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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Civil War Horrors in Roumania. Rebels Mowed Down by Artillery. Offices Burned Alive. Vienna, April 2

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 May 1907 · page 5

The Roumanian Government has decided that the only "way to crush the peasants' rising is by the ruthless use of artillery. During the last forty-eight hours a…

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The Soldier's Wife

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 May 1907 · page 7

In the future the Australian Tommy Atkins is to be on the same footing as any ordinary individual who has attained the statutory ago in the matter of marrying…

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Freight War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 6

A freight war in the shipping trade between New York and Australia and New Zealand is threatened through the competition of two German shipping companies (says "The Times" of…

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Servant Girls and Soldiers

Evening News · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 3

A handbill was recently widely circulated in Dublin warning domestic servants and other Irish girls against walking out with irishmen wearing England's uniform The handbill…

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The Tsar's Peril a Loyal Soldier London, Tuesday, 3.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 1

It now transpires that the conspirators who had plotted to assassinate the Tsar tentatively approached a member of the Tsar's bodyguard, requesting him to assist "in an…

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A Need in War. Unification of Railway Gauges

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 6

Mr. J. H. Cardew, A.M.I.C.E., the retiring chairman of the engineering section of the Royal Society of New South Wales, delivered an address last night referring to "engineering…

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Baron's Doom Romance of the War in Japan Correspondent or Spy

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 3

The news that the steamer Cecllie is to be used as a junk at Hakodate, Japan, recalls the exploits of Baron von Kriegistein in the Russo-Japanese war…

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Preserved Meat. Requirements of the War Office. Inspection of Australian Works

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 5

Major Arthur Long, D.S.O., of the Army Service Corps, arrived in Sydney by the Union Company's steamer Maheno from New Zealand yesterday. He is under special commissions…

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Adulterated Foods. on the War-path

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 7

On Tuesday, six butchers were proceeded against at the Glebe (Sydney) Police Court, for having sold sausage meat that contained sulphurous acid…

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Russian War Scare

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 8

An amusing reference to the great Russian scare of 20 years ago was made recently by Vice-Admiral Fawkes at the naval banquet in Wellington. Some young men in Wellington…

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Russian Terrorists. Railway Station Raided. Two Soldiers Killed. Ten Thousand Roubles Stolen

Evening News · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Friday Evening.—A band of Terrorists attacked a railway office at Warsaw, killing two soldiers and wounding four. The robbers escaped with ten…

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Terrorists and Soldiers a Brisk Encounter Raid on a Railway Station London, Friday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 1

A brisk encounter with Terrorists is reported from Warsaw. A gang of these lawless ruff[?]ans attacked [?] railway office in the Polish capital, and…

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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 18 May 1907 · page 11

According to recent estimates the pigeons employed by the navy for carrier purposes number 1000, and cost, approximately, something like £2000 a year to keep in training…

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Soldiers' Deferred Pay. Commissioner's Report. Ministry Don't Know

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1907 · page 11

Mr. Wilshire, P.M., the Commissioner appointed to investigate the demands made by the members of the South African contingents for their deferred pay…

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Dire Prophecy Dr. Reich's Startling War Predictions

The Australian Star · Monday 20 May 1907 · page 1

According to Dr. Emil Reich, the eminent lecturer, author, and historian, the European outlook is of the very gloomiest description. In the course of a lecture in the…

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After the War a Soldier's Wife Seeks a Divorce

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 7

Harriette Sarah Hop[?]n yesterday, applied to Mr. Justice Simpson for a divorce from Ernest Fairhall Hopkinson, on the ground of desertion. There was also a suit by the…

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Theatrical Trusts at War. One Explanation of the Fight for Stars. LONDON. April 11

Referee · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 12

"I think personally that this gigantic duel between the Klaw and Erlanger combine and the Keith and Proctor combine will end in a compromise."…

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Labor's War Cry. Mr. M'gowen Leads the Battle. Speech at the Hall. Will Fight the Government Everywhere

Evening News · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 6

Labor's war cry, summoning the hosts to rally round the fighting platform of the party at the approaching Parliamentary election, was sounded at the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street,…

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Soldiers Pay. Report of the Royal Commission

Evening News · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 3

Mr. Wilshire, S.M., who sat as a Royal Commission to inquire into the claims of returned soldiers from South Africa, has submitted his report and it is now being considered by the…

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Returned Soldiers' Pay. Mr. Wilshire's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 12

The report of Mr. Wilshire, S.M., who was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the claims of certain members of the New South Wales contingents in South Africa,…

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