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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Germany and France. Is It War! The Trouble over Morocco. LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 3

In view of the general situation in Europe, the Government of Belgium is prpuaring to mobolise the army instantly. Reuter'a Agency at Washington…

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The Ancient Roman Declaration of War

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

Ultimatums and declarations of war being very much discussed just at present, it may be appropriate to recall the ceremonial which was observed in the days of the…

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Gallant Little Soldiers We. a Drill Song for Children

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

Gallant little soldiers we, Ready for the mimic fray, Disciplined and trained, you see, Smart and trim, in bright array…

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Ex-arch Duke As Recruit. Completes His Course As an Ordinary Soldier

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 3
Also in The Inverell Times

After holding the rank of General in the Austrian Awry and being known as a good strategist, the ex-Archduke Leopold, who gave up his position in…

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War Clouds Again

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

WILL, war never cease? Scarcely have died away the echoes of the world's congratulations upon the cessation of the cruel and sanguinary conflict…

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Pay in the South African War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

THE report of fudge Murray, who in March last was appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the claims of members of the Now South Wales contingents to further payments in respect of…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 5

SIR WM. LYNE says he was astonished by Judge Murrey's report in connection with the returned contingents' claim to further pay, which he (Sir William) regards as a…

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Returned Soldiers' Claims

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

Sir William Lyne is astonished at Judge Hurrays report in connection with the claims made by retarded South African soldiers. He says he regards the claims as a…

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Cost of War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

The actual coat of the Japanese war to Japan was £117,000,000, and another £60,000,000 will be required for repatriation of the Army and other…

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Beturned Soldiers' Pay

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

The Premier says Parliament will be asked to vote the money necessary to pay returned soldierti, in accordance with Judge Murray's…

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Airships for War

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 8

Portugal is to be the first country in the world to employ slecra[?]le airships in warfare. The Government has decided to…

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The Small Pupil on "War."

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

My pa has gone to fight the Spaniards, an they ain't been no row at our house since he left. Ma says peace was declared when he went An pa—he…

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Hahatina the Woman Soldier of Port Arthur

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

This is the story of Haratina, alias Haraton, Karotkievitch, the Russian woman who was killed in the trenches while serving as a…

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War Dispatches

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 6

THE character of the work of carrying dispatches at sea has been as completely changed as the art of war itself during the last hundred, or…

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Returned Soldiers. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 5

MR. [?] is having inquries made as to the cst of printing the [?] taken by Judge [?] [?]…

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Japanese War Debt. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

THE Japanese Diet has adopted a scheme for defraying the war debt of £182,200,000 within fourteen years…

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A Gruesome Story. Wounded Buried Alive

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

With the return to European Russia of sections of the Manchurian army, the awful fact has come to light that after each battle the Russian…

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A Gruesome Story.—Wounded Buried Alive

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

WITH the returns to European Russia of sections of the Manchurian army, the awful fact had come to light that after each battle the Russian sanitary…

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Outrage by French Soldiers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

FIVE soldiers of the 22nd Colonial Regiment, which is stationed at Hyeres, attacked and robbed the British Consul, Mr. Saddler, and…

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