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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

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Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 7

"A power whose morning-arum beat, following the sun, circles the earth." --DANIEL WEBSTER, The A.F.T. examination of No. 3 Squadron (Grafton),…

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The Week's Miscellany: Compilation of the News of the World. Welcome Home to Lord Northcote—australia's Problems

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1909 · page 12

The Royal Colonial Institute entertained Lord Northcote at dinner in the Whitehall Rooms on Tuesday. Two hundred and thirty were present. The Earl of Crewe (Secretary of Slate for the…

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Anti-japanese Legislation. "Wanton Mischief Making." Mr. Hearst Talks of War with Japan. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1909 · page 7

Mr. Smalley, New York correspondent of the "Times," describes the anti-Japanese Bills introduced into the Californian Legislature as "wanton…

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Irish Agrarian Outrages. Policeman Shot Dead. Two Laborers Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--While two emergency men, under the protection of Constable M Goldrick, were engaged, during broad daylight, yesterday, rebuilding the…

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Shooting Affray at Fremantle. the Lodger and the Lady. Woman Wounded in the Thigh

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

PERTH. Sunday.--A peculiar shooting affray occurred at Fremantle this morning. at the house a person named Edwards. A lodger, Fred. Hultgreen, was asked to allow…

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Russians Run Amok. Hold Up a Motor Car. Two Killed, Many Wounded. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

Two Russian workmen held up a motor car yesterday at Tottenham, in Middlesex, seized the bag of sovereigns which it contained, and then ran amok, firiug with…

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A London Sensation. Daring Highway Robbery. Motor Car Bailed Up. Indiscriminate Use of Revolvers. Four Killed; Twenty-two Wounded

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Two Russians employed at the Tottenham (North London) Robber Factory, knowing that it was the custom to bring by motor to the works £100 to…

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Promiscuous Murder Russians Run Amok With Revolvers. Two Persons Shot Dead. Many Others Wounded. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 1

Two Russians, who ran amok with revolvers at Tottenham yesterday, provided as big a sensation as that place has had for many a long day…

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Anti-japanese Laws. Action in the States Complications Threaten War Harbor Fortifications Recommended

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--President Roosevelt has forwarded to Congress the General Staffs recomendation for the construction of fortifications in the harbor…

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A Desperate Prisoner. Attacks Police with Iron Bar. Escapes Handcuffed and Wounded

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

Recently Detectives Gallagher and Jordan became suspicious that a certain house in Regent-street, City, was being used for storing stolen property. In following up the matter…

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Fight with the Police. Exciting Struggle in Regent-street. Man Escapes Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 8

Yesterday evening Plain-clothes Constables Williams and Lynch had a most exciting struggle and chase after a man, in the course of which several revolver shots were fired. The…

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Tin-kettling at Bathurst. Bullet in the Dark. Young Man Wounded. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 6

A few days ago Hugh Sinclair, of Clear Creek, near Bathurst, was married, and returned home towards the end of last week, taking up residence in a cottago at Napoleon Reef. On…

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Retired Indian Soldiers for Australia. to Be Considered by Cabinet. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 6

Captain Holden, a retired Indian officer, now living in Melbourne, suggests that the Minister for Defence in the Commonwealth Government, should take over the…

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An Afghan War Story.!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

Several months before tho Afghan War began, tho Guides were placed on guard at the mouth at the Khyber Pass, and there occurred an incident which…

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Tired of War. Anti-militarism in Japan

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 3

The "Avenir du Tonkin," a paper or considerable circulation in the French Asiatic possessions, whose editor follows tho course of events in the Far East with a great deal…

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Russian General Dismissed. Japanese War Incident. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 9

General Brntus Alexeiff has been dismissed from the army and fined 10,000 roubles (£1000) for receiving £950 from British gunmakers during the Japanese…

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Evacuation of Cuba. Last American Soldiers. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 9

The last detachment of the American Army of Occupation has left Cuba…

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Military Training. Discouraging the Citizen Soldiers. the Encampment Muddle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A pessimistic view Is taken by the Minister for Defence of the proposals for holding anything like a satisfactory encampment in New South Wales next Easter…

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That Great Orange Rally a Woeful Welcome Home

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 25

For the past month the hoardings had been placarded with announcements that a "great Protestant rally" would take place at Clifton Gardens on January 21, at which Dr…

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Irish News America to Ireland. Mr. Devlin's Welcome Home. a Successful Mission

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 8

Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P. (General Secretary of the United Irish League) arrived at Queenstown on Sunday, December 13th, on the termination of his political mission to the…

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