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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Peasants and Soldiers. Starved Bears in a Church. LONDON

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 7

Armed peasants attacked a detachment of soldiers in France, believing the troops were trying to force an…

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Dan Barry Dramatic Company. "The Prisoner of War."

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

The production of Russo-Japanese military drama, "The Prisoner of War," by Dan Barry's Dramatic Company on Saturday evening next, March…

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Explosion at Saigon. Dynamite Ship Blown Up. a Romance of the War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

A message received in London yesterday writes the Daily Telegraph" of 8th December) afternoon from Saigon, French Indo-China. announces that an…

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Out-of-work Tragedy. Ex-soldier Murders His Sister and Child

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

An ex-private of the Royal Rifles, named John Murphy, thirty, murdered his married sister. Annie masters, aged thirty-three, and her baby…

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Friday, War Stores Scandals. Court-martial at Chelsea. Accused's Statement

The Moree News · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 4

THE MEYER REBATE OF £20,323. St[?] Major Arthur Mansfield [?] of the 11th Company, Army Service Corns. who was [?]…

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Soldiers' Beds

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 1

The soldier's bed varies notably in the different European armies, and, perhaps, we may see in them the reflection of national characteristics. In England the bed is hard…

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Christmas in War Time

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 6

One remarkable feature of the siege of Paris, in 1870, was that everyone's appetite increased enormously. So says the author of "France in the Nineteenth Century,"…

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How Great War-songs Were Written

The Moree News · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 3

It was in a [?] of wonderful [?]tion that [?]get [?] and music of the world famous [?] said to be the most inspiring…

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War Money Boxes in St. Petersburg

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 8

The St, Petersburg authorities are not depending altogether on tho Public Treasury for the money required for the war. Various means have been adopted for appealing to…

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End of Picturesque War. Fighting of the Future

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

The veteran French officer. General do Negrier, has given to the "Revue des Deux Mondes" his criticisms of the Russo-Japanese campaign…

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Another Afghan War What Lord Kitchener Desires

The Moree News · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 4

A writer, concealing his identity behind the now de plume of "Anglo-Indian." writes in the "North American Review" an article which he has headed "The Call…

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The Aftermath of War. Workless Soldiers

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 7

Many soldiers who were invalided out of the Army after the Boer war are now on the tramp, the casual wards of the country's workhouses being their…

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A British Soldier in India

The Moree News · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 4

Many years ago, when [?]on duty in [?]He was at the [?]serving with the…

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Blind Soldier's Plight. Gentleman Ranker Cast Off

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 3

To the Brentford magistrates a most pathetic appeal was made by a middle-aged man who is totally blind. Groping his way to the witness-box,…

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Twice Wounded

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

Twice has your name been shouted through the dark That broods above the river's sullen flow; Twice the stern Ferryman, with lifted oars,…

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The Sinews Of War. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

THE Political Labour League has decided to collect from the Branch Leagues a sum of £1000 with which it is hoped labour will dominate the…

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The Aftermath of War. Workless Soldiers

The Moree News · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 5

Many soldiers who were invalider out of the Army after the [?]war are [?]on the tramp, the casual wards of the country's workhouses being their…

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Slave of the Needle. English War Office Work. One Penny an Hour

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 7

The sensational story of Mrs Thorogood, the Lambeth woman who told the local guardians that she "finished" Volunteers' trousers, supplied to the…

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His Foe's Legacy. a Soldier's Adopted Child

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

There arc three visitors In Nottingham at the present time who recall one of the most romantic Incidents of a soldier's life…

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S A. German's War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 5

A German force who were chasing the Hottentots in South East Africa last 2 officers and 17 men killed. UNFAIR LONDON PAPERS…

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