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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Socialists at War. Bitter Words at the Congress. London, Aug. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 4

A violent scene between Herr Bebel, leader of the German socialists, and M. Herve, leader of the anti-militarist agitation in France, created a great sensation at the International Socialist Congress at…

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Lancer's Escapade. Soldier Sent for Trial

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 8

Dressed in a siiK-faced frock coat, with fashionable waistcoat, Bertie James Francis, who had several aliases, was charged at Aldershot police court…

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As in Real War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 3

There was a certain man who was a peace faddist. He liked to get hold of stories that reflected upon militerism. Such stories, he declared, were…

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Cable News. Socialists on War. Citizen Militia Recognised. London, Aug. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 2

The International Congress of Socialists at Stuttgart, with a view of showing a united front, adopted by acclamation without discussion the resolution brought up by a…

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Socialists and War

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 2

The socialist congress passed n resolution in favour of a citizen militia, and the settlement of disputes by arbitration. The resolution also recommended the…

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Anchored Balloons in War

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 4

At the united Service Institution in Sydney on Monday night Licuteuant-Colonel R. M. S. Wells, of the Australian Field Artillery lectured on "The employment of field…

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The Wine War. Scene Thereof

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 3

Owen J. Llewellyn writes as follows in the London "Daily Mail" of 25th June:--Hot is that Southern Provencal blood; alas…

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The Wine War. Scene Thereof

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 3

Hot is that Southern Provencal blood; alas, collisions, as was once said, must occur in a career of Freedom; different directions will produce such; nay, different velocities in the…

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Initiation of War. Ample Warning Enjoined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 4

The Committee of the International Conference at the Hague, dealing with warfare on land, unanimously adopted the proposals of France for regulating the opening of…

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Civil War in Morocco. London, Sept. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 4

The Sultan of morocco, Abd-ul-Aziz, has submitted to the Ulema (religious leaders) at Fez a letter from Mulai-el-Hafid, his brother, proclaimed Sultan at Marakesh, in the south,…

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Bombarding War Kites. Shrapnel Firing Fails

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 2

Howitzer practice with shrapnel shell at man-bearing kites took place on 20th June at Lydd. Three kites of the approved military pattern…

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Trip in a War Baloon. French Premier's Experiences

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 4

M. Clemenceau, the Premier of France, together with General Pick part, Minister for War. had some interesting experiences on the French war balloon La Patrio…

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France's War Airships. Plans for a Great Fleet

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 6

I hear (writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" on 9th July) from a reliable source that the first five airships to be built on the lines…

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France's War Airships. Plans for a Great Fleet

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 4

I hear (writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" on 9th July) from a reliable source that the first five airships to be built on the lines…

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A Modern "Enoch Arden." "Dead" Soldier Returns Home

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 2

An extraordinary story of a modern 'Enoch Arden" is reported from Gravesend. Among those who went out…

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A Wounded Titan. an Appreciation

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 8

To a large number of the new generation which reads with intelligence, or reads anything at all, the name of W. E. Henley conveys a somewhat…

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Soldiers Shot

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 2

Two corporals were shot with ball cartridges and killed during military manoeuvres at Karlowitz, Hungary. Four privates were afterwards arrested with 14…

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Does Japan Want War?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 2

The newspapers in the United States controlled by Mr. WV. R. Hearst have joined in the cry of stationing an American fleet in the Pacific. Mr. Hearst, in a signed article in the New…

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Contraband of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 6

The Hague correspondent of the Times telegraphs that the , sub-committee of the fourth committee of the International Conference at the Hague has arrived at the…

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Airships in War. England's Position

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 3

"If a war were to occur in the near future between Britain and another Power, should we be found wanting, and consequently handicapped. In the…

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