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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Great Tobacco War. "Ogdens Limited." Pay £90,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 3

"Ogden's Limited," the great rival of the British Tobacco Trust, have had to pay £90,000 to settle bonus claims…

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Imperial War Office. a Vast Chaos. London, September 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 42

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary for War in the Cabinet, addressing a meeting of his constituents in Haddington last evening, made a sensational reference to the…

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Battle with Wolves. Soldiers' Fight in a Forest

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

Thrilling details (wrote the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" on 20th July) have reached Berlin of a fierce midnight battle between pack…

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Tales of the Crimean War

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

Sir Evelyn Wood tells some good soldier stories in his book. "The Crimea in 1854 and 1894." In those days (he tells us) our men were…

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The Policy of Bombarding. General Dumbadse Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 2

General Dumbadse, commander of the troops at Severtopol, was wounded by a bomb which was thrown at him. The perpetrators of the outrage were…

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Revolution. or Civil War ? a Russian Conversation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 7

"But do you really think that the army can be rolled on?" asked the Englishman. His companion, who were the white…

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War-ships Disabled. Terrible and Mars Suffer. London, October 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 46

Two more serious mishaps to ships of the British navy have been reported. The twin-screw protected cruiser Terrible, 14, 200 tons, a sister ship of H.M.S…

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Trying to Corrupt the Army. Several Soldiers Arrested

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

In connection with the strike a Vilna, 23 revolutionaries, principally soldiers have been arrested for trying to corrupt the army…

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Battle with Wolves. Soldiers' Fight in a Forest

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 6

Thrilling details (wrote the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" on 20th July) have reached, Berlin of a flerce midnight battle between pack…

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Cablegrams. the Crisis in Russia. Official Returns of Killed and Wounded. a Terrible Record. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

Official returns have been published in Russia which show that between the months of February and May the revolutionaries killed or gravely…

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War Stores Scandal. Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers Punished

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

The warrant and non-commissioned officers concerned in the stores scandal in South Africa were paraded at Aldershot, reduced to the ranks, and…

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The French Army. Trades for Soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 7

On 5th August the the Paris correspondent for the "Express" wrote:-- The Minister of War issued a circular to the commanders of all army corps…

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Ready for the Next War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 4

It seems hardly possible that France would ever join Germany in an attack upon Great Britain, but Mr. G. J. Shaw-Lefevre—an…

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Lessons of the Manchurian War. Instructing Japanese Students

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

Four thousand Japanese students from the military training college at Tokio are procceding to Machura to inspect the scenes of the principal…

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Cablegrams. the Crisis in Russia. the Daring Robbery in St. Petersburg. the Authorities Warned. Civilians Wounded in the Affray. LONDON,Tuesday

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

It has transpired that the Russian authorities were warned that the Terrorists intented to attack the Treasury carriage but they considered the…

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A Governor Wounded. Trouble in Armenia

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

Serious disturbances have occurred at Erzerum rn Turkish Armenia. The mob attacked the governor of the town at his residence and seriously,…

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French Sinecures. War Minister's Action. London, October 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 42

Like his Ministerial chief, M. Clemenceau, who when he assumed charge of the French Department of the Interior caused a great stir among the officials by…

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The Crisis in Russia. a Disaffected Regiment. Soldiers Punished for Disloyalty. London

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

All the great Jewish financial houses refuse to assist the Russian Government until such time us the pledges to redress Jewish grievances are…

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The Crisis in Russia. What the Japanese War Cost. a Hundred and Seventy-five Millions. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 2

The "Novoe Vremya" newspaper states that the total cost to Russia of the late war was 175 millions sterling towards which the Russian…

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Beer War in Germany

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 4

What the Germans call a "Bierkrieg" (beer war) has broken out in large districts in the country, and threatens to spread over the entire…

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