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The wars & local soldiers, 1906

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Mutiny at Vladivostock a General Wounded. LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 5

Sailors and some artillerymen at Vladivostock mutinied and used quick-firers and rifles. General Selivanoff, Commander of…

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Mutiny at Vladivostqk. Quickfirers Used. a General Wounded. London, Saturday. 6.55 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 1

News from Vladivostok states that a number of sailors and some artillerymen mutinied. The mutineers used quick-firers arid rifles…

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Airships for War. Portuguese to Use Them Against Negroes. Lisbon, December 19

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 5

Portugal is to be the first country in the world to employ steerable airships in warfare. The Government have decided to…

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Extra Pay to South African Soldiers. Commissioner Reports Favorably

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

The report of Judge Murray, who in March last was appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the claims of members of the New South Wales contingents to further payments in respect…

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Welsh War Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 6

A letter has been received by the Defence Department from Cardiff, Wales, asking if any men of Welsh origin lost their lives in South Africa while serving with any of the Victorian…

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Russia's Trials. Mutiny at Vladivostock. Fortress Commander Wounded. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 7

Sailors and some artillerymen at Vladivostock mutinied, and used quickfirers and rifles on their comrades. They wounded General Selivanoff, the commander of the…

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Returned Soldiers' Claims. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. Bent met a score of the members of the China Naval Contingent last night, and conferred with them on the subject of their claims in reference to their services. After…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

Referring on Saturday to the question of the Returned Soldiers' Pay, as reported upon by Judge Murray, it was mentioned that the Government succeeded before the Privy Council…

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Astounded at the Soldiers' Pay Report

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

Sir William Lyne. who was State Premier when some of the contingents were despatched to South Africa. expresses himself strongly about the finding of Judge Murray in favor of…

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Footing the Bill. What the War Cost Japan

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 3 p.m.—Reuter's correspondent at Tokio says the actual Outlay during the war for the Japanese army was £99,000,000, and for the navy £18,000,000…

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Russo-japanese War. Japan's Little Bill. One Hundred and Seventy- Seven Millions. London, Monday, 3.6 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 1

Reuter's Tokio correspondent states that the actual outlay on the Japanese army during the recent war with Russia was £99,000,000, and the outlay on the navy…

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"Pay, Pay, Pay." Our Soldiers in South Africa. Commissioner's Report to Be Carried Out

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 5

"The report will be carried out," said the Premier this afternoon, to an "Evening News" representative, who had asked for information concerning Judge Murray's report on the…

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Japan After the War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 285

There was great national rage in Japan when the terms of the treaty of peace with Russia were made public. It was, no doubt, felt that, considering the nation had made…

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Tales of the Crimean War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 53

Sir Evelyn Wood tells some good soldier Stories in his book, "The Crimea in 1854 and 1894." In those days (he tells us) our men were taught the sword exercise in a formal…

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"I Do Not Want War."

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 6

The Paris "Temps" states that the following were the actual words used by the Emperor William at a private meeting held recently:-- "It is wrong to say that there exists…

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The Franco-German War Indemnity

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 53

When the envoys of M. de Rothschild paid the war contributions of Paris at the close of [?] siege, an alleged counterfelt 25 thaler bi[?] slipped in among the 200,000,000 francs tha[?]…

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Customs War. Austria and the Balkan Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Austria has closed her frontier against Servian cattle, owing to Servia and Bulgaria forming a Customs union…

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War's Aftermath. the Cash Price Paid by Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- Reuter's Tokio correspondent reports that the actual outlay, in cash, by the Japanese Government during the late war with Russia was…

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Russo-japanese War. Japan's Bill of Costs. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

Reuter's correspondent at Tokio says that the actual outlay by Japan on the war with Russia was, for the army £99,000,000, and for the navy £18,000,000, while a further…

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Customs War in the Balkans. Servia and Bulgaria United. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

Servia and Bulgaria-have formeda a customs union, and in consequence Austria has closed her frontier against the Importation of Servian cattle. In replying to the…

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