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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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The Mexican War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 6

It is stated the Vatican refused the South American invitation to join as a mediator with regard to Mexico. The Niagara Falls peace conference…

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War, Clouds Still Hovering. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 5

The war cloud is still hovering over Ulster and the anti-Home Rulers are grimly preparing for the worst, while the Nationalist volunteers are…

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Austalia's Soldiers. No Room for Peace System. General Sir [?]An Hamilton's Comments. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 5

General Sir lan Hamilton, in his report on his inspection of the military forces of the Commonwealth, said that apart from the new expenditure of the navy [?]…

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Echoes of the Boer War Damages to German Property. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 3

Mr. Ackland, questioned in the House of Commons regarding the compensation claimed for damage to German property during the South African…

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An Echo of the Boer War. Shot Through Head and Heart, But Still Living

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 7

To be shot through the heart with a Mauser bullet, through the head with another Mauser bullet, to lay on the veldt for days insensible, and even…

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What War Means

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 3

What shall we say of the Balkan atrocities? (asks Professor Starr Jordan). Are they in fact unheard of, "inoui," as affirmed by the Congress at The Hague, or are they just part…

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The War. Troops Being Concentrated. Mexico City

Northern Star · Monday 25 May 1914 · page 4

Hueria is now concentrating [?] in the capital, with the view of the Constitutionalists rapid advance southward. The Federal forces in the, neighborhood of…

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German War Targets. [?]

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 3

Targets of various [?] [?] on trucks and drawn over the field by cables on electrically driven drums give German soldiers a very realistic du[?]ny enemy for…

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At the Seat of Empire. Speech by Sir George Reid. Checking the Dogs of War. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

Empire Day was celebrated by the Young Womens' Christian Association meeting at which Archdeacon Boyce of Sydney presided…

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The Mexican War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 3

The Constitutionalists have captured Saltillo and also Tepic, but the losses were heavy. The Constitutionalists are now marching on…

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[?] Peace Commi[?] Unions for Mutual Respect and Goodwill. Bobby Visitors S[?] Have Ireland." [?] the Bill to [?] OF [?]. No General Celebration. Soldiers Wives and Childrens Removed. "Drop the [?] on Contemp[?] [?]" LONDON, [?]day

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 5

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Soldier Boys' Motor Car

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 4

The drawing for the Soldier Boys' motor car, in which not a few on this river acquired an interest, was carried out on the night of Friday, 22nd inst., in the…

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The War Makers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 4

To-night, in the Casino School of Arts hall, the popular Lyceum Picture Company will present to their patrons a very varied and…

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Australian Wome& and War

Tweed Daily · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

In an address, directed mostly to the children, at the Empire Day celebration at Woollahra Superior Public School, Dr. Grace Boelke had…

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[?]The or Without Civil War. London

Northern Star · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 5

The [?]art of Selbo[?]sys that if the [?]ts afre confronted with the dis[?] of anwering will you have Home [?] for the moment, with civil war of without…

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Who Ordered the War? So[?]n

Northern Star · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 5

Proceedings have been institued against the "Mir" newspaper for publishing the statement that the King of Bulgaria, and not the Government, ordered the war in…

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Cost of War. World-wide Losses. the Slowing Down of Trade

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 6

What shall we say of the "Slowing Down of Trade" in America? asks Professor Starr Jordan. What of the "Slowing Down of Trade" in Europe? Don't believe that…

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Mysterious Shooting a Pedestrian Wounded. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 3

There was a mysterious shooting sensation at Balmian this morning. Arthur Schultz, 27, was walking along Ballast Point Road, when he heard…

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Three Shots. a Youth Wounded. Sleeping Woman's Escape. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 5

Three shots, presumed to have come from a pea rifle, were fired in Ball[?]st Point road, Balmain, early this morning, with the result that a youth named Arthur…

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Australian Women and War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 4

In an address, directed mostly to the children, at the Empire Day celebration at Woollahra Superior Public School, Dr. Grace Boelke had…

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