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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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The Army. of the Desert. the Tripoli War

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

An Arab girl [?]says the War correspondent of the London "Express") is wearing the colours of the 50th Regiment of Italian Infantry as a petticoat, and the…

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Railways in War. "Wiping Out" an Army of Invaders in Forty-eight Hours

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 8

Although the railways of Great Britain, unlike those of Germany and other Continental countries, were not built with an eye to military considerations, the…

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Preparing for War. Further Taxation Necessary. Berlin

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 9

In the Reichstag, in the debate on the Estimates, the Secretary of the Treasury demanded a new army and navy expenditure to be met by fresh taxation…

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"On to Richmond." American Civil War. Historic Incident

Northern Star · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

Of all the oplsodes of the American Civil War, none during the four years of strife, was mora interesting, and, at the same time, more puthetie, than the fall of…

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Industrial Unrest. Vine Dressers' Strike. More Pay Demanded. Miners Threatening War. Paris

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

Twenty-five thousand vine dressers have struck for an increase in wages. The demand is for six francs and three bottles of wine dally in March and April, and…

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Tale of the Crimean War

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 8

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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Steamer Captured. Conveying Munitions of War. Rome

Northern Star · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 5

A steamer conveying 250 tons of Turkish munitions has been captured in Sicilian waters…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 6

From New York on 15th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote: -- Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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"Brink of Civil War." Address by Mr. Bruce Smith

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

An address was delivered by Mr. Rruce Smith, M.P., to the members of a newlyformed branch of tho Women's Liberal League in the Petersham Town Hall on…

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Women's War. a Truce Proc[?] London

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 5

The police have removed all documents at the Women's Social Political Union offices. Owing to the suffragettes, the State apartments at Hampton Court, the…

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Candidate Prosecuted. Breach of Electo[?] Act. Soldier Falls to Furnish Experience. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 5

At the Melbourne District Court, Frank Herbert Goode Cornwall, a solicitor, who unsuccessfully contested the (Toorak seat in the Legislative Assembly in November…

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President Assassinated. Killed by His Own Soldiers. Guay Aquil

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

Enmeral Andrade has been assassinated at Quato by his own soldiers…

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A Splendid Example. Enlistment in New Zealand. London

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

The "Pall Mall Gazette" remarks that New Zealand, who has the [?] of leading all patriotic Imperial causes, has now demonstrated that compulsory service is not…

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Rose Water War

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 7

A very charming method of making war, remarks a writer in "St. James's Budget," has been discovered by a Hungarian. He has invented a shell which…

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The Turko-italian War. an Italian Success. Rome

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 13

The Arabs attacked Merghas Heights on Tuesday night; but were repulsed by the Italians, whose losses were slight. Patrois found 260 bodies in the Turkish…

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South African Soldiers' Association

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 4

Ten years have almost passed since the last regiments of this State which served in the South African War returned home, some after many months of hardships and…

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Raiding a Bank. Rebel Soldiers Costly Spree. Elpass (Texas)

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 5

The rebel soldiers, while drunk, raided the vaults of the National Bank at Juarez, blew up the structure with dynamite, and burned valuable securities and carried off…

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South African Soldiers' Association

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 3

Ten years have almost passed since the last regiments of this State which served in the South African war returned, sun-tanned…

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What War Would Mean. Inevitable Ruin to England and Germany

Northern Star · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Josiah C. Wedgewood, of Staffordshire, has written a remarkable article for the "Manchestor Guardian" putting forward the commercial aspects of a modern…

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War. Glorious War

Northern Star · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6

What, speaking in quite unoflicial language, is the most purpot and upshot of war? To my knowledge, for example, there dwell and toll, in the British village…

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