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

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

117 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 6

Undocked Army Horses. War Office Supports Humane Campaign

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 10

Colonel Seely stated in Parliament that as few docked horses as possible were purchased, for the army and an Order had been issued that from three years after this date no docked horses will be purchased by the military…

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Indian Census. Tribesmen Suspicious. Must Be Prelude to War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 3

The report of Mr. Denys Bray, I.C.S.,containing the statistics for Baluchistan obtained in the census of India in 1911, has just made a rather belated appearance in print…

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War Horses. Mounts of Famous Generals. "Copenhagen" and "Marengo."

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 10

James Grant Wilson tells about the favorite war-horses of famous generals in the "Century." Washington was considered to be the best horseman of his age. He lost…

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Old Soldier's Plight. Workless, Asks for Gaol

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 3

During the hearing of a case at the Guildhall Alderman Sir George Woodman drew attention to the fact that many persons who committed offences for the purpose of…

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The Cost of War. Germany's Need

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 9

Professor Riesser, the president of the Hansa League, has recently published a book of "Financial Preparation for War." He is a great…

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A Wicked War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 7

"The Balkan allies entered Macedonia in the guise of liberators, and to-day they seem bent upon plunging the whole region, into worse and more implacable strife than it has ever known since the days of the Ottoman…

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Cost of War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 8

Colonel Honke, a well-known German authority on war and economies, published recently a remarkable study of the cost of war. He shows…

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Woman in Soldier's Clothes

Western Champion · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 4

A sensation has been caused at Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the arrest of a young woman named Miss Florence Lesher, whose home is in…

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War on the House Fly

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 8

The common house flies that will soon be crawling on every window-pane are among death's most deadly agents, and they should be exterminated…

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War on the House Fly

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 3

The common house flies that will soon be crawling on every window-pane are among death's most deadly agents, and they should be exterminated…

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Woman's War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 3

Elizabeth Robins appears in "M'Clure's" as an extreme supporter of the tactics of the "militants"; she recounts, the whole miserable history of the past seven…

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War on the House Fly

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 9

The common house flies that will soon be crawling on every window-pane are among death's most deadly agents, and they should be exterminated…

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Germany's New War Ship. Bigger Than the Dread-nought. New Ship Secretly Begun

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 6

The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" telegraphed early in January that the first of the German Dreadnoughts has been building for…

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Riotous Soldiers. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 3

It transpires that another serious riot occurred at the Liverpool camp on Sunday afternoon, when some hundreds of trainees besieged the George's…

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The King on War. Demands of Modern Conflict. Praise for Troops

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 3

The King was present at the conference held in the Riding School, Weedon, Bucks, when Sir John French and the leading officers and umpires discussed the objects,…

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The Peace of Europe. Dillon's Summing-up. Factors Making for Peace and War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 3

"Pessimism continues to prevail throughout Europe, despite the marked progress made by diplomacy' in the Near East and the satisfactory settlement of the differences…

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The Peace of Europe. Dillon's Summing-up. Factors Making for Peace and War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

Dr. E. J. Dillon, the famous special correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," writing from Madrid, says:—"Pessimism continues to prevail…

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Next European War. Motors Instead of Horses

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 10

As a result of trials in recent French army manoeuvres, it is predicted that in the next European war the horse will be relegated to a place far in the rear. In its place will come…

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