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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

56 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

A Silent War. Against Anarchists. Scotland Yard's Grip

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4

The "Daily Mail" of 18th April writes:— The denunciation of Anarchy and Anarchists by President Roosevelt, and…

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Tropical Clothing. a Soldier's Advice

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4

In the course of a lecture delivered before the Royal United Service Institution in London, Colonel Maude, late R. E., in the course of his remarks…

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A War Lord

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 7

MIDST the acclamations and plaudits of a cheering multitude assembled on the finest thoroughfare of the metropolis of the world to do him honor, the chief…

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Insurgent India. Is War Impending? Views of a Visitor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 6

That India shows every sign of he being on the eve of an insurrection is clear to those who look beneath the surface. The atempt of British official to ignore the gravity of…

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Wounded in a Duel. Fencer Injured by a Novice

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 5

A fierce duel (says "Lloyd's Weekly") was fought on the 14th May in the grounds of the Big Wheel in Paris between a young man named…

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Airships of War

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 1

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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Short Story. (Published by Special Arrangement.) a Stage Soldier. (Copyright.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 1

December, on a West Texas Prairie, under a grey, wind-streaked sky awning. Brown earth, covered with grey, dry moss, and unhappy mesquite,…

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Hero of Boxer War. Dies in Boston. Remarkable Career

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

Daniel J. O'Neil, who was the first man of the allied troops to scale the walls of Pekin during the Boxer uprising, a well known swimmer and…

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A Welcome Home

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

WAS extended to the Rev. E. Syd. and Mrs. Henderson on Wednesday afternoon last by a large number of friends and members of the…

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A Welcome Home to the Rev. E. S. and Mrs. Henderson

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

A LARGE number (between 70 and 80) of the members of the Presbyterian Church, and including other friends and well-wishers of the Minister and his wife, met at the…

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Short Story. (Published by Special Arrangement.) a Stage Soldier. (Copyright.) Continued from last week

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 5

Feeney continued. "Th' Quane av thim parts was misinterpreted by Miss Delia O'Flynn; thot's a bit av family history--her shtage name was far…

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Britain's Latest War. the Fight to the Death That Will Be Waged with Rats

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 3

At last rats are doomed. Sir James Crichton-Browne is forming a society,, the sole object of which is their extermination…

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French Soldier Song. Petit Pioupiou

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 4

Petit pioupiou Soldier paid a sou. What gained you on the Russian shore. When with the bravest and the best…

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A Soldier of Fortune

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

Sir Harry Maclean, recently a prisoner in the hands of the famous brigand Raisuli, has had a most romantic career. He was formerly in…

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Shots at a Church Door. Son-in-law Wounded

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 4

Just as the congregation was leaving Clapham Parish Church after morning service yesterday (writes the "Daily Mail" of 18th May). they…

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"Wounded at Last." How My Soda-water Bottle Was Smashed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

Curing the siego of Delhi by the mutineers in 1857 our men suffered terribly from heat and thirst, and I was ordered, I was then a…

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How Lemoine Escaped. Bogus Diamond-maker. Enlists Diplomatic Aid

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

The finest practical joker of the age, Lemoine, has surpassed himself. He has proved himself a genius, if genius means the power of grasping an…

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Soldier Playwrights

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 4

It is a curious fact that two of the most popular playwrights of the day are men who have proved once again that the pen is mightier than…

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Condemned War Ships

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 6

In spite of criticism, both from within and without, Sir Julia Fisher pursues his policy of weeding oat ineffective ships from the navy list. The Ky[?]s of Bate 6nd anchorage for…

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The Afridi Tribes. [?] War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

Mr. Winston Churchill, who has fought against the people to whom Sir James Willcocks is now administering another le[?], has…

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