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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Food iii Time of War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 5

Among the proposals of this Royal Commission on the food supply of the country in time of war is one winch virtually recommends the…

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What the War Cost Japan

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 2

Count Okuma, the well-known Japanese statesman in an address to the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Tokio on Thursday last (says a cable…

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Japan's War Debt Ten Millions Interest London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 2

Mr, Takahashi, au attache of the Japanese Legation in London, interviewed on the statement of Count Okuma regarding the burden thrown upon Japan by the…

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The Late War. What It Cost Japan. London, Oct. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1905 · page 4

Count Okuma, the well-known Japanese statesman, in an address to the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Tokio yesterday, said that by the time…

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War Talk in Germany

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 6

The threats of a simultaneous war with France and England and England, which are so openly made in the press of the latter country. need cause no alarm in…

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The War Ended

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 2

The Czar and Mikado have signed the peace treaty…

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Germany's War. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 2

A patrol defeated a band of Hottentots at Upper Thub. The Hottentots were panic-stricken and fled, leaving behind them 50 killed. 150 Wittboris…

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Japanese in Wagga. Salvation Army Soldiers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 2

An interesting and unique meeting took place in the Salvation Army Hall on Tuesday evening, when a party of Japanese officers of the army were…

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An Old Soldier's Plight. a Black Watch Veteran

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 4

Among the applications heard at the Bungares (Vic.) police court on Monday, was that of Patrick Flynn. who said he desired an old age…

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Possibility of War Between France and Germany

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 2

There is a striking article in the "Fortnightly Review" by an anonymous writer on French and German relations. An eminent German…

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Soldiers Refuse Duty

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 2

A regiment of Grodno Hussars refused to assist the police in dispersing a meeting of railway men at Warsaw, which the Governor had previously…

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A Soldier's Revenge

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 6

During the South African war the censorship of soldiers' letters home was very strict. One soldier, who always sent an account of the doings of the regiment. which account was…

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Received at 1 A.M. Fiendish Crue[?] at Odessa. Gangs of Ruffians Sack Two Suburbs. Commit Inhuman Murders. Headed by Police and Soldiers. Authorities Refuse to Interfere. London, Nov. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 2

News to hand states that an unprecedented massa[?] took place at Odessa on Friday. Gangs of ruffians headed by…

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Straight Australian Women and War

The Worker · Thursday 9 November 1905 · page 4

It is said that the influence of women in civilization is constantly for peace. Yet a women's maritime union, formed on the model of the Men's Navy League, has been…

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25,000 KILLED & Wounded. Sinister Reports. London

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

A doctor at Kietf writes that 25,000 Jews were killed and wounded during the recent massacres, and 1000 women and children outraged and strangled…

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Russia. Civil War Raging Bloodshed at Moscow. London

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

At Tiflis on Saturday a pandemonium of butchery prevailed. The Cossacks were most ferocious. They shot women who were fleeing…

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Received at 1 A.M. Increased Trouble in Russia. Military and Naval Mutiny at Cronstadt. Great Slaughter. Soldiers and Sailors Join the Strikers. London, Nov. 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 2

Many sailors on the worships at Cronstndt the great Russian fortress at the mouth of the Neva. mutinied, overpowered their officers, and,…

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Famous Soldier's Suicide. Colonel Wardrop, C.b, Distinguished Career

The Temora Star · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 3

Formerly an officer in the 12th Lancers, Colonel Frederick Meyer Wardrop, C.B., was found dead at his home, 10 Sussex square, W, and at the inquest…

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A Soldier's Revenge

The Temora Star · Saturday 11 November 1905 · page 7

During the South African war the censorship of soldiers' letters home was very strict. One soldier, who always sent an account of the doings of the regiment, which account was…

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Live Shell at the War Office

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 4

Details of what is supposed to have been an attempt to do grievous harm to Mr. Arnold-Forster, the War Secretary, were published in the "Military…

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