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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Fierce Tribal Fight Hand to Hand Struggle. Wounded Battered to Death. Account by an Eye Witness Port Darwin

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. J. H. M'Pherson, who has returned from a trading voyage on the east coast, was an interested but horrified spectator of a combat between…

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America and Japan Message From Count Komura. "War Would Be a Crime." London, March 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

The New York "World" publishes a message from Count Komura, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the relations between America and…

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"War Inconceivable." Between Japan and America. No Cause for Real Uneasiness. Who Is, or Was, the Vassal? London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

Following upon the speech which Mr. Jacob Schiff, a leading American financier, delivered at the New York Republican Club on Saturday, 3th…

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War Secretary's Hope. London, March 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

The Rt. Hon. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, hopes that Kitchener's visit to Australia and New Zealand will bear practical fruit…

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Rumors of War. Intentions of Japan. Loans Redeemed. Vancouver, March 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

The Japanese Government has announced the redemption of the entire standing balance of the navy loan, amounting to eight hundred thousand…

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War in the Air

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

Three British aerial warships, adequately manned are ready for commission…

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America and Japan—war Hints

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

The house officials of the Foreign Office profess ignorance of the reported overtures from Japan to the United States over the American…

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The War of the Classes

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

News from America shows that a continually increasing separation of the classes is remarkably distinct in that country. In fact there is…

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Magic Lanterns. a War Office Experiment

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

The War Office has found that the magic-lantern plays so large a part in procuring recruits that a circular memorundum has been lasued to officers…

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Civil War the Crisis in Greece. Serious Fighting. a Precarious Situation. Vancouver March 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 2

Reports from Constantinople show that there has been a serious clash between Greek peasants and the Greek troops, in which many peasants were…

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Army Gentlemen. Improvement in Soldiers Life and Conduct. the Policy of Trust

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 1

Lieut.-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, the popular Commander-in-Chief, found it necessary to issue an order reminding soldiers who attend Army…

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Minister for War. Rumoured Retirement Denied

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, in a speech at the Eighty Club, denied a rumour that ho intended to resign. Dealing with the present political…

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British War Strength Expansion in Contemplation. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, in the course of an address before the Institute of Civil Engineers, said the War Office is…

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War Against Trusts

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The Federal Grand Jury, at Chicago, have indicted the National Packing Company (and subsidiary concerns) for violating the Anti-Trust Law of the…

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World's Peace Arbitration League in America. Speech by Mr. Taft. the "War Lord." German Opinion. Vancouver, March 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

At a New York banquet to the Peace Arbitration League, Mr. Taft spoke on the cause of the worlds peace, and said that because in favor of…

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Conflict in Greece Between Peasants and Soldiers. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The unrest at Thessaly, which is due to the peasants' practical serfdom, and the action of the Military League, culminated in the peasants…

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Tapping Wireless in War Time

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 7

The Swiss military authorities have proved by experiments that the Alps attract wireless currents to an extraordinary degree, and that…

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Nicaragua War Military Activity Continues. American Ships Seized. Vancouver, March 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Washington advices from Bluefields state that there is still military activity against the Sunday putty. Madriz's soldiers have captured the town…

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Next European War. What the Cost Would Be. Germany's Preparations. (Member of the French Senate, and a recognised military authority)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 6

Germany has understood better than any other power that millions of [?] arms do not constitute the [?]or necessary nowadays to warrant…

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The Yellow Peril British Officer Predicts War Sensational Statement. Vancouver, March 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 2

A message from St. John's, New Brunswick, states that in an interview, Major a British Army Officer, who has served in the East for…

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