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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The Cost of War

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

The total losses of France in killed, wounded, and prisoners in the Franco-German war were 21,500 officers and 702,000 men. The cost of the war to France was £544,000,000…

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City Shooting. Man and Woman Wounded. in a Tailor's Shop

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 4

A shooting affray—probably the most sensational that has occurred in the city of Sydney for some time post—took place in King-street, near…

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Reign of Terror. Class War Crime in America

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 4

In America a reign of terror existed for four years. In all 120 dynamite outrages were perpetrated, manufacturers were terrorised, and every man…

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LAteST Cable News. Russian War S[?]are. LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 6

The Russian war score in Germanthreatned to create a [?] on the Berlin Stock Exchange, but the fall was arrested [?] an official den[?]…

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(Copyright.) Eric Dacres: a Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

A very romantic story by the wellknown and popular writer, opening in the Algerian Desert, but the scene of which is subsequently in…

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(Copyright.) Eric Dacres: a Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 3

A very romantic story by the wellknown and popular writer, opening in the Algerian Desert, but the scone of which is subsequently in…

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"Civil War Nearer." Government Precautions Unrelaxed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 3

In the House of Lords, Lord Lansdowne stated that civil war in Ireland was getting nearer every day. Lord Morley retorted that the…

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(Copyright.) Eric Dacres: a Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. PART 3. Chapter V! for Honour's Sake

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 3

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

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Balkan Horrors. What Soldiers From Sydney Saw Frightful Mutilations

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 7

Mr. George Karanges of [?] Sydney, had [?] to unfold to a "Sunday Time who interviewed him shortly after…

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The Latest. S[?] for War [?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 4

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New [?] Pra[?] and War[?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 1

The followers [?] and [?] to the [?] [?] [?]…

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A Famour War Correspondent

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 3

Mr. Bennett Burleigh the famous war correspondent, who recently retired from active service, fought as a youngster on the confederate side in…

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(Copyright.) Eric Dacres: a Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. PART 4

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 3

"And coming like a whirlwind," said Phil. "Keep low, old man; we don't know what danger may be at the heels of the brute."…

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An Angle-[?] War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 2

[?], as may [?] [?] a [?] of the situation by [?] in Murray, of the Gerdon He[?], [?] [?]…

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Charge [?]t Young Soldier

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3

At the Ma[?] Police Court a young [?] app[?]ed to [?] a th[?] of [?] d[?]ing an [?] of M[?] on…

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No Class War For Catholics

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 2

"I say that it is entirely against Catholic principles for men to speak of war between class and class until one class is extinguished" Thus…

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Train on Top of Them. Party on Trolley Have War Row Escape

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 4

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

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

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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(Copyright.) [?]Ric Dacres: a Romantic Story of Adventure during the Matabele War. PART 5

The Tenterfield Courier and District Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

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

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Laughed at Soldiers. Young German Arrested

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

An echo of the Zabern Court-material dictum, that a civilian may not laugh at a soldier, was heard at Strasburg, when a young man was arrested by soldiers for…

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