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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Viii

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 2

A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and skipping, Dirty and dusky; but as wide as eye Could reach, and here and there a sail…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IX.—Continued

The Cobar Herald · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

The two gentlemen followed him into the stable, where Jack Curlin, the very picture of misery, was sitting on a truss of hay, smoking a short pipe with a most…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IX.—Continued

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 2

The two gentlemen followed him into the stable, where Jack Curlin, the very picture of misery, was sitting on a truss of hay, smoking a short pipe with a most…

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Citizen Soldiery. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

In his report for 1907, the Inspector-General of the Commonwealth military forces states that in his opinion war and the preparation and training for war should,…

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The Cadet Encampment How Our Young Soldiers Fared

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 2

The rifle shooting in connection with the cadet encampment at Bathurst last week attracted a lot of attention, and we are glad to note that the boys…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter X.—(Continued.)

The Cobar Herald · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 2

"But mind," said the money-lender, they must confirm all the particulars you have stated. "Doubt it not."…

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Trained Soldiers of Commerce

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 3

If the Germans are beating us in the world's markets we must get rid of many antiquated ideas. A nation which trains her soldiers of commerce and has…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter X.—(Continued.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 2

"But mind," said the money-lender, they must confirm all the particulars you have stated. "Doubt it not."…

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China and Japan. Commercial War started in Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 3

IMPORTANT developments (says the 'S.M. Herald') are about to take place in connection with the threatened boycott of Japanese firms and goods by the Chinese merchants and…

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A Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimea Chapter Xi.— Continued

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

"Hate me you must, when I tell you that, despite my poverty and shame, I have dared to feel and express my love for Beatrix; and that she, angel as she…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea.[?] Chapter XI.—Continued

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

"Hate me you must, when I tell you that, despite my poverty and shame, I have dared to feel and express my love for Beatrix; and that she, angel as she…

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Around the World. French Soldiers and Malicious Sohoolboys

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 6

At the School of Arts and Crafts, Chalons, sur[?]marne France, recently, pupil with a grievance hurled sundry blocks of wood at an instructor and then refused to leave the class…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xiii

The Cobar Herald · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

Look, look! the summer rises in her cheeks; A blush as hot as June, comes flooding o'er…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xiii

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

Look, look! the summer rises in her cheeks; A blush as hot as June, comes flooding o'er…

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Peers As Grooms and Private Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

THERE is a certain similarity in the careers of the present Lord Lyveden and Sir Genille Cave-Browne Cave, who has mysteriously disappeared in America,…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XIV.—Continued

The Cobar Herald · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 2

"Are you acquainted with the youth, gentlemen?" demanded the Minister of Police. Both instantly answered that he was…

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Prepared for War. America's Naval Policy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in the course of a message urging Congress to provble four battleships of the largest type immediately, states that the example of Groat Britain ought to be…

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A Soldier of Fortune. —A Tale of the Crimea.— Chaptek XIV.—Continued

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

"Are you acquainted with the youth, gentlemen?" demanded the Minister of Police. Both instantly answered that he was…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xv

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

I wandered through the gorgeous rooms, 'Mid silken robes and waving plumes; And there were blight and living rays, Daring from woman's love-lit eyes…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Xv

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

I wandered through the gorgeous rooms, 'Mid silken robes and waving plumes; And there were bright and living rays, Darting from woman's love-lit eyes,…

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