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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Home Rule Incitements to Civil War. Sir Rufus Isaacs's Pertinent Query. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

In the course of the Home Rule debate in the Home of Commons, Unionist speakers described the "organised terrorism in Clare, Galway, and…

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War of Armaments. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 3

Mr. Bonar Law declares that the victory in the present war of armaments will rest with the largest purse…

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The War. More Italian Successes. Rome, Friday Evening

National Advocate · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 3

The blockade of Rhodes is being successfully maintained. Six officials of the Government, five officers, and one hundred and sixteen soldiers, who…

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"There Will Be War!" Belfast's Bellicose Lord Mayor. Opposition to Home Rule. London, Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

A conference of the Nonconformist Unionist Association has been held in London. The Lord Mayor of Belfast (Ireland), who attended, stated that he…

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Wounded by Shell-fire. Petersburg

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

During the recent manoeuvres, 43 infantrymen, getting in advance of the guns, were wounded by shell-fire…

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Italy's War. Turks Blocked in Own Waters. Rome

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

The Italians have occupied the Islands of Scarpanto and Caxo, canturing the garrisons. The civil authorities were also captured, as were also…

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Shocking Shooting Accident Young Man Seriously Wounded. Abrupt Termination of Shooting Expedition

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 2

A young man, named Roy Gorry, a resident of Durnam-street, Bathurst, yesterday received terrible injuries about the arms and bedy, through the…

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Shocking Shooting Accident. Man Seriously Wounded

Leader · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 3

A young man named Roy Gorry, a resident of Durham-street, Bathurst, on Tuesday received terrible injuries about the arms and body, through…

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Speaker Willis Still on the War-path

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 4

Speaker Willis still continues his scheme of reorganising the institutions of Parliament House, and this morning made a number of drastic recommendations in…

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King of Denmark. Death in the Street. Unrecognised at the End. the Soldier Monarch. Hamburg

The Bathurst Times · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

The King of Denmark died in the street yesterday from heart disease. He had left his hotel for a short stroll-being unconspicuously clad in a…

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Earlier Cables Troops and Anarchists. Lasts Seven Hours. Two Thousand Soldiers Engaged. Paris

National Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 3

A second engagement between the military and motor brigands occurred last night. Gamier, the wealthy anarchist, and…

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Defence Department's Vagaries. War Material Overlooked. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 2

The Commonwealth is apparently anxious to rival the Victorian Railway Department as the mast absent-minded public body in Australia. The Defence…

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Close to War

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 1

The facts are gradually coming out as to the narrow escape from war which was experienced during the early autumn of last year. It is now admitted…

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What Germany Desires. Speculations on War. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 4

"It will not be Germany who will be the inheritor of Australia in the event of war between Germany and England, but Japan."…

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"Dead Men Tell No Tales." Fleeing Burglar Shoots Wounded Companion. and Later Is Killed Himself. Berlin

National Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 5

Gendarmes at Bredbow were pursuing two burglars, when one of the latter fired, killing an official named Kleinsehmied. The gendarmes…

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A New War Terror. Bombardment By. Aeroplane. London

National Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 5

Orombez, of Ostend, aeroplaned to Dover and back to Belgium without stopping. He covered 150 miles in 145 minutes, and demonstrated the…

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The Horrors of War

National Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 4

Apropos of the Bathurst aldermen's recent visit to Orange, when all the talk was in reference to the ill feeling existing between Bathurst and Orange. fohn Bull (to Kaiser Bill): "Lor' lumme, Bill! Look at that scrap over there; let's quit this business before we get into holts'"…

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More Industrial War. Grave Crisis Approaching. the English Socialists. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

It looks as if London is in for another big industrial upheaval. The Executive of the Transport Workers' federation is engineering a…

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Turko-italian War. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

The Paris newspaper "L'lntransigeant" says that if the Powers again confer and make another effort to end the Turko-Italian war Italy may agree…

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The Budapest Riots. Understanding Between Rioters and Soldiers. City Now Quiet. Budapest

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 3

The city is now quiet. A singular feature of the suffragist outbreak was an understanding between the rioters and soldiers. The…

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