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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

1,240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 62

Troop Train Derailed. Many Horses Killed. Soldiers Narrowly Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 13

HOBART, Friday.--As a troop train was proceeding to Ross, from Hobart, to-day, it met with a somewhat serious accident. The whole of the sensational episode was…

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Freight War. an Armistice Arranged. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 February 1910 · page 7

German steamship owners have agreed to refrain from cutting African rates pending the result of negotiations with English lines…

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Kaiser As War Lord. His Right to Disperse the Reichstag LONDON, Saturday. 6.40 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 6 February 1910 · page 1

The Reichstag yesterday, by a huge majority declined to rescind the call to order which the Vice-President administered to Herr Ledebour, a socialist deputy, who had…

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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 6 February 1910 · page 15

For marksmen and first-class shots of the previous year there will be in the new musketry course rapid and timed practice at figure targets from 200 yards to 600 yards; also shap-shooting and running man…

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The Young Soldier

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 6 February 1910 · page 15

Senior Cadet C. Handy, of C Company, first battalion, has been promoted to the rank of corporal. On December 31, 1909, there were 19,279 senior cadet, and cadets in the State of New South Wales…

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Constable Wounded by Italian Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 8

A serious affray occurred early on Saturday morning in George-street, Launceston, when Constable Herbert was stabbed by an Italian named Michael Lagg. The constable, who…

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Shot in the Arm. Man Wounded at Ingleburn

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 6

A man named Henry Small, who resides at. Smithfield, was admitted to Parramatta Hospital this morning, suffering from a wound in the arm, said to be the result of a gunshot…

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Shot in the Arm. a Midnight Altercation. Con Wounded, Step-father Arrested

The Star · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 4

Henry Small, aged 40, living at Smithfleld, was admitted to the Parramatta Hospital this morning with a portion of the flesh of one of his arms shot away…

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Horses for War. Making a Census. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 7

An important meeting of horsebreeding societies and horscowners was held yesterday, to consider the supplies of horses available in case of war. Viscount…

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War of Tariffs. America, France, and Canada London, Sunday, 3.30 p.m

The Star · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 1

The Washington correspondent of the "Times" reports that the way is clear for American negotiations with Franco and Canada on the tariff question…

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War Lord's Powers. Reichstag Self-abasement. May Be Cleared with Bayonet. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 7

A week ago, during the debate, on the Military Estimates, Herr von Oldenburg, a Conservative, raised a storm by stating that the Emperor must be able to say to…

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Troop Train Derailed. Horses Slaughtered. Narrow Escape of Soldiers. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 7

An accident to a troop train near Andover on Friday occurred through a truck behind the engine Jumping the line. Succeeding trucks and carriages telescoped, but the…

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A Welcome Home

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 6

A smoke concert was given in the I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, on Monday night, under the auspices of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures, for the…

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Mittagong Assault Case. Wounded Chinaman's Condition. Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 7

The Chinaman Ah Fung, aged about 35 years, who was brutally assaulted on Friday last, has, from inquiries made at the hospital, regained consciousness and made a statement…

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On the Brink of War

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

The Cretan difficulty took so bad a turn during the week that for a few days it looked as if Turkey's opportunity to declare war had come. The point, as previously explained, is…

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Japanese Cruisers Coming. Were Sunk in the Russian War. the Bayan and Varyiag

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

Captain T. Sekine, of the Japanese mall steamer Yawata Maru, which arrived from the East this morning, announces that two Japanese cruisers manned by cadets are soon…

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Lord Kitchener's Future. Unionist Minister for War

Evening News · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 4

Several English newspapers which arrived by the last mall deal with Lord Kitchener's future, and one or two of them declare that if the Unionists had won a commanding majority…

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What the British' Soldier Reads

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 9

Fond as he is of novels, the British soldier, according to the "Book Monthly,' does not rend these to the exclusion of everything else. Biography, travel, and…

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The "Dead Soldier's Dive." Bondi Baths Accident. Inquest on Thomson

Evening News · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 7

Mr. Stephen Murphy held an inquest concerning the death of James Kelman Thomson, 60, commercial broker, which occurred at Bondi Baths on Saturday afternoon last from injuries…

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War Certain. If England Adopts Protection. Germany Will Fight Against Bankruptcy. "With Every Ship and Every Man"

The Star · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 3

Mr. Powell, author of "The Fight for the Highway of Nations," contributes a highly interesting and informative article to "Everybody's Magazine," in which he…

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