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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Japan's War Debt. Tokio

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

The war debt is proving a heavy burden on the people. It has increased [?]-fold within ten years. It now amounts to £5 a head…

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Peace or War?

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

Bishop Long, preaching at St. Barnabas' Church, Bathurst South, on New Year's Eve referred to the avoidance of a disastrous Anglo-German war during the past…

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Soldiers Slandered

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 7

Mr. Thomas, Minister for External Affairs, and Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, addressed a large meeting in the Town Hall, Broken Hill, on Thursday night…

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Race War in America. Martial Law in Oklahoma

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 3

It is seldom that many days elapse in the United States without the embers of the racial strife which is always existing between whites and…

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The War in China

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

Prince Ching has persuaded the Dowager Empress to accept the Republican terms. Severe fighting occurred at…

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The Dubbo Libaler and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, February [?], 1912. Industrial War in Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 2

No one can contemplate the industrial war now raging in Brisbane with complacency except those who think that in a general strike [?] the panacea…

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War in the Air

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

The "Excelsior" says that plans have been obtained which show that Germany has made preparations in the event of war to bombard Paris from the air. It is [?]…

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Aeroplanes for War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Balfour certainly gave the areoplane a fine advertisement by taking a trip with Mr. Grahame White at the Hendon demonstration of flydng for…

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The War in Tripoll. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

The Italians at Homs drove the Turks and Arabs with heavy losses from the Mergheb Heights, which they occupied. The Italians lost 11 killed and 82…

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THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Saturday, March 2, 1912. The Turco-Italian War

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

THE brutal inconsistency of war has never been more characteristically shown than in the wanton bombarding of Beirut by the Italians. They…

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South African Soldiers' Association

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 2

Ten years have almost passed since the last regiments of this State, which served in the South Africa war, returned sun-tanned and weather beaten to their native soil,…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.--Continued

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 6

Those who have been suddenly deprived of a tender, indulgent parent by the relentless hand of death, can imagine how terribly the unexpected…

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Wanted—A War

The Western Herald · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

As a sort of agreeable birthday prosent, several German newspapers have asked tho Kaiser to give the country a war. Of course those patriotic…

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Horrors of the Coal War Two Millions and a Half Idle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 6

So far there has been a remarkable absence of violence among the miners on strike in the Old Country, but there are now indications of more serious…

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Welcome Home

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. Con. Curran, of Gilgundra, is a popular man. Recently he was stricken down with illness, and after a temporary patching up he was ordered…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter III.--Continued

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

Brief was the repose which Charles Vavasseur, probably for years, and possibly for ever. enjoyed under the roof of his father. At an early hour he left his…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IV.--Continued

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 6

"To discover the proofs of his father's marriage or some such sensible project, as at my lawyers. Quibble and Scratchet, could not have saved him the trouble,…

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A Soldier Drowned Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

A soldier named, Witten was drowned In George's River, Just opposite the camp Hnes, while swimming. It Is believed he was seized with cramp…

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The Italo-turkish War. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 4

The Italians have commenced the blockade of Loholla and Kaimiru, on the west coast of Arabia, and have cut tbe cable between the latter island and…

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War on Flies. Mosman Council Active

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

Mosman Council has decided to actively wage war against the house fly. and the example might well be followed by other municipalities. Owing to…

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