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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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A Wicked War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 7

"The Balkan aliles entered Macedonia in the guist of [?] and to-day they seem bent upon plunging the whole region into worse and more implacable strike than it has ever known since the days of the Ottoman…

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Trades Union Congress the Minimum Wage. Industrial Classes and War. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 4

The Manchester Trades Union Congress is favorable to a minimum wage for all adults. It also passed a resolution that the Government should…

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Disturbance at Old Junee Brothers in War. Run Hot in a Hotel. Revolver Drawn

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 7

Our special reporter at Junee races yesterday was given a graphic account of a civil war, that raged at the Enterprise Hotel, Old Junee, on Thursday…

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A War Trust

The Worker · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 19

The revelations of Heir Liebknecht in the German Reichstag concerning the widespread political and military corruption practised by the directors of the…

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The Innocent Amusement of War

The Worker · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 13

WHEN the attention of the Bulgarian General, Veltcheff the Horrible, was drawn to the atrocities committed by his soldiers in Adrianople—the violating of…

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War's Alarms. Turks Fight Each Other. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 2

During an affray between a number of Turkish officers at Adrianople five were killed and six wounded. Swords and revolvers were freely used…

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Retiring Soldiers' Anger. Belgrade

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 September 1913 · page 2

It is reported that M. Daneff has been arrested in his own house, which is guarded to protect him against the angers of disbanded soldiers, who…

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Abandon Ship. a Pen Picture of a Most Important Drill Aboard a Man-o-war

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 2

It is the proud boast of the British Navy that it is always prepared, and that it is constantly ready for any emergency that may…

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War and the Angel

The Worker · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 23

"Benjamin Franklin, in 1872, after the battle of Martinique, wrote thus of what he elsewhere called the 'Pest of Glory':- A young Angel of distinction, being sent…

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Race War. Situation in the Pacific. Anglo-japanese Treaty

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

Mr. Archibald Hurd has a long article in the "Fortnightly Review" for June on "The Racial War in the Pacific: An Imperial Peril." In which he leads up to the conclusion that…

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Effeminate Soldiers. Kaiser's Warriors with Painted Faces. Boudoirs and Swansdown Puffs

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 7

"Perfumed Paris" was merely an amateur in dudedom, compared with the young officers lancers of the crack Potsdam and Garde du Corps lancers and hussars, according to the…

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Fall into Ravine. Cars Packed with Soldiers. Twelve Men Killed. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

There cars packed with soldiers fell over the bridge at Grasse (France) into a ravine, a distance of 50 feet. Twelve of the occupants…

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War in Albania. Australian Flag Hoisted. Fierce Fighting. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 2

Complete anarchy reigns in Albania. Monfid Bey, Provisional Foreign Minister is marching against Essad Pasha, who has hoisted the…

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Inspection of Covenanted. Old Soldiers As Drill Instructors. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 3

Sir Edward Carson and General Adair inspected several contingents of the Ulster Covenanters, also many nurses and motor corps despatch…

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Ulster's War Fund

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 2

The Ulster Council has ratified the scheme for a Provisional Government Details have been reserved until the Home Rule Bill becomes law. The…

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Ulster's War Chest Sir S. M'gaughey's Offer. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 4

Donations to Sir Edward Carson's indemnity fund already amount to nearly a quarter of a million pounds. The treasurer of the fund has…

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Albanian War. Powers and Servia. Belgrade, Saturday 1

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 2

The Servians have retired to Ochrida. The inhabitants of Staroff, fearing massacres by the Albanians, begged the Greek commander at…

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Soldiers Abduct Women. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 September 1913 · page 2

Soldiers are looting Nanking and the Abduction of women is a common occurrence. Twelve hundred police are patrolling the streets but they are…

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Workers and War. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

At the forthcoming International Syndicalist Congress in London, the Swedish delegate will move a motion urging all workers of the world to…

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Albanian War. Turkey's Good Bargain. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 October 1913 · page 2

The treaty of peace between Turkey and Bulgaria has been signed at Constantinople. Under it Turkey retains sufficient territory to remain a…

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