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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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Russian War Ships. London, June 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 6

The Russian Government has decided not to place any further orders for war-ships abroad, but to have the vessels constructed in Russia…

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Sir Charles Dilke's Views. a Vital Question in War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

The question of preferential trade was referred to by Sir Charles Dilke when addressing his constituents at Gloucester yesterday. He said that the Government…

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Soldiers' Civil Rights. a Sydney Decision

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 4

Mr. Justice Pring on Friday decided that a soldier engaged in military service was not, according to law, entitled to come to the Courts for redress against his Sovereign…

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Civil Rights of Soldiers No Appeal to the Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 4

Mr. Justice Pring on Friday decided that a soldier engaged in military service was not, according to law, entitled to come to the Courts for redress against his…

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A Soldier's Civil Rights. So Appeal to the Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 3

Mr Justice Pring has decided that a soldier engaged in military service was not, according to law entitled to come to the courts for redress against his…

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Charge of Abduction. a Victorian Soldier. London, June 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 3

At the Bow-street Police Court yesterday Captain Charles Alfred Percy Gardener, who is described as a native of Victoria and a cattle dealer at Cape Town was charged…

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Pageant of War. Masquerade of Old Cavalry Types. Berlin, April 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 4

A military masquerade on horseback is the latest sensation in German army circles. The 1st Lancers at Potsdam celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of General Count…

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A Soldier's Death. Crimea and Mutiny Veteran

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 2

There passed away on Saturday night (writes our Coolamon correspondent) one of Coolamon's old identities in Mr. James Foreman, aged 76, after only nine hours'…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Remarkable Riding Fatality. a Soldier's End. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 2

Frederick Seccombe, who was a member of the Aldershot contingent of the New South Wales Lancers, which landed at the Cape and served throughout the…

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Cost of the S. A. War

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 3

A Parliamentary paper issued on May 7 showed that the estimate'' amount of war charge in South Africa and Chins, incurred up to March 31…

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South Africa. the Transvaal War Loan. London, June 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1903 · page 2

In the House of Commons yesterday, replying to a question by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leaser of the Opposition, Mr. [?] the [?]…

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Eastern War Clouds

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 2

Tho Turkish Minister for War has ordered the army authorities in Salonika and Adrianople to each prepare provisions a for 50,000 troops. A…

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War on Cigarettes

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 4

THE anti-cigarette war in Canada has received a great impetus by the adoption in the Dominion House of Mr…

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The War Indemnity. London, July 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

While America is in favor of the payment of the Chinese war indemnity in silver, and Russia and France are willing that the customs duties in China shall be paid on a…

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Naval Defence. the Next War. Important Sydney Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 4

A public meeting was held in Sydney on Monday under the auspices of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, to consider the questio'n of the relation of Australia to the…

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The Kwangsi Rebellion. Imperial Soldiers Desert. London, July 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1903 · page 2

Advices from Canton state that 1600 Imperial troops iu the province of Kwangsi have deserted, taking with them their arms, and have joioed the rebels…

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Compensation Foe War Losses

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 2

Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of the Cape Colony, is introducing in the Cape House of Assembly a loan bill for £280,000 to provide compensation for…

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Sketcher. Strategy in War

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 1

Now the length to which deception may with honour be carried in warfare is a question very difficult to decide. History tells us of…

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War Debt, £160,000,000. LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

Mr. C. T. Ritchie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking last evening at a London Mansion House dinner to bankers and merchants, stated that a debt of…

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Items of News. South African War Medals

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 2

There are probably a number of Wagga and district men who saw active service in the Boer war as members of one or other of the various contingents who are still…

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