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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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German Festival. Anglo-german War Ridiculed Loyal Australian Speeches

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 8

An emphatic protest was made by the various speakers at the German National Festival at Clifton Gardens on Saturday against the scare that has been raised that the two great…

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Dispersing the War Clouds

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 9

This week has witnessed the settlement of the immediate dispute in the Balkans. Austria is to be confirmed in the annexation of the Turkish provinces of Bosnia and…

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Britain's Railways in War Time

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 53

There can be no doubt that Britain's success in the event of an invasion would depend largely upon the perfect working of the railways then applied to military purposes (writes H…

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The Heavy Cost of War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

The fines and other allied penalties (costs and expenses) which the young defendants Norris had to face after the conclusion of the now famous Guildford…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Nation's Plain Duty. "Prepare for War."

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Speaking at Halifax to-day, Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, said the nation had made a remarkable response to the Government appeal…

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Nation's Plain Duty. To Prepare for War. LONDON, Tuesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 1

Speaking in Halifax, Yorkshire, last night, Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary for War, said that the nation had made a remarkable response to the Government's appeal to…

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War Against Trusts. the Texan Court Judgment. Confirmed by Supreme Court. Waters Pierce. Oil Company Penalised

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The United States Supreme Court has affirmed the decree of the Texas Court, fining the Winters Pierce Oil Company, of St. Louis, 1,623,000dol…

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The Athletic War in New Zealand. Auckland As Mediator. Mr. Atack Denounces Wellington. Christchurch, Jan. 12

Referee · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 10

The contending claims of the Christchurch and Wellington amateur athletic bodies, each of which claims the distinction of being the Council of the New…

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Welcome Home to the Coadjutor-Archbishop In St. Benedict's Parish His Grace Tells the Story of His Travels Round the World

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 6

An enthusiastic gathering crowded St. Benedict's Hall on Wednesday evening week to welcome home his Grace the Coad-jutor-Archbishop, who returned to Sydney…

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The Nation's Plain Duty. "Prepare for War."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Speaking at Halifax to-day, Mr. R. B. Haldane. Secretary of State for War, said the nation had made a remarkable response to the…

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Is War in the Air Possible ? A Navy of the Future. Cruiser-dirigibles and Dirigible Dreadnoughts

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

In England most, people still refuse to believe that the airship is, or for long will be a formidable engine of war. The War Departments of France and Germany hold a…

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A World at War

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 8

Now the Whole atmosphere was the [?] of [?] and every land a cockpit. So [?] and [?] along the [?] research and invention. so [?]…

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Fighting Disease. The Mosquito War at Panama

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 11

The Americans are as they themselves put it, "making the [?]fly" at Panama. In a very few years now the great canal, which has been so long in the making, is likely to…

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War on Corsets. Extraordinary Action by Young Women

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

The town of Jassy, in Roumania, has been thrown into a state of wild excitement by the arrest of Mile. Rosa Balesco and Mile…

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War in 1909? What Mme. De Thebes Says

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

MME. DE THEBES is one of the most interesting celebrities of modern Paris. No society dame, no political man, no artist, no dramatist would think of…

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Is War in the Air Possible? an Important Modern Problem

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 11

IN England, at all events, most people still refuse to believe that the airship is, or for long will be, a formidable engine of war. The War Departments of France and…

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Literature. Some New Books the Use of Airships in War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

Now that "The Times" is advocating the appointment of a Royal Commission to deal with the regulation of aerial locomotion, especially in its international aspects, the publication of…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Proposed Fortifications. for Californian Harbors. What an Oriental Power Could Do. Complications Threatening War

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—President Roosevelt has forwarded to Congress the General Staff's recommendation for the construction of fortifications in the harbor of San Pedro…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XL'V.—Continued

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 8

"I could not conquer my aversion, but I will do so," continued the fair girl, firmly, "for Charley's sake." At the name of his young favourite,…

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British Soldier a Gentleman. Abolition of Pickets. Troops on Their Honor

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 21

The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Aldershot, considering that the time has arrived when non-commissioned officers and men can be trusted to behave themselves in the town without the presence…

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