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

The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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If War Came. Australia's New Army

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 2

If a Japanese armada swooped down on Australia, it would not come in at the back door, as many have supposed. It would come straight to Sydney, the…

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South Africa's Outlook. Union Senator in Sydney. Lessons of the War

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 2

"We want men of the right stamp-- men who have brains, some capital, and are not afraid of work. If men of that sort care to South Africa…

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Railway Companies at War

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 3

Papers by the last English mail, up to 18th May, stated that the cordial understanding between Great Britain and France has led to the inauguration of a…

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Motor Boats for War. the Newest Craft in the British Navy

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 6

The New Motor Torpedo Boat that can travel at 24 knots an hour, yet to so light that it can be placed on a railway truck…

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Cable News. American Forest Fires. Many Soldiers Missing. London, Aug. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 2

The flames threaten the town of Thompson, in Montana. Six hundred soldiers, who left Thompson Falls on Saturday to fight the flames, are missing; likewise 300 troops who…

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Airships in War. London, Aug. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

In order to ascertain the value of aeroplanes and airships in army work, the Army Council has invited prominent airmen, including Captain Dickson, to participate in the military…

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How Leigh Hunt War "Slated" by "Maga."

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 3

The "slating" review of the old sort went for the most part upon personalities, and any one will fall heartily out of love with it who reads so good a specimen as…

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Cable News. Socialistic Uproar. a War Strike Advocated. London, Sept. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 4

An uproar occurred at the International Congress of Socialists at Copenhagen yesterday when Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., advocated a strike of trades producing war material whenever…

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Cable News. Industrial War. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 September 1910 · page 4

At the Trade Union Congress at Sheffield. Mr., James Haslam, M.P., the president, emphasised the need for loyalty and discipline on the part of all concerned, and the maintenance of the…

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Judge and Soldier. Mercy to Prisoner. "Now, Be a Man!"

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 4

An erect, bronzed, soldierly man stood in the prisoners' dock at Bristol Assize Court on Monday, plainly shamed by being in the position of a…

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Vanishing War Horses

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 7

Horses of the type required for military purposes are not bred now to any extent and In any case the best of them are snapped up by the agents of Foreign…

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Judge and Soldier. . Mercy to Prisoner. “ Now Be a Man!”

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 2

An erect bronzed, soldierly mail stood In the prisoners’ dock at Bristol Assize Court on Monday, plainly shamed by being In the position of a…

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Vanishing War Horses

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 4

Horses of the type required for military purposes are not bred now to any extent, and in any case the best of them are snapped up by the agents of Foreign…

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Aeroplanes in War. London, September 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 4

Mr. Hilaire Belloc, M.P., in one of his articles in the Daily Mail on the manoeuvres of the French Army in Picardy. discusses the use of aeroplanes in war…

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Steed Smarter Than Soldier

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 4

Trooper Brown of the British territorials was "green." (says the "Dundee Advertiser"). His horse, likewise unaccustomed to war, seemed from its…

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Industrial War. London, September 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 6

The manager of the Bradford Labour Exchange wrote a letter to master woolcombers, reminding those employers of labour of the services rendered by the exchange in filling…

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Steed Smarter Than Soldier

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

Trooper Brown of the British territorials was “green.” (says the “Dundee Advertiser”). His horse, likewise unaccustomed to war, seemed from Its…

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Civil War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 6

The correspondent of the Times, who has just returned from Portugal, in his article on the situation says that if King Manoel had escaped, and his entourage show resolution, they ought…

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Finances of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 6

An article appears in the "Quarterly Review" from the pen of Mr. Edgar Crammond, assistant secretary of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, dealing with the situation of the gold reserve in…

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The War Against Hail

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 6

Notwithstanding scientific demonstrations of its inutility, the practice of bombarding thunder-clouds with "hail cannon" continues in many of…

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