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The wars & local soldiers, 1911

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A Message to the Boy Soldiers. Get Ready to do Your Duty

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

The Minister for Defence (Sena[?] Pearce) on Monday sent the following…

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One War Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 7

In the "Fortnightly" Lieut.—Col. Pollock pleads for the appointment of a single Minister of the Crown to deal with army and navy conjointly, as originally proposed bu Lord…

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The Mullah's War Flag

The World's News · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 19

The illustration on this page shows the Mullah of Somaliland, in East Africa, raising his war standard against the British…

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War Secrets

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 5

The Czar has at last given Permission for the publication of the reports written by the Russian general staff on the Russo-Japanese War, and the first volume has…

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Soldier's Action for Libel. Defeated by Military Evidence. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 7

In the case in which a former Sergt. Major of the Middlesex Yeomanry, named Edmondson, sued Leopold Charles Amery, editor of the "Times His…

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A Soldier and a Man. the Story of General Gordon

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 17

The lives and characters of some men make us feel that they have stepped down to us from another world. General Gordon was one of these. He might have…

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Soldier's Action for Libel. a Boer War Incident. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 9

In the action brought by Edmondson, a former sergeant-major in the Middlesex Yeomanry, against Leopold Charles Amery, editor of the "Times'" "History of the War…

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General Cronje Dead. Incident of War Recalled. Capetown, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 9

The death is announced of General P[?]t A. Cronje, who commanded the western army of the South African Republic during the Boer war, and finally surrendered at…

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Soldiers All

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8

Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, has sent forth a message to the boys of Australia that deserves to work itself into our hearts in letters of fire…

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Mexican Revolt. Big Engagement Imminent. Rebels Derail Federal Train. Many Soldiers Killed and Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Sunday Afternoon.--The insurgent force which was despatched yesterday to lay an ambush for the Federal troops advancing towards Juarez, pulled up…

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The Mexican War. Studying It From Aeroplanes. New York

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7

It is probable that the United. States Government will make an immediate appropriation of £25,000 for the purchase of aeroplanes in which American officers' will patrol the…

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Certainty of War. Between America and Japan. Steel Magnate's Declaration. Paris

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 1

In definite and unmeasured terms Charles Schwab, the American steel magnate, has impressed French statesmen and financiers with the certainty of war taking place between the…

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Soldiers of the King. the Story of N.s.w. Regiments. the Irish Rifles. Xix

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 6

The Irish Rifle Regiment was formed as a result of a great public meeting of Irish citizens held in the Sydney Town Hall in November 1895.His Eminence Cardinal Moran presiding…

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Man Terribly Wounded. Remarkable Case at Albury. Albury

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 6

William Dawson, a benchman employed at T. H. Mate and Co.'s timber mills, was in a terrible plight when he was found in his house yesterday morning by Senlor-constable…

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The Cost of War. Some Startling Figures

Co-operator · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 1

While some men are speculating about the chances of the coming war, and how it may arise, a writer in the “Quarterly Review” has been…

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Italy and Austria. Will They Go to War? an Alarming Outlook. Rome

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 7

Italian statesmen admit that the war which Admiral Chiari, of the Austrian navy, predicted would take place between Italy and Austria is not far off…

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War Against Tuberculosis

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

For some time past the Premiers of the various States have been considering proposals for united action in regard to tuberculosis. The result is…

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The War Against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 3

Blow-flies are causing great trouble at Belltrees and other places on the Upper HUnter, N.S.W. Gundagai (N.S.W.) rabbit…

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War Office Contracts. Tinned Meat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture is in receipt of forms of tender for the supply of tinned meat to the War Office, London. The contract is to be for the supply of 750,000 tins,…

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