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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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A Jealous Letter and a Revolver. Soldier Brought From Hospital on Murder Charge. the Confession. London, December 29

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 22

Having lain more than three months in hospital, a young sergeant of the Royal West Kent Regiment, stationed at Peshawur, India, was brought from Guy's into the Tower Bridge…

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Old Sydney. From Bent-street to Bligh-street—Merchant Campbell's Old Home—William Thurlow, Old-time Lawyer—Some Old Solicitors: J. M. Grant, Stephen Campbell Brown, Alexander Dick—An Early Railway Contractor: William Randle—W. G. Pennington and the Court of Claims—Buchan Thompson—"J. Hinton's Forge"—"Some Fragments of Old Sydney"—In Old Castlereagh-street—A Picturesque Ruin—Tom Kite's Mansion—Mr. J. C. Bowden and the Club House—The Cottage of the Norton's—The Volunteer Club—The Victoria Club—The "Pilot Irish" of the "Reform"—An Early Menagerie—Some Early Merchants—At Soldier's Point—A Military Bathing House—The Two Erskine's—A Soldier and a Parson

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 9

From Bent-street let us step into Eligh-street, named after that old-time Governor who was deposed on Anniversary Day in 1808. There are some fairly old houses…

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War

Construction : Weekly Supplement to Building · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 2

To-day Australia is confronted with civil war. A body of workers has held up Brisbane, threatened it with starvation, defied constituted authority, unless a few of them be allowed to wear a trinket on their…

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Sinews of War. Collections in Sydney

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 1

This morning Mr. Bernerd called on Mr. A.C. Warton, secretary of the N.S.W. Tramway Employees' Union, at the Trades Hall, and informed him he had collected £2 1s 2½d…

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Officers Must Report. New War Office Instructions. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

The War Office, has issued fresh instructions to officers travelling in Germany. In future the officers must report themselves in Alsace-Lorraine to the police and military,…

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"War Office Not Worth 5s." Lieutenant Charged with Window Breaking

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 5

The last of the army of window-breakers and others who took part in the violent attempt of suffragettes to enter the House of Commons appeared before Mr. Marsham at Bow-street…

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War of Workers. General Strike Anticipated. Can't Come to Terms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Evening.--The masters have refused the application of the cotton weavers for an increase of wages until peace has been restored…

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War Office Orders. Officers Must Report Themselves. Whey Travelling in Germany

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Saturday.--The War Office has issued fresh instructions to officers traveling in Germany, including reporting themselves at Alsace-Lorraine to the police and military…

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Brisbane Strike. (Continued from Page 1.) Wheels Go Round. Cars Guarded by Soldiers. Cheered by Populace. Strikers Cowed by Military. Brisbane, Monday, 12.20 p.m

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 7

All the employees of the Tramway Company who are loyal to Mr. Badger were sworn in as special constables this morning, and they were all armed with revolvers…

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China's Destiny. Yuan Shih Kai's Soldiers. Will Preserve His Life

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 10

PEKIN, Friday Evening.--General Yuan Shih Kai's soldiers have circulated many thousands of leafiets, in which they allege that a Chinese secret society, with headquarters in Pekin, is…

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Latest Cables. Back From India. Their Majesties Return. London's Welcome Home. London

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 8

The King and the Queen, returned to London to-day from their Indian tour. Queen Alexandra and the Prince of Wales were at Portsmouth to greet their Majesties…

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The War against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

Parrots and soldier-birds are becoming a nuisance to the orchards in the Bathurst district, N.S.W. Some of the landholders on Guy…

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Barbers War. Strongly-worded Circular

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 8

A determined war is being waged against the master hairdressers of Sydney who have not adopted the increased scale of charges, which became operative yesterday…

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Belgium's Little War. the Congo Rising

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 9

BRUSSELS, Monday.--Details are now forthcoming of the rising of the tribesmen of the Welle district of the Congo. It appears that the Walendu tribe massacred…

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Turco-italian War. Frenchmen Expelled From Hodeidah. Paris. Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 9

The eviction of Frenchmen who were employed constructing a railway and port at Hode[?]dah is causing much friction in Paris…

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Sinews of War. No Lack of Funds. Another £600 From Sydney

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 7

There does not seem to be any scarcity of money in Sydney to aid the Queensland unionists in their severe struggle. Early this morning a Mr. Bernard called…

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Ambitious Japs. Disabilities in America. Conditions That Must Cause War. Washington

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 1

Mr. Sidney Ballou, one of the judges, of the Hawaiian courts, who has come to Washington as a delegate to the Navy League Convention to be held here on the 22nd inst.,…

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Politics from the Rural Standpoint Brief Comment on Current Affairs Civil War in Brisbane

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 1

WE have few readers, probably, who are not with us in believing that militant, coercive unionism is a terrible menace to…

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Australian Soldiers. Governor-general's Tribute. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 8

The Governor-General on Saturday unv[?]d tablets affixed to the soldiers' memorial in Sturt-street, Ballarat. The tablets record the names of all the Victorians who fell in the…

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Welcome Home. Return of Canon Archdall

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 7

In St. Barnabas' Parish-hall last evening the Protestant Church of England Union tendered a "welcome home" to Rev. Canon Archdall, M.A., of Penrith parish, who, with Mrs. and…

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