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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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

Invention Against War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 3

Can science, which has done so much to make war more costly and destructive, put an end to it? It is just conceivable that the discovery of the new…

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Indian Turmoil. a War of Race. Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 5

At the meeting of Bengalis, held in the Town-Hall, to protest against the treatment of Indians in South Africa, the Rev. M. Milburn, a missionary,…

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London News. London, October 31st. Mr. Asquith and Ulster.—the Suffragette Question.—great Britain and Mexico.—invention Against War Mr. Asquith and Ulster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 3

Mr. Asquith in his speech at Ladybank on Saturday dealt entirely with Ulster. The situation to which he was addressing himself was this:—Mr. F. E…

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Europe's Expenditure. the War Burden. Grave Disquietude. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 5

Speaking at Oldham last night, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, said if the expenditure by Great Britain and Europe was maintained at the present…

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Aged Duellists. Soldier and Chancellor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 6

Brigadier-General Bose, who began his military career as a sub-lieutenant in 1852, who retired in 1900, owing to the age limit, and who is now over 72, to-day challenged…

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Duel Between Girls. One Seriously Wounded. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 5

Two nineteen-year-old girls, rivals for the affections of an apache, stripped to the waist, and fought a savage duel with knives in the east…

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The Boer War. a Sad Reminder. Bloemfontein

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 5

Twenty thousand people, standing on the surrounding kopjes, witnessed the unveiling by Mrs. Steyn of a memorial to the women and children who…

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The Cause of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 7

The maority of wars do not spring from desire for material advantage, but from human passion, and nobody can over toll on what lines human passion…

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The War Devil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 3

Sir,—The war devil at the present time is transformed into an angel[?] of light. The nations consider it an honour to be clad in the scarlet of war. The glory of a…

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A Steamship War. Big Rate Cutting. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 5

The Hamburg-America Shipping Company has decided on making a sweeping reduction in rates without waiting for the meeting of the North…

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Maitland District. a Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 6

The Rev. V. F. Peters, Administrator of St. John's Cathedral, who returned to Maitland on Monday, after an extended holiday in Now Zealand, was welcomed…

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Notes on News. London, November 10. War on the Slums

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 9

The Government proposals for dealing with the problems of the land specially affecting the towns have now been outlined by Mr. Lloyd-George, who devoted…

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War in the Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 8

The declaration, or war when it comes will be simultaneous with the appearancs of the enemy's aircraft over our own country, and a proper provision of…

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Balkan Rose Crop. War Works Havoc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 8

News has come of late that the war in the Balkans has worked havoc among the rose farms, but if you are fond of the scent of this flower don't…

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