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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Incident of Soldiers, Newspaper Men Indicted. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

The manager and three of the editorial staff of the "Cuerre Social" have been indicted for inciting-soldiers to insubordination. A number of others. including…

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A War of Nations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 7

The real France-German war opened with the formal Declaration dated the 19th of July, 1870. Thereupon the two armies advanced to the frontier. The plan of campaign of the…

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What a War Would Cost Remarkable Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 3

Mr. Edgar Crammond, in the "Quarteriy Review," has the first place for an interesting article entitled, "International Finance in Time of War. It is full of the most interesting…

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The Shadow of War. Archdeacon Boyce's Advice. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

Speaking at a universal Prayer meeting of the Evangelical Council, Archdeacon Boyee declared there was necessity for Australians to cultivate…

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Shooting in a Restaurant, a Man Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 5

At about 9.30 on Thursday night a sensation was created in Hindley-street, Adelaide, by the sound of revolver shots, and the appearance of a man running out of a restaurant, with blood…

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Japanese Preparing War. (By Cable). Manila

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

One hundred thousand tons of riec, which the Japanese Government ordered form Saigon (China) as food supplies, are accepted as proof positive that…

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Shooting in a Restaurant. a Man Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 14

At about 9.30 on Thursday night a sen[?] was created in Hindley-street, Adelaide, [?] sound of revolver shots and the appearance a man running out of a restaurant with [?]…

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Chapter Xviii. War at Our Doors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

By this time all Australia was aflame with the war feeling. In every city, every town and hamlet in the Commonwealth, there was a rallying to the standard…

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Prench Premier Shot At. Another Wounded. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 5

Gisoline, formerly a law clerk at Bayonne, fired two shots from the gallery of the Chamber of Deputies at M. Briand the French Prime Minister They missed M. Briand, but…

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Wounded with Shot-gun

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

While gathering blackberries yesterday afternoon at Alexandria, George Alwood, aged 12, was shot in the thigh with a shot-gun by Leslie Gaunt, aged 15,…

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Holland's Defences. Talk of War. Berlin

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Herr Keim, ex-leader of the German Navy League, declares that France and England, in attempting to interfere with Holland's sovereignty, are really aiming…

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Very Latest Cables. the New Code of War. an Imperial London. Jan. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states, that Australia's protest against. the Declaration of london is nearly a foretaste of the opposition that will come from every quarter of the…

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Reported Explosion on War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

An unconfirmed report has been received at New York, to the effect that a serious explosion has occurred on the gunboat Wheeling, While the versel was…

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Cost of a German War Appalling Figures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 3

According to a writer in the "Quarterly Review," the loss to Franc[?] by the Franco-Prussian War in circulated at 544,000,000 sterling, while the victor's…

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Chapter Xxii. the War—here and at Home

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 6

How could Brisbane possibly raise five millions to buy off the invader? That was the cry of all who heard of the terrible demand that had been made…

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War in the Air. Aeroplane V. Dirigible. Difficulty of Destroying a Balloon

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 5

Mr W. F. Reid, lecturing on Tuesday at a meeting of the Aeronautical Society (said "Lloyd's News" on October 30) expressed the opinion that the…

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Soldier's Heart. Food and Clothes Reform

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 5

Mr Haldane, Secretary for War, speaking at the Royal Army Medical School, Millbank, yesterday afternoon, in connection with the prize…

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Very Latest Cables. Mutinous Soldiers. Murders and Escape. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 5

A number of soldiers mutinied on the dredge Irenerath, at Colonial Beach Harbour. Virginia and ran amok. They murdered the captain and mate, and one sailor.x…

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The War Office

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. E. D. Aeland had succeeded Mr. Charles E. Mallet as Financial Secretary to the War Office, a position he held prior to the elections, when he was deieated…

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Ran From the Enemy. Soldier's Action for Libel. London, Feb. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

A former sergeant-major in the sex Yeomanry, named Edmondson, is suing Leopold Charles Amery, editor of the "Times' History of the War in South…

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