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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Popular Fallacies About War. Why Germany Will Not Attack Great Britain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 12

It is generally supposed that commercial and economic rivalry and ambition will furnish the ground or the pretext for any war that may be waged in modem Europe…

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Central American War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 3

The fighting between the Estrada and the Madriz factious has been resumed. There was an engagement between the armies at La Magua yesterday, resulting…

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Central American War. Battle Imminent. (By Cable). Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 2

The fighting between the Estrada and Madriz factions has now reached the point of a pitched battle. The Madriz army is within 15 miles…

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"Deeply Wounded."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 3

The Pan-German and Anglophobie "Rheinisch Westfaelische Zeitung" describes the publication as a bomb, and says:…

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Archibald Forbes and His Special News of the War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 7

Humiliated and disappointed again, he took it to the "Daily News," and after a gruff reception by the acting editor was asked to expand it into three columns, to…

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A "Poor Soldier."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 5

Prince Charles of Denmark, had he only been a king instead of a prince, would certainly outrival the story of Alfred of old and the cakes…

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Discrimination in War. [?] the Enemy Heed ? LONDON, April 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

[?] commenting upon the speech Laurier, Prime Minster of [?] on the third reading of the Cana[?] Bill, writes that the principle…

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War Correspondents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 2

Arch. Forbes is one of the celebrities of whom some traits are recalled in the interesting article which Mr. W. H. Rideing writes for the current "Cornhill." Mr. Rideing once asked the…

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Very Latest Cables. Arbitrament of Brute Force. Sip George Reid on War. London, Tuesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

Sir George Reid, Australia's High Commissioner, speaking at Birmingham, said that the manufacture of rifles for Australian cadets, and the building of destroyers and a Dreadnought,…

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King Edward in England. Welcome Home London, Wednesday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 3

King Edward. looking remarkably well after his stay at Biarritz, France, has returned to London. He was met at Victoria Street Station by the prince of Wales,…

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War Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

The Transvaal Parliament has allocated [?]128,000 for the benefit of burghers disabled in war…

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Soldiers and Smoking. Cigarettes and Pipes. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

Lieut.—General Smith Dorrien, G.O.C., Aldershot, has issued a command stopping cigarette smoking by soldiers at Aldershot while under arms or on fatigue duty, as the shooting of…

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The New War Office

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 5

Mr. Lewis Harcourt, First Commissioner of Works, states that the new war office will cost £1,220,120…

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Discrimination in War. Will the Enemy Heed? London, April 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

The "Times," commenting upon the speed of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister Canada, on the third reading of the Canadian Navy Bill, writes that the principal…

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A Soldier's Quarrel

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 3

London, Wednesday.—James Coghlan, a private in the company of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, stationed at Firozpur, In the Panjab, in India, has been…

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Sensation at Kurri Kurri Attempt to Rob a Bank. Masked and Heavily-Armed Robber. Cashier Wounded. (By Telegraph.) West Maitland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

The mining township of Kurri Kurri has been thrown into the greatest excite ment by a most sensational and daring attempt to hold up and rob the local…

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A Turkish War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

The Albanians arc driving the Turks from the Alps. The casualties are reported to he appalling. The Turks are calling for reinforcements…

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Threatened Civil War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

Three hundred armed miners are marching to the Westville mines to drive out the non-union men. The sheriff is arming the citizens to oppose…

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Sensational Occurrence at Ashfield. Woman Seriously Wounded. Shot in Mistake for a Burglar. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 5

A sensational occurrence took place at Ashfield early this morning, when Mrs. Quong Tart, in shooting at a supposed burglar, fired four shots at a woman named…

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Four Balloonists Killed. Wounded Men's Voyage in Wrecked Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

A remarkable balloon accident, resulting in the loss of three lives, the dead including a prominent Reichstag deputy, occurred on Sunday, April 3, off the Baltic…

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