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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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Cablegrams. Second Balkan War. King Ferdinand to Blame. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 2

The well-known Sofia newspaper "Mir" last week published a remarkable article making serious allegations against King Ferdina[?] in connection with the second…

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Eric Dacres: (Copyright.) A Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. PART 8. CHAPTER V. for Honour's Sake

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 3

It—was nearly noon whim Eric rose the next day, looking careworn and feeling in the worst of the spirits. He ate a meagre breakfast, and an…

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In Alsace-lorraine. Soldiers Versus Citizens. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 3

There was further trouble between the military and civilians at Zabern in Alsace Lorraine yesterday. A party of workmen shouted an…

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Japanese Runs Amok. Waitress and Self Wounded. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

At the Royal Hotel, Tumut, thin morning, Jack Ozone, a Japanese cook, attempted to out the throat of Miss Morgan, a waitress. Ozone inflicted several…

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Soldiers Rush Picket Lines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 32

A sensation occurred at Liverpool camp on Saturday evening, when soldiers rushed the armed pickets on the bridge leading in to the town, but were driven back at the…

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Preparing for Civil War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 2

Mr. Oliver Locker-Lampson, Unionist M.P. for Ramsey, has arranged with families in 60 parishes in his constituency to accommodate. Protestant children i the…

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Break Up the Empire. Great Race War Predicted. Calcutta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 5

Some notable remarks were made by the Rev. Mr. Milburn, a missionary, in the course of an address to a meeting of Bengalis in Calcutta yesterday…

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Dock Board Cha[?] Wounded. by Shot Fired at [?] London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 5

A drayman in Dublin na[?] fearing that a crowd of [?] about to attack him, fired a re[?]critically wounded Mr. Hollwe[?]…

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H.M.S. New Zealand. Welcome Home Luncheon. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 4

The Navy League is giving a luncheon on the 16th inst., in honor of Captain Halsey and the other officers of H.M.S. New Zealand. Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord…

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A Wounded Baronet. Bullet Extracted From the Neck. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 2

The bullet which was embedded in Sir Lionel Phillips' neck has been extracted, and his condition is satisfactory. The extraction of the other bullet has been…

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Daring Feats of War Correspondents. Newspaper Heroes of the Battlefield. First of His Class

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 4

The first of the artist-correspondents of the Victorian era was William Simpson, who, in 1866, placed his services at the disposal of the…

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Eric Dacres: (Copyright.) A Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. By William Murray Grayson, Author of Under the White Terror," In the Name of the Czar,'

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 4

It lay in it clearing surrounded by straggling bush and granite kopjes—a cluster of huts with a more pretentious little cabin in the…

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A War Correspondent's Adventure

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 4

The trials which beset a war correspondent when on active duty are graphically described in the "Fortflightly Review" by [?] who was at the…

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Anti-trust War. American Campaign. Washington, December 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 43

President Wilson's anti-trust campaign has now been disclosed. A bill is in preparation with the object of placing upon defendants the onus of…

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Rural Workers' Demands. Resistance at Wagga. Declaration of War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 4

The largest meeting of farmers held in this district for many years sat till midnight on Thursday discussing the question how to fight the Rural Workers' Union. It…

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Eric Dacres: (Copyright.) A Romantic Story of Adventure during: the Matabele War. PART 6. Chapter Ii. How the River Was Crossed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 3

Eric and the Boer had rushed out after the second Matabele, hoping to get a shot, but they went no further than the rock, As they…

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South African War. Boer Memorial Unveiled. Blomfontein, December 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 43

The ceremony of unveiling the memorial erected to the women and children who died in the concentration camps during the Boer war was performed here on Tuesday,…

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Rifle Shooting. War Office and Bisley. "Dominions Should Be Consulted." London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 4

The "Morning Post" has something to say in regard to the report that unless the National Rifle Association agrees to alter its programme in accordance with the proposals…

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