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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 9

I was up betimes the next morning, determined not to be disheartened, and to do all I could to get the situation. I was beginning to feel terrified when I…

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Blind Soldier's Plight

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

GENTLEMAN RANKER CAST OFF To the Brentford magistrates a most pathetic appeal was made by a middleaged: man who is totally blind…

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Soldier Masqtjeraders. a Vladivostok Picture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 6

A vivid picture of the sacking of Vladivostok is given by the correspondent of the London "Daily-Mail." "Writing on November 15th, he says:…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxii. at the Mercy of Slanderers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 9

It was one of my duties to be present in the morning room while Eva had her drawing lessons from Mons. Dupuis. As this was one of the cosiest rooms in…

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British Shipping in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 3

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman will apart a committee to investigate the question of a national guarantee for British [?]in war time…

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A British Soldier in India

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 May 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 serving with the Field…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxiii. "Satan in Petticoats."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 9

"Give my love to her, and—" "Your love, laddie?" "Just, that, old lady; it belongs to her, and—"…

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The War Cloud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 3

A strong patrol of the Egyptian constguard service, with five guns, has proceeded to the eastern side of the Suez Canal. Mukhtar Pasha, the High Commissioner of…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxiv. Dreary Days

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 9

Mrs MacAllister treated me as if I were her dear daughter, instead of a stranger, who had come to her in the course of lodger letting—a stranger, too, through whom…

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Germany's Colonial War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 5

The Germans slrove Morchga, the Hob[?] chief, over the British border in loagied 20deg. A cape police trooper warned a German…

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The Hottentot War. British Territory Invaded. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

In the operations against the rebellions Hottentots in German Southwest Africa, the Germans drove the chief Morenga over the British border…

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The News by Cable. London, May 14 Ce[?]y's Colonial War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

[?] announcement at Berlin ad[?] German troops trespassed on [?] in their operations against [?] the Ho[?] chief, in German…

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Fireworks That Figure in War

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 4

Among the different varieties of projectiles enumerated in the official artillery handbook are some con­cerning whose nature and use even…

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Soldier,s Baptism of Fire

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

A commanding officer [?]s taking his forces into action. He sent forward a small party of [?] to make gaps in a rail fence, to avoid the…

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Queer [?] Regiment. Every Soldier with [?] Nose

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

When the baby Czarewitch was a few hours old he was gazetted to the[?]lovs[?] Regiment of the Guard, one of the finest-looking…

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German's Colonial War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2

The Germans drove Morenga the Hottentot chief over the British border in longitude 20deg. A Cape police trooper warned a German…

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Tribes Preparing for War. Trial of Rebels. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

Melokazulu, in Nputu, North-western Zealand, has joined the rebels. He has abandoned his kraals, and removed his women and stock…

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His Foe's Legacy. a Soldier's Adopted Child

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

There are three visitors in Nottingham at the present time who recall one of the most romantic incidents of a soldier's life…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 9

"The fact of your having no friends will not militate against your taking the situation I have to offer," he said: "it is rather a peculiar one, and the remuneration will…

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Ritous Soldiers Bayoneted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 8

"I had Started business in San Francisco the day before the earthquake," so States Mr. J. A. Roberts, formerly of Dunedin but who has been in California for about 19…

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