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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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News by Cable. War Preparations. by Turkey and England

Evening News · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—Turkey is sending artillery and strong reinforcements to Akaba and to Tabah (at the bead of the Gulf of Akaba). The British protected cruisers Amethyst and…

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Man Shoots His Wife. Then Commits Suicide. the Woman Dangerously Wounded. a Tragedy at Manly Absence of Motive

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 9

William Rootes, a labourer, 24 years of ago, shot his wife, Mary, aged 22, at the Ivanhoe Hotel, Manly, last night, and afterwards committed suicide. The woman was not dead at a…

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War Cloud. Turkish Audacity. Another Occupation. Sultan's Bellicose Attitude. London, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 1

Turkish troops have occupied Marcovar, a new port in Persian territory. Turkey is sending artillery and strong reinforcements to Akaba and to Tabah (at the…

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The Australian Town and Country Journal Past, Present, Future." Sydney, Wednesday, May 9, 1906. Will There Be War?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 18

There is an old proverb that any stick will do to beat a dog with, and it really seem as if, when two nations have decided o quarrelling, any trifle will do to quarrel…

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Memorial to South African Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 12

On Sunday afternoon, the 20th Inst., the State Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, will perform the ceremony of unveiling the memorial in St. Andrew's Cathedral, to the soldiers who died on…

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Sinews of War. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 1

The Natal House of Assembly has sanctioned a loan of £500,000 on the military operations…

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The War Cloud. Turkey's Aggression. British Action Resented. Military Preparations. London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 7

When the British cruiser Minerva (which had been ordered to the vicinity of E[?] Arish, on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula, to inquire into the removal of…

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The War Over Education in England. Huge Demonstrations. Why the Catholics and the Anglicans Are Protesting

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 17

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. A packed meeting of Catholics at the Albert Hall has protested against the Education Bill. His Grace, the Most Rev…

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The War Cloud. Guarding the Canal. British Naval Movements. London, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 7

'A strong patrol of the Egyptian coast-guard service with five guns has proceeded to the eastern side of the Suez Canal (the northern sphere of the Sinal Peninsula)…

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The War of the Roses

The Methodist · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

It was a hot December day, the very air was stagnant with warmth, and even the butterflies seemed too languid to stir. The roses in the garden felt the heat terribly, and this, perhaps, was the reason why…

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The Class War in America

People · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

THE United States is the greatest capitalist country on earth, with its Titanic industry, marvellous machinery and eighty millions of people. There the…

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War Nearing. British Warships at Port Said. Turkish Overtures Rejected

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Friday, 3 p.m.—Fifteen British warships are at Port Said in readiness to patrol the Suez Canal when the ultimatum to Turkey expires…

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War Threatened. No Arbitration. Turkey's Exorbitant Claims. Vigorous British Action. London, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 11

The "Times" correspondent at Constantinople says that unless Tabah is evacuated before Monday Great Britain's action will be so decided and energetic that the Turks…

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Murder of Miss Camp. Dramatic Sequel Soldier Charged on His Own Confession

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

A sensational chapter in the Camp tragedy occurred (says a London exchange) when a tall, powerful young gunner ln the Royal Horse Artillery, Robert Henry Clive,…

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Fighting the Hottentots. Morenga Wounded. Many Hottentots Killed. London, Saturday, 6.30 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 13 May 1906 · page 1

In the operations against the rebellious Hottentots in German South-West Africa the Germans drove the chief Morenga over the British border…

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A French and Jap Tug-of-war

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 May 1906 · page 9

Diplomatic relations between representatives of France and Japan were temporarily strained in Melbourne on Friday last, owing to the aggressive attitude of…

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Germany's Black War Natives Driven Into British Territory. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 May 1906 · page 5

During fighting in South-west Africa the Germans drove Morenga, the rebel leader, over the border, at longitude 20, into British territory…

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The Camp Murder. Soldier Confesses to a Nine Years' Old Crime. "Pestle Mystery." London, April 6

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 May 1906 · page 10

Nine years ago the murder in a Southwestern train of Miss Elizabeth Annie Camp, a barmaid at the Good Intent, East-street, Walworth, startled London, and in…

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The Latest Cable News Peace or War? the Turkish Crisis. Will the British Force the Dardanelles? Porte's Assumed Indifference. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 May 1906 · page 5

The Constantinople correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that it is not believed in official circles there that the British fleet will force…

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Germany's Colonial War. London, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 7

The Germans drove Morenga, the Hottento[?] chief, over the British border in longitude 20 deg. A Cape police trooper warned a German…

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