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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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British Navy. the Estimates. Interesting Debate. Comparisons with Germany. War Scare Deprecated. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

Deprecating comparisons with Germany Mr. A. W. Ponsonby (L.), speaking in the House of Commons, urged the abandonment of a policy…

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Australian Defence. the Railways. War Council in Melbourne. Important Consideration's. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 2

The report of the Australian War Council (consisting of the Chief Railway Commissioner of each State, Inspector-General of the Military…

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Mutiny in Brail. Two Hundred Killed and Wounded. Capital Shelled

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

Another mutiny has been suppressed at Rio de Janeiro by the firm action of the Brazilian Government, but while It lasted there wan desperate fighting…

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A British Soldier in the Soudan

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

During the last Soudan war (writes an ex-soldier), I was one of the Guards' Camel Corps up the Nile and, before staring across the Bayuda desert, we…

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First War Correspondent

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 6

For the last twenty years of hit life Sir William Howard Russell, the famous war correspondent, was engaged in the task of writing his…

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Another War Cloud. Russia's Ultimatum. Will China Yield. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

It is officially announced at St. Petersburg that unless China's reply to Russia is satisfactory within ten days, the Foreign Office will leave the…

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Important Discussion. Preventing War. "The Time Had Arrived." Com[?]nation Urged by [?] Beresford London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

Lord Reay declared an arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States would be a great advance…

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South African Soldiers' Association

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

The above association formed about two years ago has as its chief objects the reuniting of those men who served in the Boer War by holding social…

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A Declaration of War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

Information is to hand from headquarters to the effect that Mr. Taft will consider any invasion of Mexico as the equivalent to a declaration of…

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Japan and Mexico. Mr. Roosevelt Prepares for War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

It is reported that Mr. Roosevelt has completed arrangements for organising cavalry regiments for service in the event of war with Japan, which…

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Fatal Gun Accident. The Referenda. Father Killed and Son Wounded. Sydney, Sunday. Mr. Fisher's Prophecy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

Robert Newbigging, of Rockdale, near Peak Hill, was out shooting with his two sons, when the gun exploded, killing him almost instantly. The Mr. Fisher, speaking at Newcastle last night, said that if the Referendum proposals were not carried now the time would shortly arrive when Young…

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President Diaz's Terms. Grant Rebels' Demands to End War. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

Confidential reports are in the hands of American officials to the effect that President Diaz is willing to make a complete reorganisation of the…

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Waste of War Ships. Obsolete Fleet Sold Foe £400,000. Original Cost, £12,000,000. PARIS, March 20

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 2

An official statement that has been published shows the remarkable extent to which warlike material and armament become obsolete and have to be…

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Mexican Insurrection a Bitter War Feared. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

If the peace proposals are not consummated the rebel leaders, in Mexico, will join their forces and a bitter war is promised…

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"War Rumours Absurd."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

President Taft has announced that he never intended to forcibly intervene in Mexican affairs unless the conditions were of the gravest…

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Mutiny in Brazil. Two Hundred Killed and Wounded. Capital Shelled

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 3

Another mutiny has been suppressed at Rio de Janeiro by the firm action of the Brazilian Government, but while it lasted there was desperate fighting…

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New War Department an Aerial Fleet. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 2

The War Secretary, Mr. Haldane, in the Commons, detailed the army aerial equipment. They were expending £133,000 in acquiring five aeroplanes…

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A British Soldier in India

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 3

An infantry regiment was stationed at F—, in India, at the same time as a certain battery of artillery was quartered there. There was great rivalry between…

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War in China. Practically an Ultimatum London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Russia has requested China to accept the terms of her note without further equivocation. The time given for China to reply…

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War Cloud in the East, Russian Aggression Feared. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 4

Private cables received from the representatives of business houses in the Far East to-day are disquieting, and assert that Russia will soon…

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