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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Policeman's Predicament. Mohhkd in a Park. Man Wounded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

A considerable amount of mystery has been displayed in connection with a somewhat exciting incident which took place at Centennial Park on Wednesday night. It…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxvii. in a Strange Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 9

I found that I was expected at the Edinburgh Hotel, and ample provision had been made for my comfort. A recherche dinner was served in a private…

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Riotous Soldiers Bayoneted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 12

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

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Preparing for War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 5

Coming the tension which preceded the statement to hold a conference on Moroccan, France made many preparations in war with Germany. The unforeseen…

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My Soldier Day. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxviii. a Wild Ride with a Wild Companion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 9

It was growing dark when I was driven away toward the distant hills alone with themost formidable-looking person i had ever seen. All the weird stores of travellers…

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Shall War Perish

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 3

it is significant that, a honest simultaneously with the refusal of germany to accept of Great Britain's proposal for a reduction of armament, an association should be formed…

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Terrible Bomb Outrage. at the Spanish Royal Wedding. Large Number Killed and Wounded. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

KING ALFONSO, of Spain, was married on Thursday in the Church of San Geronimo to Princess Esa of Battenburg. Brilliant sunshine prevailed…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxix. My Midnight Visitor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 9

The room was a shade more homelike than the great bare hall, but not much, and there and fire there, both of which I needed sadly…

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The Meat Scandals Soldiers Refuse Tinned Beef LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

The troops in garrison at Salisbury (England) refused to eat tinned beef, and emptied the cans on Salisbury Plain…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxx. the Earl's Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 9

When I woke in the morning, it seemed as if my night's experience and the visit of my curious pupil must have been a dream. I was alone, and there was nothing to…

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A Great Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 6

Sir John French rides with a hunchbacked seat, and can keep in the saddle until his staff shriek for morey. He is a silent general. Short of neck. is he, with a small,…

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Shipping Losses in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 3

The Treasury has appointed a committee to investigate the question of a national indemnity or insurance of shipping against capture in time of war. Mr. Austen…

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The Japanese Deficit. War Compensation Unpaid. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 2

The Tokio correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the deficit when the next Japancese Budget is announced will be £8,000,000…

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More Russian Barbarity Prison Governors Wounded [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 4

The Russians at Tiegil have murdered the crew of a Japanase schooner and retained oight of the survivors as slaves. The jatter were maltreated…

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News in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 5

presentative conference of managers stores of London and provincial news[?] has affirmed the acceptance by the of the general principle of controlling,…

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My Soldier Boy. a Brilliant Love Story. Chapter Xxxi. a Good Omen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 9

I found Lady Beryl Flemyng lamentably ignorant of the commonest branches of a lady's education. She could read and write—the latter after a fashion that would have…

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Belics of Tub War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1906 · page 4

Captain R. J. Orkney, of the steamer Gulf of Venice, which arrived t Brisbane on wednesday from Vladivostock in the course of an interview stated that when at Hong…

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News in War Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 3

Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, the Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons that he hoped to deal next year with the question of restricting the publication of war news in time of war…

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War News Censorship. Press and National Interest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 4

On the eve of or during war make it penal to publish unauthorised news of naval and military movements. A Bill to that effect, which has been urged by the…

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