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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 110

Millions for War Plant

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 1

Silly Au-[?] having got the craze, we are now asked to fork out twenty-two million sterling a preli[?]ary for a supply of war…

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Privilege and Pain. the War of the Trusts. No. I.

Co-operator · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

The whole world is a tremendous draught board. Look at a map that has been prepared upon Mercator's Projection, and the strength of the…

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Statement by President Taft. Rumours of War Absurd. Washington, March 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 9

President Taft announced to-day that he never had any intention of intervening forcibly in Mexico unless the conditions there were of the gravest character…

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Mexican Revolt. an Ominous Report. Bitter War Promised. El Paso (Texas), March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 9

If the pence proposals are not consummated, the rebel leaders will join forces. A bitter war is promised…

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Bitter War. or Early Peace in Mexico. the American Intention. Statement by President Taft

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 7

EL PASO, Tuesday.--If the peace proposals are not consummated the Mexican rebel leaders will join forces, and a bitter war is promised…

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The War against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

Foxes are becoming troublesome about Blacktown, N.S.W., and local farmers report heavy poultry losses. At the last meeting of the Marburg…

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The Pacific War-cloud. Warning to Canada. "Widen the Political Outlook."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 10

VANCOUVER, Thursday.--Sir Edward Priaulx Tennant, ex-M.P. (Lib.) for Salisbury (Eng.), at a banquet at the Canadian Club, spoke of the prospects of the Monroe doctrine against…

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Aeroplane Flights. to Be Made in Sydney. Uses for Pleasure and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 7

Excellent aeroplane performances will, it is confidently expected by Mr. Sydney Smith, the manager of the Bristol Biplane Manufacturing Company, be witnessed in Sydney during…

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Bioscope Banned. German Soldiers Not to Gee Socialist Leader's Funeral

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 12

An almost incredible instance of pettiness on the part of the military authorities is reported from (says a Berlin telegram of February 16). In the cinematograph theatres of that city one of the…

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Arbitration and War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 12

A curious fallacy underlies the contention of those members of the House of Commons who are urging the Government to reduce the programme of naval…

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Mayor Attacks Safe-blowers. Two of the Robbers Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 14

GAHANNA (OHIO), Thursday.--The Mayor, at the head of a posse, surrounded five safe-blowers. Two of the robbers were wounded, but all escaped…

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In War and Peace

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

The dinner and smoke concert at the Burlington Cafe, George-street, Sydney, on Friday night, to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of the departure for South Africa of the N.S.W…

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Transport in War. Mechanical Means

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 13

The concluding of an address by Mr. Horace Wyatt to the British Royal Society of Arts, delivered in London on January 25, is of great interest to Australia, where, in view of…

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"Civil War" at the Palace

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

"Civil War," a new drama, by Ashley [?]kes, will be put on at the Palace Theatre next Saturday and Monday (April 3) by the stage Society. The cast will be headed by Mr. G. S. Titheradge, who th[?]…

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The Class War. Under the Labor Party's Rule

The International Socialist · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

There will be no strikes when the Labor Party governs.—Labor-member Stuart-Robertson. LITHGOW furnacemen and Carcoar iron miners are being prosecuted by the Labor…

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First Airman in Real War. Flight Over Besieged Town

The World's News · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

AN airman's experiences in making the first reconnaisaance in real warfare were telegraphed to New York on February…

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Airman in Action. Flight Over Territory in State of War

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 4

A telegram from Paso (Texas) states that, despite the warning issued by the Mexican authorities that any aviator who crossed the frontier from the United States into Mexico would he fired on, Mr. Hamilton on…

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Russia and War. Disquieting News From Far East. London

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

Private cable advices received yesterday from business firms representatives in the Far East are of a decidedly disquieting character…

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The Soldier Slave

The International Socialist · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 2

IN a recent article Sydney Sun declared:—"It is curious that where Socialism is strongest Militarism is most rampant." That is a point easily explained, although wrongly…

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War on Hatpins

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 March 1911 · page 23

Owing to the number of accidents which have been caused in the streets and on [?]mears in Austria by the long hatpins worn by women, the Budapest police are…

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