waste of war stores only…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 15

Some exaggerated statements have recently been going the rounds of the press concerting the amount of money that will be required to pay certain of the soldiers' who…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Vi. Now a Fortune Was Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 9

There was quite a long silence in the room; then I said suddenly: "Papa, you surely do not wish to get rid of me? I do not know what prompted me to say that. It…

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Russia's Troubles. the Fleet Disaffected. Arrest or Officers. Admiral Chukhnin Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 10. A recrudescence of disaffection in the Russian Black Sea fleet is reported in a Sebastopol. Several officers have been arrested…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Sir William Lyne's Declaration

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 1

The public mind in Sydney is still exercised to some extent in regard to the justification or otherwise of the claim for additional pay of the soldiers…

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A British Soldier in India

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 4

Many years ago when Corporal Freeman was on duty in India he met with an amusing adventure with a rifle-thief. He was at the time…

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