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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Lord Kitchener and South African Soldiers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 15

Sir.--It is reported in your columns that a number of the men who fought in south Africa have in Brisbane had an opportunity of parading before Lord Kitchener[?]. Provision is being made for the same function in…

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The Queensland Visit Reviewed. the Damp and the Soldiers. What Lord Kitchener Saw and What He Did Not See

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

WALLANGARRA, Tuesday.--Now that one is crossing the border and Lord Kitchener is entering the parent State of the Commonwealth, and after chasing him around in motor-cars and…

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Dover Graving Dock. an Admiralty Allegation. "Too Exposed in War Time."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.-- The "Daily Telegraph" reports that great indignation is expressed in Dover in consequence of the Admiralty refusing to permit the Graving…

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A Camp in Being. Citizen Soldiers at Liverpool. Settling Into Their Stride. Battalion and Squadron Drill. All Arms Exercised in the Field

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

An unpromising start was made at the Liverpool Camp on Wednesday morning. The wind blew hot and then cold, clouds came and went, and the oldest old inhabitant could not…

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South African Soldiers. Inspection on Saturday Afternoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

The Minister for Defence said yesterday that the men who served in South Africa would be inspected by Lord Kitchener on Saturday afternoon at the same time as he…

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Latest Edition Kitchener. a Dual Personality. the Soldier and the Man

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

What strikes one most forcibly in regard to Lord Kitchener? The reply conies almost instinctively, his dual personality. There is Kitchener the soldier, and Kitchener the…

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Pressman Wounded. Shot with a Colt Gun. Cartridge Left in Chamber. Narrow Escape of Others. (From Our Special Reporter.) Liverpool, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

This afternoon in camp Mr. William Somerville, one of the representatives of the "Daily[?] Telegraph" at the Liverpool camp, was standing in the Army Service Corps lines, talking…

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Old Soldier Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 7

Samuel Gill, a decrepid old man, who has been before the Court on times almost innumerable on charges of drunkenness, appeared once again at the Water Police Court, on a…

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Gallant Soldier. Goes to Prison

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Sir Edward Robert Murray, Bart., was to-day sentenced to six months' imprisonment for obtaining credit at hotels to the amount of £165 without stating…

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South African Soldiers' Association. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 7

Sir,—With your permission I desire to trespass on a small space in your valuable columns to reply to "Tommy Cornstalk," whose effusion on the subject of the South…

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South African Soldiers' Association. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

Sir,--I note in your columns of Thursday's issue a certain statement regarding the above association not representing the whole of the men who served in South Africa during the late war. Now it seems to me that the least…

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Stamping It Out. China's Great War on Opium

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 17

The efforts made by prohibitionists to stamp out the liquor traffic throughout the length and breadth of the United States look insignificant in the face of the Chinese campaign against…

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A Racial War Cloud in the United States

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 11

We are told that a cloud "no bigger than a man's hand" at present has shown itself in the United Status. It is the cloud of racial…

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Prepared for War. Germany's Men, Arms, Provisions, and Funds

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 11

IF a war involving Germany should be declared, the men liable for military service would present themselves at their respective headquarters all over the country; the…

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In Peace and War. International Prize Court. Mr. P. C. Knox's Suggestion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. P. C. Knox, United States Secretary of State, has addressed a communication to the Powers, suggesting that the International Prize…

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Mr. Balfour's Speech. "A Shrill War Blast Against Germany." London, Friday, 3.55 p.m

The Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 1

Several of the lending Austrian newspapers to-day have lending articles on Mr. Balfour's notable speech at Hanley. One of the Vienna newspapers, the…

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Lord Kitchener. the Real Thing. a Slice Out of War. Whole Division Engaged. (From Our Special Reporter.) Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

Lord Kitchener gave the New South Wales troops at Liverpool to-day about 15 hours of plain, simple war. For 15 hours the division there might have…

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Soldiers Old and Young. Paraded at Government House. Inspection by Lord Kitchener

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 9

Members of the South African Contingents to the number of 262, the resident war veterans, and the metropolitan cadets paraded this afternoon in the Federal Government House…

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Poison for Soldiers. in the French and Austrian Armies. Two Fiendish Crimes

The Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 8

Eighty men of the Eighth Regiment of Hussars in garrison at Verdun have, by the merest accident, escaped death by poisoning (reports a Paris telegram of November 30)…

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Soldiering As a Profession

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 12

The more advanced the democracy the greater the dislike for "militarism." That proposition, which is well exemplified by the widespread propaganda of…

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