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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Turkey and Greece. a Grave Crisis. Efforts to Prevent War. St. Petersburg," June 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

M. Sazonoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has started for Bucharest. It is believed that he is to attend an important conference, which is to consider…

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Effect on Naval War. London, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 3

The declaration of Admiral Sir Percy Scott in favour of submarines as against Dreadnoughts in naval warfare has aroused much discussion. He contends that if…

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Death-ride of Soldier. Awful Pate on Way Home. After Absence Abroad

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 4

Impatient to see his parents from whom he had been so long exiled, and full of delighted expectation at the prospect of a happy reunion, James Duncan, aged 29, a soldier on…

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A Hospital for Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

Lady Londonderry, wife of the Lord-Lieutenant of County Down, has converted part of Mount Stewart, their County Down residence, into a hospital with 21 beds for…

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War Regarded Inevitable. Athens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

The newspaper "Hestia" declares that war is inevitable. The public generally demand the repatriation of Greeks, the stoppage of persecution and the payment of an…

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Turkey and Greece. War Inevitable. the Turks Determined. Athens. June 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

It is semi-officially announced that 20,000 Greeks from asia Minor have been despoiled of their possessions, and have arrived at Chios and Mitylene, and 50,000 other…

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War Cloud

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 2

The Crecian newspaper "Westia" declares that war with Turkey is inevitable. The public generally demand repatriation of the Greeks and…

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Obituary. Famous War Correspondent. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Bennett Burleigh, who has been war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" since 1882…

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The Soldier in India. Life on an Outpost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 7

The British officer is accustomed to being regarded as a useless individual who wears a red (or khaki) coat, fares sumptuously every day, delegates the more serious part of his duties to…

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Ernest Vizetelly. War Correspondent's Life

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5

"In a book which deals with the 'People's War' in France after the defeat at Sedan, and the downfall of the Second Empire, Mr, Alfred Ernest Vizetelly relates some of the…

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War Regarded Inevitable. Athens

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 3

The newspaper "Hestia" declares that war is inevitable. The public generally demand the repatriation of Greeks, the stoppage of persecution and the payment of an…

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With the Bulgarians. a Girl's Adventures. Grim Pictures of the War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 10

To know the grim terrors of war falls to the lot of few of our women. There is one English lady at least who can claim to be the exception, and she is Miss Jessica…

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Turkey and Greece. War Inevitable. a Grave Crisis. St. Petersburg, June 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 3

M. Sazonoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs has started for Bucharest. It is believed that he is to attend an important conference, which is to consider…

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Parted by Treachery. Chapter 1. Her Soldier Sweetheart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 16

"Ordered to India!" Clare Edington caught in her breath sharply as she repeated the words, her lovely face paled slightly, and her violet-blue…

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Boer War Present. Hospital Ship Maine. London. Sunday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 5

The hospital ship Maine, which was presented to tho British Government by the women of the United States at the time of, and for use in, the Boer War, has gone…

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Turkey and Greece. Getting Ready for War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

Constantinople, Saturday.—The Porte has delivered its reply to the Greek note. Readiness to examine into alleged outrages by Turks upon Greeks is…

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War in the Air. Sham Fight. a Terrible Reality. Vienna, June 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

The fatal collision between the biplane and the Koerting dirigible balloon, which resulted in the loss of nine lives, occurred while the two air-craft were carrying out…

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Injured Soldier. Non-Suit Granted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 1

The claim for £1500 in Banco, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, by Francis O'Brien, cellarman and quartermaster-sergeant of the 33rd…

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War in the Air. Fatal Sham Fight. a Terrible Reality. Vienna, June 22

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 1

The fatal collision between the biplane and the Koerting dirigible baloon, which resulted in the loss of nine lives, occurred while the…

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With the Bulgarians. a Girl's Adventures. Grim Pictures of the War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 16

To know the grim terrors of war falls to the lot of few of our women. There is one English lady at least who can claim to be the exception, and she is Miss Jessica…

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