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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

2,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 144

Italo-turkish War. Rome, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 9

It is officially denied that the Italians have landed at Farsan Island, in the Red Sea…

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"Civil War in No Time." Threatened Coal Strike. Biggest Struggle Ever Known. Nothing Like It Since 1870. LONDON

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 7

Mr. James Haslam, the Labor M.P. for Chesterfield, Derbyshire, speaking to a press interviewer to-day, said:--"We look for one of the biggest struggles…

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Turco-italian War. "Italian Sovereignty."

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 8

ROME, Friday.—Yesterday, amid desfeuing cheers, a Bill was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies railfying the italian sovereignty over Tripoli and Crrenaica…

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Dogs in War. Successful Italian Experiment

The World's News · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 19

Marked suecess has attended the efforts of the Italian war authorities at Tripoli in the use of dogs as additional guards to their lines of entrenchments. More particularly have they…

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Italo-turkish War. Italian Annexation Bill. Rome, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 17

Yesterday, amid deafening cheers, a bill was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies, ratifying the Italian sovereignty over Tripoli and Cyrenaica…

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Turkish Italian War. Question of Peace Overtures Rome

The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 3

It is expected that Parliament will give the Cabinet complete powers with respect to the Tripolitan campaign. At present it is realised that it is…

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Threatened Coal War. Mr. Asquith's Peace Proposals. Veiled Threats Have No Effect. London

The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 3

According to the "Daily Telegraph" the proposals submitted by Mr. Asquith at yesterday's conference with the miners and' owners were:--…

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The Way of the World. (Continued From Page 1.) Outrage by Soldiers. Eight Men Charged with Brutal Conduct to a Woman

The Arrow · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 2

Eight soldiers were committed for trial at Ludgershall Police Court. near Marlborough (Eng.) last month for being concerned in a brutal outrage of the young wife of a…

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War and the Money Market

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1912 · page 19

War between France and Germany, according to Mr. Norman Angell, the author of "The Great Illusion," lecturing to the Institute of Bankers, in London, was averted not by…

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Relics of a Civil War Siege

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1912 · page 15

Some skeletons, brass buttons and a buckle which have been unearthed at Headgate, Colchester (Eng.) are believed to be relics of the memorable siege by the Parliament troops…

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"Civil War in No Time." What the Leaders Have Said

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1912 · page 7

Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P., president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain: "So far as I am concerned, if a settlement is possible, there will be one. I do not anticipate that we…

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Aeronautics in 1911. the Aeroplane's First Appearance in War. a Year of Records

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1912 · page 12

By English people, at all events, not much pleasure is to be derived from looking back upon the aeronautical record of the past year (says the aeronautical expert of the London…

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Traitor Degraded. French Soldier's Punishment. Paris, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1912 · page 7

Corporal Deschamps, who in November last was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for stealing the plans of a mitrailleuse and selling them to Germany, was at Chalons yesterday…

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Unclaimed War Medals

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 6

The War Office, in a communication received by this week's English mails, it portion of which was--mirabile dietu--sent out last night, notifies that a number of the King's and Queen's South…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War. Turkish Warships Sunk. Engagement at Beirut. Britain Takes an Interest

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 8

ROME, Sunday.—It is semi-officially stated at Volarne that the cruiser Garibaldi was sent to Beirut to destroy two warships which were facilitating contraband and endangering transports…

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Striken Down. Training School Interrupted. German Soldiers' Plight

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 8

BERLIN, Sunday Evening.—The operations of the military training school at Potsdam have been interrupted. One hundred and eighty non-commissioned…

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THe War against Pests

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 3

Rabbits are becoming very numerous throughout the Moss Vale district, N.S.W., and the Pastures Protection Board is taking steps to ensure the…

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Wrestling. War Doesn't Disturb the Turks

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 9

Despite the war with Italy, word has come from Constantinople that Turkey will be represented in the next Olympic panics. The Ottoman empire is to send a team of wrestlers that is expected to clean up everything in…

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C0st of the War. Rome. Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 9

The Chamber of Deputies is considering extraofdinary credits to the amount of 205,000,000 lire (£8,550,000), covering the cost of the war till the end of February…

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