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

The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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Rose Water War

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 5

A very charming method of making war, remarks a writer in "St. James's Budget," has been discovered by a Hungarian. He has invented a shell which…

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Mr Shaw on the Book War

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 3

Mr Kipling's idea is that Mr Moberly Bell will gradually ruin all the booksellers, extinguish all the libraries, and buy up all the newspapers in England,…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 6

Mr Justice Shuster's decision on Saturday condemning a hostess to pay a fine on the ground that her bridge party violated an ancient anti-gambling law…

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National Cigarette War

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 8

Minnesota has now followed the lead of other States in a drastic attempt to legislate the cigarette out of existence. Since the beginning of this month…

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War Against Alcohol. Science of Tamerlane

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 7

Some important state[?] were (says “Public Opinion”) made at the recent international Congrcsii on Alcohol, held in London…

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[Reuter's.] London, Wednesday. War in Morocco

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 October 1909 · page 2

The Spanish are making but little progress at Melilla, though the forces have been increased to 50,000. SPANISH GOVERNMENT ABOUT TO…

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"Christ and His Soldiers."

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 2

On Thursday evening last, at the Methodist Church, there was given by a choir, composed of members from other choirs the sacred cantata, "Christ and His Soldiers." The…

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A Soldier's Obedience

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 8

An amusing instance of a soldier's implicit obedience is told by Mr. L. A. Tollemandie in his recent book, "Old and Odd Memories" In a southern…

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Aeroplane in War. Etc

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 3

The Wright brothers, in a talk about the future of the aeroplane, have stated that they believe the air machine will not only be d[?] as a vehicle of sport,…

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The Soldiers’ Drink Abolition of Canteens

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 4

SOME charges against the canteen at the Victoria Barracks, Sydney, were made in the House of Representative on Tuesday by Mr. Mauger, of Victoria…

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Welcome Home

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 2

THE Very Rev. Father Herinessy is once more amongst us, having returned on Tuesday morning from his trip to tho old laud. Tho reverend gentleman left the…

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War Ot the Future

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 5

The war of the future will be ghastly enough, but it will not be waged with the barbarism of a hundred years ago; nor will the foreigners of to-day in our…

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War of the Future. Imaginary German Studies. Struggle with England

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 6

While Mr Le Queux and Mr Wilson are chronicling from the British standpoint an imaginary war between England and Germany, it is a curious fact that…

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Spain's War. Melilla and the Riffs

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 8

It was in 1893 that I saw the Spaniards and the Riffs at war around Melilla. The dawn renders in the East every morning brilliant and full of…

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Aerial Navigation. If War Should Come

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 6

It is, perhaps, not without significance that we should all of us been "sleeping quietly in our beds" when M. Bleriot swooped out of mid-air on the…

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The Under Secretary, Published by Special Ar Rangement. William Le Queux, Author of "If Sinners Entice Thee," "Of Royal Blood," "The Great War of 1897," etc., etc. (Copyright.) Chapter VI.—Continued

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 4

Dudley laughed uneasily. These words were all the more remarkable in the light of old Parson's statement. "You speak just as" though you…

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Aerial Navigation. If War Should Come

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 4

It is perhaps, not without significance that we should all of us been "sleeping quietly in our beds" when M. Bleriot swooped out of mid-air on the…

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Very Rey Father Hennessy. Welcome Home Complimentary Banquet

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 2

ON Sunday last. St. Patrick’s School Hall was the [?] of a [?] b[?]quet which was tendered to the very Rev. Father Hennessy by his parishioners to welcome him…

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Army Officers' Duel. Both Wounded

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 3

Two army captains fought a duel with swords for twenty-three minutes in eight engagements this morning (wired the Paris correspondent of the "Daily…

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Army Officers' Duel. Both Wounded

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 3

Two army captains fought a duel with swords for twenty-three minutes in eight engagements this morning (wired the Paris correspondent of the "Daily…

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