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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Moroccan War. Rebels Still Fighting. Tangier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 5

An Englishman who is accompanying, the Moors under El Merani, now half-way between Fez and Rabat, writes that the rebels hem the column,…

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Arbitration V. War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 3

Comments upon Sir Edward Grey's speech supporting President Taft's overtures in favour of the substitution of arbitration for war, appear in several…

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Moroccan Holy War. Maidens As Sacrifices. Killed by Their Fathers. Fez

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 5

Grave unrest has been occasioned by the latest action of the Berbers, who have proclaimed a "Holy War," and are calling out their people to assist…

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Labour War. Dynamite Used

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 13

Labour circles in America have been stirred to their uttermost depths by the arrest of John M Namara, his brother James, and Otis M'Manigal, respectively…

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Notes on News. London, May 6. War Ruled Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 3

The arbitration treaty between the United States and this country has not been signed yet; possibly it is not even prepared, but on both sides of the…

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The Peace Congress. Workers and War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 5

At the meeting of the National Peace Congress in Edinburgh, Mr. Keir Hardie moved a resolution that in the event of threatened war the…

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War's New Methods. Britain's Latest Howitzer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 6

From deep follows upon Salisbury Plain this morning I saw two brigades—one of the new 5in howitzers and another of the regulation Royal Field Artillery, with…

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Sober Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 9

I remember well, when I joined the Army, what a common thing it was on pay night to see a garrison town full of men struggling home to barracks. But…

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Welcome Home. Quebec

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 6

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime Minister of Canada, arrived from England yesterday. He was accorded an enthusiastic…

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War, Its Curtailment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

Shall war cease? This is a hard question, but it has its answer. History holds the record of many wars, writes Ascot A. Broad, in the Auckland. (N.Z.)…

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A Gallant Soldier. Saves a Comrade's Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 5

The King has praised the gallant conduct of General Fanshawe, who placed himself in front of an artilleryman who had fallen, thereby…

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South Africa. Neutrality Impossible. If Britain Was at War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 5

Lord Selborne, late High Commissioner for South Africa, has written a letter to the press, in reply to the suggestion made by the "Volkstem"…

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The Cost of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 6

In the Franco-German War of 1870 the average cost per man per lay was 6s for the German army, and 6s 4d for the French army. A recent estimate for the…

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The Waste of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 9

War is a horrible human waste; the milltary race go down to a soldier's grave, and the fop and the dandy only are left.—Dr. James Macdonald…

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What War Costs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 3

The British debt in 1775 at the commencement of the American war was £128,000,000. The debt in 1783 at the conclusion of…

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Borneo War Weapons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 6

There is on view in the windows of Messrs. Paling and Company's premises, Hunter-street, Newcastle, a collection of0 native weapons from North Borneo, which…

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The War Rates. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 5

The Victorian Marine Underwriters' Association has received a cable message from the London underwriters, stating that the following were the latest war…

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Great Indian War Chief

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 6

Absolutely blind, worn, beat, and helpless, but in his prime, one of the greatest fighting chiefs which British America has ever produced, there died last month…

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Our Sydney Letter. That Much "Off" Interview.—the Great Forty-four-forty-four Puzzle.—new Zealand Vetoes the Kangaroo.—the War Strain in Sydney.—plenty of Work, But Not for All.—a Very Fine Farewell Letter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 4

Mr. Fisher has spoken, and we are satisfied. Presumebly, our British breathren also will be satisfied, not only with the explanation, but with Mr. Steac…

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Aeroplanes in War. Would Render Fleets Useless Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 5

M. Vedrines who was second in the "Daily Mail" cross country aviation contest, has been interviewed by "Le Journal."…

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