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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

3,985 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 200

The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, January 6, 1904. the Outlook for War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 8

Our cables this morning convey to us an important semi-official forecast of the rePly of Russla to the Toklo Note, which is due by tomorrow. On that reply, it is…

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The Threatened War.—types of the He Men Who Man the Russian Fleet

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 30

1.—The Divor. 2.—The Guard. 3.—A Chaplain and Choir. 4.—Officers. 5.—A Ship's Company…

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Heavy-weights at the National. Great Battle Between Soldier Bill Thompson and Ted Arthurs. The Artilloryman Goes Under, but Makes a Game Showing

Referee · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 7

It was only a fair house that witnessed the battle between heavy-weights Ted Arthurs, of Wyalong, and Soldier Bill Thompson brother of dought Jack of that…

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The Creedon-soldier Thompson Fight. Referee Seale's Wholly Unaccountable Verdict. As Genuine and Determined a Baltic as Ever Was

Referee · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 7

If ever a refee's decision lacked the faintest justification that during of George Seals which stopped the Creedon-Soldier Thompson fight at the National, and at a…

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Canadian Soldiers' Offer. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 9

Four hundred Canadians who served in the South African campaign have volunteered to assist Japap…

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Volunteers for Japan. Foreign Enlistment Act. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 9

A movement has been started in two or three of the States to give the Australian volunteers who wish to help Japan an opportunity of organising and going to that…

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Naval and Military Tattoo. in Aid of a Fallen Soldiers' Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 5

A military and naval tattoo in aid of the building fund of the Memorial-hall to soldiers who fell in South Africa and China was held in the Victoria Barracks square last night. There was…

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The War Cloud. in the Far East. Decreased Tension. Russia's Evasive Reply. a Neutral Korean Zone Rejected by Japan. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 9

There is a slight decrease in the tension between Russia and Japan. It is semi-officlally announced at St. Petersburg that the Russian reply to…

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The War Outlook. Near Approach of Hostilities. a Somewhat Pessimistic Russian View. the Japs Are Held Responsible. Russia's Dilatory Reply. What Is Its Intended Purpose? London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 4

The St. Petersburg daily "Novoe Vremya" publishes a pessimistic article to-day on the situation in the Far East. It declares that despite the efforts of the…

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On the Verge of War Peace Almost at the Breaking Point. Russia and Japan Hurrying Their Preparations. Ominous Signs That Indicate As Outbreak of Hostilities at Any Moment

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 6

Modern war is such a highly expensive affair that even the greatest and richest nations think more than twice before engaging in it with any enemy at all likely to be formidable…

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The Russian War Chest

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "New YorK, Herald" says that Russia has for a long time past spent 20,000,000 roubles (about £2,000,000) upon fortifications, strategic railways,…

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The Result of the War !

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 19

When the Empire was called upon to pour out her best blood and her richest treasure to sweep the Boors from their ancestral homes, we were told we were lighting for…

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What a State of War Implies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 7

Under the code which governs international law, a declaration of war implies that all the subjects of the one contesting nation are enemies to all the subjects of the other. The…

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War Within a Month. the Calculation Against

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Lloyd's quotation against war within a month is nominally 50 guineas per cent. The insurance on cargo to Japan in…

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The War Cloud From the Australian Aspect

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

While it would be foolish for the Commonwealth to unduly excite itself over the possible results of the threatened explosion in the Far East, which may before the…

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Views of Colonel Oldershaw. Effect of War Upon Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 7

Lieutenant-Colonel Oldershaw (officer commanding the 1st New South Wales Infantry Regiment), who recently returned to Sydney by the R.M.S. Himalaya, was in Colombo…

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The Outlook in Russia. "War Approaching Nearer and Nearer." London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 7

The "Novoe Vremya" (St. Petersburg) publishes a pessimistic article in which it states that, despite the efforts of the Russian and Japanese Governments to…

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"War Nearer and Nearer." Says a St. Petersburg Journal. Japanese Jingoism Blamed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The "Novoe Vremya," an influential St. Petersburg journal, states in a pessimistic article that despite the efforts of the Russian and…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Impending War. to Take Cruisers to Japan

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON January 6, 2.40 p.m.— One hundred and twenty British naval reservists, with ten officers, have left London, for Genoa, to take the new Japanese cruisers Moreno and Rivadavia to…

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Japanese Soldiers. Their Physique and Skill

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 6

The military unit in Japan, according to the Tokio correspondent of a London paper, has been drilled to the highest degree of mechanical accuracy, so that his response to the word of…

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