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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Customs War. Anti-austrian Riots. London

The Temora Star · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

Prince Aversberg, the Chief of the Department of Commerce in Austria, explained in the Reichsrath yesterday that Servia's special customs…

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Passing Events. Soldiers' Pay

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

We believe in a man being paid what he is entitled to get--no more or less. When our contingents went to South Africa of course an agreement was…

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Japanese War Taxes. Proposed Permanent Imposition

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

The constitutional party in the Japanese Diet (Parliament) is supporting the introduction of a bill to convert the special war taxes into a permanent…

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Farmers and Settlers. Meeting of the Wagga Branch. War Against the Rabbit. Simultaneous Action Advocated

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 4

A meeting of the Wagga Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held at the Australian Hotel, Wagga, on Saturday afternoon. Mr…

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British Consul Garotted. Outrage Bt French Soldiers

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

Five soldiers of the 22nd. Colonial Regiment, which Is stationed at Hyeres, attacked and robbed the British Consul, Mr Sadler, and Dr. and Mrs…

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Japanese Finance. Clearing the War Debt

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 2

The Japanese House of Representatives has adopted a scheme for defraying the war debt of 1,822,000,000 yen (about £182,000.000) by 1929, and liquidating…

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A German View of War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

General von Zurlinden is convinced that is would be madness for Germany to attack France, which is a hundred-fold better prepared for war now than…

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War Against the Waves

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

Galveston, Texas, at a cost of about £20 to each man, woman, and child of the city, is building a prodigious sea-wall as a protection against the repetition of the…

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Extraordinary Shooting Affair. Father Wounded. Son Clubbed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 4

Further news of the shooting of the dairyman. Percy G. Waller, near Gyampic (Q.) shows that the person who awoke him spoke in mu[?]ed tones,…

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Grave Situation. Is War Imminent?

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 3

The situation at Algeria, the scene of the Moroccan Conference, is reported to be depressed. In consequence of this report, the Berlin Bourse revealed a…

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Soldiers Refuse to Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

Six artillery men have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment extending from ten to twenty years at Odessa, and twenty-five others hare been sentenced…

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Wounded Buried Alive

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

With the return to European Russia of sections of the Manchurian army the awful fact has been brought to light (says the "Anglo-Russian.")…

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Boer War Legacy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

Chamberlain says the poliey of intervention announced in regard to the Transvaal will provoke a serious conflict with tho Motherland…

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Smashing up England. Another German War Prophecy

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 1

Another remarkable book following the lines of the once much-talked-of "Battle of Dorking" has been printed in Germany; the title is "Siestern…

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The Kaiser's Gratitude. Soldier Who Saved His Life Asked to Silver Wedding. Berlin, Feb. 4

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 3

The picturesque side of the Kaiser's charecter, which now and then asserts itself in one of his famous acts of chivalry, is aptly shown by his invitation to an…

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War Stores Scandals. Court-martial at Chelsea. Accused's Statement

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

THE MEYER REBATE OF £20,323. Staff-Sergeant-Major Arthur Mansfield Hilton, of the 11th Company. Army Service Corps, who was arrested at…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. War Losses. London, March 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 2

The Commission appointed to examine the claims for compensation for losses caused by the war has issued a report,. It examined 85,000 claims,…

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Special Cable Service. War Compensation. CLAIMS: £64,500,000. Government's Proposals. London

The Temora Star · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 2

The Transvaal War Compensation Commission has examined 85,000 claims aggregating £62,000,000, besides £2,500,000 for military receipts…

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Received at 1 A.M. Dark Cloud of War Dispelled. Neither Victors Nor Vanquished. London, April 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The Times Algec[?]ras correspondent states that the settlement arrived at by the members of the Morocco Conference ought to dispel the dark…

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War Cloud Dispelled London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

The "Times" says the settlement of the Morocco question ought to dispel the dark cloud which has been menacing Europe for nearly a year…

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