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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Union Jack and Boer War. Memorial to Fallen Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The King, accompanied by Queen Alexandra and the Prince of Wales, opened to-day the Union Jack Club in Waterloo-road, designed as a…

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An Afghan Runs Amok. One Man Killed. Several Persons Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 7

CHARTERS TOWERS, Monday.--At Richmond on Saturday night an Afghan hawker, named Chumpter, ran amok. He first fired a shot from his caravan at a carrier named M'Millan, who…

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Queensland Sensation Murder by a Mad Afghan. Seven Others Wounded. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 8

News received from Richmond, North Queensland, states that last night Chumpter, an Afghan hawker, went mad, and from his caravan shot indiscriminately at everybody in…

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Private Property in a Maritime War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 6

Next to the proposal for a limitation of armaments, perhaps the most important subject that has to come before the Hague Conference, now in session, is the vexed…

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The Hague Conference Inviolability of Private Property. the Declaration of War. London, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 7

At the Hague International Conference, while the right of belligerent States to transform merchantmen into warships is acknowledged, several Powers are trying…

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A Bid for Loyalty. a Thrilling Narrative of the Franco-prussian War. Chapter X11.—(Continued.)

Evening News · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 7

"That's prime," said he. "Now,'Phonse jest you git, and fetch back them hosses and as soon as the young lady have woke up and we've filled up those on pleasing…

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War Spirit in the Japanese Army. Men Not Afraid of America. Developments in the East. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 7

In view of cablegram's that further trouble has arisen in California between the authorities and the Japanese, press representatives had an interview with Mr. Q. Samuel, M.L.C.,…

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Belated War Medals. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 13

Amongst the Australians who fought in the late South-African war was Sergeant Michael Delaney, who died in the Little Bay Hospital in 1903. He was entitled to medals and…

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A Bid for Loyalty. a Thrilling Narrative of the Franco Prussian War. Chapter XII.—(Continued.)

Evening News · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 7

Abner was garbed in the wide-mouthed trousers with which Buffalo Bill has in later years made London acquainted. His great coat was nothing more or less than a…

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Prince Fushimi. Soldier and Diplomatist

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 14

It is fitting that Japan, the supreme warrior nation of to-day, should have sent a warrion prince as the representative of her Mikado to this country. Sadanaru Fushimi is first and…

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A Bid for Loyalty. a Thrilling Narrative of the Franco Prussian War. Chapter XII.—(Continued.)

Evening News · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 9

In the twinkling of an eye I had my revolver cocked and ready. But though I prided myself on my swiftness of action, before I had got my aim on any one of the…

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Tinned Meat War Office Tenders

The Australian Star · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 7

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture is in receipt of a communication from Mr. T. A. Coghian, the Agent-General for New South Wales in London, wherein is enclosed form…

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Making War Less Terrible. More Protection for Neutrals

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The sittings of the International Peace Conference at The Hague still continue. Japan proposes to prohibit all vessels…

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A Bid for Loyalty. a Thrilling Narrative of the Franco-prussian War. Chapter XIV.—(Continued.)

Evening News · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 9

The desolation, the lifeiessness, of sleeping country through which we had passed, made the stir and fret of Orleans the more noticeable by us. So confused…

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Grateful Soldiers

Evening News · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 9

A meeting of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of South African contingents, will be held at the School Of Arts, Pitt-street,at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening next, for. the…

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One War Enough

The Arrow · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

A well-known noble volunteer captain recently entertained a party of officers at his place for a shoot. While he was out one day the captain had the…

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Lost War Balloon Picked Up at Sea. Fate of Two Officers

The World's News · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 28

The first act in a dramatic and what we know by cable to have been a tragic balloon adventure was witnessed at Aldershot on Tuesday afternoon. May 28. when two young officers of…

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A Bid for Loyalty. a Thrilling Narrative of the Franco-prussian War. Chapter XV.—(Continued.)

Evening News · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 15

"Come up, ole boss" cried one of the troop, leaning down and seizing Abner's hand. "Put it there, cunnel," cried another, giving Abner the title he had won in the…

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A Soldier's Thoughts

People · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 1

Hark! What's that far off sound I hear Like distant thunder to the ear, Will there come a storm anon From that lurid horizon ?…

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The King and bis Soldiers. Shaking Hands with 45 VETERANS. Touching Scene at Sandringham

The World's News · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 13

It is half a century since the historic events of the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny, and the King, whilst at Sandringham recently, expressed a desire to see the survivors of those…

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