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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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Soldiers Not Marksmen

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 22 October 1908 · page 6

UNDER the headings " Soldiers not Marksmen," " Weighed and Found Wanting," the S.M. Herald states of 1100 competitors at…

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A Soldier of Fortune

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 6

Sir Harry Maclean, recently a prisoner in the hands of the famous brigand Raisull, has had a most romantic career. He was formerly in…

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The Balkan Trouble. War Feared

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 6

French advices from Constantinople state that the mission of M. P. Dimitroff, Councillor to the Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 29 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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"Wounded at Last." How My Soda-water Bottle Was Smashed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 3

"During the siege of Delhi by the mutineers in 1857 our men suffered terribly from heat and thirst, and I was ordered, I was then a…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 November 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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Banker Killed—two Others Wounded

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 4

A man armed with a revolver entered the offices of Julius Schlitte, a foreign banker, in London, and endeavored to shoot Schlitte, who…

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The Afridi Tribes. Eternal War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 8

Mr. Winston Churchill, who has fought against the people to whom Sir James Willcocks is now administering another lesson, has…

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How I Train My War Docs

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 8

Perhaps the article among a galaxy of splendid articles in this month's "Pearson's Magazine" is a paper by Major E. H…

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The War of the Future. a Terrible Prospect with a Ray of Hope

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. Hudson Maxim has been speculating about the terrible possibilities of war in the near future, when, if the present extraordinary rate of scientific…

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War on the Tiger

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 8

This month's "Pearson's Magazine" contains the most graphic description of a tiger-bunt ever published. The hunt in this instance…

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Welcome Home to Mr. H. McCafferty

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 4

AFTER an absence of eight months from Belmore River, most of which toime was taken up by a trip to the Old Country, Mr. H. McCaffer [?]…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

"But what can have been its use?" The [?]bert of Beatrix beat violently; she recognised it in an instant, for it was shaped at the end like the letter V…

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War Threatening

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 4

The Vienna correspondent of the Times states that there is a growing feeling that Austria and Hungary are drifting steadily to war…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 2

"What my dear father must have suffered!" observed Beatrix. Despite their entreaties to be admitted into the chamber, where they promised…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2

Never since the roundheads passed through the village on the way to the Moat, and plundered its inhabitants, had such a scene of commotion been…

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Wife Shot in Error. Ex-soldier Who Mistook Her for a Burglar

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 7

There was a dramatic incident at G[?]asgow when the coroner's inquiry was resumed into the death of Mrs. Dunn, who was shot by her husband…

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Austria Forcing War

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

Considerable excitement has been caused throughout Europe by the latest news in reference to the Balkans crisis…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter L'I—Continued

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 2

The next day Charles and Henri de la Tour, at the request of the Pole, brought a number of skins to the house of the Jew. The real object of their visit was…

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Horrors of War

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 5

A Russ met a Jap at Chefoo. Said the Jap to the Russ: "Who are you?" "Czrxplivnatsmz," said the Russ, "Now pronounce it, you cuss,"…

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