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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 110

War Preparations Against England. Astounding Developments in Europe. Holland to Spend £3,500,000 on Coast Forts, and "The German Advance" Goes On

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 9

For every dollar put into the Palace of Peace, now approaching completion, more than 15 dol. is being planned for expenditure on…

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Travel Portugal's Sat War

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 19

The new Republican Government of Portugal will have conferred one of the greatest boons on the country if it succeeds in a campaign it has just undertaken…

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He Carried a Razor. a Ship's Fireman Wounded. Thomas Levens Committed for Trail

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 11

A young fellow, Thomas Joseph Levens, aged 23, was, on Monday last, in the Water Police Court, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., charged with having maliciously…

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Belgium's Protest. "To the Point of War."

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says it is difficult to believe that the Dutch Government will hold out against the protests…

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Will It Lead to War? Germany, France, and England. Defences of Flushing May Be the Cause. Angry German Criticism. the Bourse Affected

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 7

BERLIN, Saturday Morning. Herr Keim, ex-leader of the German Navy League, declares that France and England, in attempting to interfere…

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Unless in Danger British Empire Will Not Wage War. London

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 1

The "Morning Post," discussing the question of Imperial defence as a subject for the Imperial Conference, says that Canada, being intent on the problem of territorial…

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Decentralisation. If War Should Come. Expert Military Evidence. Major-general Hoad Examined

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 6

The commission appointed to inquire into the question of railway decentralisation in New South Wales met again his morning in the Board room, Department of Public Works…

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Declaration of London Protests Increasing. "Prejudicial in Peace Time." "A Menace in War."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Throughout the Kingdom there are increasing protests condemning the Declaration of London as prejudicial to British interests in peace time…

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Australia's Protection. Rifles and Ammunition Wanted. Completing the Defences. Insurance Against Waste of War

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 7

The shortness of the supply of rifles and ammunition is Australia and the necessity of having an advance stock so that the country could be properly defended caused a…

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The Point of War. Question of Flushing Defences. Unfavorable Foreign Advices. German Bourse Weakening

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 9

BERLIN, Friday Afternoon.-- Admiral Kelm, ex-leader of the Navy League, declares that Franco and England, in attempting to interfere with Holland's sovereignty,…

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The Permanent Forces. Scarcity of Recruits. What the Government Is Doing for Soldiers. Facilities for Education

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 7

Speaking generally about the permanent military forces of the Commonwealth, the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) said to-day that, excepting the two new batteries…

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A Fruit Inspector's Day. War to the Knife with Carpocapsa. More Irish Blight

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 9

A fruitgrower is a hero. A hero is a man who laughs at fear. The reporter was neither a fruitgrower nor a hero. Consequently he shuddered when he road through the list of diseases…

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The New Code of War. an Imperial Menace. Growing Opposition. Claims of the Colonies. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 9

The "Daily Mail" states that Australia's protest against the Declaration of London is merely a foretaste of the opposition that will come from every quarter of the…

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Disastrous Railway Collision. Passenger Carriages Telescoped. Many People Killed and Injured. Soldiers Carry on Rescue Work. Eleven Bodies Recovered. Cardiff

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 1

A dreadful smash occurred on the railway at Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, to-day. A coal train crashed into a passenger train bound for London, and which was filled with…

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Epidemic Reaches Russia. a Soldier the First Victim. Brought the Plague From Harbin St. Petersburg

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 5

The apprehensions of the Russian Government that the plague would spread into Russian territory are being realised. A case of plague has been reported from a…

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Extraordinary Joke. Man Wounded in Arm. Two Shots Fired. Coolah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 9

A mild sensation occurred here on Sunday night, when a wardsman at the hospital, H. Cook, was shot through the arm by a supposed burglar…

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War and the General Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 10

The general secretary of the Socialist Federation of Australia has received a letter from the International Socialist Bureau at Brussels, advocating a general strike…

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An Opium War. Pekin

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 1

China is in the throes of another opium war. The authorities are determined to stop the importation of the drug, and strenuous means to that end are being provided…

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Manchurian Question. Another War Unlikely. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 9

Mr. C. N. Crosse, the only English barrister practising at Kobo, who was a passenger on the steamer Eastern, which arrived here today, sald in the course of an interview: "In…

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The Spoils of War. Japan's Booty From Port Arthur. Tokio

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 7

Japan is raising money on the booty captured from the Russian's at Pork Arthur. Sixty thousand stand of arms a [?]000,000 cartridges have been sold to Abyssima. The…

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