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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 14

Montenegro Seeks War. Cettinje

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 5

The war fever is increasing in Cetinje. A large meeting has protested against what are described as Turkish…

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Macedonia Aroused. Freedom or War. Emancipation From Turkey. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

The Porte has notified the Powers that it is unable to accept any responsibility for the consequences of Montenegrin aggression…

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A War of Intelligences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 15

War to-day is not so much a conflict between numbers as a conflict between intelligences. It tends to become, not so much a conflict between the intelligence…

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The Origin of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1912 · page 15

War has its origin in fear, which is an elemental factor of human nature, and exercises as strong an influence now as ever…

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Tug-o'-war. Maitland Team Successful

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 3

In delightful weather the tug-of-war prometed by Mr. Frank DArchy of Speers' Point, was a decided success, the attendance being much above anticipations…

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War in the B[?]lkans. Montenegro Advances. Defence of Christianity. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 5

The Constantinople 'correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle' states that King Nicholas of Montenegro has called out the army, properly equipped…

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Soldier and Statesman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 6

Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, who has resigned his post as Turkeys's War Minister, was born about fifty-five year ago at Bagdad. He has been closely…

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War Rumours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 7

A man must be blind indeed who does not realise that the present moment we are face to face with an exceedingly grave situation of any kind, told how…

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London News. London, July 26th. London Improvements.—war Rumours.—the Insurance Act.—andrew Lang.—the Poultry Congress. London Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 7

It will come as a shock of surprise to learn that it is proposed to [?]rect shops in Park-lane. The property, has submitted a scheme to the London County…

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Insane Soldier. Kills Six People. Berne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 5

An insane soldier named Schwarz barricaded himself in a room at Romanshorn, and fired for six hours on those attempting to dislodge him…

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Italy's War Expenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 6

An illustration of the hitherto unsuspected prosperity of Italy is the fact that she has not had to broow a cent of foreign money for the expense of her war…

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Pen=notes and Pencillings. the War Eagle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 5

A new and more torrifying phase of aerial warfare is promised. French officers are training eagles to attack aeroplanes in the air, and bring them…

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War in Tripoli. New Italian Commanders. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 5

It is officially stated that General Caneva, who has been in command of the Italian military forces since the commencement of the war with…

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A Triple Alliance. War Against Turkey. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 5

The St. Petersburg Bourse is affected by war rumours. It is alleged that Bulgaria, Sarvia, and Greece seriously, contemplate…

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A Soldier's Death. Struck Down Suddenly. Milwaukee (Wisconsin)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 5

While attending a reunion of his old regiment, the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers. Lieutenant-General M'Arther dropped dead from apoplexy…

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Mexican Revolt. Action by America. Preparations for War. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 5

The political friends of President Taft admits the tims for United Stated intervention in Mexico is approaching. Although Mr. Taft is hesitating to…

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Attitude of Labour. Opposed to War. Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 5

Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., in the course of a speech, said that so strongly were the working classes opposed to war that the Labour party in Britain were…

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Fracas on Board Ship. Sailor Dangerously Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1912 · page 5

A disturbance took place on board the Chillan four-masted barque Ricart do Soler, lying at North Stockton, between some members of the crew at an early…

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Military Aeroplanes. Their Use in War. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 5

An aeroplane successfully revealed the concentration of invading troops near Newmarket, on the borders of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire…

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Wrongful Charge. Against a French Soldier. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 5

Emile Rousset, a French soldier, alleged that in 1900 he saw a lieutenant and two sergeants ill-treating a soldier who was serving a punitive term in an…

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