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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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War Correspondent's Faithful Servant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. F. A. McKenzie, the war correspondent, gives an interesting proof of the fidelity of the Korean lads who sowed him in the Japanese war. Writing in "The Quiver,"…

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Germany's Little War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

[?] German Reichstag has voted 30,000, marks (£1,500.000) for the suppression [?] Herero rising in German South-west [?]…

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A Gruesome Story. Wounded Buried Alive

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 6

With the return to European Russia of sections of the Manchurian army, the awful fact has come to light that after each battle the…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 9

I felt like an icicle; nothing that he could say to me would thaw me. "It is about or marriage, dear,'he replied, coming quite close to me, and making…

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A British Soldier's Adventure

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 4

I A British soldier describes the following incident which occurred some years ago, when he was on active service in Burmah. I…

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A Russian Soldier. How He Is Valued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

An[?] Shestopaloff, of the village Biakova, Government of Tula, was summoned to the military chief of the dis-, trict, who said to her: "Thine husband…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xvii. [?] Alone on Life's Journey

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 9

I hardly know even then what I was going to do: London seemed the most likely place both to lose myself in and to find employment, and I thought I would take the early…

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English Ladies in Japan. Under the Care of the War Office

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 3

Miss Ethel McCaul, accompanied by Miss El[?] St. Aubin, left England in March, 1904, to fulfil a mission which had been entrusted to her—that of inspecting the work…

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Dan Barry's Dramatic Co. "The Prisoner of War."

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

THE production of the Russe-Japanese military drama, "The Prisoner of War," by Dan Barry s Dramatic Company on Thursday next, 5th April, in…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 9

I was very unwise, I dare say. Paul Jones was a stranger to me, and might have been leading me to some place where I should be robbed and murdered, and got rid of, so that…

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Balloons in War

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 3

Writing in "Harper's Magazine," General W. A. Greely traces the use, and discusses the various uses of balloons in war time. The first time…

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How Great War-songs Were Written

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

It was in a mood of wonderful Inspiration that Rouget de Lisle wrote both words and music of the world-famous "Marseillaise," said to be the most inspiring…

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"War" Between Steamship Owners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 3

A report from Wellington (N.Z.) states that "war" has been declared between the Federal line of steamers on the one hand and the Shaw,…

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End of Picturesque War. Fighting of the Futukr

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 3

The veteran French officer, General de Negricr. lias Riven to the "Revue des Deux Mondes" his criticisms of the Russo-Japanese campaign…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 9

Well, the outcome of our talk was that the good lady agreed to let me make ray home with her, and she was to assist me in finding work. I gave my name as Olive Patterson…

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Shooting Case in Adelaide. a Youth Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 April 1906 · page 3

A sensational shooting affair occurred in Adelaide on Saturday. Shortly before midnight a shot rang out suddenly, and a woman's voice called "Police, police, murder." Then two more…

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Our Sydney Letter War to the Knife

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

IN the luridly picturesque language of Mr. Heaghney, the Secretary of the Victorian Central Executive, the decision has been arrived at "to put…

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Shooting Case in Adelaide. a Youth Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7

A sensational shooting affair occurred in Adelaide on Saturday. Shortly before midnight a shot rang out suddenly, and a woman's voice called "Police, police, murder." Then two more…

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The French War Office. the French War Office. Nearly Collapses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 6

"Luckily," writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," on 18th January, "the High Council of War was not sitting on Monday…

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Our Sydney Letter. Sydney, Wednesday. [From Our Correspondent.] War to the Knife

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 6

In the luridly picturesque language of Mr Heaghney, the Secretary of the Victorian Central Executive, the devision has been arrived at "to put the…

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