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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Ancient Roman Declaration of War

The Moree News · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 7

Crimatuma and declarations of per being very much [?] just at presrnt, it may appropriate to recall the [?] which was[?] in the days of the…

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

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 3

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

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The Soldier's Lot. Mr Forster's Bright Picture. a New Era

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

Mr Arnold-Forster, Secretary of State for War, who at Norwich laid the foundation stone of new cavalry barracks to be bulk there was entertained at a…

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War Stores Inquiry. Documents Cause Delay

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 7

So many fresh documents have arrived from Pretoria which require examination that the Royal Commission on the waste of war stores only…

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Stones As Weapons Op War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

It has been reported that on more than one occasion the Russians and Japanese have actually pelted each other with stones. the "Regiment" points…

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What the War Cost Japan

Manilla Express · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

The actual cost of the war to Japan was £117,000,000. Another sixty millions will be required for the repatriation of the army and other…

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[?]Ience and Invention. Japan's War on Disease. What Sanltary Precaution Have Done For Her Arruies

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

"Typhoid, that dread scourge of solbers, has been almost eliminated from [?]apanese army in the present war," [?]es Anita Newcomb McGee in the…

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News and Notes. Returned Soldiers Pay

Manilla Express · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

Sir William Lyne is astounded at the report of Judge Murray, favoring the returned soldiers claime. He says he regards the claims as a try on and…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

Five soldiers of the 22nd Colonial Regiment, which is stationed at Hyeres, attacked and robbed the British Consul, Mr Sadler, and Dr. and Mrs…

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The Continental War Scare. (Block per favor of the Literary Digest, N.v.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 3

During the past few months the Continental papers have been trying to promote a war scare between Germany and France which might involve England. The erman "Wahre Jacob" (Stuttgart) aptly portrays the situation. thus:…

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Japan's Finances. Provision for the War Expenditure

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

According to the London "Times," the Budget for next year shows L11,000,000 annually devoted to the service of the war debts which will be fully…

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War Stores Inquiry. Documents Cause Delay

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 3

So many fresh documents have arrived from Pretoria which requare examination that the Royal Commission on the waste of war stores only…

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Work for Old Soldiers. War Office Committee

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 2

The Secretary of State for War has appointed a committee to inquire into the position of the various official, semi-official and voluntary organisations which…

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Naval War Lessons

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

The appointment of a British committee of experts to consider new battleship designs in the year shows that…

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War Against the Waves

The Moree News · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 4

Galveston, Texas, at a cost of about £20 to each man, woman, and child of the city, is building a prodigious sea-wall as a protection against the repetition of the…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 3

Five soldiers of the 22nd Colonial Regiment, which is stationed at Hyeres, attacked and robbed the British Cousul Mr Sadier, and Dr. and Mrs…

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The Duke of Cambridge. a True Soldier

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

Colonel Willoughby Verner, late Rifle Bridge, assisted by Captain Erasmus Darwin Parker, late Manchester Regiment, have produced,…

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War Stores Scandals. Court-martial at Chelsea. Accused's Statement. the Meyer Rebate of £20,323

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

Staff-Sergeant-Major Arthur Mansfield Hilton, of the, 11th Company, Army Service Corps, who was arrested at Queenstown during Christmas week, just as he…

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Furlough in Enland. a Boon for Soldiers

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 7

Soldiers on service in India, who have hitherto been cut off from their relatives on account of the prohibitive cost of the journey home, are to be given facilities…

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America's Little War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

There have been renewed hostilities in the Philippines. Troops, a naval contingent, and the Philippines Constabulary had a hot…

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