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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Complaints From Raleigh

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 13

MR. G. S. BRINER, M.P., has received the following letter from the Premier's Office:--"With reference to your…

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A British Soldier in the Sudan

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 2

During the last Sudan War (writes an ex-soldier), I was one of the Guards' Camel Corps up the Nile, and before starting across the…

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A British Soldier in India

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 2

An infantry regiment was stationed at P --. "in India, at the same time aa a certain battery of artilfery was quartered there. There was…

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Soldier Making. Thirty Thousand Men to Drill

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 19

THE decision of the Commonwealth Government to arrange for the military training of rifle club members will probably affect about 30,000 men…

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A Valuable War Vessel

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 4

The latest addition to the British submarine flotilla, a vessel of the O class, is by far the most powerful and complete boat ever built for…

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As in Real War

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 8

There was a certain man who was a peace faddist. He liked to get hold of stories that reflected upon militarism. Such stories, he declared, were…

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Another Book War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 4

Did Gent: "Don't you think, my lad, that it would be better for you to be at home reading a good book than wasting your time in this fashion?"…

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Mr. Frederick Villiers. the War Artist

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 5

During the Russo-Turkish War, Mr. Frederick Villiers, the War Artist, met with a curious, adventure. It was during the battle of the River…

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War Against the Fly

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 3

It has already been demonstrated beyong question that the mosquito is solely responsible for the dissemination of malaria and yellow fever…

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War Against the Fly

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 3

It has already been demonstrated beyong question that the mosquito ia solely responsible for the dissemination of malaria and yellow fever…

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America and Japan. Newspapers Provoking War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 5

Many United States newspapers are endeavoring to provoke war with Japan, and allege that President Roosevelt is favorable…

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The Boer War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 4

A pleasant echo of the Boer war comes with the announcement that Thomas Griffin, aged 25, an ex-soldier of the Scottish Borderers, who fought…

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Brave Men's Death Shroud. an Incident in the Japanese-russian War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 9

Major-General Hoad, Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Military Forces, during the course of a chat out at the rifle range, was…

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Wheat-growing in Manchuria. The Theatre of the Late War

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 2

A [?] has recently been addressed in the Premier by Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commerical Agent for New South Wales in the East in which some very…

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A Soldier and His Wife

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 2

An amusing little incident occurred some time ago, in a well-known garrison town, A certain soldier has a good…

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Contraband of War

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 11

A British warship recently seized as contraband of Avar stores of coal and arms belonging to a German firm on an island in the Persian…

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Speak Pakeha—live or Die. an Incident in the [?] WAR. (Copyright.)

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 26 December 1907 · page 1

We Australians, with few exceptions, as yet know little of those twin islands, sea girt by the Pacific, lyjig some few hundred miles South…

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