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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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War of the Ways. Motor-cars for Tramway Lines. Action by the London County Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 3

The stirring of the municipal conscience on the subject of extravagant tramway systems in view of the advent of the more approved and less costly…

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General Lee's Surrender. The End of the Confederate War

Forbes Times · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2
Also in Cowra Free Press

Mr. A. B. H. Hanson, in an article on "General Lee as I Know Him," contributed to "Harper's Magazine," gives an interesting account of tho scene in the…

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The War of Jenkins's Ear

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 3

In more excitable times we should now have been at war with the Power under whose flag shelter the brigands "wanted" for having, as it is alleged, cut off an…

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General Lee's Surrender. The End of the Confederate War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 6

Mr. A. R. H. Ranson, in an article on "General Lee as I Knew Him,'' contributed to "Harper's Magazine," gives an interesting account of the scene in the…

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Reckless Wagers Over the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 3

An Odessa paper publishes details of a reckless wager made last summer by Captain Hinsky, a St. Petersburg Dragoon officer. Hinsky undertook to cross Asia…

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Soldier Playwrights From Barracks to Stage

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

It is a curious fact that two of the most popular playwrights of the day are men who have proved once again that the pen is mightier than…

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War Balloons

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

No intention to belittle the great strides which he study of aeronautics has made during the past few years, and is destined, almost certainly, to make in…

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Maxims of War. a Useful Book

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 6

Mr Maurice Brett, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, and a .son of Lord Esher, has collected and arranged (Hugh Ross Ltd., London)…

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A Tale of the Boer War

Forbes Times · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 7
Also in Cowra Free Press

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent, tells an amusing story of the Ever war.—Whilst at Nq'Mell Mountain, 18 miles east of Vryheld, part of General…

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Soldiers' Meat Allowance

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 4

The allowance of meat in the British army has been fixed for many years at 3/4lb. per bond per diem. This with ordinary care is found to be ample, and…

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A Day in a Soldier's Life You Mat Get Up

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 5

"The surgeon-major says that you may get up." Andre Freuill smiled at Sister Jeanne when she announced this good news…

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Railway-companies at War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 4

Papers by the last English mail, up to 18th May, stated that the cordial under standing between Great Britain and France has led to the inauguration [?]…

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Cathedral a War Cheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

St. Petersburg, as well as Moscow, have some Cathedrals which are marvels of ecclesiastical architecture. St. Isaac's Cathedral, for instance, in…

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Duelling in the Army. War Minister's Apology

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 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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Women in War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 6

Fighting women are no novelty, either in the pages of the mythological legen[?] or in the stirrng volumes of history, for they have existed from time…

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Russian Defences. Duma and Crown. Attacks Un War Minister

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 3

Violent gusts have been sweeping high political latitudes of late, agitating the very pillars of the Parliamentary system (said the St. Petersburg…

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Prisoners of War for Twenty-eight Years

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 3

The Roumanian Government has sent urgent orders to their Minister at Constantinople to procure the release of seventy Roumanian soldiers who fought in the…

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Soldiers in Tears. Cretan Deputies and Greek Chamber

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 7

When the Greek Chamber was opened yesterday a body of soldiers prevented Cretan deputies from entering the building (said a Reuter message from Athens…

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