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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

84 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 5

The Shadow of War. Declaration by Germany. London

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

The correspondent in Vienna of "The Times" states that there is a growing feeling that Austria is drifting aimlessly but steadily into war…

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Venezuela Declares War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 5

The Washington State Department has been informed that Venezuela has declared war owing to the Dutch blockade of the ports…

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A Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 6

A welcome home from New Zealand was given to Mr. Arthur Toombs, secretary of the Northern Division of the New South Wales Alliance, on Friday…

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Newcastle's Fallen Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 3

Sir,—Throughout South Africa on this Christmas Eve the loyal women's guild will decorate with flowers the graves of the fallen, friend and foe alike. I think…

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