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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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War Correspondent's Death. London

Northern Star · Monday 5 December 1910 · page 3

Mr. Emil Dumais, who had been a war correspondent in India and South Africa, for the London "Times," has died in a hospital in Washington. He was found…

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Wounded Girl's Death. Perth

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 3

The French girl, Du Faur, who was shot by a Japanese at East Perth, died yesterday…

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New Naval War Proposals

Northern Star · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 9

Replying to communications from Chambers of Commerce regarding the Declaration of London (which deals with the laws of naval warfare), the Foreign Office…

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Peace or War. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 3

The German Chancellor and Prussian Premier, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, speaking in the Reichstag, referred to Great Britain's repeated suggestions as to the…

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Britain and the World's Peace. "The Salvation From War Is Readiness for War."

Northern Star · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 2

In the following particle Admiral Mahan points out the power of the Britlsh Navy as a factor in 'maintaining peace in Europe, and discusses the situation caused by the…

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"The General's Return. a Memory of the South African War

Northern Star · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 6

One of the few things I remember (writes T. P. O'Connor in "T.P.'s Weekly") which lit up the gloom of the South African War was a little incident which…

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A Soldier-Farmer's Romance

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 6

In the Sydney Divorce Court last week Ernest Fairhall Hopkinson, farmer, of Tabulam, was the petitioner in a suit for restitution of conjugal rights, the…

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Life on a Destroyer. Hard Training for War

Northern Star · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 10

People living ashore who have never been to sea can hardly realise the clanger and trying experience which those who go down to the sea in His Majesty's ships…

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Peace Conference. War Scares Inspired by Armament Contractors. Washington

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 5

Mr. Francis W. Hirst, editor of the London "Economist," addressing the Peace Conference at Washington, declared that war scares were largely inspired by…

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Avalanche Kills Soldiers. Innsbruck

Northern Star · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 3

An avalanche at Landro, in the Tyrol, killed six soldiers…

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War Predicted

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 6

A despatch from Vladivostok predicts war between China and Japan. It is alleged that the relations of…

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Tale of the Crimean War

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3

In Sir Evelyn Wood's "Reminiscences," a touching instance of courage and self-sacrifice is given. One June day in 1855 a detachment of…

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War Declared on the North Coast

Northern Star · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 4

Australia expects this day that every man and woman shall do their duty: and are hereby summoned to appear at headquarters to prepare to fight the enemy to…

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