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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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Care Op the Soldiers' Feet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 5

The British War Office is arranging for many classes for the study of chiropody, the treatment of diseases of the hands and feet, in connection with the training of infantry…

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Civil War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

BUT why discuss matters of this kind? Very shortly we will have no need for Government at all, either federal or State. Mr. W. M. Hughes, Mr. Peter…

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Beer War in Germany. a Nation Athirst

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

Germany is once more in the throes of a beer war, and this time the conflict threatens to have serious consequences (wired the Berlin correspondent of the…

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British War Office. Automatic Service Rifles. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 4

The British War Office is inviting for delivery on May 1, designs and patterns for an automatic service rifle, the weight of which, without bayonet and with empty,…

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Cost of War. [?]10,000,000,000 to Conquer Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 14

Speaking at the University College, London, on October 14. on "The British Empire, its past, its present, and its future. " professor Pollard was asked whether he…

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The War Against Capital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 6

Sir,—On the 27th of last month the Strike Congress caused to be published in the press a manifesto containing the following declaration:—"The struggle promises…

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Woman in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 8

In "Cassell's Magazine" for September appears a most valuable article from the pen of Mr. F. W. Walker, the military correspondent of the "Standard," entitled…

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Aviatton in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 4

Experiments which were made during the French army manoeuvres show the untrustworthiness of dirigible ballons in war time, as they have to ascend so high beyond the range of…

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Franco-prussian War Heroine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 3

The Paris correspondent of "The Times" announces the death at Clarens, in S t zerland, of Mile, Juliette Dodu, who risked being shot by the Germans during the…

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Socialists and War. Herr Bebels Belief

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

Herr Bebed, the German Socialist leader, in a letter to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P., secretary of the Labour Party, holds an outbreak of war between Germany and…

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Aviation in War. Britain Must Wake Up. London, Dec. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 4

Earl Roberts, speaking at the United Service Institution, said : "Great Britain cannot afford to be behindhand with airships and aeroplanes. I firmly believe…

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Throwing Fire at Soldiers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

Greek fire, which had several other names—wild fire, liquid fire, wet fire, and fire, and fire rain—was the most destructive war material used before the introduction of…

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War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 3

The cavalry rode in first. They might have been down from the clouds with the last drops of rain, so sudden was their appearance. The men were very wolfish…

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Aviation in War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 6

Experiments which were made during the French army manoeuvres show the untrust worthiness of dirigible balloons in war time as they have to ascend so…

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The Future War. Lord Roberts' Charge. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 3

Field-Marshal Lord Roberts delivered a speech yesterday at the United Service Institution on the question of defence. He said: "Britain cannot afford to be…

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Sun War & Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1909 · page 3

Since opening in their new and spacious premises a little over twelve months age the Chinese firm of Sun War and Co. has experienced increased trade, the greater facilities provided in…

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Examination Riots. Candidates Evicted by Soldiers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 5

For the first timE for forty years an armed force to-day invaded the Paris Faculty of Medicine (says the Paris "Daily Mail" of December 22). Its…

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Facts & Fancies. a British Soldier's Adventure in India

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 5

The commanding officer of a certain regiment had occasion to give a soldier fourteen days' "cell" for an offence which in civil life would not be taken notice of…

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Aviation in War. Britain Must Wake Up. London, Dec. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 11

Earl Roberts, speaKing at the United Service Institution, said: "Great Britain cannot afford to be behindhand with airships and aeroplanes. I firmly believe…

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Germany's War Readiness. Men, Arms, Money, and Rations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

To the foreigner residing in Germany there is perhaps no creator evidence of the genius or thoroughness and exactness in detail that forms so prominent a feature…

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