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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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The Moroccan Puzzle. How the Sultan Wages War

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 3

The "Express" correspondent wrote from Tanglere on 24th January:— It may be said of the situation in Morocco that the more it changes the more…

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War and Peace. the Contrast

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 7

Europe spent in round numbers L200,000,000 on its army and L80,000,000 on its navy in 1906, as against L146,000,000 and L60,000,000 respectively…

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One Life, One Love. Tonic for Wounded Hearts

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

The springtime of the year will soon be in full beauty, environed by verdant leafage, made glorious by the songs of mating birds. Yet it is black weather…

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British Commerce in War. Results of Manoeuvres

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

The Report on the Naval Manoeuvres of 1906, which were of exceptional interest from the fact that in them a hostile fleet of weak force (Blue) attacked…

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Another Army Proposal. Soldier Tailors

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 7

The latest proposal which is being discussed by the Army Council is one suggested by Sir John Fisher. It is that soldiers, like sailors, should make their…

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Our Soldiers

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

A NUMBER of members of Manilla Half-squadron Australian Light Horse "will take part in the Military Tournament at Tamworth on…

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Welcome Home

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

MR. Jas. Clarke, eldest son of Senr. Sergt. Clarke, who for the past eight years has been in South Africa, returned to Sydney on Friday morning…

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War Disaster Echo. Saved by Burnaby

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 5

Nottingham Corporation has in its employ in a lowly capacity a man who was once a lieutenant. Mr William John Lee Baker, twenty years ago, was…

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Cost of the War

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 7

So far, the official history of the Boer War has cost L25,000, and only one volume has yet appeared. Mr Haldane has given instructions that it must be…

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War Disaster Echo. Saved Bt Burnaby

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 3

Nottingham Corporation has fn its employ in a lowly capacity a man who was once a lieutenant. Mr William John Lee Baker, twenty years ago, was…

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The Mexican Soldier-President

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 10

Perhaps the palm, on the list of modern builders of empire will be awarded to Porfirio Diaz, the Soldier-President of Mexico whose…

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A War Secretary. a Busy Man

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 3

The Secretary for War is the subject of a character-sketch in the May "Pall Mall Magazine." He will generally, we are told, be found absorbed in work at…

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War and Warriors. Concerning Both

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 6

(From the German of Nietzsche.) We want no leniency from our best enemies, nor from those whom w[?] greatly love. Therefore, let me speak…

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A War Secretary. a Busy Man

The Moree News · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 3

The Secretary for war is the [?] of a character sketch in the May [?] Magazine. He will generally [?] found absorbed on work at…

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The War of the Future

The Moree News · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 4

The medical officer of the Austrian army has invented a humanitarian projectile in the form of a shell that, on explosion, distributes not fragments of lead…

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The War with Cancer. Is Victory at Hand?

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 2

In consequence of some important work which has now been begun, and is being continued in Germany, the time has come when it seems right that…

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War and Warriors. Concerning Both

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 4

We want no leniency from our best enemies, nor from those whom we greatly love. Therefore, let me speak truth to you…

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The War with Cancer. Is Victory at Hand?

The Moree News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 4

(From a Special Correspondent.) In consequence of some Important work which has now been began and in being continued in Germany, the…

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To Revolutionise War. Torpedoes Fired by Hertzian Waves. Cartagena, Sunday, 28th April

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

Experiments, with reported satisfactory results, were made here yesterday with the explosion of fixed torpedoes at a distance by means of Hertzian…

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Royal Soldier's Regret

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

The Duke of Connaught has always taken his profession seriously, and we believe we are justified in saying that one of the lasting regrets of his life has…

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