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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Fighting Persian Brigands. Numbers Killed, Wounded. and Captured. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 4

The Bakhtiari, a semi-civilised tribe in Persia, with horsemen and artillery, have engaged in five days' fighting with 500 brigands, who fortified themselves…

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Canadian Navy Bill. Opposition Leader's Criticism in the Event of War. What Would Canada Do? [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 2

The Canadian Navy Bill was discussed in the Committee stage in the Canadian Parliament yesterday. The Opposition criticised the…

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British Politics. in the Commons. Shortage of Army Horses. War Secretary Questioned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. B. Haldane (War Secretary) replying in the House of Commons yesterday to Colonel Harrison Broadley said that though there was no shortage…

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An Indian Crime. One Soldier Shoots Another Dead. Condemned to Death. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

Private James Coghlan, of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, was accused of entering a dining-room at Ferozspote (India), and shooting Sergeant Young,…

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New War Office. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

Mr. Harcourt (Commissioner of Publie Works) stated to-day that the new War Office would cost £1,229,128…

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The Albanian Revolt. Desperate Resistance Against the Turks. a Fierce Fight. Many Killed, Wounded, and Taken Prisoners. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

Shefket Turqut Pasha, Turkish Commander-in-Chief in Albania, led the attack on the Albanians yesterday in person, with 5000 men and three batteries…

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Further References to the King's Death in Melbourne. at Australian Soldiers' Memorial Service. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1910 · page 4

At the annual service yesterday in Melbourne to the memory of the Australian soldiers who foll in South Africa, the death of King Edward was referred…

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Peru and Ecuador. War Seems to Be Inevitable. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

War preparations at Lima (Peru) and Quite (Ecuador) are being rapidly pushed forward and a conflict between these countries over disputed territory…

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A Soldier's Fraud. Larceny of Jewellery: Bound Over and Released. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 2

Captain James Henry Edward Holford, D.S.O., of Mount. Pleasant, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, was brought up at the Old Bailey on…

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Cretan Troubles. Greeks Preparing for War with Turkey. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 4

The "Tageblatt," a German newspaper, comments upon the trouble that has arisen in Crete, on account of the Cretans desiring to throw off Turkish…

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The King and Australian Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 6

When King George was Prince of Wales a Federal Gazette was issued notifying his appointment as Colonelin-Chief of the Light Horse (Mounted…

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An Attempt to Incite War. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 8

The "Neueste Nachrichten" (a German newspaper) invites Turkey to invade Thessaly (Greece) in order to solve the problem of England's…

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A Boer War Incident. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 2

King George has conferred the Albert medals on Charles Wagner, enginedriver, and Alexander Stewart, fireman, who at Pieternmritzburg…

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Soldiers and Sailors' Help Society. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

The Army Pageant on behalf of the Soldiers and Sailors' Help Society will be opened at Futham to-morrow. The society since its foundation has found…

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A Shooting Affray at Redfern. Two Young Men Wounded. Another Arrested. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

At 5.30 last night an altercation occurred in Regent-street, Redfern, between three young men, ending in Leslie Naughton, a painter (28), being…

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Bullet Causes Explosion Six Men Killed and Twenty Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 4

During revolver practice at Boulder, in the State of Montana, U.S.A., a bullet penetrated a building containing gunpowder. An explosion…

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Racial Fights and Riots in America. Many People Wounded. Some Negroes Killed. Whites Sore at Johnson's Victory

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 5

Numerous fights have occurred in America between partisans of Johnson and Jeffries. Many have been wounded in the different localities…

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Mailboat Fares. English and German Streamers. Threat Ended Substantial Reductions. on German Boats. War of Rates Anticipated. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 4

The North German Lloyd Steamship Company announces that in the case of the threatened agreement as to rates of fares to come into operation…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. Nicaraguan Revolution. Government Gunboat Disabled. Twenty Men Killed and 40 WOUNDED. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 8

The guns of General Estrada (Nicaraguan revolutionary leader) disabled the Government gunboat, San Jacinto, yesterday…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Nicaraguan Revolution. Government Gunboat Disabled. Twenty Men Killed and 40 WOUNDED. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 4

The guns of General Estrada (Nicaraguan revolutionary leader) disabled the Government gunboat, San Jacinto, yesterday…

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