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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Distinguished Soldier's Crimes. a Lenient Sentence. in Consideration of His Services

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Captain James Henry Edward Holford, D.S.O., of Mount Pleasant,. Old Warden, Biggleswade Bedfordshire, who pleaded guilty at…

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British War Office. a Colonel's Charge

Evening News · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 4

Speaking a few weeks ago at a meeting of the National Service League, held at the Castle Theatre, Richmond, England, Colonel Lynden-Bell made the following most serious…

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War on Cigarettes. Lieut.-gen. Smith-dorrien's Stringent Order

The World's News · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 21

Army officers are waging war on cigarette-smoking. A little while ago Lieut.-Colonel G. V. Dauglish, commanding the Buffs, issued an order in…

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War Against Combines. "Cannot Go on Indefinitely." Federal Attorney-general Speaks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 13

If what Mr. W. M. Hughes, Federal Attorney-General, foretells comes to pass the days of combines in Australia are numbered. Speaking to a "Daily Telegraph" reporter yesterday, Mr…

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German Soldiers Exhausted. Deaths on Drill Ground. London, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 13

The 7th Baden Infantry Regiment at Muelhelm was so severely exercised on the drill ground that 50 men were exhausted. Two died from exhaustion, and eight had…

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Same As Ordinary Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The German Emperor has ordered volunteers, who are serving for a year at their own expense, to forego the comforts of hotels and…

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A War of Opera Ended

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 June 1910 · page 18

We have word from New York that the great opera war between Mr. Oscar Hammerstein and the Metropolitan Opera Company, after three years of strenuous…

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Revolutionary Board of War. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 June 1910 · page 7

The Consuls at Nanking are urging the European subjects to leave immediately in consequence of the receipt of a warning purporting to come…

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South American War Cloud. Ecuador's Frontier. Peru Withdraws Troops. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 June 1910 · page 7

Peru announces the withdrawal of her troops from the Ecuadorian frontier…

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The Young Soldier

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 June 1910 · page 15

Lieutenant W. J. fingers, of the senior cadets, has resigned his appointment. Lieutenant Leroy, of the cadet corps, has been promoted to the rank of captain…

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The Soldier's Cigarette

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 June 1910 · page 15

"The stalking of cigarettes by all ranks throughout the command is prohibited at all times when under arms or on fatigue duty." This order was issued on April 26 by…

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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 5 June 1910 · page 15

Captain P. J. Lynch, A. and I. staff, is at present on leave. There is a chance that the military college will be established in Federal territory…

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The Peregrine Case. a Russian Agent's Claim. International Relations in Time of War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 10

The case of Varawa versus the Howard Smith Company, Limited, which terminated in the Victorian Civil Court last week in the jury returning a verdict for the plaintiff for £5000…

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Peril in China. Foreigners Urged to Leave V. Nankin. the Consuls Anxious. War Declared on the Manchus

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Washington State Department learns That placards have been posted at Nankin. China, inciting to the destruction of the lives and…

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A Prisoner of War an American's Adventure. in the Service of the Nicaraguan Rebels. New York

The Star · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 1

William Pittman, an American, who was employed by the Nicaraguan revolutionaries ln laying mines at Bluefields, has been captured by the Government troops…

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German Minister Resigns. Companies and War Contributions. Berlin

The Star · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 5

Herr Dernburg, German Minister of Colonies, has resigned because, it is understood, the Reichstag desired that he should adopt the principle of taxing, for war contributions,…

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Turks Pillage Greek Shops. Possibility of a War

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Fifty armed Turks have pillaged the Greek shops in the town of K[?]neri, near Aivalik (66 miles north-west of Smyrna), and volunteers are…

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Severe Thunderstorms Dangers of the Hatpin. Regiment of Soldiers Struck Three Killed, Fifteen Injured

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.-Thunder-storms with much rain have occurred during the last three days in the South of England Sand in Germany, and there have been some…

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Severe Thunderstorm. Woman's Hatpin Struck. Soldiers Killed. Balloon Factory Damaged. London, June 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 7

Thunderstorms, with much rain, have prevailed during the last three days in the South of England and Germany. Some isolated deaths through lightning are…

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Soldiers Struck by Lightning. Three Killed and Many Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- An infantry regiment at Konigsbruch, in Saxony, was struck while on parade. Three men were killed, and 10 severely and five slightly…

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