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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Soldiers' Pay

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 4

Mr E. H. Wilshire, S.M., sitting as a Royal Commission in Sydney, on Monday, advanced the inquiries into the claims of the returned soldiers for…

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Zulus to Arms! How They Prepare for War with the White Man

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

More than any other people on earth thee Zulu nation is simply a fighting machine, and any description of how the Zulus fight is also a description…

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A Veteran Soldier. Mr. Joseph Cash, of Six-Mile Creek, near Pambula

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 6

Few living in the State can show such a record as the gentleman named at the head of this article. Mr. Cash, who will be 78 years of age on…

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Central American War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 5

[?] consequence of the war between Hon[?] and Niearagua the gunboat Marietta, the United States Navy, has landed [?]s at Ho[?]ras for the protection of…

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A Veteran Soldier. Mr. Joseph Cash, of Six-Mile Creek, near Pambula

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 5

Few living in the State can show swell a record as the gentleman named at the head of this article. Mr. Cash, who will be 78 years of age on…

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"My Soldier Boy"

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 4

The above comedy, in three acts, was produced by the members of St. Patrick's Dramatic Club, at the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, on…

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The Game of War. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

Colonel Sir Howard Vincent, who is Conservative Member for Central Sheffield, and a noted writer on military subjects, announces that the Had[?]…

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Central American War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 5

The Nicaraguans have captured Togucigalpa, the capital of Honduras…

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The War with Cancer. Hopeful Prospects

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 3

It was with mingled feelings that ninny must have rend the article in the "Pall Mall Gazette"' of 10th December, upon "The Approaching…

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The War with Cancer. Hopeful Prospects

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 3

It was with mingled feelings that many must have read the article in the "Pall Mall Gazette" of 10th December. upon "The Approaching…

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The Singleton Argus. Published Good Friday. Soldiers or Swashbucklers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

There is a pretty wide distinction between the above two titles. The first denotes the man who, trained to arms, fights as a brave man should,…

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The Dogs of War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 6

How dogs way be used in modern warfare as servants in the cause of humnaity is told in "The New York Outlook." "A great au-thority on the dogs of war, like Surgeon…

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Starving Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 3

Expired service soldiers from Temen are landing at Alexandretta in a starving and ragged condition. They surrounded the "Governor's House and threatened to loot the…

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The Political War of 1907

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

At a meeting of the State Ministerial Party, last Tuesday, it was agreed that the Progressive Party (with Mr. Wade at the head) be…

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War Office Economy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 5

The War Office is about to discharge 1000 [?] from the Royal Laboratory at Wool[?] from the Gun Factory, and [?] from the Royal Carriage…

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The Lessons of War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 5

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Minister for War, in [?] explains the formation of [?] social contingent designed to meet the [?] in war, not the needs of…

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Central American War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 3

Dr. Bonilla, President of Honduras, who fled and took, refuge in the cruiser Chicago, surrendered the town of Amapala, and the war has been declared ended…

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Premier and Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

It is not generally known, remarks a Kalgoorlie paper, that the Premier of West Australia (Mr. Moore) is also an officer in the volunteers. In his capacity of major of the…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 2

The Police Magistrate (Mr. J. W. Fletcher) was engaged for some time to-day taking evidence in regard to the pay due to returned soldiers from South Africa. A number…

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The War Office

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 5

Mr. Arthur a'Beckett, for many years assistant editor of "Punch," began his business life as a clerk in the War Office. In his "Recollections of a humourist" he tells a…

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