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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

2,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 110

Forty-five Years of War on Misery. Famous Novelist's Tale of a World-wide Work

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 14

Mr. Rider Haggard has once more deserted the realms of romance. His new book, "Regeneration" is a brilliant and lucid account of the social work of the Salvation Army…

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Soldier, Explorer, Governor. Who Was Also a Statesman

The World's News · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 10

WITH a general outline of the closing years of the arduous life of that truly grand old man. Sir George Grey, most…

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The Mexican Revolution. Federal Soldiers Fanning the Flames. Mexico

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 1

The "Herald's" correspondent, in pointing out how the Federal troops are fanning the revolutionary flames, claims that the soldiers [?]ave wrecked the home of a widow, throwing…

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Italian Ire. War Vessels Move. Think of Tackling the Turks. Rome

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 7

Considerable excitement has been caused here, by the departure of the battleship Pisa for Egypt. The San Giorgio and San Marco have…

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Politicians Who Were Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 20

Over 170 members of the new British Parliament— about a quarter of the whole —have at some time or other worn the King's uniform. There have been very few…

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Shrieking Soldiery. Rousing the Revolutionists. a Widow Woman's Home Wrecked. Mexico City

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 7

The correspondent of the New York "Herald," to show how the flames of revolution are fanned by Federal troops, says that a company of soldiery wrecked the…

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A Station Tragedy. Girl Murdered. Mother Seriously Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 6

WHITTON, Saturday.--A terrible tragedy occurred at Billenbah, twelve miles from here, today. A youth is said to have obtained a gun at the homestead, and shot Miss Amy Warby dead…

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The War Cloud. What Russia Is Doing. the Strength of France

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 10

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The military correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazettr'' describes Germany's pressure on Holland to fortify as due to the enormous…

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An American Protest. Assault by Turkish Soldiers. Constantinople. Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 9

America has strongly protested to the Porte, owing to Turkish soldiers, when voyaging aboard the steamer New Jersey, assaulting the consular agent at…

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The Surf Rescuers. Public Movement Afoot. Ideal for Boy Soldiers. Monster Athletic Demonstration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 9

The splendid achievements of Baker and Clarken at Coogee last Saturday are not to go unrewarded. Both the plucky athletes are anxious to…

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Soldiers at the Coronation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 7

Two mistakes appear to have been made in connection with the military representation of the Commonwealth at the Coronation. The first in treating "representation" as a…

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Thirty-five Years of War on Misery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 56

Mr. Rider Haggard has once more deserted the realms of romance. His new book "Regeneration" is a brilliant and lucid account of the social work of the Salvation Army…

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Soldiers of the King. the Story of N.s.w. Regiments. the Australian Rifles Xviii

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 14

Though the new year saw all the volunteer units converted into militia, still they will be referred to in this series of articles as volunteer, regiments, as these articles deal with…

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A Pictorial Miscellany. the State Governor at Bowral Opening New Additions to Hospital. the Northern Aborigines As Soldiers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 31

Commander Douglas, R.N., late of the Commonwealth forces, says that the natives of the Northern Territory would make good soldiers. I agree with him. Nearly all the…

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A Soldier Goes Wrong. Did Nothing for a Livelihood

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 4

An educated man answering to the name of Guy Chatteris pleaded guilty at Sydney Quarter Sessions this morning to a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling of W. H…

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"Ran From the Enemy." Soldier's Action for Libel. Incident of the Boer War. Lord Roberts Gives Evidence. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 9

A former sergeant-major in the Middle--sex Yeomanry, named Edmondson, is suing Leopold Charles Amery, editor of the "'Times' History of the War in South…

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Labor Conference. Huge Representation at Leicester. the Question of the Pledge. Strikes As Preventive of War

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Labor Party Conference at Leicester provides a record, in the number of delegates who represent 1,350,000 unionists as against 1,450,000 last…

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After the Battle: The Downfall of the Tories Now War to the Knife LONDON, December 24. Mr. O'Brien Blames the Tory Press

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 7

The "Daily News" says: The entire failure pf Mr. O'Brien and his party to make even one serious attempt outside Cork to capture a seat is a marked and significant…

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The War Against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

Barham branch F.S.A. has decided to ask Wakool Shire Council, N.S.W., to take more drastic measures in dealing with the eradication of saffron…

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The Airship in War. Britain's First Aeronaught. London

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

Great Britain's first army airship is nearing completion. For the past twelve months a staff of aeronautic experts, along with a number of naval…

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