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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Welcome Home. Mr. Solomon Cohen's Return

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

ON Monday Mr. S. Cohen, on his return from a trip to the old country, the continent, and abroad, was met and given a cordial welcome at the…

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Great Britain's Food Supply. How to Secure It in War. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 4

An influential and most representative royal commission has been appointed to inquire into the conditions attending the importation of food and of the raw…

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Fallen Soldiers. Communion at St, Paul's. Protests. London, April 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

Many aristocratic ladies, including the wives of the president and vice-presidents of the League for the Defence of the reformed Faith, have strongly protested against the…

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The War of Rates

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

It is announced in Berlin that Germany will retaliate for every increase in the Canadian tariff. The " National Zeitung " states that the Imposition by…

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Mortality in War. Some Figures

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 5

The conditions of warfare differ so greatly that no exact inference can necessarily be drawn from past statistics as to the mortality likely to prevail In any particular…

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Our Telegrams. London, Thursday. War Disaster

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

A disaster in Somaliland occurred to the Yao Contingent of King's African Rifles in replying to an attack of the Mullah's forces. The ammunition…

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Anti-jewish Outbreak. 25 KILLED, 275 Wounded. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

A serious anti-jewish outbreak has occurred at Kishinieff, in the South of Russia. The workmen made a violent attack on the Jews, and before the…

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The War Indemnity. London, April 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

The Chinese Government, which has for months past insisted that the war indemnity to the powers should be paid on a silver, instead of a gold, basis, because silver has…

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The Somali War. Government Intentions. No Further Large Expedition. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 2

Referring in the House of Com[?]nions yesterday to the war in Somaliland, Viscount Cranborne, the Ender-Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that the…

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British War Vessels. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 2

The British Admiralty has planned four cruisers of the Duke of Edinburgh typo, which have citadel and armour and a speed of 22 knots. The vessels will be…

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Banquet. Welcome Home to Mr. Solomon Cohen

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday night we had the pleasure of witnessing a most complimentary social function that was extended to Mr. Solomon Cohen, the founder of the…

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British War Ships

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 3

Admiral Bridge has arrived at Hankow in the H.M.S. Glory, she being the first English battleship seen there. She was warmly welcomed…

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The Song of the Crimean War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 5

"Annie Laurie" was the song in vogue during the Crimean war, and the circumstance is recalled by the following verses which are published in the London Press:—…

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The late of a War Balloon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 5

During the siege of Paris in the Franco-German war no less than sixty-four balloons made their ascent from the capital. Out of this number only two "came to grief." One…

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Souvenirs of War. The Marechale MacMahon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 5

The marriage of Mme. de MacMahon, who died the other day in Paris, was a made-up one. Her uncle was in the early years of MacMahon's career in Algeria, his…

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Royal Visit to Scotland. Presentation of War Medals. State Progress Through Edinburgh. London, May 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

The King and the Queen yesterday presented war medals to the Black Watch at Dalkeith Palace. Afterwards their Majesties made a semi-state progress through…

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The Infected Blankets War Office Condemned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

Further particulars are published by the "Daily Mail" respecting the infected blankets sent from South Africa to Whitechapel, and seized by the health…

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The Infected Blankets. War Office Condemned. London, May 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

Further particulars are published by the "Daily Mail" respecting the infected blankets sent from South Africa to Whitechapel, and seized by the health…

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Soldier-Bridegroom's Suicide. a Sad Story

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 4

The Mid-Surrey Coroner held an inquest on April 14 on the body of Frederick Smith, aged 26, a trooper in the 1st Royal Dragoons, who committed suicide at Richmond Station…

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Remarkable Bigamy Case a Salvation Army Soldier's Morality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court Sydney, John Bolingbroke Hilaire was charged that on March 4,1899, he married Elizabeth Ann Hilaire at Sydney, and that on…

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