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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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After the War

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 5

"Ere this the whole of the Japanese soldiers who survived the war with Russia should be landed on their native soil," an "Evening News" representative was told to-day during a…

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French War Automobile for Russia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 12

The latest files give particulars of a new development of automobile construction, and one offering boundless possibilities in the shape of a war automobile. The car has for some months been closely…

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War to the Knife. Pony Clubs with Their Armour On. Peculiarities of the Alleged Negotiations for Peace

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 5

The gauntlet bas been thrown down, and the rival pony clubs will now get at it hammer and tongs. The battle will be viewed with intense interest by those not…

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The Boer War. German Officers' Views

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 5

The second volume of "The German Official Account of the War in South Africa," prepared in the Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin, has (says the…

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An Old Soldier Rewarded

Evening News · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 6

An aged pensioner and old artilleryman, Master Gunner Turner, who for the past 38 years has bean in charge at Belvedere Fort, Virginia Water, Windsor Park (England), has,…

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The Liquor War

Watchman · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

After years of discouragement and an unsatisfactory if in some way compulsory attitude of marking time on the part of temperance reformers, largely as the result…

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A Casus Belli. France and Germany. the European War Cloud

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

Among the sayings, true or apocryphal, attributed to Prince Bismarck, was one to the effect that the next great European war would arise out of the scramble for…

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Burying the Wounded. Returned Russian Soldier's Sensational Story

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 8 April 1906 · page 8

With the return to European Russia of sections of the Manchurian army the awful fact has been brought to light (says the "Anglo-Russian") that after each battle the…

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Race War. Negro Quarters Set Ablaze Bi Infuriated Mob. Extraordinary Scene

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 April 1906 · page 3

A race war is raging in Springfield, Ohio, according to a despatch dated Feb. 28, and all the negro quarter is in flames. The outbreak was caused by a flight…

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By Insect Post. Strange Facts of Remarkable Letter-carriers, Prison, War, Love

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 April 1906 · page 3

Bruno Cataldo, who, since 1885, has been a prisoner on the island of Porto Lon-gone, has Just managed, by means of swallow post, to convey a petition for his…

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An Anarchist Scare. Plot to Disable Men-of-war

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A flag officer at Toulon, the great French naval station on the Mediterranean, states that the Anarchists and Anti-Militarists boast that…

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Incident of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 6

In the Probate Court, London, recently, before Sir Gorell Barnes, leave was given to presume the death of Captain Edward Evans Thomas, who, in September. 1004, sailed from Barry Dock…

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New Zealand. Rumoured Freight War. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 8

Rumours are current of an impending freight war between the subsidised Federal line of steamers, on the one hand, and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion and New Zealand…

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A War of Freights

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

A cable from Wellington, N.Z., states that "War" has been declared between the Federal line of steamers on the one hand and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion and New Zealand…

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A War of Freights. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 8

"War" has been declared between the Federal line of steamers on the one hand and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion and New Zealand Companies on the other. The Federal…

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Maritime Competition. War of Freights in New Zealand. Big Reductions Made

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--For some days past it has been rumored that the Federal-Houlder-Shire line of steamships, which among other enterprises has been engaged in the New…

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Australia's Shame: the Boer War. the Sorry Memories of the Jingo Days

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 13

The Rev. Professor Rentoul, M.A. D.D., has been farowelled in Melbourne by all classes and creeds on the eve of his departure for Europe. At the Celtic…

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The Press in War Time

The Australian Star · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 7

The highly important question, of the restrictions which might, could would or should be placed upon the publication of news in war time by newspapers is…

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The Pony War. the First Skirmish

Evening News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

The first skirmish in the war between the Associated Pony and Galloway Clubs and the Ascot Club took place yesterday, the first-named racing at Kensington, and the other at Ascot…

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The French War Office. the French War Office. Nearly Collapses

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 8

"Luckily," writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Dally Telegraph," on 18th January, "the High, Council of War was not sitting on Monday…

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