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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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The War. Big Engagement Pending. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

A large force of Turks and Arabs, under Enver Bey. are encamped 17 miles from Benghazi, its front extending four miles. Aviators have discovered that the…

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War in Tripoli

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday,—[?] Bey, formerly Military leader of the Young Turks, and latterly military attache at Berlin, is in command of a strong force of…

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A Long Obstinate War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday—General Von der Goltz, writing to the "Neue Frei Presse," Vienna, expresses the opinion that the Turks have gained an inestimable…

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Our Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter, Chapter Xxvii

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 8

THE Duchess of Hartford was famous for the little suppers she gave after the opera, suppers that had quite a reputation in their way; they were…

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British Soldiers Mutiny. a Serious Outbreak. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

It has just leaked out that there has been a military riot among British soldiers owing to the curtailment of the usual New Year's…

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Turning war a New leaf

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

THE above superscription is the advice frequently offered to those persons who do not quite come up to the standard required of them…

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The War Arab Activity. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

The Arabs are gathering in the vicinity of Derna and Tobruk with some cannon and quick-firers. Arab raiders are pillaging the…

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Latest Wires Industrial War in W.A. Railway Men and Building Employees. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

At Fremanc[?]e. [?]. A., the industrial organisations, notably the, building trades and railway workers, for some time have been endeavoring to…

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War Against Nature

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

In "Memories and Studies" a volume of essays and addresses by the late Professor William James there is a paper on the "moral equivalent of War." His view is…

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Naval War Staff

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Admiralty is forming a war staff; Captain Ernest C. T. Troubidge, C.M.[?] (formerly one of the naval aides-de-camp to the King,…

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The Fate of England. in the Event of War. a Particularly Gloomy Outlook

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 7

The London "Morning Post' a gloomy account of the probable late of England in a great European war. It says [?] advantages…

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Our Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter, Chapter Xxviii

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 8

For she loved him with the whole of her passionate heart. She had loved him since she was a child, and the memory of those girlish days was…

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Maggie Papakura a Hot Welcome Home. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

Maggie Papakura, the leader of the band of Maoris, which has returned from England, met with a hostile reception at her native home,…

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Turco-ltalian War. a Naval Engagement. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

The Italian cruiser Piedmonte and the destroyer Artigieru, which were escorting the transport Garibaldino intercepted seven Turkish gunboats…

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Riotous Strikers. Desperate Conflict with Police and Soldiers. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3

A mob Or tex[?]re workers, numbering about three thousand, attempted to rush the mills at Lawrence. U.S., during a strike…

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Our Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter, Chapter Xxix

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 8

'I have nothing to tell, Countess May. Let the matter rest it annoys me. Tell me what is going on in London now…

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Latest Cables The War. a Fierce Battle. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3

A fierce all-day battle between the Turks and Italians has been fought at Garraresh. The former were repulsed with heavy loss…

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Industrial War in W.A. Men Dem and 44-Hour Week. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3

The railway engineers and aerated water employees at Perth are still on strike. There is likely to be trouble in the…

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Italian War Loan

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is stated that the French Government's refusal to permit the Italian war loan to be placed on the Paris Bourse, as being against the…

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War and Death Preferable

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A Pekin correspondent states that the Dowager Empress has decided against the Emperor's abdication. War and death she declares, is…

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