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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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Munitions of War. London, Monday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 5

The Australian gunboat Neusatz in the Pa[?] stopped a German steamer laden with munitions of war for Servia. A steamer was similarly stopped with…

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The War Cloud. Getting Black Again

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—There are persistent reports that Turkey is mobilising the Antolian Army Corps, in view of Bulgaria's…

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The American Fleet. Welcome at Yokohama. All Talk of War Ended. London, Oct. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 5

The American fleet, escorted by Japanese cruisers, entered Yokohama Harbour amid the discharge of fireworks and salutes from 16 Japanese battleships and the shore…

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Prank with German Soldiers. "Koepenick" Outdone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 8

The trick of the cobbler captain of Koepenick, who in a second-hand uniform, took command of a squad of German Guardsmen and used them to arrest a mayor…

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Russian War Vote

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 5

The Russian Minister of War is asking the Duma for an extraordinary credit of £9,000,000 beyond the £9,000,000 asked for immediately after the events in the Balkans…

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Cables. the War Cloud

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 4

It is reported that Turkey has ruptured the negotiations with Austria, and the outlook is now threatening…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter, XLII.—Continued

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 2

Taking the maiden by the hand, he led her towards the tomb, followed by his immediate friends. The priests looked on in astonishment,…

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Tribal War in New Guinea. Thirty Natives Slain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

News was received in Sydney yesterday at outbreak of tribal warfare in New [?]. The Rev. E. Baxter Riley, resident missionary at Daru, near the entrane…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xlii. — Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 7

Taking the maiden by the hand, he led her towards the tomb, followed by his immediate friends. The priests looked on in astonishment,…

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Germany and England. Impossibility of War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 1

The [?]leged German peril, of which so much has been written of late, was the topic of a conversation with the German Imperial Governor of Samoa (Dr…

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England and Germany. Samoan Governor Scouts War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 4

"I HAVE just been home," said Dr. Solf, the Governor of Germon Samoa, on Friday, [?] and I know something of the feelings on both sides. The…

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Tribal War in New Guinea. Thirty Natives Slain

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 1

News was received in Sydney on Saturday of an outbreak of tribal warfare in New Guinea. The Rey. E. Baxter Riley resident missionary at Darn, near…

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An Old Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 7

Some amusing anecdotes of Generals he served with or met are related in the September "Cornhill Magazine" by an old soldier who chronicles the small beer of…

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Disturbed Morocco. Soldiers v. Police. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2

A serious conflict between Europeans and Moorish troops is reported from Mozador on the Atlantic coast of Morocco…

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"War!"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 2

Scare headings, in which the ominous word "war" is prominet, are the order of the day in the newspaper placards. Able editors vie with one another in…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XLIII—Continued

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 2

It is not to be supposed that a person of Schamyl's importance could make his preparations for a long and dangerous journey without some of his followers…

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Tribal War in New Guinea. Thirty Natives Slain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 11

News was received in Sydney last week of a[?] outbreak of tribal warfare in New Guinea. The Rev. E. Baxter Riley, resident missionary at Daru near the entrance…

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The German Emperor Remarkable Revelations. How He Won the Boer War. London, Oct. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 5

One of the passages in the interview which the German Emperor had with a representative Englishman, published in the "Daily Telegraph," is exciting the strongest…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XLIII—Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 7

It is not to be supposed that a person of Schamyl's importance could make his preparations for a long and dangerous journey without some of his followers…

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Prank with German Soldiers. "Koepenick" Outdone

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 9

The trick of the cobbler captain of Koepenick, who in a second-hand uniform, took command of a squad of German Guardsmen and used them to arrest a mayor…

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