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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Were Australian Soldiers Thieves. Remarkable Questions by Judge Docker

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4

At the Orange Quarter Sessions on Friday, Judge Docker presiding, when Hubert Nolan, who had pleaded guilty to receiving stolen cattle, was brought up…

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General Rundle Sued. Remarkable War Case in the Hight Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

An echo of the South African war will penetrate into the King's Bench in a few days, says a report issue of the "Daily Express," a non-commissioned…

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Cyclone in Queensland. Townsville Devastated. Ten Persons Killed—twenty Wounded. Hospital Wall Blown Down. Injures Seven Patients—kills Five

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

The restoration of lines of communication permits of the transmission of information regarding a devastating cyclone which burst on tho city of…

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Mr. Chamberlain. Welcome Home. Results of His Mission. Warning to the Sanguine. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 2

The Union Castle liner Norman Castle, with Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain aboard, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning. The Earl of Selbourne,…

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"A Welcome Home." (In ' The New Idea' for March.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 4

When you come home the wattle flower shall bloom, The summer song-birds sing their sunny lay; And gone be all the cloudy, wintry gloom…

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Mr. Chamberlain. Welcome Home. Results of His Mission. Warning to the Sanguine London, March 13

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 3

Mr. and Mr. Chamberlain will return from their South Africa tour to-morrow. Preparations have been made to give them a magnificent reception on their o'clock and welcomed the Colonial…

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Roosevelt in War

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 4

Roosevelt was the one picturesque figure of the war with Spain, the one man who tired popular imagination. As commander of the rough riders, he was in his element…

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Death of General with More. a Maori War Veteran

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 4

Major-General Sir George Whitmore, aged 74, is dead (reports the Wellington N.Z., correspondent of the " Age "). After publishing a book on the Maori War…

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Roosevelt in War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 6

Roosevelt was the one picturesque figure of the war with Spain, the one man who fired popular imagination. As commander of the rough riders, he was in his element…

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Government Insurance of War Risks

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

Admiral Sir J. 0. Hopkins advocates that the Government should on the out­break of war, gratuitously insure all vessels and cargoes against war risks. He…

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Roosevelt in War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 3

Roosevelt was the one picturespue figure of the war of Spain, the one man who fired popular imagination. As commander of the rough riders, he was in…

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The War Commission

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the South African War has examined Sir A. Conon Doyle and Lord Lovat. The latter…

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Latest News. London, March 27. the War Inquiry Commission

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

Giving evidence before the War Inquiry Commission, Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated that the military advisers of the Government in…

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The Conduct of the War. Lord Lansdowne Examined. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 4

The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary fo State for Foreign Affairs, who was Secretary of State for War when the Boer war broke out, was examined…

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South Africa. Mutiny at Pretoria. the Leinster Regiment. 18 Men Wounded. London, March 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 2

A serious affair is reported: from Pretoria. In consequence of a brawl at the barracks, a corporal of the second battalion of the…

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Canada and the War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

In the Canadian House of Commons yesterday a debate took place on the question of the horses supplied to the Imperial Government by Canada during the war…

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The Wounded Russian Consul. Sultan's Physician in Attendance

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

Redifs (Turkish militia), to the number of 12.000, have been summoned from Smyrna to proceed to Salonika, to punish the authors of the recent attack on…

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Russia in a War-war Humour

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

The Governor of Port Arthur vainly tried to charter a British ship to convey troops to Yalu. He then ordered 800 infantry to proceed overland…

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Threatened War Between the P.u. and the A.w.u

The Worker · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 7

To the perseverance and tact of Mr. Commissioner Russell, President of the State Board of Conciliation, is due the credit of having last year prevented a rupture…

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The Fight at Manila. a Sunken War-ship Refloated. Ghastly Discoveries. London, April 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 2

A remarkable discovery has been made in Manila Bay, which recalls the naval battle on April 30, 1898, when the Spanish fleet, under Admiral Montojo, was destroyed by…

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