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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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The British Strike. a Socialist Demonstration Use of Soldiers Denounced "Peaceful Picketing." Amendment Of the Act Demanded. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

A meeting organised by the Socialist democratic party was held in Trafalgar-square yesterday. A resolution was carried denouncing the use of…

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Stand Collapses Hundreds Injured at Automobile Contest. Terrible Panic. Police and Soldiers Club Spectators. Elgin (Illinois), Sunday

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

The grandstand collapsed during an automobile contest Thousands were involved in the accident and over three hundred were injured. A panic…

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South African War

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 2

Interest in Britain's campaign against the Boers at the beginning of the present century, was revived at the Wagga Presbyterian Church last…

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Spray. a Ruse of War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

It is not always policy to acknowledge a defeat. A little coolness at the critical moment sometimes saves the day, as in the case described in Mr. Ripley's "Story…

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War Bound to Come

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 2

Commander Hyde, referring to the possibility of war between Germany and England says, "It's bound to come. The sooner the better—let us…

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Russia and Japan Establishing Good Relations. the Late War. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 5

Negotiations between Russia and Japan, of which the settlement was announced to-day, and which were energeticaly. pushed forward by M…

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Welcome Home

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

Mr. McGowen arrived in Sydney this morning. He was given a hearty welcome home…

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The War Cloud

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

The position of affairs in Europe is once again ominous, and the aftermath of the Moroccan trouble is assuming an…

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War Cloud Again. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

The present outbreak of Anglophobia in Germany is the most violent experienced since the Boer war…

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German Enlists in England

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

Paul Hartwig, a German, has been sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for false attestation in enlilsting in a Lancaster regiment as a Britisher…

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Conciliation or War. Railwaymen and Settlement of Disputes. the Casting Vote. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the desire for arbitration or conciliation boards for the settlement of railway disputes, sat…

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The War Scare Rush on German Savings Bank Berlin

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

Senseless stories have been circulated about the Moroccan negotiations. These caused a run on the Stettin Savings Bank…

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War Office Methods

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

Several stories of War Office methods probably inventions are going the rounds of the papers. The following it is alleged is furnished by a correspondent on [?]…

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Special Cable News. War Not Justified

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

M. Kiderlin Waechter, the German Secretary for Foreign Affairs, states that no Chancellor could face the Reichstag to justify war over…

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War Risks. Insurance at Lloyds. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

The underwriters at Lloyds have accepted 12 per cent on big insurances to pay loss in the event of an outbreak of war between two or…

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The War Cloud. Naval Review. Run on the Banks. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

The grand naval review of the French Fleet was held yesterday at Tonion. Everything was done to make it the…

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March to Fez. How Prance Makes Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 7

E Merani's Moorish column arrived here to-day with its straggling convering over two miles of road. We had risen almost before…

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In Time of War. Proposal in House of Representatives. to Safeguard Food Supplies. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 4

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. F. J. Foster (New South Wales) gave notice of motion that it was desirable, in order to protect…

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Cholera in Europe. Epidemic Rapidly Spreading. Turkish Soldiers Attacked Officers and Doctors Court-martialled. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 4

There is strict censorship over telegrams concerning the cholera outbreak in Italy, but alarming reports are current of widespread ravages of…

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News and Notes. Wool and War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

IT is pleasing to note, write Messrs. Wincbcombe, Carson, and Co., that the outlook on this all-important international question is…

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