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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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The Rand Strike. Possibility of Civil War. London, June 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

The Rand miners have asked [?] Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., and others Labor leaders to assist the strikers with funds or to secure the…

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Prisoners of War. Red Cross Society's Province. London, June 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

The Conference of the International Red Cross Society in London agreed that it was within the province of the society to succour prisoners or war…

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Earthquakes. Kingston Again Shaken. Damage to Property. Soldiers Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

Another earthquake has visited Kingston, capital of Jamaica, which was partially destroyed by a similar phenomenon in January last…

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Affrighted Soldiers. Dash for the Open

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

At Port Royal there was a great panic in the garrison. Immediately after the shock the Royal Garrison Artillery and a party of the Royal…

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Peasants and Soldiery. Serious Conflicts

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 5

A message from Narbonne, dated 19th inst. (Wednesday last), which was delayed in transmission, says, the patrol of Cuirassiers to-night, on being…

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CRISIS in FRANCE Grave Developments. Street Fighting. Widespread Disorder Martial Law Proclaimed. Populace and Soldiery in Conflict. London, June 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 2

A message from Narbonne, dated the 19th, and which was delayed in transmission shows that France is practically in a state of revolution…

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War Disaster Echo. Saved by Burnaby

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 7
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

Nottingham Corporation has in its employ in a lowly capacity a man who was once a lieutenant. Mr William John Lee Baker, twenty years ago, was…

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The Hague Conference. Contraband of War. Britain and Germany Differ. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 5

The draft proposals of Great Britain and Germany regarding the proposed court for deciding prizes in connection with contraband of war, differ materially…

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Afghan's Sensational Shooting. Six Persons Wounded. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 2

News on a most sensational shooting affray has just been received from the Richmond, in the north of Queensland. Last night an Afghans hawker,…

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Running Amok. Afghan's Sensational Shooting. Six Persons Wounded. One Death. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 4

News of a most sensational shooting affray has just been received from the Richmond, in the north of Queensland. Last night an Afghan hawker, named…

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A Soldier's Death

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

Sergeant-Major John Rydall, of the Parramatta Squadron of Australian Light Horse, deliberately committed suicide this morning by shooting…

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A War Secretary. a Bust Man

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 3

The Secretary for War is the subject of a character-sketch In the May "Pall Mall Magazine." He will generally, we are told, be found absorbed In work at…

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Hague Conference Should War Be "Declared." London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

An interesting discussion was resumed at the Hague Peace Conference yesterday. It was on the question as to whether or not there should be a formal…

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America and Japan. Capture of a Spy. Prospects of War. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

THE Japanese who has been arrested for making drawings of the San Diego port is said to be an officer. Intense feeling prevails at San Diego. The…

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French President Shot at. Relating to War

Tumbarumba Times · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

An attempt has been made to assassinate the President of France. Whilst returning from a review a naval The Triple alliance between Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Italy has been renewed. The Japanese ambassador…

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Hague Conference. Should War Be Declared ? LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

An interesting discussion was resumed yesterday. It was on the question as to whether or not there should be a formal declaration of war…

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Balloons in War. the French Success. Germany Uneasy

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 3

The Lebaudy steerable balloon, La Patrie, which the French Government, after recent trials, despatched for service on the German frontier, is…

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Latest News. Received Up to 2 a.m. Korean Troops Mutiny. Japanese Attacked. Forty Killed and Wounded London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 2

A number of Korean troops at Seoul mutinied on Friday, and escaping from their barracks scattered through the city, attacking individual Japanese…

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The War with Cancer. Is Victory at Hand?

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

In consequence of some important work which has now been begun, and is being continued in Germany, the time has come when it seems right that…

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