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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Russia. an Aftermath of the War. the Kniaz Potemkine Mutiny. Czar Offers £2000 for Mutineers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

Seven hundred of the seamen, formerly on the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine, who mutinied at Sebastopol in July, 1905, and have been in…

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Cablegrams. the Natal Rising. Bambaata Cut Up. Said to Be Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 3

Colonel Mackenzie's operations have resulted in the scattering of Sigamandi's force. The bolder spirits have joined…

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Russia. the Merry Bombists. Soldiers Revolt. Frighten Fits Out of Police! Humorous Terrorists. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

The frequent recurrence of bomb outrages has caused a state of terror amongst the police at Sevastopol, and many of them have resigned…

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Dead and Wounded in Battle. Method of Identification. Red Cross Recommendation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

A very important recommendation has been made by the Red Cross Conference which is meeting at Geneva. It has been resolved that it is desirable…

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The Jew in War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

We are certainly not as a rule accustomed to connect the Jewish race with deeds of martial daring, and many of us have heard the yarn of the British…

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General Cables. Outrage in Amoy. an Australian Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 3

A serious outrage is reported from Amoy. Advices have been received Chinese at Tunguan, an island town in the…

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American "War Pensions."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

A few days ago, writes Mr. A. Maurice Low in the "National Review" for April, the House of Representatives passed the Annual Pension…

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Cablegrams. Unhappy Russia. the New Judenhetze. the Soldiers' Job, Torture, Ravish, Kill London, Thursday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

The soldiers at Biclostok in Poland, where the terrible massacre of Jews occurred recently, first tortured, next foully outraged, and then killed a…

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Indian Soldiers. Memorial to John Nicholson

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 7

The Viceroy unveiled on Friday, 6th April, a statue of General Nicholson at Delhi in the presence of a brilliant gathering. Lord Minto, who was in…

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British Officer Wounded. in the Soudan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 June 1906 · page 2

During an attack by a tribe on Kantagora, S.W. of Kano, in the Soudan Major W. S. Sharpe, C.M.G., of the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, who…

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Unhappy Russia. Disaffection in the Army. a Captain Killed by the Soldiers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 June 1906 · page 2

Very important news showing how the disaffection in the army is spreading, has been received from Russia. Thirty thousand troops in the…

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[?] Miners War. Fight with the Troops

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 2

At a conference of the Prefect of the Pas do Calais, the Public Prosecutor, the consulting engineer to the Courrieres Mines, and Dr Lourties, [?]…

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Press Censcrship News in War Time. London. June 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 26

The question of a press censorship of war news lias been discussed a good deal in England since the close of the Japanese war. The success which attended the…

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Russia and Japan. Russian General's Opinion. Another War Imminent. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 37

A somewhat startling statement has been made by a high Russian military officer as to the probability of another war between Russia and Japan. General…

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Cable News. Affairs in Russia. Soldiers Mutinous. London, June 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 26

Serious reports continue to be received regarding the outlook in Russia. Disaffection among the troops is the latest disquieting feature, the condition of some…

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Novel Tug of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 28

The following letter has been sent to Mr.J. W. Barrett, the secretary to the Victorian Alliance:—"Sir,—It has been repeatedly stated by temperance and…

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A Year's Freight War. Still Continuing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

It is now more than a year ago that a freight war broke out in the Eastern trade. On the one side are still range the Peninsular and Orienta Company…

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Man-of-war Mishap. Fatal Gun Explosion. London. June 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 15

During the recent naval manoeuvres in the British Channel a gun explosion occurred on the cruiser Essex, 14 guns, whilst she was off the Soilly Isles. One…

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A Soldier's Farewell to Home

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 2

At the time when British troops were being shipped to South Africa, during the early days of the Boer War, a country policeman in a…

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Jo[?]annesburg Coolies. People Quite Indifferent. Botha's Latest War Cry

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 3

Renters' Johannes[?] correspondent states that the people of that city have received the Government's "Repatriation Policy" with imperturbal[?]ty…

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