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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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With the Wireless. Describing the Duties the Operator on a [?] Tish Man—o'war

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 3

The cruiser is well out in the chops of the Channel, driving her way homewards through the night. It is close on four o'clock in the…

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Mediation Progressing. No War Indemnity Wanted. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 2

The United States Government has decided not to ask for a war indemnity in respect to the friction with Mexico. The administration will be…

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Home Rule. a Bitter Choice. Civil War or General Election. What the Lords May Do. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. Asquith has declined to stale when the Amending Home Rule. Bill will be introduced in the Commons. The general belief is that the House…

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War Must Come. If Bill Is Rejected

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

The "Times" states that Mr. Lloyd George assured one of the Nationalist leaders that the Amending Bill would not contain more than an offer of…

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Expulsion of Greeks. War May Break Out. Athens

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

The expulsion of Greeks from Turkey continues to cause much excitement in Greece. Russia is Apprehensive that the…

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Pacification of Mexico. No War Idemnity Claimed. New York

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 4

The United States does not intend to demand the payment of a war idemnity by Mexico; it will be quite content to have stable…

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Home Rule. a Slack Government. May Cause Civil War. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

The military correspondent of the "Times" says that the existence of the Nationalist and Ulster volunteers represents a serious danger that will…

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Death-ride of Soldier. Awful Fate on Way Home. After Absence Abroad

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

Impatient to see his parents from whom ho had been so long exiled, and full of delighted expectation at the prospect of a happy reunion, James Duncan, aged 29, a soldier on…

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Three Millions a Year Profit. How an Old Soldier Founded the Firm of J. & P. Coats

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 5

One of the most amazing industrial romances of modern times is recalled by the recent death of Mr. Archibald Coats, who for the last twenty years has been…

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"The Horrors of War." Lecturer Counted Out. Cadets Lead Audience in Patriotic Songs. Cheers for Union Jack. Auckland (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 2

At Auckland last night a militarist attempted to deliver a lecture, and show pictures depicting the horrors of war. Fifty cadets occupied the…

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Britain's Freedom, in Case of European War. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

Sir Edward Grey stated in the Commons that if war arose between any European powers, no unpublished agreements were in existence that…

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War Cloud. Over the Near East. Greeks Persecuted. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

Advices from the Near East state that Turkish policy in Thrace is directed by the military authorities, and has for its object the political…

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War Inevitable. Turkey and Greece. Athens

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

The Greek paper "Hestin" declares that war between Greece and Turkey is now inevitable. The public generally demand the…

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The Horrors of War. Cadets Lead Audience in Patriotic Songs. AUCKLAND

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 3

At Auckland last night a militarist attempted to deliver a lecture, and show pictures depicting the horrors of war. Fifty cadets occupied the…

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Ernest Vizetelly. War Correspondent's Life

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 7

"In a book which deals with the 'People's War' in France after the defeat at Sedan, and the downfall of the Second Empire. Mr. Alfred Ernest Vizetelly relates some of the…

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War in Australia. Moral From the Boers. Big Cities Menaced

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 7

War affects a nation in much the same way as a wound affects an individual. The pain is there, the weakness form loss of blood and treasure, the healing process is slow, and…

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A British Soldier in India

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 6

A buck-jumping waler (Australian horse) is no joke to at if the means to get rid of you. Tommy rawson was one of the finest riders in India. One night at his…

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Death-ride of Soldier. Awful Fate on Way Home. After Absence Abroad

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 4

Impatient to see his parents from whom he had been so long exiled, and full of delighted expectation at the prospect of a happy reunion, James Duncan, aged it, a soldier, on…

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Woman's Career as Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 4

"Albert Cashier," an inmate of the Soldiers Home at Quniey, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as…

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Boer War Relic. Hospital Ship Abandoned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 3

The hospital ship Maine, which was presented by American women for use during the Boer war, ran ashore off Firth-Larne. The vessel has been…

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