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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

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Moroccan War. the Sultan Submits. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 5

Abdul Aziz, the defeated Sultan of Morocco, discarding his last officers, exclaimed, "Go whither you will. Let those who wish follow Hafid."…

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Britain and Germany. Possibilities of War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 5

Herr Class, in his presidential address to the Pan-German League at Berlin, declared that for Germany to enter into an agreement with Great…

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German War Balloons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Germany is building war balloon stations in several places on the western frontier…

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Abolition of War. a Peace Proposal. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 5

Twenty-one countries are represented at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Congress now sitting in Berlin. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in a letter to…

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Sir Joseph Carruthers. Welcome Home. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 5

Sir Joseph and Lady Carruthers were welcomed home at a harbour picnic yesterday, under the auspices of the Liberal and Reform Association. The party…

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Wickham. a Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 6

The employees and their friends of Messrs, Gittins and Eastham, of Wickham entertained Mr. G. Eastham at a dinner in the large shed on the beach,…

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End of the Book War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The "Daily News" states that "The Times" has joined the Publishers' Association, thus ending the book war…

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B[?]kan Coup D'etat. Bigaria Ready for War. Mobilisation of Troops. Attitude of the Powers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 5

The news of the action of Bulgaria declaring her independence and of [?]stria-Hungary in annexing Bosnia [?]d Herz[?]vina was recived…

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Attitude of Servia. War with Austria. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 5

Servia, in a protest to the Powers, asks for the complete restoration of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in accordance with the treaty…

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Bulgaria's Defiance. Prepared for War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1908 · page 5

A huge crowd made a demonstration yesterday before the place of the Crown Prince at Belgrade. The Crown Prince, in addressing…

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Servia Backs Down. Decides Against War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1908 · page 5

The Servian Skuptshina, at a secret sitting yesterday, by 93 votes to 66, decided against war. The meeting of the Skuptshina was…

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Disturbed Morocco. Soldiers V. Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1908 · page 5

A serious conflict between Europeans and Moorish troops is reported from Mogador, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco…

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The War of the Future

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 6

Mr. Hudson Maxim has been speculating Ling about the terrible Possibilities of war in the near future, when, writes the Edinburgh "Weekly Scotman." if the…

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The South African War. the Plan of Campaign. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 5

One of the passages in the Kaiser's interview which is exciting the strongest indignation throughout Germany is an follows:—…

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Austria and Servia. War Inevitable. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 5

Believing war with Servia to be Invitable, Austria is secretly hurrying on its military preparations, and sending reinforcements to the frontier…

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Situation in Europe. Preparing for War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 5

Sixteen thousand Servian troops occupy the heights around Belgrade, and one-half of the Shumadia division and was additional regiments have been…

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A Soldier's Memory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 6

Major C. E. Nicholson, adjutant of the 1th Australian Light Horse Regiment, and one of the officers who served with the New South Wales Lancers in the Boer…

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War Office and Aeroplane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 7

We are informed that the success which has attended the experiments with the Wright aeroplane at Le Mans has not passed unobserved by the British Army…

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London News. London, October 16. the Balkan Crisis.—the Suffragettes.—south African Union.—licensing Bill.—war Office and Aeroplane.—english Sculling Champion.—the Wallabies. the Balkan Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 7

The official statement which is published this week with regard to the negotitations for the settlement of the Balkan dispute will be no surprise to our…

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War on Monkeys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 11

White utilitarians and the humane in England are debuting the case for and a gains the sparrow, our fellow-citizens in India are sharply divided upon the…

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