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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Kites for War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 1

For some year past much attention has been paid to scientific kite flying by the military authorities in nearly every European country, and as the kites have been modified…

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A Tale of the Boer War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

The following narrative comes from a well-known officer. Sometime in the year 1901 a certain regiment of Irish yeomanry…

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To-day's Cables. The Warsaw Strike Collapses. The Losses of the Strike. Two Thousand Wounded in Moscow. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

The Council of Workmens Delegates has decreed a political strike for January 23rd to mark the national mourning for "Bloody Sunday."…

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France and Germany. the Kaiser Against War. London, December 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 27

The Paris journal "Le Temps" publishes an important statement in regard to the German Emperor's attitude towards France in relation to the Morocco question…

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Ex-aroh Duke As Recruit. Completes His Course As an Ordinary Soldier

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

After holding the rank of General in the Austrian Army and being known as a good strategist, the ex-Archduke Leopold, who gave up his position in…

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Situation in Europe. Germany and France. Reported Preparations for War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

Despite official denials, there are evidences that Germany is secretly preparing for the probability of a rupture of the highly strained relations…

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Russian Soldiers Abandoned. in Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

A telegram from Tokio slates that some of the Russian prisoners of war still in Japan have been abandoned by their own Government…

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German and Japanese. London, Sunday. Soldiers Fight at Pekin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

A serious affray has taken place between Japanese and German soldiers stationed at Pekin. As the result of a fierce conflict…

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War Expenditure

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 4

Russia's weekly expenditure of 1½ million pounds on the war with Japan is by no means extraordinary. Our own war in South Africa, the…

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After the War. Prisoners in Japan. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 27

A number of Russian prisoners of war, who are still in Japan, complain that their Government has abandoned them. They have appealed through the press to the European…

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Wounded Beast Is Adopted by a Crowd of Children. Unexpected Complications Caused by Bruin's Change of Antumn Ways -A Hunt with a Ruther Remarkable Ending

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 1

According to a New York Sun correspondent residing at East Eddington, Ms., old hunters, old women and venerable tradition, which is more aged than…

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The International Situation. Uneasiness in Europe. German Soldiers Recalled

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

All-Germans in Denmark and Switzerland, who are liable for military service, have been ordered by the German authorities to be in readiness…

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Riots at Tiflis. Armenian Seminary Dombarded and Burned. Many Killed and Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

During the recent fighting at Tiflis, a bomb thrown from a window in the Armenian Seminary injured several members of a passing military patrol…

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What War-money Would Do

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 1

The South African war cost the British Government £250,000,000, and an ingenious gentleman with a turn for figures—Mr. F. W. Hirst, of London…

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District News. Thoughts of an Idle Moment. War and Rumors of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

"Ever something new out of Africa" was a proverb when the world was young, and in the twentieth century it has as much significance as in the days when the armies…

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The Russian Situation. the National Duma. Mutinous Soldiers. London, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 26

A radical change has been noticeable in the attitude of the Russian Government towards the Liberal policy, since the revolution is apparently moribund. On Count…

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Tragedy at Hillston. An Old Soldier Wounds the Police Magistrate. And Shoots Himself Dead. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

A tragedy occurred here this morning, Robert Shannon firing three shots from a revolver at Matthew Boland, the police magistrate. One shot passed through the…

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Russo-japanese. War the Cost to Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

Renter's correspondent at Tokio states that the actual outlay on the war on the part of Japan amounts to £99,000,000, for military and…

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Tragedy at Hillston. an Old Soldier Wounds the Police Magistrate. and Shoots Himself Dead. Hillston

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

A tragedy occurred here this morning, Robert Shannon firing three shots from a revolver at Matthew Boland, the police magistrate. One…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 3

—It is estimated that a sum approaching £20,000 will be required to satisfy the claims of the returned South African, soldiers for back pay…

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