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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1908

34 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Child Killed at Midday. Soldier Detained

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 3

The countryside here (wrote the "Daily News" correspondent on 8th June from Alton Hants) has been plunged into gloom by a dreadful…

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Strike Riot Near Parts. Two Men Killed and Many Wounded

The Picton Post · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 6

From Paris, on 8rd June, the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— The district ol Montgron, fifteen miles from Paris, was last night the scene of…

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How Lemoine Escaped. Bogus Diamond-maker. Enlists Diplomatic Aid

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 7

The finest practical Joker of the age Lemoine, has surpassed himself. He has proved himself a genius, if genius, means the power of grasping an…

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Texans Lynch Negroes. How a Mob Spent Sunday, Race War Commenced

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 6

Two white men murdered, six negroes dragged from prison, hanged and riddled with bullets, three others shot dead later, and a deadly race…

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A National Danger. the Disappearing War Horse

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 3

The shrinkage of the reserve of horses in England progresses at a rate which is alarming many people besides the remount officers and the Board of…

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The Archbishop of York. an Old Soldier. Some Kindly Stories

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 3

Birthday congratulations were due last week, writes "M.A.P." of 27th June, to the Archbishop of York, who reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. Dr…

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Balkan War Feared

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 8

The news of the action of Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary was received with marked di-favour in diplomitic circles in London. Though stocks in London dropped sharply,…

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The Modern World One of Its Paradoxes. Preparation for War, Longing for Peace!

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 6

"An announcement has been made which stands in sharp contrast to the belligerent and resounding topics that have lately filled the columns of the…

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London's Soldiers. 30,000 Territorials. Scene at Salisbury. Splendid Enthusiasm

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 3

From Salisbury Plain on the night of August 2 Charles L. Hands wrote in the "Daily Mail":- Arms and the man at his grandest…

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A War Lord

Camden News · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 4

Midst the declamations and plaudits of a cheering multitude assembled on the finest thoroughfare of the metropolis of the world to do him honor, the chief of a mightier…

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Military Small Beer. Anecdotes of an Old Soldier

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 3

Some amusing anecdotes of generals he served with or met are related in the September "Cornhill Magazine" by an old soldier who chronicles the small…

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Military Small Beer. Anecdotes of an Old Soldier

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 7

Some amusing anecdotes of generals he served with or met are related in the September "Cornhill Magazine" by an old soldier who chronicles the small…

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Evert Youth a Soldier. Australia's Scheme of Defence. Would It Work in England?

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 3

In view of the interest excited by the Bill introduced into the Australian Federal Parliament for compulsory military training, "The Evening News…

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Every Youth a Soldier. Australia's Scheme of Defence. Would It Work in England?

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 3

In view of the interest excited by the Bill introduced into the Australian Federal Parliament for compulsory military training, "The Evening News"…

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