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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

62 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 4

Railway Companies at War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 7

Papers by the last English mall, up to 18th May, stated that the cordial understanding between Great Britain and France has led to the inauguration of a…

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Claims Against the War Office

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

Sir,—The following notification has been received by the Premier, from the War Office, London, through the Agent-General, in regard to outstanding claims in…

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Cheers at a Trial. Soldier Acquitted. Dramatic Scene in Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 7

Dramatic scenes were witnessed at a murder trial at Northampton Assizes yesterday (21st June)—scenes which have rarely, if ever, been…

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A Soldier's Adventure

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 7

Spectators witnessing the launching of the German cruiser Gneisenau at Geestemunde the other day were treated, according to the "Tagblatt," of Bremen,…

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The South African War. the Official History

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 2

The London Express" at 10th July wrote:— The South African war ended on the 31st May,1902. To-day, after a…

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The South African War. the Official History

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 6

The London “Express” of 10th July Wrote:— The South African war ended on the 31st May, 1902. To-day, after a…

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Battle with Wolves. Soldiers' Fight in a Forest

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

Thrilling details (wrote the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" on 20th July) have reached Berlin of a fierce midnight battle between pack…

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Battle with Wolves. Soldiers’ Fight in a Forest

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6

Thrilling details (wrote the [?] correspondent of the London, “Daily Mail” on 20th July) have [?] Berlin of a fierce midnight battle [?]…

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Coming Commercial War. Fight for the Pacific

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 7

Mr. F. A. Mackenzie writes from Kobe to the London "Daily Mail":— Yesterday Japan was the world's fairyland, to-day Japan would lain…

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JESS & [?] Co. Author of Mrs. McLERIE and 'War Macoreegor.' Chapter I—Continued

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 3

Davie hesitated and choked slightly on a [?] of smoke. "Weel, ye see, I was [?] gaun into the shop after I left ye when I met Sir Archibald's…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Bega Budget · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 6

At a meeting of the Soldiers' Memorial railing committee held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening the following were…

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The Trench Army. Trades for Soldiers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 7

On 5th August the the Paris correspondent for the "Express" wrote:— The Minister of War issued a circular to the commanders of all army corps…

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Back From England. Welcome Home to Mr T. Binks

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 4

Mr. G Thompson’s paddock at B[?]ghum Village was the meeting place of a large company on Tuesday of last week, for the purpose of according…

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News in War Time. "An Expensive Nuisance."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 7

At the concluding sitting of the Journalists' Conference in Dublin on 5th September, a resolution was adopted agreeing with the necessity for preventing…

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Idle Soldiers. a Suggested Reform

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 8

In the August number of "Broad views," Mr J. W. Petavel, late captain in the Royal Engineers, broaches a proposal that would, if we were wise, lead…

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A Soldier Race. the House of Gough

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 10

General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, V.C., Keeper of his Majesty's Regalia in the Tower, has, writes the "Westminster Gazette," suffered a sad bereavement by…

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News in War Time. “An Expensive Nuisance.”

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 5

At the concluding sitting of the Journalists Conference in Dublin on 5th September, a resolution was adopted agreeing the necessity for preventing in…

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Soldier's Downfall. Victoria Cross Hero Sent to Prison

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 7

A good deal of indignation has been aroused in Maidenhead by the conviction by the borough magistrates of a man named Charles…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tall of the Crimea. Chapter L.—Continued

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 2

Never since the roundheads passed through the village on the way to the Moat, and plundered its inhabitants, had such a scene of commotion been…

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Soldiers' Food. Search for the Ideal Army Ration

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 3

An investigation into the army rations of all nations (says the "Daily Mail") with a view to discovering the ideal diet for soldiers on the march, is being…

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