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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

1,240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 62

The Canadian Tariff. a Plaint From America. Efforts to Avert a War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. P. C. Knox (Secretary of State, U.S.A.) regrets that neither the British Government nor the Canadian placed the United States in…

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Australia's Defence. Lord Kitchener's Report. Mr. Deakin's Comment. Our Soldiery Spirit. Promotion by Merit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 9

In the course of a political speech delivered at Tamworth on Saturday night, the Prim[?] Minister outlined the scheme of defence prepared by Lord Kitchener, and commended it…

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A Fierce Duel. Spanish Diplomatist Wounded. London, Monday, 4.45 p.m

The Star · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 1

A dispute between a Spanish attache at the London Embassy and a manufacturer of Paris, owing to the former smoking in a non-smoking railway compartment, resulted…

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For England, in Fear of War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 8

She's quaking sore with fright, they say, Her day of strength's gone by O English blood that warms my heart,…

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Women in War. Lecture by Nurse Gould

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 10

Nurse Gould, formerly matron of the Sydney Hospital, who served with the nursing staff in South Africa, and is now superintendent of the Army Nursing Sisters delivered an interesting lecture at the Girls High School…

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Legislation Before the Veto. Renewal of Transvaal War Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Express" states that the Government has determined to renew the Transvaal war loan of £21,339,(503 due on April 5…

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Precedence of Veto. Renewing a War Loan. London, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 7

The "Daily Express" reports that the Government is determined to renew the Transvaal War Loan of £21,330,603, due on April 5. This will necessitate…

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Duel Over a Smoke. Spanish Diplomat Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A dispute between a Spanish attache at the London Embassy and a Paris manufacturer, owing to the former smoking in a…

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Peace or War?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 57

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lion down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together and a little Child shall lead them.--Isaiah xi., 6…

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The Ancient War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 27

For ever and ever it rages, The war of the wave and the land, The siege of the surf on the cliff-face, The fall of the sea on the sand…

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"Leadership in Industrial War."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 8

The railway and tramway men have been outspoken in expressing their views of the socialistic leadership which has brought the workers to grief in the big industrial struggles of the…

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Shot in the Face. Man Wounded at Redfern. Another Man Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 10

A street fight in Redfern last night had a serious termination, when one of the belligerents drew a revolver and shot the other twice, one bullet striking him on the face, and…

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An Eastern War Cloud. Japan and Russia Both Busy

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

Malls by the Moana reveal that there is much talk in the Bast of another war between Russia and Japan. Mr. Lovat Fraser, of the London "Times," stationed at Pekin,…

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Pat Kellar Defeats Soldier Ferguson. a Hot Thing Indeed

Referee · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 8

A fair attendance witnessed, on Saturday night, one of the gamest and most exciting battled that has taken place at the Gaiety for a long time. Paddy Kellar…

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Gaiety Club. Paddy Kellar v. Soldier Ferguson. Lively Lash Whilst It Lasted. Paddy All But Out. He Turns the Tables Early. the Soldier Goes Down, and Is Counted Out

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

Not a marvellous crowd last Saturday night. Young Hill and S[?] supplied the preliminary joint of the evening. Hill proved far too hefty for…

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Politics to Popular Airs. Liberal War Songs

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 8

When Mr. T. D. Sullivan sot "God Save Ireland" to the American melody, "Tramp. Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching," he gave new life to a tune which but for the…

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Where Strikes Mean War. the Barbarity of American Industrialism

The Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

The fatal rioting which has occurred in connection with the Philadelphian tram strike, reveals the sharpness of the contrast between Australian democracy and the…

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A German on the War Scare. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 9

Sir,—Having lead Mr. Varley's article in your last issue, I must confess at feeling rather alarmed in reference to the possibility of war between Germany and Great…

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Philadelphia's Civil War. Desperate Street Fighting. Huge Police Force Powerless. Military Charge with Cold Steel. Police Club Rioters Mercilessly. London, Wednesday, 4.40 p.m

The Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

The Philadelphia tramway strike has developed into something like civil war. For a while the strikers and their sympathisers practically held possession of the…

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Byron's View of War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

"All that the mind would shrink from of excesses. All that the body perpetrates of bad; All that we read, hear dream of man's…

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