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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Editor Attacks Mayor. Citizens-take-sides. Town Plunged Into Civil War. New York, March 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 43

Rock Island, an important Illions town, is passing through a highly exciting period arising out an attempt by the Mayor (Mr. Schriever) to clean the town by…

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On a Man-of-war. Hints to Landsmen Who Wants to Do the Proper Thing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 3

As you pass over the ship's sid and step aboard, if you are a man. The officer of the deck, who repr touch your hat in salute to the flag…

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Cost of War Hews

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 3

"Get it, at a reasonable cost if you can, but get it." This practically constitutes the orders issued I to its war correspondents by the…

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General Cable News. Ex-soldiers and Ex-sailors. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

The Navai and Military Emigration League is making a public appeal for £10,000 to enable time expired soldiers and sailors to emigrate…

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War in Tripoli. Success of Italians. Home

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

Lieut-General Caneva, the Italian commander at Tripoli, telegraphs that the occupation of Macabez ensures possession of a station for torpedo boats that will…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) the Coal Strike. Miners and Soldiers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

A warm feeling of comradeship between the miners of Leigh, Lancashire, and the soldiers who were sent to maintain order, has resulted from their association…

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War in Tripoli. Powers' Attempt to Medlate. Turkey Expected to Reject. Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 2

The Turkish Government has been presented with the communication from the Great Powers, asking on what terms Turkey will finish hostilities in Tripoli. On…

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Flights in Warfare Value Proved in Tripoli. British War, Office Moves. London. April 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 43

A war office memorandum has been is issued staging that the Tripolitan war has proved the value of aeroplanes in actual warfare…

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Soldiers As Journalists

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 37

Think how the duties of the modern professional editor would be beautifully simplified if a notice something like the following headed this journal: "This…

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A Fight in Siberia. Between Soldiers and Workmen. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 2

Remarkable scenes have lately occurred at the workings of a company which is carrying out gold washing operations on the Lena River in the Irkutsk region of…

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What Newspapers Pay for War News

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 21

"Get it, at a reasonable cost if you can, but get it." This practically constitutes the orders issued to its war correspondent by the enterprising newspaper of to-day;…

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Miners Fight Soldiers. Killed Number 150. St. Petersburg, April 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 7

Serious fighting has taken place between the workmen of the Gold Workings Company on the Lenar, in the province, of Irkutsk, Siberia, and soldiers…

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Munitions of War. Arms for Portuguese Royalists Lisbon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 2

It was reported yesterday that 100 cases of Mauser ritles and IS cases of cartridges intended for the Portuguese royalists, have been seized at Pontevedra, in Spain…

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Giant Negro Runs Amok. Sensation on High Seas. Eight Killed. Twenty-three Wounded. Lisbon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

Details have been received here of a terrible tragedy which took place on the Portuguese steamer Africa, while that vessel was on a voyage to the cocoa…

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Destructiveness of War. Some Statistics

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 1

Some authorities claim that the improvement in arms has rendered warfare less destructive, and that in these days of fearful engines of war the…

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War Against Opium. Peking, April 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 42

Indian opium merchants at Shanghai complain that they have £9,000,000 worth of opium stored in Shanghai which they are unable to sell, in teh interior of China…

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Soldiers Fight Miners. One Hundred Against 7000. St. Petersburg, April 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 43

Reference was made in the Duma yesterday to the fighting which took place a few days ago between the workmen of the Gold Workings Company, on the Lena…

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Aeroplanes in War. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

The British Government is fully alive to the value of aeroplanes in the defence system. Already 20 aeroplanes hare been ordered, and it is now stated that the…

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The War in Tripoli. an Italian Victory. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

The Italians, after two hours severe fighting, seized Lebda. During the engagement 300 Turks and Arabs were killed. The Italian casualties comprised…

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Turko-italian War. Turks Again Repulsed

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

The Turks made an attempt to recover Lebba, but were repulsed with heavy loss. The Italians did not fire a shot during the landing at Rhodes…

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