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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Four Met Instantaneous Death. Two More Grievously Wounded. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 5

Further particulars of the Victorian railway, accident show that the four, victims were instantly crushed to death, and the trolly crumpled up under the cowcatcher…

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Soldiers and Workmen Fight. St. Peteersburg

Northern Star · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 13

There has been serious fighting at the ouldwashings Lena Company at Irkutsk between the soldiers Mind the workmen. One hundred and seven workmen were…

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Conflict with Soldiers. 150 Miners Killed and 250 Wounded. St. Petersburg, Saturday

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 5

One hundred and fifty miners were killed, and two hundred and fifty wounded in a fight between the soldiers and the work men the Jena Company's mine…

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Waging War on Water Hyacinth

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

The news that the Minister for Works had given a grant of £200 towards the cost of eradicating water hyacinth from Bungawalbin and Sandy Creeks was…

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War Base Secured. Enver Bey's Death Reported. Rome, Tuesday

Northern Star · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 5

The Italians have occupied Astropalia as a base for revictuallirig, also for the repression of contraband. Advices from Cairo state that Enver Bey…

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Dardanelles Bombardment Account of Killed and Wounded. London

Northern Star · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 9

The "Chronicles correspondent at Constantinople says 300 Turks were killed and 315 wounded in the recent bombardment of the Dardnnelles…

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Ship Foundees. Rescues by Soldiers

Northern Star · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 2

A tragedy of the sea occurred at Dover on March 3rd, In the sight of many onlookers the Gloucester three-masted schooner Gem collided…

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How War Clouds Burst. War Advertised

Northern Star · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 6

The surprising suddenness with which war broke out between Italy and Turkey marks a record in the history of. warfare. One day hardly anybody outside the two…

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Turco-italian War. London

Northern Star · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 5

The "Times" says that the action of the Italian fleet in the Aegean Sea is due to the collapse of the original plan of campaign. It was previously believed that the…

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A Motor Bandit.; Bonnot Seriously Wounded. PARIS,Sunday Night

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 5

On sunday the police surrounded an isolated,house at Chosyleroi, wherein were bandits, who fired continuously, wounding several persons…

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The New Spirit in Italy, the War Fever of The, People. Determination to Hold Tripoli

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

I have come from Constantinople to Rome (writes G. Ward Price in the London "Daily Mail"). From one Imperial city to another; once sisters, now joined in bitter…

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Bomb-dropping in War

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 3

During the Turco-Italian War an Italian aviator has succeeded in dropping four bombs into the enemy's camp. The bombs, which…

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Uncle Sam's Navy Outranks Japan's. German Publicists Admit That War Is Impropable

Northern Star · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 6

The overwhelming superiority of the American navy over the Japanese was proclaimed by Captain L.Persius, one of the most capable and best known of the retired…

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Slave of the Needle. English War Office Work. One Penny an Hour

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 7

The sensational story of Mrs Thorogood, the Lambeth woman who told the local guardians that she "finished" Volunteers' trousers, supplied to the…

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Railway Worker's Unrest. " No War If We Get Justice." Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 5

Speaking at the annual dinner of the Engine-drivers, Firemens and Cleaners Association, Mr. Alnsworth, the general secretary, referred to the unrest in the service…

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Royal Academy Banquet. Naval Secretary's Speech. Way to Make War Impossible. LONDON,Sunday

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 5

Sir, W. Hall-Jones and Sir G. H. Reid attended the Royal Academy banquet. Mr. Winston. Churchill Secretary of the Navy, said behind the development of the war…

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War in the Air. French National Movement to Provide Warships

Northern Star · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

The following list taken from the "Eclaireur do Nice" is an amusing and instructive example of the universal participation in the great movement for giving…

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War Threatened. Speech by the Mayor of Belfast. London

Northern Star · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 5

At the conference of the Nonconformist Unionist Association in London the LordMayor of Belfast did not believe that Home Rule would come to war. If it did…

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Wounded at Manoeuvres. St. Petersburg

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 5

During, the recent manocuvres forty-two infantrymen, getting in advance of the guns, were, wounded by the shell fire…

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Old Casino Boy's " Welcome Home."

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 2

On Friday last Mr. Joseph Jenner, son of Mrs. C. Knoctzsch and stepson of Mr. C. Knoclzsch, and who is in the post and telegraph department in Cape…

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