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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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

French Soldiers Must Not Attend Mass

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

The colonel of the 93rd ,Infantry Regiment at La Roche-sur-Yon has issued an order interdicting his soldiers against assisting at Mass in any of the churches of…

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War Should Cease

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 14

In the midst of success there is failure; in the midst of life—death; the brightest beams of sunshine often end in shadow. In the midst of joy there is grief; in the midst of love,…

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Three Revolver Shots. Affray at Camperdown. Two Men Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

A shooting affray in which Peter M'Grath (24) and Granville Butler (30) received slight injuries occurred last night at Camperdown. M'Grath is a french-polisher, and lives in…

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For War. British Ships Building. the New Dreadnoughts. Twelve Cruisers of Town-class

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The battleship which will be laid down at the Portsmouth Yards on the 16th inst.will be named King George the Fifth, and not the Royal George,…

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Turks and Arabs Fight. Many Killed and Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 13

CONSTANTINOPLE, Thursday Night.--Fighting has taken place at Taez, Yemen, between Turkish troops and Arab tribesmen. Of the latter 63 were killed and 113…

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Shooting in a Restaurant. a Man Wounded. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11

At about 9.30 to-night a sensation was created in Hindley-street by the sound of revolver shots and the appearance of a man running out of a restaurant, with blood…

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Why European War is Impossible

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

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An Aerial Victim. From Soldier of Fortune to Air King

The World's News · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 21

The aviators John Moisant and Arch Hoxsey have been killed near New Orleans owing to encountering treacherous air currents.—Cable Item. OST of our readers will remember…

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The Anarchist Affray. One Desperado Shot in the Head. Why the Soldiers Were Sent For. an Official Explanation. London

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 5

The coroner's Inquiry regarding the deaths of the two anarchists who met their and in the Whitechapel affray has commenced. The post-mortem examination showed that…

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War Office Aeroplanes

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 19

The Henry Farman biplane which has been purchased by the British War Office successfully passed the tests imposed by the Government last month at Chalons…

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The Honduras Revolution Engineered By Capitalists. War Directed From Wall Street Chicago

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

Recent developments in connection with the revolution in Honduras show that the matter is being directed, not from the heart of the revolutionary,…

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The Moving Picture Show No More War

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

The Evangelical Council of New South Wales has decided to abolish war. Wow! wow!! In a few brief months we shall have the benign spectacle of the "John Williams,"…

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Meat Supplies. War Office Contract. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 7

A cable message has been received by the Minister for Agriculture from the Agent-General, stating that the War Office is calling for tenders for preserved meats,…

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At War with Society. Clapham Common Murder. Searching for "S."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The police, in their search for the murderer of the French Jew, Beron, whose dead body was found on Clapham Common, with both…

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Boy Soldiers. Working Up the Areas. Signing Them on in Hordes. Making the "Boys of the Bulldog Breed."

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 1

"You can't reform a man by legislation" is a statement which we have heard frequently from the man on the kerbstone. But the Federal Government, by the introduction of…

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What a War Would Cost. Some Interesting Figures

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 20

Mr. Edgar Crammond, in the "Quarterly Review" has an interesting article entitled "International Finance in Time of War." He mentions that the Austrian Minister for…

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Fishermen at War. Bomb Thrown at a 'Frisco Hotel "Busting" Up a Trust. San Francisco

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 1

A great sensation was caused by a bomb outrage in the Latin quarter. The bomb was thrown by an Italian fisherman at a hotel that is mostly occupied by…

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Death of a Young Soldier

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. Claude Prior Rogers, son of Mr. Geo. Rogers, and a member of a very well known local family, died, after a somewhat lengthy illness, on Saturday…

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Some Startling Statements. What a Noumean Resident, Says. Skilled Japs Arriving. Engineers and Bridge Builders. All Fought in the Russo-jap War

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

The most serious pronouncement in the whole of to-day's inquiries by "The Sun" was that made this afternoon by a prominent resident of Noumea, who is now…

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Wounded with an Axe. the Woolloomooloo Case. Monday Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 10

Edgar Munday (28) appeared before Mr. Clarke. S.M.. at the Water Police Court yesterday on a charge of having, at Sydney, on December 20, indicted grievous bodily harm upon his wife, Elizabeth Ann Munday…

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