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The wars & local soldiers, 1909

1,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 60

The Fish War. Council's Agency Opened. Statement by Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 9

The council's fish business is growing. Between 80 and 100 baskets of fish were sold yesterday morning. The council sent up to the new railway station at Redfern and took…

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The Wheel of Fortune. Remarkable Story of a Soldier's Love

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 9

A romantic wedding took place on New Year's Day, when Colonel "Maori" Browne was married to a lady of wealth and position. The story of this love match is as remarkable…

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Tottenham Outrage. Wounded Murderer Recovering. LONDON, Wednesday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 1

Hefeld, one of the two Rusdan desperadoes who held up and robbed a motor car in Tottenham, and afterwards ran amok with revolvers, is still in hospital, but he…

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The Fish War. Council's Trade Increasing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 9

The number of baskets of fish sold in Woolloomooloo rises day by day. This morning it was 110. Consignments are being received from the country, and ice and packing will be…

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Irish Priest on the Scene. on March with the Soldiers. Piles of Unburied Dead

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 21

The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Kelly, a native of Limerick, in course of a despatch to the "Daily Mirror," dated from Palmi on Saturday, says: I scarcely reached the centre…

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Etiquette for Soldiers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 5

England's newly-created Territorial force, which takes the place of the old volunteers, is to be instructed in the etiquette of the soldier. A neat little volume has been…

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The Fish War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 7

The sales of fish in the City Council's market yesterday morning were well kept up. Beginning from next week consignments are expected also from Port Macquarie. The Lord…

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Unprepared for War

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 15

Mr. J. C. Williamson has scoured the Australian rights of "An Englishman's Home," the play by Major Du Maurier (son of the author of "Trilby"'), which…

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Horror of War

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 13

"War," cried the old gentleman in the Pugsbudy Arms smoking-room, "is a curse and a disg[?]ce. War," he continued, thumping the table with his fist, "is an abomination, and a…

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Australian Defence. Important War Office Despatch

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An important communication from the imperial War Office reached the Minister for Defence to-day through the Governor-General…

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Implements of War. the Might of Sheffield's Machines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 11

The bulk of Sheffield's toilers, to the number of 23,200, are engaged in the great metallic and engineering trades that to-day make the city England's greatest steel centre. In the…

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The Fish War. Trade Fast Returning. Lord Mayor's Visit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 13

For the first time since the outbreak of the fish war the number of baskets of fish sold at the City Council's market yesterday morning began to approach what it was before the…

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Late Gable News. Received To-day. War Office Tenders. Colonial Tinned Meat

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—Referring to the action of the British War Office in placing a contract for tinned meat with a Chicago firm, the newspapers state it was due to the inability…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter XLVIII—Continued

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 8

"But what can have been its use?" The heart of Beatrix beat violently; she recognised it in an instant, for it was shaped at the end like the letter V…

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Soldiers' Escape. Record of Heroism at Messina

The World's News · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 21

NICOLA SEBASTIANI, a Customs guard, who escaped from Messina, told in Rome, before the Minister for Finance and the Commander of the Guardil de Finanza,…

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Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 10

"A power whose morning-drum boat, following the sun, circles the earth." DANIEL WEBSTER. The A.K.T. examination of No. 4 Squadron, 3rd A.L.H…

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Somali Mullah Wants War

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1909 · page 12

The "Standard" declares that the Mullah in Somaliland has three coloumns of 10,000 men rech, one half of whom are riflemen, and apparently he is anxious to force a campaign upon the…

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Student Riots in Paris. Cavalry Charges Several Times. yELL Like Wild Beasts—many Wounded. Paris. January 6

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1909 · page 12

While the Christmas bells in Paris tonight rang out their message of peace. the police and the Latin Quarter students were counting up the wounded who fell in a day…

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More Pay for Indian Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1909 · page 5

It is estimated that the increases in the pay and allowances of the indian army will cost about £420,000 per annum. This total included £230,000 for the native…

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Meat for the War Office. Contract Goes to Chicago. Why Colonial Packers Did Not Tender

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Referring to the fact that the British War Office has Placed a contract for tinned meats with a Chicago firm, the newspapers state that it is due to the inability of colonial packers…

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