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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Clamor for War

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 3

Speaking at Bristol, Mr. Birrell, chief Secretary for Ireland, said the the English people could not answer for themselves that they would never…

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Railway Smash. Temora Mail Wrecked. 14 Killed and many Injured. the Signal and the Fog. Distressing Soenes. Wounded Among the Wreckage

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 3

A railway disaster at Exeter, on the main Southern line, six miles from Moss Vale, occurred about twenty mintues before midnight on Friday, and…

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The Etiquette of War. Rules and Regulations Contending Armies Must Obey

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 9

War—that is warfare between civilised nations — has its code of etiquette, known as the Customs of War, Some of which are written…

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Daring Dick Evans. War Veteran's Breakdown. in Hospital in Melbourne

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 10

"Daring Dick Evans," is in the Melbourne Hospital seriously ill. Gasping for breath, and weak from the effects of a heart trouble, he walked…

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Soldier Shot by Sentry

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 9

A sentry shot a soldier who, being late for the roil call, was scaling the barrack wall at Newbridge. The wounded man is in a critical…

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Home Rule. a Dramatic Turn. Mr. Asquith Becomes War Minister

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 2

The House of Commons was crowded and excited on the afternoon of March 30, in anticipation of the statement premised by the Prime Minister…

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War Probable. Washington

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

The United States Cabinet discussed the Mexican situation secretary. Mr. Daniels, United States War Minister, has ordered the American fleet to…

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Dog Detects Murder a Soldier's Brutal Crime. in an Austrian Forest

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

While searching in the Carinthia forest, in the Valley of the upper Drave, a forester found the body of a young girl, whose head had been…

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Welcome Home

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

ON Wednesday afternoon a very happy [?] look place the Agricultural Society grounds Port Macquarie, the [?] being a [?] welcome [?] Mr. J. H[?] in the form of a…

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"If War Came."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

"You must either move on or move off I" This was the intimation conveyed to Turkey by the first shot in the Balkan war, and represented…

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The Mexican War. Hostilities Commenced

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 4

The first snot in the war between Mexico and the United States has been fired. The Americans have captured Vera Cruz, with the loss of four killed. The Mexicans are…

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The War in Mexico

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 3

The South American Governments conducting the mediation proposals have formally asked the United States and Mexican Governments to agree…

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The Mexican War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 4

Diplomats met at the Argentine Legation, Washington, to discuss peace proposals affecting the United States and Mexico. The United States Cabinet was convened,…

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The Mexican War. Darker Outlook Belligerent Proclamation. Mexico city, May 2nd

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 2

President Huerta has issued a proclamation forbidding commerce with the United States, and announcing that all cargoes from the Republic…

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The Mexican War. Railway Undermined

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Vora Cruz, Tuesday—The Mexican railway has been undermined in the direction of Mexico City. Special details of Mexican soldiers have been…

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Shires' Conference Americo and Mexico the Rebels Succeeding America Ready for War Washington

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 2

During the past week the annual conference of the Shires' Association of New South Wales has been held in Sydney, and a large number of General Huerta has informed the South American mediators that the Americans, by conducting operations at Vera Oruz, has broken the…

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German War Targets

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 5

Targets of various kinds mounted on trucks and drawn over the field by cables on electrically-driven drums give German soldiers a very realistic…

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Fighting Battles with Tin Soldiers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 2

An engineer named Aaeson of Copenhagen, has just patented an invention which he has called a "soldier-automaton," an automatic…

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Ancient Relics. Soldiers Guarding Excavations

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 5

Excavations are being made by Italians on the Island of Rhodes. Seventy cases of ancient relics of great importance have been shipped to Rome…

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Soldiers as "Paying Guests."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 2

Every Hoensed victualler to, on demand made by the authorities, military authorities, compelled to furnish board and lodging for any soldiers…

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