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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

1,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 71

Royal Visit to Scotland. Presfntation of War Medals. Rejoicings in Edinburgh

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.--Their Majesties the King and Queen Alexandra yesterday presented war medals to the men of the Black Watch, at Dalkeith…

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Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. the Royal Visit to Scotland. Presentation of War Medals. State Progress Through Edinburgh. London, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 6

The King and the Queen yesterday presented war medals to the Black Watch at Dalkeith Palace. Afterwards their Majesties made a semi-state progress through…

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Parisian Lady's Dramatic Vengeance. Fires at a Fobkeb Lover. Her Brother Wounded in a Dued

The World's News · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 12

Paris has something to talk about just now which beau pretty easily the most daring love stories of its novelists. M. Marcel Prevost was fired at by a young lady, Mdlle. Emma Touret,…

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Soldiers' Soup Strike

The World's News · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 21

Three hundred United States soldiers went on strike and refused to eat until the mess steward served them with a more satisfactory variety of food. Since he took charge, they said, they…

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The Boer War and the Railway Strike

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 May 1903 · page 5

"Austral" writes:—Some little while ago the British—speaking people were up in arms against the Boers for refusing to give the franchise to the Britishers and other Uitlanders. That was the…

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War of the Workers. Jangling and Jumbling at Jumbunna. Rats and Renegades. Prompt Payment for Price. Vindictive Vibrations

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1903 · page 7

Nothing of very much moment, so far as a solution of the industrial trouble is concerned, has occurred up at the Outtr[?] and Jumbunna Collieries, where…

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Strike-a-lights. Liars, Loafers and Looters. Ananias "Age" and Sapphira "Argus." Brutal Boer-war Tactics. Premier Irvine Christened and Cheered As "Australia's Joe Chamberlain" By Stock-Jobbing Sharks and Jews

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1903 · page 1

The railway men are ruffians, restating Law and Order; the strikers are scoundrels, who ought to be summarily sent to gaol, starred out…

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Russia. Troops on a War Footing

Evening News · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 2

LONDON, May 17, 2 p.m.—Fifty thousand Russian troops in the Odessa district are on a war footing…

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Russian Troops on a War Footing. London, May 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 7

Fifty thousand Russian troops in the Odessa district are on a war footing…

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Russian Activity. Troops on War Footing. at Odessa. London

The Australian Star · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 4

Russia has now 50,000 troops in the Odessa district, in the Black Sea, on a war footing…

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A Serious Brawl. Fight Between Two Germans. a Woman Seriously Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--Black Range was disturbed by a sensational episode last night, as the result of which two persons are now in the hospital, and a third in gaol upon a serious charge…

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End of Thirty Years' War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 6

Since 1872 the Dutch have been engaged in conquering the old empire of Acheen, in the north of the Island of Sumatra, Dutch Indies. Up to the beginning of the present year the war had continued with great…

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Troops on a War Footing. London, May 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 5

Fifty thousand Russian troups in the Odessa district are on a war footing…

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Germany. Minister for War Resigns. Violent Scene with the Kaiser

Evening News · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 6

LONDON, May 18, 3.15 p.m.—The "Berliner Tageblatt," in announcing the resignation of General Von Gosslen the Prussian Minister of War, states that the resignation…

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News by Cable. [Copyright] In "Holy Russia." Attacks on the Jews. Many Killed and Wounded. Horrible Atrocities. Children Murdered, Women Outraged

Evening News · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 6

LONDON, May 18, 3.15 p.m—Mr. Alexander, the President of the London Committee of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Sir J. S. Montefiore, president of the…

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Germany. Minister for War Resigns. Violent Scene with the Kaiser. London, May l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 7

The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that the resignation of General von Gossler, the Prussian Minister for War, was due to the German Emperor's disgust at the Minister's boundless…

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South African War Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 7

The Governor this afternoon presented medals and bars to the Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen for African war service. The ceremony took place on the Queen's Domain, but bad Werther marr[?]d the [?]…

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Are They Aliens? Maori War Dancers Detained. on the Mokoia

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 4

Clad in ordinary European clothes, and looking more like bronzed Australians, three Maoris sat about the deck of the New Zealand liner Mokoia, which arrived in port last…

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Irish Sections at War. Disturbance at a Meeting. Miss Maud Gonne a Ringleader

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Members of the Gaelic League tried to capture a meeting which was being held in the Rotunda, Dublin, in aid of the Irish…

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Soldiers' Back Pay, the Full Court Application. (Continued from page 4.)

Evening News · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 5

"If." continued Mr. G. H. Reid, K.C., "the Court thought it had in itself jurisdiction to stay these proceedings, thin I admit it is quite another matter, but the point I wish to press upon the…

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