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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Our Sydney Letter. Some War Items.—rumours and Their Value.—helping Belgium.—the Unemployed Trouble.—why Not Government Loans Locally Raised ?—Then What of New York ?— America Is Looking Towards Australia. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 August 1914 · page 4

Sydney is easily satisfied if it swallows that grotesque announcement of 8,000,000 Russians advancing on Berlin in four armies of 2,000,000 each. The Russian…

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'War Signs !

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 4

In George-street, Sydney, in numerous books, periodicals, and newspapers, even in Newcastle, we have all read: "Take a Kodak with you." This is one of many…

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The War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 4

That the German plan of campaign has completely failed is now evident from the facts. They have obviously been greatly delayed in their march…

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Second Edition. the War. the Heligoland Fight. Death of Barttelot. Killed by a Ricochet. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 6

Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Barttelot, who was killed in the Heligoland encounter, is mentioned in despatches as an officer of exceptional merit…

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Germany Wants Soldiers. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 5

All German soldiers who are in foreign States have been recalled to the colours…

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The War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 4

The accounts of the splendid fighting of the comparatively small number of British troops on French territory must create a thrill of…

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Germans Going Eastward. May Be Wounded Men. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 5

Telegrams from Antwerp confirm the news that throughout Friday numerous trains departed, transporting the Germans castwards, suggesting that Germans…

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Trinity House Corporation. Duties in War Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 6

The fact that the Corporation of Trinity House, the chief pilotage authority in the United Kingdom, which is responsible for the building and maintenance of…

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Russia and the War. Terrible Cossack Hordes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 8

The role which Russia would play in the event of war between the Triple Entente and Germany and Austria was dealt with in an interesting artlcie…

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Germany and the War. Some Internal Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 3

Some questions which may have a vital influence on the war have been suggested by brief cable messages, the import of which may be lost in the sensational…

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Matters in Britain. Unreliable War News. Condemned by the Premier. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 5

In the House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, was pressed to permit newspaper correspondents to go to the front, owing to the…

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French Monks Enlist. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 5

A Scville correspondent states that 8000 French monks, exiled in Spain, have enlisted, including almost the entire communlty of La Grande Chartrouse,…

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Germans Stab the Wounded. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 5

Mr. Martin H. Donohue, special correspondent of the "Dally Chronicle," relates how a sergeant of the Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded at Mons, lay…

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The British Wounded. German Rifle Fire Poor. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 5

There is a concesus of opinion among the wounded who have arrived in England that the German rifle fire is extremely poor…

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Effects of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 4

One great change which may come over the map of Europe as the result of the present war is the possibility of the reformation of the Kingdom of…

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War From Two Standpoints

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 7

Sir,—According to the "Cologne Gazette," the Crown Prince of Germany is dead. The author of the book, "Germany in Arms, and the Glories of a Soldier's…

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War Risk Charges. Premier Takes Action. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 5

The Premier's attention has been directed by Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Public Works, to an endeavour on the part of certain business people to obtain a…

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Aid for War Funds. Miners Make a Levy. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 5

The South Wales miners at a meeting at which 200,000 were represented passed a resolution to levy a weekly sum of six-pence per week per man, and threepence…

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Second Edition. the War. Charge by the Algerians. Like a Pack of Hounds. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 6

When the Algerians reached the front at Peronne the whole French army was engaged closing to the right. The Algerians without forming up luanched…

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Matters in Britain. Enlistment Satisfactory. a Highland Corps. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 5

The House of Commons has passed a Bill to remit death duties on the estates of those killed in the war, or who die from wounds or disease resulting from it within…

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