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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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South African War. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 5

IN the course of an address on Saturday Sir Harry Rawson said the action of the colonies in the South African war had prevented interference by…

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A Romance of the War

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 4

It is stated that during the South African War two Boers became detached from a commando in a northern desert…

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Fiscal Peace or War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 4

THE electors of New England will shortly be called upon to say through the ballot-box whether they are in accord with the Federal Government and Mr. Sawers in the desire…

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A Man Who Caused a War

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 2

CAPTAIN Anderson, of Penzance, has been commissioned to raise the Traveller, the Government tag which was sunk in the Hamoaze, at Devonport, by being carried athwart the…

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The Killed and Wounded in Industry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 7

IT is strange that, notwithstanding all the legislation and inspection, industrial accidents do not as a rule decrease in numbers. Some years…

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The British Soldier in Prison

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 7

Some interesting particulars of the soldier's life in prison are given in the current "Royal." There are, it seems, fifteen military prisons, the…

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Cablegrams. London. Monday. America and the Foreign Powers. Address by Minister for War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 4

The American Minister for War, addressing a gathering of naval and military men, said the time was approaching when America would meet…

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Kwong Sing War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 3

Since last Xmastide Kwong Sing War have moved into that splendid pile of buildings adjoining the old store, and bore at the present season the firm display a…

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Impending War. Hostilities Inevitable. LONDON, December 19

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

Dr. Morrison. "Times" special correspondent in Pekin, says that although it is known that the Russian reply to the Japanese irreducible minimum will be…

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Russia and Japan. the Pending War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 3

The underwriters at Lloyd's have raised the insurance rates on cargo by Japanese vessels to 7s 6d per cent. Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese…

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The Expected War Between Japan and Russia. ('Harper's Weekly.')

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 8

The latest news from the Far East confirms the belief that the interests of Japan and Russia are essentially irreconcilable by negotiation, and…

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Impending War. Russian Naval Reinforcements. LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

It is understood that Japan will ask Russia to reconsider her reply, which Japan points out, contains no tangible concession, but excludes Japan from the…

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Latest Telegraphic News. the War Cloud. Japanese Fleet Off Port Arthur. Russia Must Back Down or Fight. Sydney

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 3

It is reported that Japanese warships are concentrating off Port Arthur. Japan has taken over 25 steamers…

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The Pending War. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 4

Four Japanese officers in Europe are allotting large orders to army contractors. There is agitation at St. Petersburg…

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The Coming War

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1903 · page 3

The Peking correspondent of the London TIMES telegraphs that Russia is determined that the struggle for Manchuria and Korea will not be confined to Japan…

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