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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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The War He Meant

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 7

ONE of the mildest-m[?]ed men on earth is John Splash, Birmingham, though that isn't his name or the name of his town. He married sallied Jinks, a…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 2

He gave a peculiar whistle, which, when out tracking the sables or hunting the bears or wolves in Siberia, had served as a signal between them, giving Jack…

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Cadet Encampment. Four Days' Soldiering at Lithgow. Wellington Boys Cain High Credit

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

Commencing on Friday, 26th February, a senior cadet encampment was held at Lithgow, lasting until Tuesday of this week. The camp was pitched…

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

The Cobar Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

"Should you remain in the army," he observed, "you may reasonably look forward to promotion. You have given evidence of an intelligence and courage…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

"Should you remain in the army," he observed, "you may reasonably look forward to promotion. You have given evidence of an intelligence and courage…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 2

The contest at last was over, and victory—so boldly wooed and won by the allies—hung enamoured over their banners as they floated side by side on the…

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Prisoner Fatally Wounded

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 3

A man, whose name is not available, an employee on Pilliga Scrub clearing works was shot at West Narrabri by Constable William Lane on Friday night…

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

The Cobar Herald · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 2

"You had better give in," whispered his backer, one of the men tho ex-prizefighter had been treating, and almost the only one who stuck to him; "you are…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crime. Chapter LXV.—Continued

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

"You had better give in," whispered his backer, one of the men the ex-prizefighter had been treating, and almost the only one who stuck to him; "you are…

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England's Peril. Germany's Naval Extensions. An Australian Proposal. Presenting a Dreadnought to Britain. Germany Hard at Work. Dreadnoughts Cheaper than the Result of War

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 3

London, Sunday. Berlin newspapers publish details of the work being carried on day and night in the extension of a…

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Brutal German Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 4

The 'Leipaiger Tageblatt, has published reports on the authority of West African merchants of ornelties committed by German native soldiers in the German Cameroons…

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Ruin Wrought by War. Causes a Nation's Decay

The Cobar Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

The phrase, the cost of war remarks a medical expert, writing in "The Scotsman," connotes in the minds of most men merely an…

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

The Cobar Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

"What has occurred?" hastily demanded the Pole. "What has occurred ?" repeated Jack "what never ought to have occurred…

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Run Wrought by War. Causes a Nation's Decay

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 2

The phrase, the cost of war remarks a medical expert, writing in "The Scotsman," connotes in the minds of most men merely an…

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A War Romance. "Maori" Browne. to Marry Lady of Wealth

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 6

The New Year is to be signallsed by a romantic military marriage, that fine old campaigner, Colonel "Maori" Browne, being engaged to be married…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 2

"What has occurred?" hastily demanded the Pole. "What has occurrod?" repeated Jack; "what never ought to have occurred;…

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Every Man a Soldier Conscription in Great Britain. What It Would Really Mean

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 3

A soldier writes as follows in the "Dally Express":—We want an army which is really an army, and if every individual selected,…

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Oldest Active Soldier

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 3

The Kins has granted n special silver medal and annuity of L10 a year to Staff-Sergeant Keys, "as a reward for his long and highly meritorious…

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A Soldier of Fortune, a Tale of the Chime A. CHAPTER [?]XVII.—Continued

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 2

"Poor fellow," she said, carefully folding the letter and placing it in her bosom, "what he must have gone through. A soldier I wonder how he looks in his…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 2

"Poor f[?]llow," she said, carefully folding the letter and placing it in her bosom, "what he must have gone through. A soldier! I wonder how he looks in his…

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