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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

27 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Judge and Soldier. Mercy to Prisoner. "Now, Be a Man!"

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 6

An erect, bronzed, soldierly man stood in the prisoners' dock at Bristol Assize Court on Monday, plainly shamed by being in the position of a…

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Electricity in War

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 10

For two years past, in a secluded part of Dagenham Dock (on the London and Tilbury line), secret experiments have been carried on in…

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Steed Smarter Than Soldier

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 6

Trooper Brown of the British territorials was "green." (says the "Dundee Advertiser"). His horse, likewise unaccustomed to war, seemed from its…

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Our Soldiers

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 4

The local Light Horse squadron [?] into camp on Monday, 17th [?] for five days' training on the [?] Major Jackson in…

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Wounded by a Constable

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

A policeman early this morning saw a man running along Gloucester-street pursued by another man. The police man called to him to stop and then…

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Welcome Home to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Blackburn

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 8

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Blackburn returned to Milton on Saturday afternoon last, after their eight months tour of the Home Land, both much…

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Gorse Hall Mystery Soldier Arrested at the Prison Gate. Unique Development

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 6

A development rarely met with in modern criminal history came about in the Gorse Hall mystery on Tuesday say "Lloyd's News" on September 4)…

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