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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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An Egyptian Outrage. Premier Fired at and Seriously Wounded. Succumus to Injuries. a Mohammedan Student the Assailant. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

Wardany, a Mohammedan student, yesterday fired five shots at Boutros Pasha, Egyptian Premier, outside the Foreign Office, Cairo…

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Woman Thrown From a Train. Two Soldiers Confess to a Brutal Murder

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

By means of a railway ticket the murderers of Mme. Gouin, who (says "Lloyd's" of January 9) was thrown from a train between Fonteainebieau…

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The Woodville Burglar. Wounded Man Traced. His Condition Serious. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

It is stated that the man who was shot by Constable Bond while attempting to break into the Woodville railway station has at last been traced…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Quarrelsome Neighbors. Charge of Threatening Language. Two Women at War. Defendant Bound Over to Keep the Peace

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 1

At the Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., Jessie Dennis proceeded against Bridget Carson for having used threatening…

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Mr. Will Crooks. a Welcome Home

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 3

Unprecedented scenes were (says the "Daily Chronicle" of January 17) witnessed last night at Woolwich, when Mr. Will Crooks, the Labor candidate,…

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"Leadership in Industrial War."

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 3

The railway and tramway men have (says the "Telegraph" of February 23) been outspoken in expressing their views of the socialistic leadership which…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Editon. a London Sensation. Shots Fired in Office. a Clerk Critically Wounded. the Assailant Arrested. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 4

A man named Elazar, supposed, to be a Turk, entered the office of Sasson and Sons, Leadenhall-street, London, to-day, and fired live shots,…

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A War Office Appointment. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 6

Mr. Mallet, M.P., has been appointed Financial Secretary to the War Office…

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Berlin Socialist Riots. Dispersed by Police. Twenty-five Demonstrators Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 2

A section of the Berlin socialists marched to Treptow Park yesterday and tried to break the cordon of police. The mounted gendarmerie immediately…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, Marom 12, 1910. Standing Army or Citizen Soldiery, Which?

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

Two, European nations, close neighbors of one another, present to the world to-day two opposite systems of national defence. Germany, a nation built up…

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Indian Frontier Raid. Men Killed and Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 4

Thirty-two Mashuds to-day raided Lakki, on the north-west frontier of India. Captain Stirling, of the 57th Rifles,…

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America and Japan. No Possibility of War. Count Komura's Opinion. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 4

Count Komura (Japanese Ambassador to the United States), in a message to the New York "World," states that he is convinced that nothing in…

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Aborigines at War. a Northepan Tereitory Battle. Many Na[?]ives Killed. Fort Darwin

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 4

A pitched, battle was fought in the Northern Territory between two tribes of aborigines, as the result of which many natives were killed…

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A Bulgarian Riot. Resulting From Abduction of Mussulman Girl. Sixteen People Killed and 100 WOUNDED. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

A Bulgarian named Stifanoff abducted a Mussulman girl, and the courts decided that she was a minor, and must be returned to her parents. The…

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Rioting in Canton. Terrible Scenes of Carnage. Soldiers Mutiny and Fire Indiscriminately. Barracks Fired and Demolished. Residents Flee to Hong Kong. Port Darwin

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

The "China Post" newspaper to hand by mail gives the following particulars of serious rioting in Canton during February…

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Bertram Armytace's Suicide. Disappointment About War Office Position. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

At the inquest yesterday on the body of Mr. Bertram Armytage, a member of the Shackleton Antarctic expedition, who committeed suicide on Saturday…

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Soldiers' Strange Experience. Caught in a Storm. Four Men Browned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 2

Six hundred members of the Wiltshire Regiment, accompanied by Lord Meth[?]en (Commander-in-Chief in South Africa) left Pietermaritzburg (Natal)…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterdag's Third Edition. a Railway Accident. Passenger and Military Trains Collide. Soldiers Killed and Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 4

The 12 a.m. passenger train collided with the military train at Muelheim, on the Rhine, to-day. The passengers were uninjured, but…

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A Runaway Prisoner. Police in Pursuit. a Sergeant Wounded. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 5

Josoph Powelka, the runaway prisoner for whom the police have been hunting, appeared yesterday morning at a house occupied by his wife and…

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Vicious Assault on the Police. Soldiers Heavily Sentenced. a Chase in a Motor Car. Constables and a Civilian Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1910 · page 1

In the dock at the Central Police Court this morning (reports the "Star" of April 8) stood two stalwart young men, whose faces bore traces of severe…

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