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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Garden Party Ends in Blood. Five Killed and 30 Wounded. Lisbon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

A political discussion on Portuguese affairs arose between Royalists and Republicans, who were guests at a garden party at Mebjaco near the Spanish frontier…

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War in Tripoli. a Battle for Eight Hours. Tripoli

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

Enver Bey, the Turkish leader, supported by artillery, led an attack on the Italians. The fight lasted for eight hours, and is regarded as the second most important…

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Suicide of Count Nogi. Great Soldier's Fate. Wife Commits Hara-kiri. Tokio, September 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 42

Everywhere the deepest sensation and the profoundest grief were caused when it became known on Friday that General Count Nogi, the hero of Port Arthur, and…

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War Office and Critics

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

The War Office denies the statement that the perfection of the aeroplane scouting was the cause of the stoppage of the army manoeuvres…

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' Mules Wreck Train. Eleven Soldiers Killed. Mexico City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

A serious railway disaster., which occurred on Weduesday on the Mexican Central Railway, was caused in an unusual manner…

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Italy's Little War. Turks and Arabs Lose Heavily. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

Heavy fighting between the Italian and Turco-Arab forces took place at Derua at the beginning of this week. General Reosoli, the Italian commander,…

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Cablegrams. the Balkans Trouble. War with Turkey or Revolu-tion. Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

Many Bulgarians fear that the Government may possibly be compelled to choose between war with Turkey or revolution in Bulgaria, unless the lot of the Macdonians…

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Cablegrams. Air Craft in War. , Inter-parliamentary Conference Opposes. Berne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 3

A decision of great importance was arrived at on Saturday by the inter-Parliamentary Congress now meeting at Geneva. M. Beernaert, formerly President of the…

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War in the Air. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 2

The French Government is purchasing four dirigibles, having a speed of 45 miles an hour. They are to be armed with initralleuse…

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France and Germany. Plans for Future War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 2

The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" at Brussels, states that the Belgian War Office lias learned that the French staff has altered its plans as the…

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Cablegrams. the Balkans War Cloud. a King's Significant Remark. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 2

The Cettigne correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" in a message to that journal, gives particulars of an audience he had this week with King Nicholas of…

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Soldiers Who Cheated. 120 Men Imprisoned. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 2

Punishment has now been meted out to the members of the 6th Company of the First Footguards who, to the number of 120, were charged with having cheated…

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"Anglo-german War Inevitable." Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

One Paris journal, in commenting on Baron Marschall's death, declares that it would be unjust to describe his work in London as negative of results. But,…

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The Unionists "Red Hand." War Before Surrender. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

The Ulster "Unionist Council is circulating half a million solemn pledge and covenant forms, which are to be signed and returned to the old Town-hall at Belfast,…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). Terrible Typhoon in Japan. War Vessels Dismasted. T0kio Telegraphically Isolated. Heavy Loss of Life. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

Great disasters have occurred in Japan owing to a terrible typhoon. Several torpedo boats sank with all hands during a storm off Truruga on…

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Sacristan Murdered. Soldiers on Trial

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 5

The trial of two soldiers, named Grillot and Leroux, was begun at Chalonssur Saone to-day on the charge of the murder of a sacristan in the village of…

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Balkans' War Unlikely the Outlook Improved. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

The outlook in regard to the Balkan situation displays considerable improvement. Diplomatic circles in Paris are convinced that peace will not be disturbed owing,…

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Mysterious Stabbing Case. a Man Badly Wounded. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 4

A mysterious stabbing case was brought under the notice of the police this morning, the victim being Michael Morrissey, 48 years of age, a resident of Shelley street,…

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Mr. William Redmond's View. "Talk of Civil War, Merest Bosh." New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. William Redmond says: "It is absurd to think that the Ulster trouble likely to affect the passage of the Home Rule Bill. The talk of civil war is the merest bosh."…

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Turkish Soldiers Killed. CONSTANTIOPLE,Friday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 2

News has been received of the massacre of Lieut. Kazim and ten Turkish soldiers in Armenia. The little detachment was ambushed and overwhelmed by a party…

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