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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Australian Manufactures in Time of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 33

Speaking at a Millions Club luncheon Mr. O. C. Beale said it was no use talking of producing foods as pure as those imported, but to succeed they must make them a…

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Cablegrams. Civil War in Mexico. Rebels Victorious Again Federal Generals Executed. Washington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 2

Reports of anther victory for the Constitutionalist (rebel) forces have been received via Mexico City. It is understood that the rebels…

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Clothing the Soldier

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 32

The recommendations of the Military Board regarding the uniforms for national regiments were laid on the table of the Senate by the Minister for Defence. These…

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Mutinous Soldiers. Shot Down in a Body. London, May 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 43

Letters that have reached Plymouth state that a body of 45 Peruvian soldiers who had taken part in a mutiny were placed on a raft on the Napo River, and…

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Albanians at War Again. Strong Revolutionary Movement. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

The situation in Albania is extremely serious. The Albanian Highlanders have refused to march against the insurgents, alleging that their duty is to protect the…

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The Mexican War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 8

Satisfactory reports are to hand in regard to the Niagara Falls Conference. A basts has been reached on which the United States and Mexico wlll be able…

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War Against Disease. Consumption and Diphtheria. French Doctor's Success. Paris. May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 28

Doctor Tissot, of the National History-Museum, has successfully analysed the serum alexin discovered in 1890, giving immunity from tuberculosis and syphilis…

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Cablegrams. Home Rule for Ireland "With Civil War or Without?" London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

Lord Selborne, speaking at a Covenanters' meeting at Bath, said if the Unionists were confronted with the dilemma of "Will you have Home Rule for Ireland…

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German War Tarcets

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 3

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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Here Nations Are Fighting. Facts About the Seat of War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 4

There is no pa[?]erism in Servia, in the sense in which it is understood in the West. The poorest have some sort of freehold property…

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Ancient Relics. Soldiers Guarding Excavations

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 3

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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Alleged Maliciously Wounded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

Alice Rankin was then charged with maliciously wounding Irvine with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The accused pleaded not guilty, she…

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Faked War Pictures

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 8

An official statement accuses a Parisian cinematograph operator of "re constructing" the siege of Adrianople. It is alleged that the Bulgarian trop were…

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Suffragette Outrages. Art Treasure Damaged by Girl with Hatchet. Attendant Badly Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 3

Ivy Bon, a young Suffragette, was the principal figure in a sensational outrage yesterday. She was released from prison that morning because she had been…

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Napoleon's Soldiers Honoured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 8

The remains of many of Napoleon's soldiers, who served with him in Egypt, were recently discovered at Alexandria, and have been burled with…

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Fighting Battles with Tin Soldiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 3

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

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Comedy in War

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

Into the tragedy of war are inserted now and then bits of comedy and kindliness. During the Zulu war in Sopth Africa, says "The…

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Mexican War Cloud. Activity in the Fleet. Washington, June 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 43

Fears are now entertained of a recrudescence of the war in Mexico. An announcement , has been made by the Provisional President (General Huerta), that…

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Abandon Ship. a Pen-picture of a Most Important Drill Aboard a Man-o-war

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 3

it is proud boast of the British Navy that it is always prepared, and that it is constantly ready for any emergency that may…

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War Threatened. Between Greece and Turkey. Excitement at Athens. Greek Premier's Emphatic Declarations. Athens

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 3

Once again the Balkan Powers are on the verge of war. the new crisis has arisen over the ill treatment of Greeks in Turkey and Bulgaria, especially in the…

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