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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 110

New War Aeroplane. to Carry 1000 Pounds of Explosives

The World's News · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 13

Discussing his plans for building military aeroplanes in conjunction with M. Bleriot and Sir Hiram Maxim, Mr. Claude Grahame-White said…

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War at Its Worst. the Bloodshed in Mexico. Capital City Threatened. Country More Unsettled Than Ever

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 14

MEXICO CITY, Thursday Afternoon.--The negotiations for peace notwithstanding, 2000 rebels are threatening an attack upon the capital, where famine conditions prevail…

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Socialist Fables. The Soldiers and the Agent

The International Socialist · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

A SOLDIER who had been through the Boer war came to the conclusion that war was a fraud, a capitalist confidence-trick, and a trap for the ignorant worker…

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Across Tee Continent. a Great Railway Line. Its Importance in Peace and War. As Easy 1063 Miles of Track

Truth · Sunday 7 May 1911 · page 5

Few people hear now-a-days of an important work to be understand in the near future, which is intended to enable a man to enter a railway train at, say…

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General Sir Charles Burnett. Australian Soldier of the Empire

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 May 1911 · page 5

The erect, lithe, active man, who answers to the title of General Sir Charles Burnett, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., is the beau ideal of a British soldier. The bronze put on by the sun of India, Ashanti…

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Widow Murdered Ex-soldier Describes How He Slew Young Woman. [?]Per Mail.]

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 May 1911 · page 14

"In all my life I never knew a more cold-blooded murder," remarked Mr. Wynne Baxter, the East London Coroner, after listening to the astounding narrative of a self-confe[?]…

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Race Purity. the Samoan Planters' Association Gives Hints to German Immigrants. a Young German Attacks Its Pernicious Advice. Intense Indignation of the Half-castes of German Samoa. They Threaten to Tar, Feather, and Lynch Young Michaelis. Soldiery Shield the Scribe from the Strenuous Semi-Sameans, He is Forced to Leave the Settlement

Truth · Sunday 7 May 1911 · page 11

A large public riot was caused in Apia in the middle of April by an article on race purity that appeared in the "Samoanische Zeitung," from the pen of C…

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Hyde Park Hiding. Francis-street Women at War. The 'Clips of the Daughter. the Campbells Are Coming, and the Warring of the Green

Truth · Sunday 7 May 1911 · page 6

There was a sound of revelry by night in the neighborhood of Francis-street, Hyde Park, on the 19th of last month, and as a result, Margaret Green summoned Kate…

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New War Aeroplane. [?]Oolb of Explosives

Evening News · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 6

Discussing his plans for building military aeroplanes in conjunction with M. Ble[?] and Sir Hiram Maxim, Mr.Clande [?] Whit the English aviator, is reports as having said…

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Latest Cables. "War Without Quarter." Mexican Rebels' Decision. Washington

The Sun · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 5

"War without Quarter until Diax is removed from the Presidency and out of Mexico"--this is the announcement made by the Mexican rebels junto to-night following the…

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Boy Soldiers' Expenses

Evening News · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 9

The Coronation Cadets Citizens Fund now approvina[?] and with the additional revenue to be derived from the three matinee performances to be given at the [?]…

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Aeroplanes in War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 6

It is now practically an assured fact that the French were right in forceasting the triumph of the aeroplane over the airship,and that the Germans were wrong in…

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Holy War Proclaimed. London, May 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 9

The Tangier correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that all the tribes have proclaimed a holy war. It is reported that the people of Mekinez…

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War Railway Council. to Meet in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Following upon the inter-State Railway Conference about to be held in Sydney, a meeting of the War Railway Council will he held there on the 19th inst. Some…

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War Railway Council. Meeting in Sydney. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 9

Advantage is to be taken of the interstate railway conference to be held [?] Sydney this month to hold another meeting of the War Railway Council of representatives of the…

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Selected Verse. Tennyson on Airships of War

Globe · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 9

Tennyson, many years ago, in his "vision of the world and all the wonder that would be"—Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails…

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Latest Cables. Rebels' Desperate Stand. Heavy Fighting in Jaurez. Church and Gaol As Forts. Gambling-rooms Filled with Wounded. the Dead Lying in the Streets. Mexico

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 8

Desperate fighting is taking place in Jau[?]ez. Latest despatches report that the rebels are gaining on the Federal forces, and are…

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Military Discipline. "Old Soldier" writes:--

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 8

"Travelling In the 4.30 p.m. train from Liverpool. I came in contact with a number of men and judging from their attire they were playing soldiers at the camp situated…

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The Airship in Time of War. What will be its Special Uses in the Field? Will It Revolutionise Fighting? a Big Question for All. ("Globe" Special.)

Globe · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 1

In almost all the principal centres of Australia, and in New Zealand, an aeroplane has now been seen in full flight. The Dominion has one or two machines which fly, and Australia…

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Battle with Mountain Women. Customs Man Fatally Wounded

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 10

One officer fatally wounded, another with a finger shot off, and a third frightened from the scene was the result of a battle between three women on one side and…

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