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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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Holland's Endless War. the Acheen Drain

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 5

"It is as the heir of Holland that Germany hopes to find scope for her ambition in the Pacific," says the Broad Arrow. "The Dutch Colonies are not…

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Holland's Endless War. the a Cheen Drain

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 7

"It Is as the heir of Holland that Germany hopes to find scopo ior her ambition in the Pacific," says the Broad Arrow. "The Dutch Colonies are not…

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Real Deadwood Dicks. London Boys Learning to be Soldiers. BISLEY, July 31

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 8

When I entered the grammar and elementary schoolboys' camp in the midst of the Bisley prairie, I was accosted by a very small boy with a very real-looking…

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Throwing Fire at Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 8

Greek fire, which had several other names—wild fire, liquid fire, wet fire, and fire rain—was the most destructive war material used before the introduction of…

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Snakes As War Weapons

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 6

When Hannibal, the great Carthaginian was fighting Eumenes of Pergamos with a fleet of very inferior strength he hit upon an artifice which would scarcely be…

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Blown to Pieces. Soldiers' Fatal Disregard Regulations

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

The correspondent of the London "Daily News" wrote from Par[?]s on Sunday. 3rd November:— Yesterday, at Bourses, ten…

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Blown to Pieces. Soldiers' Fatal Disregard of Regulations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

The correspondent of the London "Daily News" wrote from Paris on Sunday," 3rd November:— Yesterday, at Bourges, ten…

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To Feed Fighting Ships War Vessels Gappy Only an Hour's ammunition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

The chief of the Bureau of 'the American Ordnance reports that the ammunition of the warships would, under certain circumstances, last less than an hour (says a Washington message of December 14)…

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The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained by Soldiers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

A fatal motor-car accident had an extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheaia yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London " Daily…

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King of Spain. a Surprise Visit. Soldiers' Help Society

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9

King Alfonso paid a surprise visit to the Soldiers and Sailors' Help Society, in Brompton road, on 28th November, to see the amusing cartoons of the…

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Our Boy Soldiers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

There will be a great gathering of cadets at Goulburn to-morrow. The youngsters are going to practice the peaceful art of war. There will be…

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

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

"To discover the proofs of his father's marriage, or some such sensible project, as if my lawyers, Quibble and Scratchet, could not have saved him the trouble,…

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In Times of Pcace Look out for War. Summary of the Federal Military Defence Scheme the National Guard

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 2

In trying to follow the trend of public thought and interest, we publish the following regulations contained in the new Federal Defence Scheme—…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.

Western Champion · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 18

"Be just in all you say and all you do; Whatever be your birth, you're sure to be A peer of the first magnitude to me."…

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A Soldier's Adventure in India

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6

A soldier reader sends the following narrative from India:--Some time ago [?] was stationed in Madras, and bathing parade was the order every morning. Our…

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

Western Champion · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 20

So extraordinary did his avowal appear, that for several moments his hearer remained mute with surprise. "You do not doubt it?"…

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The War on Bats. a World-wide Campaign. What It Means

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

The meeting to be held this afternoon writes W. Boelter in the "Daily Mail" of 10th January), at the Hotel Metro[?]ole under the presidency of Sir James…

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Louise Michel. Back Form the Jaws of Death. "This War Will Be the Last."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 7

A few weeks ago Louise Michel was lying at Toulen, so ill that no one dreamed she could recover. But she is now back in the quiet little Streatham…

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Trained Soldiers of Commerce

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

If the Germans are beating us in the world's markets we must get rid of many antiquated ideas. A nation which trains her soldiers of commerce and has…

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