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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

2,965 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 149

Mysterious Shooting Stray Shots at Balmain. Boy Wounded in Street. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 1

In Ballast Point-road, near Rowntree-street, Balmain, between half-past 5 and half-past 8 yesterday morning some person or persons fired shots…

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Submarines 300 Years Developing. Their Value in Defence. Used in American War

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 4

Nearly 350 years ago William Bourne sat down to solve the problem of tra veiling under the sea, and he evolved the first submarine of which the world…

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Remains of Napoleon's Soldiers Buried. Cario

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 4

An imposing military procession of British soldiers took part in the burial of the remains of Napoleon's soldiers, recently discovered at Alexandria…

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Newspapers at War

Leader · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

A little war Is raging between the Cowra "Guardian" and the "Local News," two of Cowra's newspapers. The "Guardian" accuses the proprietor…

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Tug-of-war. Big Pull Looming

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 3

The challenge by the Portland tug-of-war champions to pull any team in the district for a substantial purse, has been, accepted by a Lithgow club. The contest will be for £50,…

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A 'Snow-Dropper' Shot Woollahra Resident's Experience. Night Prowler's Bad Luck. Wounded and Arrested. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

At about five o'clock this morning Arthur Wilkins, a resident of Woollahra, was awakened by another inmate, who had heard somebody…

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Tree of War

Leader · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 4

The cannon ball tree is a very remarkable one, inhabitating the extensive [?]al plains skirting the rivers of British Gniana. It belongs to the…

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Coal War. Collaries Closed Down. Trouble at Maitland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 24

There is trouble on the Maitland coal field. There appears no hope now of avoiding a disruption of trade, but…

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Serial Story. The fortune of War. a Romance of the French Revolution. Chapter Ii. Brient de Salle

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 8

Christine almost ran home in lier anxiety to see her patient in a place of safety. Some men were at work in the farmyard, close to the low,…

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The Suffragettes More Pictures Destroyed. Doctor Waylaid, and Whipped. Man Badly Wounded. Newspaper Editor Attacked Scenes in Court. London

National Advocate · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 3

Two suffragettes waylaid Doctor Forward, of Holloway Gaol, and horsewhipped him, as a protest against forcible feeding. Both were arrested…

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Burglar Uses Revolver Watchman and Fettler Wounded. Post Office Broken Into. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 3

One or two burglars, who were disturbed after they had broken into the Oxford-street Post Office yesterday morning, fired on Nightwatchman…

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Love Tragedy Insane Farm Laborer. Sweetheart's Parents Slain. Several Others Wounded. Budapesh

National Advocate · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 3

A terrible love tragedy was enacted to-day on the outskirts of the city. A farm laborer named Tomsic, was in love with the daughter of a farmer…

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Steered by Wireless. Invention Which Will Revolutionise War. Experiments with Boat Controlled From Shore

The Bathurst Times · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 4

A boat with not a soul aboard, her lights blazing, her engine pounding, shooting out to sea at night with the speed of a railway train. That is…

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For Greece and Glory Soldiers' Thrilling Journey. Ran a Destroyer Down. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 4

A body of 190 Greek infantrymen, with their officers, decided to desert their regiments at Athens a few days ago and go to the assistance of their…

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Carnegie, Peace Advocate Business Day with Great Ironmaster. The cost of war is enormous. The crime of war is infamous

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 1

In those two terse, truthful, and powerful sentences Andrew Carnegie, advocate of universal peace, has epitomised the red tragedy of carnage,…

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Serial Story. The Fortune of War. a Romance of the French Revolution

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 4

"That would be of no use. If he only saw you it would be enough. Oh, monsieur, it seems as though I had just brought you here to betray…

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The Peace Congress "War Deliberately Engineered." by Armament Trusts and Newspapers. Lord Channing's Remarkable Letter. London

National Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 2

Four hundred delegates were represented at the Peace Congress, at Liverpool. Lord Channing (President) was…

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War on Stray Horses. Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 3

Mr. Silverlock, sanitary inspector here, who also deals with other nuisances throughout Blaxland Shire, is making a determined effort to put down the practice of allowing…

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Turkey and Greece. Another War Feared. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

The expulsion of the Greeks from Turkey has caused much excitement, and it is now felt that another war in the Balkans must come about sooner or…

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The War Lady v Silver Bill Case

Leader · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 5

It will be remembered that last week we had something to say on the running of War Lady and Silver Bill at the Nyngan pony races, when the…

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