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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Funds for Emigration Help Wanted for Ex-soldiers. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

The Naval and Military Emigration League is appealing for ten thousand pounds to enable retired soldiers and sailors to emigrate…

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War Against Dogs

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 4

So numerous have been the complaints made to the police of late of the number of dogs straying about the local streets, and of their…

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Women in War. Arabs Join Turkish Troops. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 2

The Arab women are taking part in the war with the Italians. One hundred of them have joined the Turkish troops, armed and mounted…

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The Tripoli War. More Italian Successes. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

General Caneva, the commander of the Italian forces in Tripoli, has telegraphed to Rome that he has occupied Macabez and ensured possession of…

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The Tripoli War. Suppressing Gun Running. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

General Taneva, commanding the Italian forces states that the occupation of Macabex will enable the Italians to suppress…

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The Coal Strike. Miners and Soldiers. an Amusing Incident. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The miners of Leigh, Lancashire, entertained the soldiers who were sent to enforce order…

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British Coal Crisis Soldiers Go to Church. No General Strike Proposed. Lindon, Sunday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The miners of Leigh, in Lancashire have been entertaining the soldiers who were sent to maintain order. The soldiers today marched to the…

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Comedy in War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 2

Into the tragedy of war are inserted' now and then bits of comedy and kindliness. During the Zulu war in South Africa, says " The…

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Two Soldier Heroines. Sisters Who Fought Bravely at Jemappes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 7

Recently, at the Belgian town of Jemappes, near Mons, the unveiling of a memorial to the French soldiers who fell there on November 6,1792,…

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Workmen and Soldiers Clash

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

Serious fighting took place between soldiers and workmen at Gold Washings, Irkutsk, Siberia, with the result that 107 workmen were killed…

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Lieutenants Fight a Duel. Sequel to Love Affair. One Mortally Wounded London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

Lieutenant Von Herringon, a nephew of the German Minister for War, was mortally wounded in a duel with another lieutenant. The duel was…

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Turks and Italians. War Still Drags On. Dardanelles Blockaded. a Naval Engagement. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

The Italians have sunk a Turkish gunboat at Vathi. The garrison retired inland abandoning the town and the prisoners broke the gaol…

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Marriage and War

The Worker · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 12

IT is stated by somebody who may not know, that war is to be prevented by the marriage of the Prince of Wales to the Princess Victoria of Germany. That…

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Tripoli War Offer of Mediation Accented London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 2

The Porte has accepted mediation from the Powers in regard to the war with Italy, conditional on the maintenance of the sovereign rights of Turkey,…

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The Outlook a Survey of World Progress What a Soldier Says

The Worker · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 19

Why should poverty and patriotism go hand in hand? To the man who is struggling to bring up a family on a pound a week it matters…

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Jews as Soldiers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 3

The first wound inflicted during 'the late Turco-Greek war, was received by a Jew. There are in the English army 700 Jews," 144 of them being officers O. France has 300…

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Newspapers and War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 4

"GET it, at a reasonable cost if you can, but get it." This practically constitutes the orders issued to its war correspondent by the…

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Motor Murderer Wounded House Attacked with Bombs. London, Sunday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

Bonnot, the chief in a robbery of a motor car in France, took refuge in a house at Chrsyleroi with a number of other bandits. The police…

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War Possible. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

An authoritative statement from Geneva says that the Swiss National Bank, anticipating the possibility of an outbreak of war…

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Bonnot Captured. Fatally Wounded. Four Hours' Siege. by Paris Police. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

Bonnet: the notorious motor-car bandit was totally surrounded and captured to-day. When the bandits were surrounded in a motor garage…

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