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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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The Labor War in America. What the Press Says of It

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1910 · page 5

In view of the tram strike in Philadelphia, this from the Frisco "Asgonaut" is interesting:— The American Steel Corporation, which…

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Our Defences. "Every soldier carries in his knapsack the baton of a field-marshal." Army and Navy Notes

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 April 1910 · page 15

Twenty years is regarded as the maximum useful life of a Dreadnought. The military forces were well represented at the Sydney Norland Institute ball held in the Sydney…

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The Young Soldier

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 April 1910 · page 15

The 4th Battalion of the Junior Cadets will hold parade at Flemington on April 29. The annual rifle, meeting of the 5th Battalion of the Junior Cadets will be held on Monday next…

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Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Welcome Home to Mr. W. M. Marks and Crew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 10

There was a large gathering of yachtsmen at the Prince Alfred lacht Clubs room Moore-street on Friday night when a club evening was held, and Mr. W. M. Marks and his crew were welcomed home by the…

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The Pea-rifle Danger. Lad Seriously Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 9

WALLERAWANG, Monday.--A serious accident happened to a lad named Claude Pirie aged 16, on Sunday evening. It appears the boy had been out shooting rabbits and, fearing a…

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Men-of-war of the Future. Tactics in 1925. Prophecies of Rear-admiral Bacon

The Star · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 7

Notable naval experts took a peep into the warfare of the future at a three-days' session of the Institute of Naval Architects, which opened at the Hall of the Royal Society…

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Mining Boom in Alaska. War of Claim-jumping Predicted. New York, Tuesday, 4.40 p.m

The Star · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 5

Messages from Stewart, in Alaska, report a new mining boom on the Salmon River. The creation of a boom camp at the mouth of the river, two miles from Stewart, on the…

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A Fight That Was a Fight Jack Tar Butler and Jack Sullivan Fight Hard. Man-o-war'sman Wins

Referee · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 7

At the Gaiety on Saturday night last. Petty-Officer Butler, of H.M.S. Penguin, turned the tables on Jack Sullivan, of the Newtown Pastime Club, in one of the…

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The War of the Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 6

The majority by which the procedure for pushing the Budget through the House of Commons has been affirmed is an indication that the Asquith Government's financial…

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After the Battle The Dead and Wounded the Triumph of Labour and the Downfall of Sectarianism

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 16

Ever since election day there lias been weeping and Availing and gnashing of teeth in Conservative circles, and the boats and trains and trains have been echoing with…

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Army Remounts. the Supplies for War-time. Horse-ranches in the Colonies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday. -- Replying in the House of Commons yesterday to Colonel H. E. Harrison-Broadley (Unionist, Howdenshire), Mr. R. B. Haldane (Secretary for…

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War Aeroplanes Safe. Cannot be Hit by Artillery

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 7

Hubert Latham's high flight at Paris, Jan. 8, when he attained an altitude of approximately 3500 feet, or nearly three-quarters of a mile…

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War Minister's Varied Cares. Mr. Haldane's Curio. Carried a Cordite Walking Stick About for Months

The Star · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 14

Mr. Haldane, replying to a deputation of trade unionists at the War Office in London, said that the Woolwich Arsenal did not supply the Army with all its material. They were…

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Discrimiation in War. Will the Enemy Heed? Sir Wilf[?]d Laurier's Doctrine. London, April 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 13

The "Times," commenting upon the speech of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, on the third reading of the Canadian Navy Bill, writes that the…

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Mr. Deakin at Ballarat. No War to the Knife with Labor. Duties of the Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the declaration of the poll at Ballarat this afternoon, Mr. Deakin said that any comments which the present or prospective political situation might call for…

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The Young Soldier

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 April 1910 · page 15

Reorganisation is going on in several of the senior cadet battalions. The annual rifle meeting of the 11th battalion Junior Cadets was conducted yesterday…

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Our Defences. "Every soldier carries in his knapsack the baton of a field- marshal." Army and Navy Notes

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 April 1910 · page 15

The submerged portion of the bull of a Dreadnought is entirely unarmored. Suggestions have been made by naval experts to armor Dreadnoughts with concrete in place of steel…

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"We Exist for War." Australia's Ideal Navy. Admiral Bosanquet on Training. Seven Years Necessary

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1910 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--An important utterance concerning the building of a fleet was delivered by the Governor, Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, at the St. George's Society's dinner last…

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Thinking War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 4

"Every Admiral of the Fleet, on every nation of the world, must be constantly thinking of war and nothing case. It is his business. He…

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To-day's Cables. World's Latest News. Balloons Wrecked. Two Dirigibles Destroyed. a German Soldier Killed. London

The Star · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 1

The new army dirigible balloon was wrecked at Farnsborough while being prepared for an ascent. The destruction of another dirigible is…

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