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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 12

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

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Striking Romance of a Great European War

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

The latest literary political sensation is a hook, entitled "The Collapse of the Old World," by all anonymous author, who writes under the non de plume of "Sea…

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How War Money Might Have Been Spent

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

In a pamphlet issued by the Speaker Publishing Company, Mr. F. W. Hirst, of London, gives some very telling illustrations of the manner of the expenditure of…

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New War Money Might Nave Been Spent

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 4

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Science and Invention. Japan's War on Disease

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 11

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The Cost of War

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 6

IN the Aberdeen and Palmers Administrations ([?]) £100,000,000 was spent on the Crimean War, and £10,000,000 on the India Mutiny. In…

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Federal Hall, Lismore. "Prisoner of War,"

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 5

The Dan Harry Dramatic Company announce a season of three nights in the Federal Hall, commencing on Monday next. Mr. Dan Harry has just finished…

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Pay in the South African War

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

The report of Judge Murray, who in March last was appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the claims of the New South Wales contingents to further…

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War Stores Inquiry. Pocuments Caese Delay

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 10

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

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The Prisoner of War

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 5

Local palygoers will be pleased to hear that Dan Barry's Dramatic Company, [?] by the gifted Dan Barry himself, will appear in the Federal Hall for a…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers

Mullumbimby Star · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4

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

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Dead Soldier's Hoard

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 2

In the grounds of a Dutch church at Kroonstad. Orange River Colony, two Boer children, playing with spades, dug up a pilc of English sovereigns. Very soon…

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Cigarette War. Waged in Manchuria

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 9

A war of rival cigarette manufacturers is now being carried on in Manchuria, the contending parties being the British-American Tobacco Company…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage by French Soldiers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 9

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

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Explosion at Saigon. [?] Blown [?] of the War

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 9

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

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 9

An ex-private of the Royal Rides, named John Murphy, thirty, murdered his married sister, Annie Masters, aged thirty-three; and her baby…

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Work for Old Soldiers. War Office Committee

Mullumbimby Star · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 4

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

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"The Coming War."

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 12

"Seestern, 1906" is the title of a remarkable book published anonymously to-day, November 19th, which deals with the possibility of a war between Great…

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British Consul Garoted. Outrage by French Soldiers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 9

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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