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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Aid for Soldiers ami Sailors a Brilliant Ball. Picture of a Hundred Years Ago. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 4

A brilliant hundred years ago ball, in aid of the Soldiers and Sailors Help Society, was held at Albert Hall, which was decorated to…

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War in Tripoli. ROME

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

The advance from Tripoli on Zanzur is regarded as an answer to the growing complaints of inaction. The Turkish trenches are filled with…

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The War. Turkey Concentrating 40,000 men. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 3

Turkey is concentrating forty thousand men at Smyra in expectation of joint military and naval activities on a larger scale…

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Dogs of War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 7

The late Lieutenant Alston, of the Coldstream Guards, was tho owner of odd of the very few dogs which have worn a British war medal. This was…

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A Typhoon. As Seen From a Man-o'-war in Hong Kong Harbour

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

The typhoon signals are up. The red signal denoting a typhoon outside the three hundred miles' radius was swinging all…

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The War Cloud. the Hand Writing on the Wall

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

Much has been written of into in regard to the possibilities of international complications. The following, from a well-known public man in Grent Britain…

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The Tripoli War. Italian Victory Over Turks. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 4

The Italians defeated the Turks in the hills at Ledbalater, leaving 421 dead around the Turkish position. The Italian reports say that the Turkish…

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Britain and Germany. If War Occurred. "End of England's Supremacy." Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 2

The "Neuste Nachrichter," Messrs. Krupps official organ, says that if war with Germany deprived Britain of half of her fleet, the latter would lose…

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Soldiers Mutiny. Looting, Shooting, and Burning. Peking

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 2

Two thousand soldiers, fearing disbandment without pay, mutinied at Tainanfu, and began looting, shooting and burning. The Governor of the…

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Tragedy at Adelong Police-sergeant Seriously Wounded. Assailant Shot Dead

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 3

A half-caste named Conquit, who was suffering from religious mania, was wanted by the police at Adelong, under warrant from Tumut for being…

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The Adelong Tragedy. Death of Lunatic Confirmed. Sergeant Duprez Seriously Wounded

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

The wire received by the Wagga police on Sunday and given in yesterday's "Daily Advertiser" concerning the shooting of a lunatic at Adelong by…

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Shooting Tragedy. at Adelong. Senior-sergeant Duprez Wounded. His Assailant Shot Dead

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

A TERRIBLE tragedy probably unparalleled in the history of Adelong, occurred on Sunday morning at 8 30, resulting in Sergeant Duprez, chief of…

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The War in Tripoli. Turkish and Italian Operations. 60,000 Turkish Troops at Smyrna. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

Sixty thousand troops have been drafted to the Smyrna district. ROME, Monday. The Italians have made a fresh…

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War and the Workers

The Worker · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 19

War is not going to be so easy in the future. War is the hostile clashing of two peoples ignorant of each other, and the…

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The Tripolitan War Italians Use Dirigible. Bombs From the Air. Photographing the Enemy's Position. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 2

Latest news from Rome of the progress of the war states that Commandant Penco with two pilots, went up in a dirigible, and hovered at a height…

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Open Letter to British Soldiers. for Publishing Which Tom Mann and Others Are in Jail

The Worker · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 22

The Open Letter to British Soldiers, for the publication of which Tom Mann and others have been jailed, may yet find a place in British histories. It runs:—…

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Food Supply in Time of War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 8

Lord Willoughby de Broke has accepted the Presidency of the Imperial Maritime League, and he will thus become it's leader in the great effort…

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Fatal Family Feud. Four Persons Killed. Two Wounded. Sherman, (Texas, U.S.A.), Thurs

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

A family feud which has occurred here, resulted in four persons being killed and two wounded. The families of Waldrop and Sharpe encountered,…

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Mutinous Chinese Soldiers. Loot Banks and Burn Houses. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

A mixed brigade of Chinese soldiers mutinied at Mukden. They looted the banks and burned a hundred houses, and fired indiscriminately…

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Bathurst Sensation. Municipal Employee Disappears. Returns Wounded and Dazed Developments Anticipated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. Amos, for many year deputy council clerk of Bathurst, mysteriously disappeared on Friday, and diligent search failed to reveal his where…

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