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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Australian War Council. the First Meeting. Decisions Arrived At. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 5

The report of the decisions of the first meeting of the Australian War Railway Council, which was held in Melbourne last month, was made public to-day…

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Veteran Soldier's Death. Thomas M. Walsh. in His 97Th Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 5

For very many years past, not a public celebration of any importance in the Newcastle district has been held without the presence of that fine old man,…

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Railways in War Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

Now that the full report of the Australian War Railway Council has been made public, it will be noted that no effort is made by the…

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Abolition of War. Foreign Criticism. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

The Paris newspaper "Le Temps" says Sir Edward Grey, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is richer in words than in substance…

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War and the Masses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 9

Financiers, politicians, tyrants, and small classes of men with vested interests may have an interest in war, but the masses never have…

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Abolition of War. Notable Men's Views. Great Waste of Resources. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

A number of leading men have been interviewed regarding the reference by Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, to an…

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A Royal Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 15

Probably a great many people are of opinion that if the Duke of Connaught had not been a Royal Highness he would never have reached the rank of a…

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The Soldiers' Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 2

Sir,—Some time ago a motion was carried in the Newcastle Council, at the instance of Alderman Dick, asking the Government for a grant of £1000 for…

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Abolition of War. Arbitration Treaties. Must Be General. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, presiding at the International Arbitration League annual dinner, acknowledged the…

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Abolition of War. Arbitration Proposal. Urged by the Churches. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 5

The English newspapers, and particularly the Liberal organs, are giving great prominence to the American scheme of international arbitration…

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Notes on News. London, February 18. Sea Law in War Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 3

Discussion has been going on for some time with regard to the Declaration of London, which lays down a system of international law regulating the…

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All British Week. a War of Modes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

A thousand London shops have agreed to display only British manufactures during the "All British Week."…

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Aeroplanes in War, Purchases for Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 13

An important announcement bearing on the possibilities of the aeroplane in war was made by Sir George White, chairman of the British and Colonial…

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Realistic Battle at Sea. Wireless in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

Our Plymouth correspondent telegraphs an interesting account of the combined operations of the British men-of-war off the Spanish coast in the…

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Shooting Affray in Sydney. Woman Wounded. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 6

A shooting affray occurred in Herwicklane, Darlinghurst, this morning, as a result of which Mrs. Clara Kirwin is now lying in St. Vincent's Hospital with a…

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War in the Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 11

There can be no doubt that aeroplanes are destined to play a part in the next war, though whether they will be used for any other purpose than scouting is…

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Aeroplanes in War. San Antonio

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 5

Four aeroplanes are making a practical test of scouting under actual war conditions…

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Aeroplanes in War. Russian Purchases. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 5

Three Russian agents are visiting there remarkable Aero Exhibition at Olympia and contemplate spending £900,000 in the purchase of 300 aeroplanes…

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British Defences, a Pamphlet War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

Messrs. Murray and Company, the well-known publishers, are issuing a series of pamphlets entitled "Fallacies and Facts," in reply to the book…

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Fighting in Morocco. Raw Soldiers Defeated. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 5

Despite the French instructor's protest, the Sultan of Morocco sent a thousand untrained troops and two guns out against the Berbers…

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