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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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Cost of the War. Parliament Asked for Money

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 9

ROME, Monday.--The Chamber of Deputies is considering the voting of extraordinary credits amounting to 205,000,000 lira (£8,200,000), covering the cost of the war to the end of…

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United States and Japan. War Not Probable. Berlin

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 1

Captain Perslus, one of the most capable of the retired German naval officers, Writing in the Berlin "Tageblatt," says that he fails to see any probability of war between Japan…

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Two Days More. the Threatened Coal War. a Brighter Outlook. What Has Tuesday in Store?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--The newspapers stale that there are now brighter prospects of the colliery-owners of South Wales, Scotland, Durham, and Northumberland falling into line with…

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Italo-turkish War. the Affair at Beirut. Turkish Ships Sunk. Italian Official Version. Rome, Feb. 25

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

In regard to the sinking of two Turkish warships at Beirut (Syria) it is officially stated that Admiral Faravelll surprised the Turkish warships, which, it is alleged, were…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War. What Happened at Beirut. Expulsion of Italians. Interests of the Towers

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 8

BEIRUT, Monday—Additional d[?] are to hand of the engagement at Beirut, in which the Italian equadron sank the Turkish corvette Avanillah and a torpedo boat…

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Possibilities of Holy War

Globe · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 3

DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOHAMMEDANISM IN THE WORLD AND THE. TYPES OF SONE OF THE REGULARLY TRAINED TROOPS. (See "What a Holy War Would Mean.")…

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The War. Beirut Casualty List

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 7

CONSTANTINOPLE. Tuesday Evening.—Further details of the sinking of the Turkish co[?]veets Avanillah and a torpedo test by the Italian squsdron at Belrut, showed that those…

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Italo-turkish War. Constantinople, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 19

Turkey has protested to the Powers against the Italians firing upon Beirut only twenty minutes after the first notice they had given, in violation of articles I. and II. of the Hague…

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"The Bitterest Contest." Since the Civil War. Their Chances

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The New York correspondent of "The Times" states that Mr. Roosevelt's declaration has caused great excitement in America, and heralds the "bitterest contest…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War. Turkish Munitions Captured. Hague Convention Violated

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 10

ROME, Tuesday Evening.—A steamer has been captures in S[?]ian waters by the Italians having on board 250 tons of munitions for the use of the Turkish troops in Tripoli…

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Way to Prevent War. Dr. Bevan's Impressions. "Labour Has It in Its Hands." Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 19

Dr. Bevan, for many years pastor of the Collins-street Independent Church, Melbourne, and now principal in the Park Theological College, Adelaide, is returning to the latter…

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The Italian Soldier. Merits and Defects

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 11

A London paper last month published a letter dated from Tripoli, from a correspondent giving a pleasant picture of the Italian soldier. What has impressed me more even than his…

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Our Citizen Soldiers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 28

Under the above heading it is proposed to publish each week news and other particulars relating to the Australian Citizen Army. It is hoped that in a very…

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What a Holy War Would Mean. Prof. Powell works out awful Possibilities of Result of Italy's Annexation of Tripoli. the Green Flag of the Prophet. Will it be Unfurled?

Globe · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 1

The Italian Parliament, a[?]id great d[?]eering, on Friday night carried a Bill which ratified the annexation of Tripoli. Thus was a huge slice of country taken from the away of the…

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Welcome Home to Rev, P. Dowling

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 17

The friends and parishioners of Rev. Father Dowling, of Botany, assembled en masse in St. Bernard's school-hall last Monday evening to welcome home their…

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Welcome Home to Rev. M. Rohan

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 33

St. Augustine's school-hall, Balmain East, was crowded to overflowing last Thursday evening, on the occasion of a welcome home by the parishioners to Rev. M…

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Comic Duel. Wounded in the Beard. Paris

The Sun · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 1

All Paris is laughing over a duel which has been fought between two bellicose journalists. A quarrel occurred between M. Paul Cassagnac, editor of "L'Authorite," and M…

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After Beirut. Courting the Casualties. Many Killed and Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 7

CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday Evening.--The killed at Beirut during the bombardment by the Italian warship Garibaldi included two officers and 20 members of the warships attacked, and…

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Turko-italian War. Turkish Munitions Captured. Rome, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 9

A steamer while conveying 250 tons of Turkish war munitions was captured in Sicilian waters…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The War. Fighting in Tripoli. Italian Success

Evening News · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 8

ROME, Wednesday Evening.—The Italians at Home, 56 miles north-east of Tripoli, occupied the Mergheb heights after driving our the Turks and Arabs…

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