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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Kitchener at Bathurst Unveiling Soldiers' Memorial. "Who Fought and Fell." a Lesson for the Rising Generation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 7

BATHURST, Monday.--Lord Kitchener arrived at Bathurst this afternoon. He was in the City of the Plains for about four hours, but during that time continued with his restless energy…

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A Pressman Wounded. at Liverpool Camp

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 44

On Thursday afternoon Mr. William Somerville, a "Daily Telegraph" representative at the Liverpool camp, was standing in the Army Service lines, talking to Captain Lyon and a…

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German War Panic. Deprecated by Sir Edward Grey. Naval Expenditure Problems

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- At Edinburgh yesterday, Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) condemned recent attempts to create panic about the possibility…

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Policeman and Old Soldier

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

While Lord Kitchener was inspecting the veterans and making the presentations on behalf of the Empire League at Federal Government House Grounds, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon,…

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Returning Home. Our Citizen Soldiers. Final Scenes at Liverpool

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

Half-past 11 o'clock on Tuesday night saw the beginning of tie end of the Liverpool Camp. The Newcastle and Mainland contingent were to have left, according to tho railway…

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Women Soldiers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 43

Could women defend their country, as soldiers? As a matter of fact, everyone knows that hundreds of individuals have done so; and so many of them were identified by accident…

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Old and Young Soldiers--Lord Kitchener Inspects the Veterans and Cadets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 33

A Flag for the Veteran Soldiers. Lord Kitchener and Major-General Hoad. Junior Cadets Marching Past. Inspecting the Cadets…

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New Turkish Cabinet. Shevket Pasha at the War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Hakki Bey has succeeded in forming a Cabinet in Turkey, the principal portfolios being allotted as follow:--…

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Shocking Cannon Accident. at Melbourne Heads. Shell Bursts in Gun Pit. Thirteen Soldiers Injured

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The operations at Point Nepean to-day in connection with Lord Kitchener's visit were marred by a most sensational accident, which narrowly escaped being…

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Australian's As Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 6

It has never been expected that Lord Kitchener would make any definite public criticisms upon what he saw and did not see in Australia until he laid his report…

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Soldier Seriously Injured. Melbourne

The Star · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

Private Hillias Smith, of Bendigo, was kicked by a horse at the Seymour camp to-day, and was brought to Melbourne suffering from injuries to the chest…

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Lord Kitchener and the Australian Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

In the short speech delivered by Lord Kitchener at the banquet tendered to him by the Federal Government in Melbourne on Tuesday night there was a wealth of…

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A Victim of the Boer War

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

A large number of gentlemen, including General Sir R. Pole Carew, General Sir A. Turner, Lord Castletown, Lord John Joicey-Cecil, Lord Edmund Talbot, Lord Winterton,…

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A Grave Defect. Restraint in Event of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

The Ottawa correspondent of the "Morning Post" writes that Sir Wilfrid Laurier has made important concessions to the weight of public opinion in adopting the…

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The Australian Soldier

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

There is no reason why Australia should no produce infantry as steady and strong as Napoleon's "Old Guards," and cavalry daring enough to…

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Soldier's Thrilling Experience

The Star · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

Hans Auspitz, a young soldier of the German army, went through a remarkable experience at Goettingen, whither he had been despatched by the colonel of his…

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Gunnery Accident. Several Soldiers Injured. a Premature Discharge. Disaster Narrowly Missed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon.--A shell from a 9.21n. gun exploded in the gun pit during operations at Point Nepean to-day, in connection with Lord Kitchener's visit. Two shots had been fired, and there had also…

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Canada's Fleet. Details Before Parliament. Cost of Two and a Third Millions. Serious Delay Possible. Where War Breaks Out. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

The Canadian Naval Service Bill was Introduced into the House of Commons of the Dominion yesterday. Mr. L. P. Brodeur, Minister for Marine, was to have…

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The Traffic in War Medals

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

Ex-Sergeant of Scouts, F.I.D., etc, writes:— Lord Kitchener's rapid tour bf inspection through' the St&tes bas thrown up a number of furious arid Interesting "eddies" in the usually…

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Newest War Terror. America's 14in. Gun, and What It Does

The World's News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 7

THE United States has built the biggest gun in the world. It is for use in naval warfare, and can be mounted on land for coast defence or be placed in the turrets of…

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