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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 110

Dickens Soldier Son

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 13

It was known to must students of Indian history that Landor Dickens s solder son of Charles Dickens had [?]in the Military Cemetery in Calcutta…

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Ignored. Landing of Soldiers and Sailors. State's Protest. How It Was Treated by the Commonwealth

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 14

The question of regulations governing the conditions tinder which sailors and soldiers may be landed from foreign men-of-war or transports on the shores of New South Wales has…

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Football War. Lawn Tennis. Not the Game But the Player. Cannot Wipe Out Amateurism. Meeting of Eastern Suburbs Union. N.s.w. Association's Finances

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 16

Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club held its annual meeting at Paddington Town Hall last night. There was a big Attendance, and the gathering was an enthusiastic one. Mr. C. Y. A second meeting of the council of the Nwe South Wales Association was held at Aaron's Exchange Hotel, Gresham-street, Sydney, on Friday night, to dent with the further…

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Palace—"civil War."

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1911 · page 2

Last night Mr. G. S. Titheradge was warmly welcomed on his return to the footlights. The occasion was the first performance in Australia, at the Palace Theatre, of "Civil War," by the…

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War in Mexico. Rebels Retreat Vancouver, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1911 · page 7

E! Paso advices state that two days' stubborn fighting has taken place in the neighborhood of San Rafael. The rebels outnumbered the Federal…

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Dreams Dispelled. Germany Desires Not Arbitration But War. the French View. Paris, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1911 · page 7

The "Echo de Paris," commenting on Dr. Bentham von Hollweg's (German Imperial Chancellor) remarkable speech, says that it has surely dispelled dreams of certain…

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Fighting in Morocco. Sultan's Raw Soldiers Get Panic. Tangier, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1911 · page 7

Despite the French instructors' pretest, the Sultan of Morocco sent a thousand untrained troops and two guns out against the Berbers…

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The Palace—"civil War."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 5

On Saturday evening the Sydney Stage Society presented, at the Palace Theatre, a drama by Ashley Dukes, entitled "Civil War." There was a fair attendance, and special interest was attached to the…

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"Civil War" at the Palace

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 10

The chief interest in the production by the Stage Society of "Civil War" at the Palace Theatre on Saturday night was the reappearance of Mr. G. S. Titheradgn. The…

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"Civil War." Sydney Stage Society's Production

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 7

The re-appearance of Mr. G. S. Titheradge and Miss Lily Titheradge, with the members of the Sydney Stage Society in the production of a now comedy drama, "Civil War," at the Palace…

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War Office "Millinery." an Order Cancelled

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 7

London [?] Morning.—The Wor Office [?] others should [?]…

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"Inevitable." War Between Japan and U.S. BERLIN

The Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 1

It is still held in diplomatic circles here that the recent mobilisation of the United States troops was merely a forerunner of the great clash which is inevitable between the…

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Boy Soldiers. Appointment of Medical Officers

Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 9

The cadets rifles and all the [?]…

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Treacherous Natives. French Soldiers Murdered. Massacre in French Guinea. Paris, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 9

A captain, lieutenant, and 10 tirailleurs were treacherously murdered by "friendly" natives, in French Guinea. West Africa. The rest of the tirailleurs seized the…

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Man-o'war and Flying Machine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 36

MR. HAMMOND continues to make successful flights in Melbourne, and his performances have greatly increased the general interest in aviation in the Commonwealth. Quite a number of well-known people have made…

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The Boer War. British General's Sensational Book. Remarkable Accusations

Globe · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 7

"I have full reason to think now that even at that time a section of the people, including several people at the War Office, were at work to bring that war about at an early date.—Sir…

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For War. the Roberts Ideal. Grave and Growing Concern. British Readiness. Peep Ailed Foil a Bolt From the Blue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Roberts, V.C., proposed:--That in view of the altered strategic…

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New Governor-general. Lord Denmans Career. Soldier and Politician. (From a Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 11

LONDON (via Fremantle), March 10 The career of your now Governor-General is not of the sort which lends itself to a summary in the "Who's Who manner. Many…

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Murderous Assault Woman Severely Wounded. Brother in a Demented State

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A murderous assault was made on a woman, Maggie Spring, at her home at Bochara, about eight miles from Hamilton, last, night, and she was severely…

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War of Extermination. Against the Mexican Rebels. New York

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 1

As a result of the positive refusal of Senor. Francisco Madero, leader of the Mexican insurrectos, to consider any terms of peace unless all the demands of the revolutionists are…

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