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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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War in China. Loyalist Troops' Successes Peking

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

Reports are to hand of a big battle in southern Chinese provinces, in which 300 anti-dynastic troops were slain by loyal troops. Desultory…

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An Army Scandal. Deadly Duel Arranged. Officer Mortally Wounded. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

An army officer, Gaffron, lent Baron Oswald Vonrichthoren £2000, accepting his note. They declared it was merely for form. The story got…

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Motor-car Overrides Soldiers. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

One soldier was killed and 20 seriously injured through an automobile colliding in the darkness with a military detachment, at St. Denis, France…

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Champagne War. Re-opened in France. Troops Called Out. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

Fresh riots have occurred in the Champagne districts in France. Bar[?]e is in a state of siege. Martial law has been proclaimed and…

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Champagne War. Hoisting the Red Flag. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 2

The red flag of rebellion has been rehoisted on many town halls and churches in the Bar-sur-aube district. The excitement is growing…

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A Holy War. Sacrifice of Maidens. Action by Berber Tribes. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 2

Grave unrest has been occasioned by the latest action of the Berbers, who have proclaimed a holy war, and are calling out their people to assist…

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German Navy. Field-marshal's Speech. the "Imperial War-lord." Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

The tenth Dreadnought, Friedrich-dergross, was to-day launched by Field-Marshal Vondergoldy, who, in his baptismal speech, wished the…

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War With Japan. U.S.A. Naval Students Specially Trained. New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

One hundred end eighty-four midshipmen who graduated at the United States Naval Academy recently and whom it was proposed to create as…

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Peace Congress. Mr. Keir Hardie's Resolution. International Strike If War Threatened. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 2

At the National Peace Congress, now being held at Edinburgh, Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., moved a resolution that, in the event of a threatened war,…

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A Federated Empire. Lord Rosebery and Imperial Conference. Discouraging War. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1911 · page 2

The overseas Parliamentarians were entertained by members of the House of Lords and House of Commons. Lord Rosebery, who presided,…

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Umbrella Tragedy. Man Turns Suddenly and is Fatally Wounded in the Eye

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 7

Answering a charge of manslaughter, a married woman named Jessie Brandon made a statement, read at the West Ham Polite Court, on Monday (says a London…

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Great Civil War. Predicted in China. an Embittered Populace. New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

Rev. H. S. Nichols, after being stationed 20 years in China as a missionary, has returned to the States. He says the people are impoverished…

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Britain's Destruction. Mr. Balfour Attacks the Government. Cheap and Easy to War with Britain

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 2

Mr. Balfour, presiding at a city meeting, said the Declaration was equivalent to the destruction of Britain as a great naval power. The…

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Civil War in Portugal

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

'A' 'Morning Leader' despatch states that fierce fighting has begun in Oporto, Portugal, and that 30 Republicans have been killed. The…

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Coronation Cadets. Received by War Office

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

SENATOR PEARCE'S action in denying that the Coronation cadets were a Commonwealth contingent seems likely to bring down upon his head…

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The Maritime War. Seamen Holding Out. Scenes at Hull. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

The trouble arising oat of the strike of seamen continues to extend. The crews at Liverpool have rejoined the liners in anticipation of a…

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The Labor Commission. "A Wages War." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

At the Labor Commission to-day one witness stated there was a wages war going on between the employers. In some instances employees, who…

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Shipping Strike. Riots at Manchester. Crowds of Women Join. Soldiers Called Out. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

At Manchester the striking carters and others, numbering 12,000 forcibly prevented the movement of produce to the wholesale markets. Crowds…

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Soldiers at Manchester. Attempt to Effect a Settlement

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 2

Mr. Asakwith, Board of Trade representative, has gone to Manchester to endeavor to effect a settlement. A squadron of Scots Greys from…

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War Probable

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

Considerable surprise has been occasioned by the action of the Government of Portugal in sending an army of 35,000 men to the Spanish…

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