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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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War Against Looters

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

Sixteen looters at Messina were shot and 100 arrested, yesterday…

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The Labor War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

Once more in the history of this State Broken Hill is the scene and the source of serious industrial trouble which may possibly have consequences…

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Harbor Disaster. Man-of-war Pinnace Run Down an Early Morning Tragedy. Fifteen Blue-jackets Drowned. Divers Searching for Bodies

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

A naval pinnace from H.M.S. Encounter was run down off Garden Island early on Tuesday morning by s.s. Dunmore, and 15 sailors were…

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The Far East War Mr. Dooley's View

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

Writing in the "Westminster Gazette," Mr Dooley (Mr. J. P. Dunne), discourses thus, hibernically and humorously on the war:…

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Harbour Catastrophe. War-ship's Cutter Sunk. Fifteen Men Drowned. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

Woolloomooloo Bay, in Sydney Harbour, was the scene of a terrible catastrophe this morning, when, owing to a collision between a steamer and a cutter…

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The Industrial War. Delegate to Attend the Arbitration Court. "The World for the World's Workers."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

The struggle for supremacy between the combined unions and the mine-owners of Broken Hill still continues though both sides have been inactive…

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Charges Against Soldiers

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

A deputy from Catania declared in the House of Deputies that if assistance had been sent under more intelligent direction than the military it…

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Mine Owners Make War

The Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

Right in the midst, of the [?]ason of "Peace on earth, goodwill, to men," even while the bells were ringing out their fraternal message, the big mineowners of…

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Later News. German Commissioner Dangerously Wounded. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 3

It is officially reported that the Munsni tribesmen were not connected with the attack on the Anglo-German Commission…

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War Against Fortune Tellers. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 3

A fortune teller named Madame Sister, was to-day, with two others sentenced to one month's imprisonment, for deceiving J. F. Wils by pretending to…

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Aerial Flight. Thorough Inquiry Urged. Possibilities in Peace and War. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The "Times" this morning publishes a staking article regarding aerial flight. The article recommends the appointment of a Royal Commission composed of…

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Airships of Little Use in War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

Colonel Monde has a paper in the "Contemporary Review," in which, as a military expert, ha seems to suggest that airships would not be of much…

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Storming a Palace. Riotous Socialists at Dresden. Many Wounded by Police. London, Jan, 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2

Serious riots by Socialists have occurred at Dresden, the capital of the kingdom of Saxony. The Dresden correspondent of the…

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Prepare for War. Country's Remarkable Response. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2

Lord Haidane, Secretary of the State for War, speaking at Halifax, said the nation had made a most remarkable response to the Government's appeal to…

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Riot at a Play. Five Persons Wounded

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6
Also in Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review

A dispute at a pleasure fair about a paltry prize offered to the successful competitor in a greasy pole climbing contest led to scenes of…

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The Russian Soldier How He Is Fed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

Under the above heading the Russian, "Manchuris Army Messenger" published an article which is worth reproducing if only for its charming naivete…

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Airships of Little Use in War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

Colonel Maude tins a paper in the "Contemporary Review," in which, as a military expert, he seems to suggest that airships would not be of much…

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America and Japan. Complications Threaten War. Harbor Fortifications Recommended. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

President Roosevelt has forwarded to Congress the General Staff's recommendation for the construction of fortification in the harbor of San Pedro,…

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Japanese Laws. Action in the States. Complications Threaten War. Harbor Fortifications Recommended. London, Jan. 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

President Roosevelt has forwarded to Congress the General Staff's recommendation for the construction of fortifications in the harbor of San…

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