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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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A European War. What It Would Mean. a Veritable Orgie of Blood. Remarkable Report From German Gneral [Renter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 2

General Bhame has presented a remarkable report, from the German military general staff stating that Germany can put 4d million soldiers into the…

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Mr. Price's Return. Premier, Delighted with Welcome Home. Large Number of Congratulatory Telegrams. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. Price (Premier of South Australia) with delighted with the welcome home extended to him yesterday. He received a large number of…

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Premier's Welcome Home. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 4

A welcome home social was tendered to the, Premier (Mr. T. Price)by the Mayor and residents of St. Peters last night…

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[?] Unrest. Bombay Mob Attempts to Wreck Train. a Magistrate Stoned. Five Persons Killed and Fouty-three Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 2

The mob at Bombay yesterday attempted to wreck the Curry-road Station. They held up the train and stoned the magistrate, whereupon the…

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South Australia. Welcome Home to Premier. Adelaida

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 4

A welcome home was tendered to the Premier (Mr. T. Price) and Mrs. Price at the Unley Town Hall last night. There was a large and…

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America and Japan What would Happen if it Came to War

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

The [?] publishes an interView with C[?] Hobs[?] of Merrim[?] fame, who declared that if it war broke, out between [?] and the…

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A Soldier's Suicide. Driven, to [?] by [?]

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 6

Bombardier A. R. [?], of the No. 6 Company, [?] committed [?] at Queensland, Victoria, on [?] by shooting [?] with a rifle. He…

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A Pekin Catastrophe. Army Barracks Burnt. Small Arms Magazin Exploded. Three Soldiers Killed and 20 INJURED. [Reuter's Message.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

London, Wednesday. The German military barracks at Pekin were burnt yesterday. The small arms magazine exploded, but the…

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Race War in Texas. Horrible Lynching Scenes

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 3

Two white men murdered, six negroes dragged from prison, hanged and riddled with bullets, three others shot dead late, and a deadly race war in…

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Britain and Cebmany. Idea Ok War Deprecated. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade), speaking at Swanson on Saturday night, strongly deprecated the attempt of some people…

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American Racial War. Negro Crimes Against White Women. Lynching [?] Imminent, a Gaol Battered Down. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 4

The Governor of Illinois hnsindtoted 200 whites for rioting at Springfield, tho riot being the result of an alleged [?] by a negro on a white woman…

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Airship and Balloon. Sail Over Berlin. Successful Manoeuvring. the Zeppelin Fund. French War Minister's Trip. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 4

The military dirigible airshp Parseval and a balloon mano[?] for two hours over Betrlin to-day. They met over the Brandenburg Gate, one, being…

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The Boer War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 5

"Anxious": (1) Lieutenant Roberts was killed in trying to save the g[?]nn after an unsuccessful attempt by the British to cross the Tugela River at…

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A Shell Explosion. Five Men on Danish Cruiser Killed. Several Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 2

An explosion of a shell, during practice abroad the Danish cruiser Hayla, at Aarhu[?]a yesterday, killed five men and wounded several…

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America and Japan. An Admiral Depreeates War Talk

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 4

Newspapers by the steamer Eastern state that Rear-Admiral Joseph Newton Hemphill arrived in Hongkong on August 6 in the United States cruiser…

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Russo-japanese War. an Incident Leading Up to It. General's Suppressed Memoirs Published. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

In General Kuropatkin's suppressed memoirs, which are published by "M'Cl[?]re's Magazine" (New York) an incident loading up to the Russo-Jap…

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Germany and Britain. a War Possible. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 4

Herr Bebel, leader of the Social Democratic party in the Reichstag, replying to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Labor M.P., said he believed that war…

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A Soldier of Fortune. Fallon on Evil Days

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 2

Inquiry made on Monday concerning the death of Charles Talbot, whose body was found in a waterhole at Ballarat East on Saturday elicited the fact…

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War Balloon Stations. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 September 1908 · page 4

The Germans are building war balloon stations at several places on the western frontier…

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