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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Soldiers Punished for Mutiny. a Chaplain Among the Culprits. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 2

Seven soldiers at Tillis have been sentenced to penal servitude for varying terms of from four to twelve years for mutiny and the…

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Cablegrams. Identification Disc for Soldiers. Aluminium Takes the Place of Cards. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The War Office has decided to issue aluminium identity discs to soldiers in place of the old description cards. The discs will be worn under the…

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Back from the War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

Old Friend—How did the camp enjoy going to battle ? Was everyone satisfied? Returned Soldier—Faith no, sor!…

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Mutitions of War. an Extensive Sale. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 42

Some comment has been aroused by an extensive transaction in arms carried out under peculiar circumstances. The sale has been made by the Chilian Government,…

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Natural Selection. Soldier and Volunteer. the Lancers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4
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The hot summer afternoon was drawing to a close, and the fragrance of honeysuckle pervaded the still air as the shadows grew longer…

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Railway War in South Africa. Complaint of Preferential Rates. Threat by the Portuguese Authorities. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

Portugal complains that the preferential railway rates conceded by the Transvaal to Cape Colony and Natal are unfair to the Delagoa Bay…

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Awarded the Victoria Cross. to the Representatives of Dead Soldiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 2

The King has awarded the Victoria Gross to six officers and men who for valour in past campaigns, would have received the decoration if they had…

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Earthquake in Jamaica Killed Estimated at From 500 to 1000. Indescribable Misery in the City. Natives Feared the End of the World. Campy Hospital Destroyed. Native Soldiers Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

The Camp Hospital has been destroyed and 30 soldiers have been killed and over 300 injured. The soldiers killed are believed to be…

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Annamese Soldiers in Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 32

The ripple of a mild sensation is at present stirring the Arcadian quiet of the village of Bankstown, distant 12 miles from Sydney, on the Liverpool-road. The…

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New Armoured War Automobiles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 1

The new types of armoured automobiles equipped with rapid-fire guns, which have been constructed in -Prance and also in Austria, show that a great advance Las been…

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Rifles for Australia. Intimation by the War Office London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

The War Office has informed Capt. R. M. Collins, the Secretary for the Australian Department of Defence that preparations are in progress for the…

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General Hoad to Visit Albury. Lecture on the Russo-japanese War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

Major Wilkinson receatly interviewed General Hoad, C.M.G, Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Forces at Albury Railway Station, and invited…

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Soldier's Adventure in India

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 3

Once during my service in India, I had the advantage of being stationed close to the sea. One evening, after a roasting hot day, a party of us…

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General Hoad in Albury. Lecture on the Russo-japanese War. the Hall Packed to the Doors

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

The fact that General Hoad, CM. G., Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Military Forces, spent a portion of his boyhood in Albury no…

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Russo-japanese War. Russia Evacuates Manchuria. Official Pronouncement in Pekin. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 5

It has been officially announced in Pekin that Russia is notifying China that she will begin the evacuation of Northern Manchuria immediately…

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Politics in Venezuela. Secret Meeting Surprised. General and Soldiers Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

While trying to surprise a secret political meeting at the residence of General Gomez Vice-President of the Republic of Venezuela, the attacking…

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South African War Medals

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

The War Office announces that the South African. War Medals for Doyle's Australian Scouts, are now ready for issue…

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Boer War Episode. Raising a London Regiment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 21

An action involving a claim for commission alleged to have been earned under peculiar circumstances, has just been concluded in London, before a judge and jury…

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War Against the Fly

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 3

It has already been demonstrated beyong question that the mosquito is solely responsible for the dissemination of malaria and yellow fever…

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