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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Taxi-cab Accident. Many Soldiers Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 5

A taxi-cab at Farnborough, near Aldershot, dashed into it company of infantry engaged in night operations. Many were severely cut, and two are…

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A Writer on War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Norman Angell, whose book on war, "The Great Illusion," has created such a sensation, is really Mr. Ralph Norman Angell Lane. He has and an interesting…

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Solicitor and Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Bertrand Stewart, who has been sentenced at Leipzig to three and a half years' fortress detention on a charge of espionage, is a well-known solicitor of…

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War in Tripoli. Italy's Demands. Cession of Sovereignty. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 5

The correspondent of "The Times" in Rome gives an outline of the chief terms sought to be imposed by Italy for the cessation of the war against…

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The Spy in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 6

Spies are hanged or shot if they are detected, not because espionage is a crime in itself, but to make the spy's business more difficult and deter…

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Supremacy of Air. the New War Fleets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 3

France is going to spend millions on aerial fleets. What is England doing? Nothing! The development, of the, new arm, in…

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Soldiers' Insensibility to Pain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 3

It has long been known that a high degree of concentration of the attention in it certain direction produces a contraction of consciousness that may…

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Christianity and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 7

Rear-Admiral Mahan Contributes to the "North American Review" a notable article on the place of force in international relations, which is an elaborate…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Council and Money Bills.—american Business Men and Australia.—germans in Australia.—"hands Off the Gardens."—the Murderous Hatpin.—a War on Flies. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 4

The action of the Assembly in submitting, pashing and sending up to the Council a now Housing Bill containing the Upper House amedments, occurred,…

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War and the People

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 15

Ninety per cent. of the German and English populace are opponents of war. They are only injured by it, make no profits out of it, and receive no national…

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Italian-turkish War. Greek Steamer Captured. Port Said

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 5

The Italian subventioned merchant cruiser Du[?]a di Geneva, captured a Greek steamer carrying contraband of war which was supposed to be…

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Italian-turkish War. Proposal of the Powers. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 5

The Powers have agreed to ask Turkey on what terms she would finish hostilities, in order to decide whether it is possible to offer mediation…

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Italian-turkish War, Turks Hoodwinked. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

The Italians hoodwinked the Turkish troops near Enznar, by means of a [?], under cover of the battleship which shelled the shore…

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More Immigrants. Ex-soldiers From India. Fremantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

Indian flies just to hand state that Miss Grace Watson is aboard the small-pox-stricken liner Malwa. She is returning to Adelaide after having visited…

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Soldiers and Strikers. Mr. Keir Hardie's Views. Motion in the Commons. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

During the debate in the House of Commons of the Army Annual Bill, Mr. Keir Hardie moved that a recruit, under his contract with the Crown,…

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Waste, Want, and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 13

Civilisation spends annually several hundred millions sterling upon war materials and upon the training of fighting men, while side by side with this…

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The War Volcano

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 7

Sir,—The cabled address of the Baroness Bertha von Suttner containing this significant passage, "The great danger of war comes from the militarism of the…

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The War in Tripoli. Italians' Strong Position. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 5

General Caneva cables that the occupation of Macabez ensures the possession of a station for torpedoers, which will enable Italy to suppress…

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Italian-turkish War. Question of Mediation. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 5

A communication has been received by the Turkish Government in reference to proposed mediation by the Powers for the termination, of the war…

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Italian-turkish War. Naval Operations. Gunboat Sunk. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 5

The Italian warship sank a Turkish gunboat at Vahti, the capital of the Island of Samos, a Turkish principality off the coast of Asia Minor…

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