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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Late War Japan's Expenses. London, January 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 37

A Reuter's telegram from Tokio states the actual outlay by Japan during the late war with Russia. According to this authority the war expenditure on the army…

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CABLEGRAMS. Church and State. Separation in France. Serious Rioting in Churches. Soldiery Called Out. Stained-glass Windows Smashed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

The proceedings of the French Government, in connection with the administration of the Act for the separation of Church and State, are giving…

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The Russian Upheaval. Returning Soldiers. Difficulties of Repatriation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 2

Enormous numbers of troops returning from Manchuria are unable to reach their homes owing to the anarchy-prevalent in the Russian provinces…

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War Taxes in Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

The Constitutional Party in the Japanese. Diet supports a Bill for the conversion of the special taxes levied to assist in defraying the cost of the late…

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Cablegrams. France & Germany. the Morocco Conference. Failure to Reach an Agreement. Will Be No Reason for War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 2

An inspired, statement has appeared in the Cologne "Gazee'e' concerning the simmering disputes between France and Germany. The statement is to the effect that,…

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Cigarette War. Waged in Manchuria

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 7

A war of rival cigarette manufacturers is now being carried on in Manchuria, the contending parties being the British-American Tobacco Company!…

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Mutiny on a War-ship. Several Arrests Made. London, February 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 26

According to the Malta correspondent of the "Daily Mail," serious discontent has arisen among a section of the crew of the twin-screw armoured cruiser…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 7

Five soldiers of the 22nd Colonial Regiment, which is stationed at Hyeres, attacked and robbed the British Consul, Mr Sadler, and Dr. and Mrs…

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The Russian Upheaval. Disaffection at Sevastopol. Naval Officers Arrested. an Admiral Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 2

There is a recrudescence of the disaffection and incipient mutiny in the vessels of the Russian Black Sea fleet at Sevastopol…

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German Stamp Duties. Increases Rejected. Fresh War Taxation Objected To

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 2

The Budget Committee of the German Reichstag has either rejected or amended, the bulk of the proposed new stamp duties which the Government…

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Japan's War Debt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

The members of the Japanese Lower House of Parliament have adopted a scheme which provides for the defraying of the war debt of 1,822,000,000…

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Maxims of War. a Useful Book

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

Mr. Maurice Brett, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, and a son of Lord Esher, has collected and arranged (Hugh Ross Ltd., London)…

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Japanese Finance. War Taxes Continued. London, February 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 27

The Japanese Government recently announced its intention of continuing the special taxes levied to carry on the war. The support of the Constitutional party was…

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Explosion at Saigon. Dynamite Ship Blown Up. a Romance of the War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 7

A message received in London yesterday (writes the "Daily Telegraph" of 8th December) afternoon from Saigon, French Indo-China, announces that an…

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Out-of-work Tragedy. Ex-soldier Murders His Sister and Child

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 7

An ex-private of the Royal Rifles, named John Murphy, thirty, murdered his married sister, Annie Masters, aged thirty-three, and her baby…

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Russian Soldiers in Manchuria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

It is expected that the remainder of the Russian army quartered in Manchuria will have evacuated the Province by June next. Already 400,000…

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Japan. the War Loans. Consolidating Bill Passed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

The Japanese House of Peers at Tokio has passed a Bill consolidating the war loans, and continuing the war taxation…

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Debate in the House of Lords Attack Upon Viscount Milner. the Policy Which Led to the War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

The debate raised by Viscount Milner, formerly High Commissioner in South Africa, in the House of Lords on the Chinese labor on the Rand…

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"The Coming War."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

"Seestern, 1906" is the title of a remarkable book published anonymously to-day, November 10th, which deals with the possibility of a war between Great…

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Soldier Motorists

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 28

The motor car and the motor cycle are trying to force their way into the military service of the Commonwealth and the Minister for Defence has promised to…

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