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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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The Doctor's Secret. an Interesting Romance. Chapter Ii. the Dukes Welcome Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

Sixteen years passed away, and again the happy birds were singing a welcome to spring. Armadale seemed to have undergone no change. The odorous woods were…

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War Against Swindlers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 3

The post-office department (writes a New york correspondent on December 21) has been diligently prosecuting the rascals who swindle the ignorant by inducing them to…

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War Against Swindlers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

The post-office department (writes a New York correspondent on December 24) has been diligently prosecuting the rascals who swindle the ignorant by inducing them to…

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The Aeroplane in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 5

M. Rene Simon, a French airman, started in an aeroplane from the United States border in an attempt to locate the position of the Mexican rebels south of Ja[?]rez. Although he…

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Railways in War Time. Sitting of the Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

The council appointed by the Minister of Defence to consider the best means of utilising the State railways in time of war, met in Melbourne on Tuesday…

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Aeroplanes in War. a British Air Reserve. London, Feb. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 3

The War Office has accepted the offer of a number of British airmen to form an "Air Reserve," placing themselves and their machines at the disposal of the…

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Ex-soldier Emigrants. London, Thursday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, replying to a question in the House of Commons as to whether the Government would give facilities to enable ex-soldiers, with…

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New Zealand Mission. Welcome Home. London, Feb. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 3

A meeting of Church House welcomed the members of the mission which recently visited New Zealand. The members of the mission detailed the…

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Railways in War Time. Sitting of the Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 6

The council appointed by the Minister of Defence to consider the best means of utilising the State railways in time of war, met in Melbourne on Tuesday…

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Aeroplanes in War. A British Air Reserve. London, Feb. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 8

The War Office has accepted the offer of a number of British airmen to form an "Air Reserve," placing themselves and their machines at the disposal of the…

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Aeroplanes in War. Paris, Feb. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 5

Fifty aeroplanes have been purchased for the army, and a hundred military airmen are now in training…

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China and Japan. War Predicted. Vancouver. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. Hobson, M.H.R. for Washington, predicts a war between China and Japan within the next 12 months…

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The Barbed [?] Fence in War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 6

In every war some of the bravest of the brave, who do [?] worthy of praise, are never known [?] name. This is true in an especial way of the late war between Spain…

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In the Event of War. French Navy. Paris, Feb. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 5

Apropos of the discussion whether Britain, in the event of war, could arrange with France to guard the Moditerranean, Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, in an…

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Chapter Xxviii. the War in England Moves to a Sudden Conclusion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

England was distressed, but never subdued, by the presence of nearly 400,000 German troops upon its territory. As the narrative in previous chapters…

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Aeroplanes in War. London, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 5

The War Office has organised an air battalion in connection with the Royal Engineers, to supersede the ballon school. Thier object is to create a body of expert…

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Local News. Our Juvenile Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Captain H. H. Waddell the area officer for the district, is busy getting out the notices to send to the boys recently enrolled for military training, concerning…

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Australia's War Council. Report Issued. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 5

The report of the Australian War council, which was held in Melbourne last month, was issued by the military authorities to-day The Minister of Defence…

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Russell of "The Times." the World's First War Correspondent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

In a review of "The Life of Sir william Howard Russell, C.V.O., LL.D., the First Special Correspondent." by John Black Atkins, published I[?] Murray, the Loncon…

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The Aeroplane in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 5

The British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Bristol is supplying the War Office with four Bristol military bi-planes…

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