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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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France Demandds Indemnity From China. Also Punishment Oe Chinese Soldiers for Killing French Officers and Native Soldiers. London

Northern Star · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 3

France demands, besides an indemnity, exemplary pumishment of the Chinese Regulars for killing lieutenant Wiegaune and six native soldiers engaged disarming…

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Barefooted Soldiers. 100 Dusky Warriors March. Through London Streets. Ordeal in a Tunnel

Northern Star · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 7

One hundred sets of the whitest teeth over seen in London were displayed to [?] muring gaze at Waterloo Station on Monday. The owners were 100 men of the…

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A Very Old Russian Soldier

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 3

An old Russian[?] non-commissioned officer named Rudniko[?] 128 years of age, has passed through St. Petersburg on his way to Tsarskoe and [?]hence to Tver. He…

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Short Story. Contraband of War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 3

Stamford, of the 3rd Dragoons, Saule, of the 90th Held Battery, and Wyllson, of the Rutlandshire Regiment, were seated on a grassy bank under a hedge. They had gone…

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Sensational Stabbing Affray. Woman Seriously Wounded. Two Men Injured. Alleged Assailant Arrested. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 7

A sensational affair occurred last night about two miles from Manly. It is alleged that a bulcher named Jas. Arthur Moore, nged 54, who has not been…

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A Very Old Russian Soldier

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 5

AN old Russian non- commissioned, officer named Budkinoff, 128 years of age, has passed through St. Petersburg on his way to Tsarkoe and thence…

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The War In the Air

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 3

In this startling story Mr. H. G. Wells has set himself to show, in the most vivid way, how far civil and international conflicts are likely to be…

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German Army in Next War. Cost Annually. European War Would Be an Orgie of Blood. London

Northern Star · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 3

General Blume has presented a remarkable report to the German General Start stating that Germany will put four and three-quarter million'soldiers in the [?]eld…

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Insurrection in Persia, Elders Threaten Holy War. Mob Looting. London

Northern Star · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 3

The elders in the chief quarters of Tabriz agreed to concerted action against the Government forces and the priests [?]arang[?] the crowds…

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Industrial War Threatened. to Stagger People. "Men Must Win." General Strike Almost Certain. Government Rejects Compromise Sydney, Sunday Night

Northern Star · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 3

The question of a general strike has been seriously discussed among the unions, and everything [?]ges on the action which the Labour Council will adopt. The meeting…

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A Soldier's Suicide

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 2

Bombardier A. R. Shea, of No. 6 Company, R.A.A., committed suicide at Queenscliff (Victoria) on Monday morning by shooting himself with a rifle. He left a…

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A Wounded Clerk. Found in the Bush. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 3

A young clerk named Harold Connelly, was found this morning lying in the bush at North Sydney with a bullet wound in his temple. A revolver was found near by…

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Native Soldiers Attempt Tp Poison Europeans. London

Northern Star · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 3

Three native soldiers at Saigon in French Cochin China have been sentenced to death for attempting to poison two hundred Europeans…

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Alleged Breaking and Entering. a Wounded Prisoner. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 7

George Bray, alias Pearce, has been committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering the Gulgong Hotel, Bourkestreet, and stealing a quantity of liquor…

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War Minister. Mr. Haloane on Success of Territorial Army. the King's Interest in the New Force

Northern Star · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 8

The development of the Territorial Army the force which in April took the place of the Volunteers, is being watched with close attention and some anxiety…

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Racial Troubles. Racial War in Illinois. Whites Attack Negroes. Troops Fire on Crowd. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 3

Hearing of an assault, on a sleeping woman at Springfield. Illinois, the whites invaded the negro quarter and clubbed the negroses with sticks and revolvers…

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Latest Cablegrams. Sudden Death of Minister for War. London, Monday afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 5

Redjed Pasha, the Turkish Minister for War, died suddenly at his desk. He is greatly regretted since he was implicity trusted…

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Latest Cablegrams. Passengers Wounded and Robbed. London

Northern Star · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 3

A band of ruffians armed with bludgoons assaulted two tram cars in Cairo at midnight and wounded and robbed many passengers…

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Welcome Home to Mr. W. Fogwell

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

At Nolan's Coraki Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, a number of Mr. W. Fogwell's friends and supporters tenders him a welcome home in the form of a smoke social. The affair was…

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Airships of War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

Mr. Hudson Maxim, who spoke at the annual banquet of the Areo Club of America in New York recently, contended that the use of airships in war…

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