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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

1,240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 62

Shot in the Head. Man's Strange Behavior. Walks From Centennial Park Wounded

The Star · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 5

A man who gave his name as Ernest Barnes, ager 28, a blacksmith, and who is believed to live in Pitt-street, arrived at the casualty-room of the Sydney Hospital…

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Peru's Preparations. for War with Ecuador. 34,000 Troops in Readiness. New York, Wednesday, 2 p.m

The Star · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 1

Active preparations are in progress in Peru for the war that is still possible between that country and Ecuador. Volunteers are enlisting dally, and the war…

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South African Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 8

The members of the South African Soldiers' Association have sent the following resolution to the Governor of New South Wales, as patron of the association, requesting him to forward it…

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In Time of War

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 4

Colonel Forster, R.E. who is Professor of Military Tactics at the Sydney Unviersity, lectured on "The Citizen and War," before the members…

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Roosevelt in Germany. Venomous Press Attack. "Coarsest Self-advertisement." Deeds in the "Potato" War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. Theodore Roosevelt has accompanied the German Emperor to the German military manoeuvres…

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Death of Major Claude Marks D.s.o. a Distinguished Soldier

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 6

We regret to record the death of Major Claude Marks, D.S.O. He was the youngest son of the late Rev. Prof. Marks D.D., of the [?]erkeley-street Synagogue, in London…

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Cowards make war, and fools wage them

People · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 4

"What speaking in quite unofficial language is the net purport and upshot of war: To my own knowledge for example, there dwell and toil in the British village of Dumdrudge usually some 500 souls. From these, by certain…

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Aviation. Count Zeppelin and the Kaiser. Sensation in Berlin. the Current in the Ministry of War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Friday--Count Zeppelin has created a sensation by a speech Which he delivered yesterday in Berlin. The veteran aerial inventor and…

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Airships in War

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 May 1910 · page 12

Count Zeppelin has created a sensation by a speech which he delivered in Berlin on Thursday. The veteran aerial inventor and navigator declared that he feared that the Kaiser had come…

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Soldier Immigrants

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 May 1910 · page 7

Of the immigrants who have during the past few week is passed through the British immigration. Lengues offices for employment in Sydney, there have been…

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The Young Soldier

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 15 May 1910 · page 17

Lieutenant C. R. Collins, A.A.S.C., has been appointed a lieutenant of the senior cadet corps. All parades for both senior cadets and junior cadets have been cancelled in consequence of the death of…

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Our Defences. Army and Navy Notes. "Every soldier carries in his knapsack the baton of a field-mar[?]nai." NAPOLEON

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 15 May 1910 · page 17

King George V. is Colonel-in-Chief of the regiments of Australian Light Horse. The soldier who mixes politics with soldiering becomes a bad politician and a poor soldier. -- Roosevelt…

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Soldiers for the Procession Parks Converted into Camps. LONDON

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 15 May 1910 · page 1

Among the details in connection with the funeral arrangements it is announced that the public parks of London will, on the night of the 19th instant, be converted into…

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Comic Opera War. No Casualties Campaign

Evening News · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 8

"Never outside of Gilbertian imagination has there been such a war as that which the negro Liberian republic in West Africa wages with the Greboes!" A well-known London merchant…

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Burglar and Banker. Duel with Revolvers. the Burglar Wounded. Manager's Plucky Wife. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 7

In the early hours of this morning a daring robbery was effected at the English, Scottish, and Australian Bnnk in Box [?]. A masked burglar forced his way into the…

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Russian War Contracts. Big Bribes for Government Officials. St. Petersburg, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Star · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 1

Government officials, as the result of investigations that have Just been concluded, report that the chief of every bureau in St. Petersburg either stole or accepted bribes…

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The Varawa Claim. Re-ecuo of the Russo-japanese War. Alleged False Imprisonment

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The action in which Peter Federovitch Varawa, a Russian subject, formerly a captain in the Imperial Russian Guards, claims 120,000 damages from the…

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Toasts Honored in Water. the Alliance Prepares for War. Out to "Capture" the Labor Party!"

The Star · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 4

After drinking "toasts" in water drawn from the household tap, the members of the New South Wales Alliance delivered some vigoros speeches at the annual dinner of the…

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In Probate. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) a Soldier's Will. Re J. A. M. W. Thompson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 5

Mr. Maughan, instructed by Mr. R. W. Thompson, of West Maitland (by his agent, Mr. J. C. Webster), appeared for Walter Valentine Windeyer Thompson, executor of…

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Eeuador and Peru. War Feared

Evening News · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.-It is feared Ecuador will declare war against Peru unless other Powers intervene…

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