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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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General Gables London, Monday afternoon. Spanish Wounded in Morocco

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 5

The Spanish are using Major Richardson's bounds for finding their wounded in Morocco…

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The Man Who Ended the Civil War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 5

More than 3,000,000 men. North and South put on the uniform of the soldier and took part in the long and bitter struggle of America's civil war Tens of thousands gave…

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War Against Alcohol. Science of Temperance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 6

Some important statements were (says "Public Opinion") made at the recent International Congress on Alcohol, held in London…

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Subsidy for Motor-cars. German War Office Scheme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 6

The German War Office announces that it is prepared to enter into negotiations with motor-car manufacturers and private owners for subsidising their vehicles (says…

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War Against the Cigarette. Great Decrease in Revenue. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 2

The law forbidding boys in Canada to smoke cigarettes has resulted in a de cline in the consumption of thirty mil lions in three months. The total…

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Police versus Soldiers. Pitched Battle in the Centre of a Town

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 4

(Almost by a miracle has this normally peaceful seaport escaped the fate of Cas[?]blanca (says a Mogador message of October 19). Provoked by a quarrel in the…

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Spain and the Berbers of the Riff What the War Is About

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 6

Frank Scudamore writes in the "English illustrated Magazine";—The constantly recurring difierenecs between the Spaniards and the Moors may be said to sate back…

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Very Latest Cables. Chilain War Armaments. Naval Construction. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 5

The Government of the republic of Chili, South America, has decided to build a 20,000-ton battleship, two ocean destroyers, and several submarines. The GOvernment is expending £4,000,000 in…

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Thrilling Lives. [?] War Photographer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 7

[?] the eve of the Russo—Japanese War[?] the world is on keenest edge for [?] In New York city the editor of a [?] publication sits at his desk poring…

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The Spanish War. Torrential Rains. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 2

Torrential rains have fallen in North ern Morocco. The spanish troops opera ting in the Melilla district are under going great hardships, their convoys with…

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A Soldier Humorist

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 7

A young subaltern once had to make a short railway journey on duty. As he had some luggage with him he submitted an account for his expenses in this manner…

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Mark As a Soldier

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 6

It is related that Mark Twain served two weeks as a soldier in the American Civil War. His own account of his military [?]periences, told in one of the private…

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Aeroplane in War, Etc

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · 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 developed as a vehicle of sport,…

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Thrilling Lives. the War Photographer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 14

It is the eve of the Russo-Japanese War and all the world is on keenest edge for news. In Now York city the editor of a national publication sits at his desk poring…

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Spain and the Berbers of the Riff. What the War Is About

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 12

Frank Seudamore writes in the English Illustrated Magazine":—The constantly re-curring, differences between the Spaniaras and the Moors may be said to date back…

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Attack by War Balloons

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 6

German war balloons are operating nightly in the Rhine Valley. Three bal loons successfully attacked fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, on the right bank of…

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The News by Cable. War Office Contracts. South African Troubles Revived London, Nov. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 5

[?] commenced on a petition of [?] the Imperial Cold Storage and Sup[?]. Limited in which £280,000 is [?] the Crown for alleged breach of…

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The Soldier and His Beer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 1

Now that the Federal House o£ Representative his crowned itsen with absurdity in passing a measure aimed at depriving the Australian soldier of his glass of beer, it is worth while to record…

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The War with Cancer. Is Victory at Hand?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 3

In consequence of some important work which has now been begun and is being continued in Germany (writes a London "Mail" correspondent), the time…

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War Office Contracts. South African Troubles Revived. London, Nov. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 2

A trial has been commenced on a petition of right from the Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company, Limited, in which£280,000 is claimed from the Crown for alleged breach of…

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