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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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APACHES. On the War Path. Terror. London

The Australian Star · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 4

The Apaches have created a reign of terror at Micraine. They paraded the streets with revolvers, knives and knuckle dusters…

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General Cable News. Spanish War Budget

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Rcuter's Agency reports that the Spanish. War Minister (General Linares) is asking for an increase of 15,000,000 pesetas (over half a million sterling) in his current war…

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The Spanish War Budget. an Increase. London, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent says that the Spanish War Minister, General Linares, is asking for an increase of 15,000,000 pesetas (£60),000) in the war budget…

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Lunatic or Soldier? an Extraordinary Tale

Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 4

A man with the somewhat onerous name or Toogood, aged 36, was responsible for a good deal of amusement to-day at the Central Police Court, where he appeared to answer a charge of…

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"Soldier" Bill Thompson. An Explanation and a Sweeping Challenge

Referee · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 7

"Soldier" Bill Thompson looked me up on Saturday night. He denied indignantly the base insinuation that it was the beggar­ly array of empty benches which gave him…

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Gratuities for War Nurses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 6

The Defence Department has received a despatch from the War Office stating that it wishes to recognise the services of the Australian nurses who went to South Africa by presenting each with a substantial…

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War Commission. Permanent Scouts. Colonials. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 4

The commission which is inquiring into the conduct of the South African war has examined the Ven. W. Emery (Canon of Ely, a chief prompter of the volunteer movement)…

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South Africa. the Conduct of the War Lord Lovat's Recommendation

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, March 25, 2.40 p.m.—The Royal Commission on the Conduct of the War has examined Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lord Lovat (who raised the corps of irregulars…

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Man-of-war Social

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 6

On Wednesday the men-of-war from H.M.S. Mildura, who have a football club in connection with the ship, tendered a social to their Granville friends, by whom they had been…

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The War Commission. London, March 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 5

The Royal Commission on the lale war has examined Lord Lovat and Sir A. C. Doyle. Lord Lovat recommended the formation of permanent corps of scouts composed chiefly of…

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The War Commission. Recommendations by Lord Lovat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the South African War has examined Sir A. Conan Doyle and Lord Lovat. The latter…

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The Unemployed and Returned Soldiers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

Sir, -- With reference to the above and the Imperial gratuity, etc., I beg to state that the way some of the returned men have been treated is scandalous. When in Africa many of the…

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The War Commission. Evidence of a War Minister. Boers' Powers Underestimated. London, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 9

In giving evidence before the Commission on the war in South Africa, the Marquis of Lansdowne, who was Secretary of State for War when hostilities broke…

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Stage Whispers. The War of Wealth." Shakespearian Season

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

LLE. DAIGLEMONT an actress, while returning home…

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The Barton Airship. War Office Order for the Latest Invention

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 7

Dr. Barton, of Beckenham, who for the past 20 years has been experimenting with airships, gave a lecture recently before the Aeronautic…

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The Tars' Farewell. A Man-o'-War's Men's Dance at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

That "Jack ashore" is a jolly fellow is proverbial, and needed no better exemplification than a peep into the Granville Town Hall on Wednesday night. The hall was alive with…

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Funeral Arrangements. to Be Buried in Paris. an Offer From the War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- In accordance with the wishes of his relatives, the remains of the late Major-General Macdonald, will be interred in Paris…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Conduct of the War. Evidence of Loud Lansdowne

Evening News · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

LONDON, March 27.—In giving evidence be­fore the Commission on the Conduct of the War in South Africa, the Marquis of Lansdowne (Sec­retary of State for Foreign Affairs), who was…

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Earth's Girdle. Cables Received After Our Last Edition Went to Press Yesterday. War Commission

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.--In his evidence before the War Commission the Marquis of Lansdowne, who was Secretary for War at the commencement of hostilities in South Africa,…

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Soldiers Three

Evening News · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

The three British "non—coms." who have been encaged in the perfectly fruitless task of in­structing the troops of the Sultan of Morocco in tte myeteries of the drill yard have just been…

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