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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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Dominion Responsibility in War Time

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The declaration by General Botha, Premier of United South Africa, on the question of the dominions' responsibility to the mother country in…

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Outlook for War. Home Fleet Preparing. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The fire division of the Home Fleet has been ordered to coal ship and to take on a supply of oil fuel forthwith The manufacture of lyddite and…

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The War Cloud. Prime Minister's Speech. Ominous Preparations. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

THE Prime Minister made his promised statement on the Moroccan situation iN the House of Commons yesterday. The situation had, he…

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The War Claud. Franco-british Conference. New Treaty Hoped For. to Satisfy All Parties. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The British Ambassador at Paris conferred with the French Foreign Minister yesterday. The "Tecaps" states that the question of compensation to…

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Kaiser's Pleasure Trip. Really a Conference with War Experts. Author of the Morocco Coup. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

It now develops that the Kaiser's cruise partook of the nature of a military conference with four Generals, Von Kessel, Yon Mar[?] Von Moltke…

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Promising Soldiers. Cadets Fight on Parade. a Nose Broken. Bathurst

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 5

In the Police Court to-day albert Ryan, a cadet, for punching William Doggett, another cadet, on the face and breaking his nose while on parade, was…

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Startling Incident. German Soldiers Cross Frontier. Telegraph Wires Cut. Two Arrests. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

A despatch to "Le Journal" from Nancy says that six German soldiers yesterday crossed the frontier from Lorraine, cut the telegraph wires, and…

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Cans Were Long Buried. "Planted" During Civil War

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 3

Charles Evans; of Cincinatti, accompanied by his daughter, is visiting old Jackson friends for the second time since 1867 (wired the…

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Without War. International Disputes Settled. a Great Event. "Treaty Signed. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 4

The United States, Great Britain, and France have agreed to and signed a declaration to settle disputes without resort to arms…

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Kaiser Will Avoid War. Rumoured Differences with Foreign Minister. Conflicting Statements. Berlin

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 2

The "National Zeitang" states that the conversations between the Kaiser. and the Imperial Chancellor and Foreign Minister have reached an impasee…

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In Mexico. Civil War Feared. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

General Bernard Rezes will contest the Mexican Presidency, and another civil war is in prospect…

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Aeroplanes in War. Viedrines' Opinion. "Render Greatest Fleets Useless." Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2

The "Journal" interviewed M. Viedrines, who says that army aeroplanes would render the greatest fleets useless. In the event of war with…

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Abolishing War

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

It is seldom that news of such momentous importance is flashed across the cables as that which at the end of last week announced to the…

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Relics of the War. Trip to the Battlefields

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 4

WE arrived at Durban at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday, 20th May, and after lunch we marched as for as the Post Office. From there we were…

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Soldier's Adventure in India

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 3

Once during my service in India, I had the advantage of being stationed close to the sea. One evening, after a roasting hot day, a party of us strolled to the seashore…

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Soldiers to the Defence

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

A thousand soldiers are now on route from Aldershot, and the entire division is held under orders to proceed immediately…

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Outrages by Strikers. Police Pelted with Bricks and Apples. Soldiers on Transport Duty. Prices of Food Raised

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 4

Eleven thousand railwaymen are striking, while at Liverpool 4000 are subjected to enforced idlness owing to 2000 carters and [?]000 dockers…

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Civil War Imminent. Situation in Mexico. Rising in the South. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 2

It is reported that 20,000 are taking up arms in Southern Mexico, under Generals Zapata and Almana, in an attempt to overthrow President…

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Shortage of Supplies. Soldiers on Short Rations

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 2

The shortage of supplies at Woolwich garrison continues. The men are existing largely upon bully beef, while the horses are on half rations…

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Civil War Owing to Strike. London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

Fifty thousand attended a trade union rally organised by the Transport Workers' Federation, at St. George's Platoou, Liverpool. The…

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