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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11

Airships in War. Firing Experiments. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 5

The Astra Torres, a naval airship, aide her trial trip at Farnborough on Saturday. A speed of fifty-one miles an hour…

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The British Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 3

The life of a Britain soldier of to-day—its pleasures, its responsibilities, its pay, and its work—is the subject of a booklet which, issued by the War Office…

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London News. Hop Season and Labour.—the Dublin Strike.—lord Haldane's Speech.—the British Soldier. London, September 5th

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 3

The hop season has started badly. Perhaps the most unkindly result of the great wet of the past few days has been that it has turned the country holiday of…

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Schoolboy Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 3

A novel scheme is being tried with great success at one of the biggest secondary schools in New Zealand. All the pupils at Wanganui College about four…

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Aid to Ulster. Canadian Ex-soldiers. Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 5

The press publishes stories of the formation of a Unionist League which is enrolling ex-soldiers to fight on behalf of Ulster. It is stated that 1500…

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Soldiers on the Film

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 14

Colonel Seely is not used to unanimous praise, but there will be few, we imagine, to condemn him for having put his foot down on the practice of…

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A Soldier of the King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 6

Few living military men have seen more active service than General Sir ian Hamilton, G.C.B., D.S.O., who is being mentioned in connection with the…

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Hamilton. Welcome Home to Mr. W. R. Alexander

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association, held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening, after the usual business had been…

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General Diaz Wounded. Assassin Arrested. Havana

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 5

A Mexican, whose name is unknown, stabbed General Felix Diaz in the street yesterday, inflicting severe wounds in his head and shoulders…

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A Strike War. Rioting in Denver. Denver (Colorado)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1913 · page 5

The strike, war has been resumed, and fight, assaults, and dynamitings are frequent occurrences. Five non-unionists have been killed,…

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America and Japan. Ex-president Taft's View. a War Impossible. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 5

Ex-President Taft, addressing the meeting of the National Geographical Society, asserted that the Japanese Govrnment had faithfully upheld its…

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Two Ways to End War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1913 · page 7

War can be eliminated from human intercourse in two ways: by confronting force on one side with equivalent force on the other, so that neither could be…

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Dreams Which Led to War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1913 · page 7

It is a mistake to suppose that war is made by logical reasoning. Napoleon dreamt a dream, and the result was twenty years' war. The late Boer War…

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Aftermath of War. Destitution at Scutari. Cettinge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 5

Over eight thousand persons are homeless and destitute at Scutarl, principally Albanians. The Montenegrin Government is…

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Horse Guards Scandals. War Office Inquiry. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 5

The War Office is inquiring into serious scandals. It is alleged that certain non-commissioned officers in the Horse Guards…

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The Sugar War. Tactics of the Trust. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 5

The British Sugar Association has declined to associate itself with the Continental Refiners' Trust. The latter seeks to force refineries…

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Trouble at Liverpool Camp Soldiers Try to Leave. Driven Back by Armed Party. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 4

The most serious Incident that has over occurred at an Australian military camp took place last sight on the bridge over George's River, when soldiers were…

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Trouble in Alsace. Soldiers and Civilians. Many Arrests. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 5

Disturbances have occurred in Za[?] in Alsace, between the civilians d[?] the military. The citizens hustled the officers, who…

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Christianity and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 9

That Christianity has done much to mitigate the horrors of war and to promote good feeling among nations by spreading the doctrine of the brotherhood…

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Futility of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 7

A new monthly, called "War and Peace" —the first number which will be published shortly—is the latest manifestation of the progress of Norman…

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