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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Duke of Cambridge. a True Soldier

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 3

Colonel' Willoughby Verner, late Rifle Brigade, assisted by Captain Erasmus Darwin Parker, late Manchester Regiment, have produced,…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 March 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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Chinaman Mysteriously Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

A Chinaman has been wounded in a most mysterious manner by a shot from a gun at Botany. Has assailants made off, and all efforts to…

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The War Office. No Serious Changes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 2

During consideration of the Army Estimates a memorandum was submitted by Mr R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, which stated…

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Thrilling Tale of the Maori War

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

Mr. George T. Wilkinson, Government Native Agent in the King Country district of New Zealand, who died a fortnight ago, was in turns surveyor…

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Japanese Men-of-War to Visit Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 28

A Japanese naval trailing squadron, with about 300 cadets on board, will visit Australia in May. The squadron, which consists of the same ships which visited…

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Medicine and War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 6

Medicine has undertaken to exercise the spectre of war. It is not that the demon of strife is to be regarded as a humor of the blood and…

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Shooting Sensation. Sydney Land Agent Arrested. Wife and Son-in-law Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 38

Nicholas Walpole Raven, aged 57 years, house and land agent, shot at and wounded his wife and son-in-law at Petersham on Tuesday night. Percy Singer, a…

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A Russian Soldier. How He Is Valued

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 7

Anna Shestopaloff, of the vilalge Blakova, Government of Tula, was summoned to the military chief of the district, who said to her: "Thine husband…

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War Losses. London, March 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 26

The commission appointed to examine the claims for compensation for losses caused by the war has issued a report. It examined 85,000 claims, aggregating…

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The Dark War Cloud Dispersed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The "Times" says that the settlement arrived at by the International Conference at Algeciras to deal with the disputes between France and…

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Proposed Peace Conference. the Usages of War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

Russia proposes that the Powers concerned in the Peace Conference shall send delegates to a meeting at The Hague in July…

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"Welcome Home."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 6

On last Monday evening the employees of Mr. Joseph Chicken's Netherby Flour Mills, met together by appointment at Hughes' Mill Hotel…

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End of Picturesque War. Fighting of the Future

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 7

The veteran French officer. General Negrler, has given to the "Revue des Deux Mondes" his criticisms of the Russo-Japanese campaign…

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Bleached Beef. Sold As Australian Mutton. Coghlan on the War Path. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 2

A number of Lancashire shopkeepers have been detected in a fraudulent practice injurious to the Australian meat trade…

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Our Readiness for War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 3

Some sensation has been caused by an official report from Senator Playford, the Minister for Defence, describing a recent visit to the…

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The French War Office. the French War Office. Nearly Collapses

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

"Luckily," writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph." on 18th January, "the High Council of War was not sitting on Monday…

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Pillaging and Plundering. Soldiery Ordered to Shoot

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Detachments of regulars are guarding the banks, while the cavalry and infantry regiments are patroling the streets…

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Valuables Thrown in Streets Guarded by Soldiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Two regiments of regular troops stand guard over millions of dollars worth of property, which has been thrown promiscously into the streets…

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Soldier Masqueraders. a Vladivostok Picture

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

A vivid picture of the sacking of Vladivostok is given by the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail." Writing on November 15th, he says:…

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