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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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The Boers and the War Debt

Evening News · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 3

General Botha, addressing Het Volk at Heidelberg, insisted that the British Government trust leave the whites to settle the South African native problem…

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Boer War Debt. "The Only Hope of Repudiation."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Addressing the Boer Convention at Heidelberg, ex-General J. C. Smuts stated that the only hope of repudiating the 130,000.000 war debt lay in keeping…

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The Boer Congress. Repudiating the War Debt. London, July 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 7

General Botha, addressing Het Volk at Heidelberg, insisted that the British Government must leave the whites to settle the South African native problem…

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After the War. Rozhjestvenski on Trial. Surrender of the Biedovy. "An Unparalleled Disgrace."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 7

LONDON. Monday.--The trial is now proceeding of Vice-Admiral Rozhjestvenski and other of the Russian officers, in connection with the surrender of the torpedo-boat…

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The Pony War

Referee · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 5

In connection with the renewal of the pony trouble, Mr. J. Butterfield, the Ascot Racing Club's chairman, wrote as follows to the Press last week :—…

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Soldiers Mutiny

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 9

The Seventh Kasarva Cavalry mutined at Tamboff, Central Russia. They barricaded their barracks, and killed an officer and a trooper belonging to the regiment…

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Storm Murmurs. Russian Government Warned. Heated Debate in the Douma. the Czar Thanks His Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--A heated debate took place yesterday in the National Douma in St. Petersburg, in connection with the charges brought against the officials and…

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Turmoil in Russia. War Against Duma Deputies. Government's Treachery. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 7

The Group of Toll in the Duma declares that it possesses absolute proof that orders have been seat from St. Petersburg to the police in the Government of Saratoff,…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Prepare for War. Speech by Lord Roberts. Compulsory Service Opposed

Evening News · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday, 250 p.m.-In the House of Lords today, Lord Roberts, in a powerful speech, called attention to Great Britain 's non—preparedness for war. The…

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England the Unready Still Unprepared for War. Lord Roberts Advocates Reserves. the Conscription Bogey

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--In a powerful speech in the House of Lords yesterday, Field-Marshal Lord Roberts called attention to the unpreparedness of the nation…

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Welfare of the Soldier. the Government's Care. London, July 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 7

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, speaking at Pimlico last night, stated that the Army Council was devising means to improve the moral and material…

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The Small Pupil on "War."

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 7

My pa has gone to fight the Spaniards, an they ain't been no row at our house since he left. ma says peace was declared when he went. An pa—he…

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The Religious War in France

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 6

A Ma[?]ah is thus reported in the "Paris Radi[?]al:"—It will be the same thing with the public worship association as it is now with the…

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War Scare Costs £7,800,000

The World's News · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 5

The cost of strengthening the military position of France during the Morocco crisis was Estimates. £7,800,000. This sum was not included in the…

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France's Most Important War Harbor. Brest Strongly Recommended

The World's News · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 5

IN VIEW of the uncertainty of maintaining amicable relations with Germany, French naval circles urge that Brest be made the real naval base of the Atlantic. At…

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Conan Doyle and the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 July 1906 · page 5

In the "Cornhill" Sir Conan Doyle gives an account of his stewardship in the matter of the pamphlet he wrote in defence of England during the Boer War. Over…

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Boers Will Repudiate War Debt

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 July 1906 · page 8

[?] Botna, addressing Het Volk at Heidelberg, insisted that the British Government must leave the whites to settle the South African native problem…

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Sinews of War

The Australian Star · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 4

The bequest of the late managing director at Slaters, Limited with respect to a temperance campaign gives a pretty liberal promise of a strengthening of the sinews of…

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Type of Machine Gun. War Office's Experiments

The Australian Star · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 5

According to the cable news describing the operations of the British troops against the rebels in Natal, the Rexer machine gun has been found to be one of remarkable…

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A Central American War. President Roosevelt Intervenes

Evening News · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—An army from Salvador, which invaded the adjacent Republic of Guatemala, Central America, was overwhelmingly defeated by the latter, the…

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