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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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A Man and a Soldier

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

General Stoessel is in Luninov, living on a miserable pittance from the Russian Government hardly enabling him to keep body and sour together. His brave wife, the…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

About 40 additional claimants were examined yesterday by Mr. E. H. Wilshire. S.M., who is sitting as a Royal Commissioner to investigate certain claims for Imperial pay, as well as…

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Britain Prepared for Aerial War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 626

By the last English mail came a good deal of interesting information respecting the international topic of the moment—airships. It will be recollected that last week we published…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 15

The long procession of ex-soldiers who are claiming colonial pay o£ 4s 6d per day, and Imperial pay of 1s 2d, continued before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., yesterday. Further evidence was…

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Pay of Returned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 6

Further evidence was heard yesterday by Mr. Wilshire, S.M. concerning the claims preferred for colonial pay of 4s 6d a day and Imperial pay of 1s 2d by those ex-soldiers who served in…

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Balloons in War

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 10

General A. W. Greely traces the use, and discusses the various rises of the balloon in time of war. The first time it was proposed to use the…

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France and Pope at War

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 5

The following despatche, from Paris were recently published in the leading American journals:— It is more than probable that an…

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Russia and Japan. Another War Inevitable

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 7

Russia is Hotting seriously alarmed about the threatened renewal of hostilities in the Far East. Not only is Japan making colossal…

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Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes ''A power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth." --Daniel Webster

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 11

Captain Norman Dowling has resigned his provisional appointment in the A.A.M.C. (New South Wales). Brigadier-General Gordon, C.B., the…

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One Hundred and Fifty People Wounded. French Church Fight. Paris. January 20

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 11

About 150 persons were wounded yesterday in the storming of the religious seminary at Beaupreau, in the Maine-et-Loire department. The seminarists had refused…

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Trouble in Liberia. Officers Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Natives of Liberia attacked a small British force at Lela, two hours' march north of Walade. Captain Norman, the commander, and…

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Disturbances in Poland Many People Wounded London, Sunday, 2.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 1

Serious disturbances are reported from Lodz, Poland. Soldiers maltreated citizens in the streets in revenge for the murder of officers…

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More Disorder at Lodz. Soldiers Maltreating Citizens

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 4

LONDON. Sunday Evening.—The soldiers at Lodz. Poland, are maltreating the citizens in the streets in revenge for the murder of officers…

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Latest Edition Shooting Sensation at Darling Harbour Two Men Wounded One in a Serious Condition

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 5

A sensational shooting affair was reported to the No. 2 police late this afternoon, but so fat it appears to be shrouded in mystery. As a result of the shooting one man is lying in…

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Anarchy in Russia. Soldiers Take Revenge. Bombs in Trans-caucasia. Treasury Officials Shot and Robbed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Soldiers at Lodz, lu Russian Poland, are maltreating citizens in the streets, in revenge for the murder of officers, beating workmen with…

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Preventing a Murder. Two Persons Killed. Three Wounded

Evening News · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 4

LONDON. Tuesday Evening.—A work-man at Clichy Paris, named Jolibois, attempted to strangle a woman. A number of people went to the woman's…

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A Double Murder Several Persons Wounded London, Tuesday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 1

Joilbois, a workman at Clichy, a suburb of Paris, attempted to strangle a woman, and before he could be arrested he killed a policeman and a waiter, and wounded three…

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Bulgarian Premier Shot Dead. by a Dismissed Official. Minister of Commerce Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday,--Renter's Agency states that an official named Peteroff, who had been dismissed from the Agricultural Bank, fired a revolver three times at M…

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Soldierly Advice

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 34

The old soldier had been telling his nephews terrible stories of battle, and they had listened, spellbound, for an hour. Then said the oldest…

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Sex War in Politics. Some Extraordinary Revelations

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 4

The following significant statement appears in the "Review of Reviews":-The statement made last month…

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