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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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A Tale of the Boer War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent, tells an amusing story of the Boer war.—Whilst at Nq'Meli Mountain, [?] miles east of Vryheid, part of General…

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Progress in South Africa Ten Years After the War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 2

Mr. L. E. Neame has a remarkable story to tell of South Africa in the last ten years in the "Daily Mail," of which he is the Johannesburg correspondent…

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Italian—turkish War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

A dispatch from the Italian General in Tripoli, says that an Italian division captured Sidrally, after a six hours engagement with a large…

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The Indian Mutiny. One Secret of Success in War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 12

What enabled such handfuls of British and native soldiery to prevail time after time against large numbers of the rebels during the Indian Mutiny. The some thing occurred all…

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Italo-turkish War. Torpedoer Driven Off. Constantinople, July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 5

A telegram has just been received stating that a heavy cannonade is in progress in the direction of Kum Kaleh, at the entrance to the Dardanelles…

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Italo-turkish War. Daring Torpedoers. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1912 · page 5

The Italian newspapers are exultant at the brilliant exploits of the torpedo boat crews at the Dardanelles, which according to the "Tribune," is protected by 800 guns…

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Supplementary Estimates. Unprecedented War Preparation. London, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in introducing the supplementary estimates, said that the fresh proposals were due to the new German Navy Law,…

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Italian-turkish War. Italian Repulse Admitted. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 2

The Italian Government admits that destroyers belonging to the Italian navy succeeded in advancing as far as Chanak Kalesi, in the Dardanelles, and…

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Turko-italian War. the Dardanelles Exploit. Constantinople, July 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 5

The captain of a British merchant[?] states that he sighted the Italian torpedo boats which recently came to the entrance of the Dardanelles. He declares that they…

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Duelling in the Army. War Minister's Apology

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 6

The subject of duelling in the German army came up again on Tuesday in the Reichstag, when General von Heeringen, Minister for War, offered a…

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Duelling in the Army. War Minister's Apology

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

The subject of duelling in the German army came up again on Tuesday in the Reichstag, when General von Heeringen, Minister for War, offered a…

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Italo-turkish War. Torpedoer Driven Our Constantinople July 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 3

A telegram has just been received stating that a heavy cannonade is in progress in the direction of Kum Kaleh, at the entrance to the Dardanelles…

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War on Non-unionists. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 5

Re-engaged strikers at the victoria Docks attacked 2000 non-unionists with bricks and stones. Bludgeons and knives were also freely used. Several non-unionists produced…

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School of Tropical Medicine. Sinews of War. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. Austin Chamberlain, M. P., presided at a meeting held under the auspices of the London Chamber of Commerce to obtain the sum of £100,000 to extend the London…

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War on Non-unionists. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 3

Re-engaged strikers at the victoria Docks attacked 2000 non-unionists with bricks and stones. Bludgeons an knives were also freely used. Several non-unionists produced…

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A War of Words. Taft V. Roosevelt. Bitter Invective

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5

President Taft and Mr Roosevelt, in the wild scramble to secure the delegates necessary for Presidential nomination, are now fighting "like Kilkenny…

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Italo-turkish War. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 5

A company of Arabs was repulsed at Seangur, and 200 were killed…

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The War in Tripoli. Paris, Aug. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 5

Several Continental papers report that peace negotiations are in progress at Zurich between Turkish and Italian diplomatists…

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The Dardanelles. May Cause Another European War. Paris

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 2

M.Poincare, the Premier, left Paris yesterday for St. Petersburg, whither he goes to confer with Russian Ministers, on several matters of…

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A War Against Vice. the Rockfellers Interested. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 5

[?] Rockfeller and his son are interesting themselves in a war against vice as revealed by the Rosenthal murder. Young Rockfeller has been conducting a…

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