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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Tripoli War. Continued Fighting. Tripoli

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 2

Several hundred Turks and Arabs were killed at Afzura. The Italian casualties were 100…

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The German Soldier. Unpopularity of Officers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 6

There [?] good [?] of smouldering dis[?] German [?] regiments. The recruits are much better educated on the whole than they [?] say, 20 years [?]…

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Italy and Turkey. War Materials From Germany. Austria's Attitude. Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 2

Italy is watching the attitude of the Austrian and Roumanian Governments regarding the intimation that the prohibition of Turkish war…

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British Influence. with Germany and Russia. War Secretary's Views. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 2

The British War Secretary is hopeful for the future relations of Britain with Germany. He wished, he says, to see as large a trade as possible…

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A Bloodthirsty War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 4

News from China conveys the information of horrible attrocities in connection with the revolution. The banks of the river near Wachow are…

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Floriculture and the War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 3

No pursuit would seem to be leas warlike than the quiet practice of horticulture, yet, says "To-Day," every, up-to-date florist must have the names of the battlefields and…

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Tripoli War. Turkish Success. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 2

A special despatch from Tanin says the Birks and Arabs drove back the Italian outposts from the outskirts of Benghazi, and forced them to abandon…

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Socialist Attitude. Reply by Herr Bebel. What War Would Do. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 2

Herr A. Bebel, the famous Socialist leader, replying to the British Labor party's pacific address to the Socialist Democrats of the Reichstag, declares…

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German Provocation. Big Naval Programme. May Cause War with England. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 2

The "Germania," the official organ of the centre party, claims that the impending navy scheme will provoke England to war. The total outlay…

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War Not Wanted

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 2

Herr Bebel, Socialist leader, replying to the British Labor Party's pacific address to the Social Democrats of the Reichstage, declared that…

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Revolution in China. Viceroy Assassinated. Disloyal Soldiery. the Peace Conference. Millions Starving. Republicans' Terms. Peking

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 2

Missionaries report the assassination of Tuanfang, acting-Viceroy of Szechuan. Discovering the army was disloyal Tuanfang attempted to fice but…

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Attempted Bank Robbery Clerk Wounded. Vancouver

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

Two masked men attempted to hold up a bank clerk named Gibbs, living on the premises, of the Northern Crown Bank Central Park. Gibbs shot at the…

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Bank Held Up. a Clerk Wounded. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

Two armed men held up a bank in Vancouver. The bank clerk fired at them, but missed, and was himself wounded…

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Desperate Terrorist. Kills Four Police. Four Others Badly Wounded. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

A sensational affray with a desperate Terrorist is reported from Usofska, in Southern Russia. The Terrorist was pursued by a…

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Commonwealth War Railway Council. Its Constitution and Functions

The Worker · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 22

The Commonwealth Executive Council has given formal approval to the establishment of the War Railway Council constituted over a year ago. The…

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Women's Suffrage. Ministers in Full War Paint. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

The "Times" says the appearance of Mr. Lloyd George and Sir Edward Grey in full war paint in the suffragist camp should force Mr. Asquith to…

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War and Peace

The Worker · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 7

The world moves forward from war, as, less and less, governments have long lease of power. and more and more, the People become the voice and the guardians of…

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Correspondence. War and Scandal

The Worker · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 7

Dear Madam.—Henry Lawson wrote a poem to show the good result of war, and says in it that war diminishes the amount of scandal, because it gives people…

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War With Germany. Said to Be More Than a Possibility. Labor Leader's Views. London (Copyright)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 2

The London correspondent of the United Press says that war between England and Germany is more than a possibility. In an interview Mr…

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Turks "Valuable Prize." Capture Vessel with Contraband War Intended for Themselves

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

A Salonika paper publishes, under the heading "A Valuable Prize," an account of the capture of a British steamer, the Orchis, of the Westcott Line, by the…

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