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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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Japanese on the Pacific Coast War Preparations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 5

It is declared that San Francisco's won[?]on mischief-making is dictated solely for local party purposes since considerably more Japanese are leaving than arriving at the…

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Is War in the Air Impossible? a Striking Book

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 12

In England most people still refuse to believe that the airship is, or for long will be, a formidable engine of war. The War Departments of France and Germany hold, a different opinion…

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The Tired Soldier a Tragedy of Lake Baikal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

Here is a tragic story of a Russian soldier's life. The incident takes place by Lake Baikal, that wonderful piece, of water which is joined to…

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A Soldier of Fortune. —A Tale of the Crimea.— Chapter LVI—Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

The perilous enterprise was more than two-thirds accomplished, when the exiles suddenly felt the ice rise beneath their feet, as if making a violent offer to give…

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Tin-kettling at Bathurst. Young Man Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

A few days ago Hugh Sinclair, of Clear Creek, near Bathurst was married, and returned home towards the end of last week, taking up residence in a cottage at…

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Japanese on the Pacific Coast. War Preparations

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 1

It is declared that San Francisco's wanton mischief-making is dictated solely for local party purposes, since considerably more Japanese are leaving than…

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Soldier's Adventure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

While stationed at Mount Levinia, in Ceylon, a piper of a Highland regiment had a very narrow escape from death under the following circumstances:—…

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A French Foot-soldier's Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 8

Six o'clock in the morning. The beds, laid out in long rows in the huge dortoir, are still hardly out of shadow. The inharmonious snoring of thirty foot-soldiers…

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Fight with the Police. Man Escapes Wounded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 3

Plain-clothes Constables Williams and Lynch visited a house in Regent-street, Sydney, on Monday night, where they believed stolen property was hidden…

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Tin-kettling at Bathurst Young Man Wounded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 3

A few days ago Hugh Sinclair, of Glear Greek, near Bathurst, was married, and returned home towards the end of last week, taking up residence in a cottage…

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Military Training Discouraging the Citizen Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 3

A pessimistic view is taken by the Minister for Defence of the proposals for holding anything like a satisfactory encampment in New South Wales next…

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

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

The French were the first to land; but such was the celerity with which the disembarkation was accomplished that in half-an-hour they had six thousand men…

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Tin-Kettling at Bathurst. Young Man Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 3

A few days ago Hugh Sinclair, of Clear Creek, near Bathurst, was married, and returned home towards the end of last week, taking up residence in a cottage at…

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The War Office Cat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 3

We ("Westminster Gazette") announced not long ago the death of the War Office Cat, which, under the name of "The Major," had for many years…

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United States Navy. Efficient Preparations for War. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

President Roosevelt has appointed a commission, consisting of eight experienced naval officers, for the following purposes:—…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

The French were the first to land; but such was the celerity with which the disembarkation was accomplished that in half-an-hour they had six thousand men…

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Telephones in War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 4

Scouting with the aid of the telephone has become one of the features of modern warfare, and is now being made use of by the Japanese. The operations are…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

Tho sergeant slowly raised the rough foraging cap which partly concealed his face, and the worn-out fugitive recognised the countenance of Francis Bailey,…

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Kupopatkin and the Japanese "After the War."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

Writing in "M'Clure's Magazine" for January, General Kuropatkin, commander-in-chief of the russian army, deals with the exhausted condition of the Japanese (from his point of view), and…

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British Patriotic Enlistment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 4

Owing to the enthusiasm generated by the patriotic play "An Englishmen's Home," Lord Esher is appealing through the "Daily Mail" for 11,000 territorials to…

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