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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Japan's War Chiefs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

The Emperor of Japan has decorated the chief military and naval commanders who took part in the war with Russia…

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Soldiers Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

Seven soldiers at Tiflis, Asiatic Russia, have been sentenced to from four to seven years' penal servitude, while 142 uinor sentences have been passed on others fer…

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Munitions of War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The Government of Chill has sold to a Gorman firm 2600 Manchester, rifles und cartridges and mountain batteries for £250,000. It Is supposed that they are intended for the…

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Shooting off Women at Cronstadt. Tied to Stakes and Shot by Soldiers

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 6

"Hark! I hear the tramp of soldiers. I am now, perhaps, about to die. Good-bye, good-bye, my dear mother." These were the last…

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Victorian's War Invention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

The artillery invention of Mr G. Austin a Victorian has been submitted to the War Office…

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Late News by Cable. London, Jan. 9. Racial War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

Mr. G. C. Pardee, Governor of California a message to the State Legislature, says that President Roosevelt with others in the [?] of the country have failed to…

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Pay for Returned Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

A good deal of misapprehension exists us to what returned soldiers are entitled to participate in the sum of money voted recently by the State…

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The Russo-japanese War. a Staff Officers's Scrap-book

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

The impressions of the Japanese army, which Licutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton has put together in "A Staff Officer's Scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese…

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How Soldiers Behave in Battle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

During a war, says a contemporary, we read of companies falling back, regiments giving ground, and brigades becoming demoralised, and the average reader takes it…

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Natural Selection. Soldier and Volunteer. the Lancers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

The hot summer afternoon was drawing to a close, and the fragrance of honeysuckle pervaded, the still air as the shadows grow longer…

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Welfare of Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. Haldane delivered an interesting inaugural address at the War Office on November 23rd to the committee recently appointed to advise the Army Council on all matters…

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Shot at Midnight Man Dangerously Wounded

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 1

A young man named William Joseph O'Brien was taken to the Balmain Cottage Hospital on Friday night suffering from a bullet wound in the…

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Strange Shooting Case Two Men Wounded

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

A man named Pond, employed in the smolting works at Cadia, near Orange, has stated to the police that while standing in the main street between 10…

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War Medals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

The War Office announces that the South African mortals are ready for presentation to the Australian Scouts…

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War Medals Ready London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

The war Office has announced that the South African. war medals are ready for Doyle's Australian scouts…

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A Welcome Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

The Very Rev. Father J. O'Donohoe, administrat r of the parish of Hamilton, who has been enjoying a twelve months' holiday in Ireland and various parts of the world, has now reached New…

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Sensation at Broken Hill. Husband and Wife Wounded. Domestic Disclosures Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 5

A sensational shooting affray occurred in Crystal-street, Broken Hill, last night, when a men named George Humphries is alleged to have fired several shots from a revolver at a…

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Religion in the Army. the Spiritual Welfare Committee. the Soldier-idealist. Speech by Mr. Haldane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

The Secretary of State for War (Mr Haldane) on the 27th November forwarded to the London newspapers the following communication :—…

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Sensation at Broken Hill. Husband and Wife Wounded. Domestic Disclosures. Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 3

A sensational shooting affray occurred in Crystal-street, Broken Hill, lost night, when a man named George Humphries is alleged to have fired several shots from a revolver at a…

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Late News by Cable. London, Feb. 15. Russo-japanese War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

General Kuropatkin's history of the Russo-Japanese war published in December, but the Russian Government immediately suppressed it. The history contains amazing…

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