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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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National Views of War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 14

Tho London "Spectator," which writes very sanely and very strongly on the necessity for constant vigilance to keep up an edcquate defence of Great Britain by land and by sea, has…

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Very Latest Cables. German's War Preparations. London Newspaper Campaign. London, Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 5

"Dairy Mail" continues the remarkabel [?] its war correspondent, Mr. William upon Germany's furious activity in the [?] Mr. Maxwell says that Germany is…

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Gorse Hall Murder. an Ex-soldier Charged London, Sept. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 3

Mark Wilde, an ex-soldier, appeared before the Stalybrige Police Court on a charge of murdering George Story, a contractor, at his residence, Gorse Hall, in November last…

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A Huge War-ship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 5

The new battleship Rio de Janeiro, which Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co. are building for Brazil, will be by far the largest to the world. According to the…

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The Horrors of War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 3

Baden-Powell's Roy Scouts have entered so much into our everyday interests that it would be curious, indeed, if some humour, now and again, could not be…

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Horses for the War. The 'Bus-driver's Point of View

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 5

"I'm blessed if I know my own osses nowadays," said the L.G.O. driver, tenderly [?]ng his near wheeler over the flank. "Now this little Canadian gray is a bit of…

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The Soldier and His Horse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 3

Soldiers during war sleep under varied conditions. The gavalry-man sometimes slumbers on houseback during a march In "From Bull Run to Appomattox, 'l a book…

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Industrial War. Trade Union Congress. London, Sept. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 5

The Trade Union Congress opened its proceedings at Sheffield yesterday. Mr. James Haslam, M.P., the president of the congress, in his opening address, emphasised…

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Anarchy in India. More War Material Found. London. Sept. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 5

Arms, ammunition, and bombs have been found by the indian police since Saturday at Decca and Rangoon. Renter's correspondent at Bombay reports that…

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New Play for Australia. "The Chocolate Soldier." London. Tuesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 5

Mr. Rupert Clark Meynell has arranged to produce the play "The Chocolate Soldier" in Australia, and has engaged Miss Ethel lrving's…

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British War Office. Large Food Contracts. London. Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1910 · page 5

The War Office is inviting tenders, close [?] 7, for 375,000 twelve ounce tins and 62,500 twenty-four ounce tins of preserved meat for delivery at Woolwich in…

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Vanishing War Horses

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 5

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, Sept. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 5

The experiments made with Howitzers against dummy airoplances and airship down from the deeks of the scout ship Advance showed that the longest effective range is over five miles, and…

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

The Scone Advocate · 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 Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 6

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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Industrial War. Trade Union Congress. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 3

The Trades Union Congress has opened at Sheffield. The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Earl Fitzwilliam, received the delegates aud acted as chairman. Four of the delegates withdrew…

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Sedition in India. Waging War Against the King. London, Sept, 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 5

The trial of Vinayak Damadar Savarkar, an Indian students, on a charge of waging was and abetting the waging of war against the king. Emperor, has been commenced at Bombay…

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

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 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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A European War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 6

In the current issue of the National Review," there is a striking article by Lord Percy on "The British Army in a European War," the argument of which is…

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Aeroplanes in War. Pre-eminent in Scouting. London, Sept. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 5

[?], 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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