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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

2,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 144

Veteran Soldiers[?] Home at Bear Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 6

The veteran soldiers of New South Wales have now a home of their own. The reserve forts at Boar Island, La Perouse, have been set apart for the purpose, and yesterday [?]…

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Notes. War and Business

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

If the statement in the "Tage[?]ett" can be fully [?]dited the prospects of a better under standing between Great Britain and Germany are not remote. It is stated that the…

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Horses for War. Urgent Need. Lord Denman's Advice. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 9

The Governor-General Lord Denman, speaking at the luncheon on the occasion of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association's eleventh annual show…

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For Fatherland. German Exodus From Canada. Will There Be War?

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 5

MONTREAL, Thursday Evening.—The Germans throughout Canada are reported to be leaving for home to rejoin the colors, under the be[?] that war between Germany and Britain…

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Dirigibles in War. Italians' Successful Trial. Reconnoitring and Bomb-dropping LONDON,Thursday

The Sun · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 1

Two Italian dirigibles while making a reconnaissance over the Zanzour oasis in Tripoli received a brisk fusillade from the Turks…

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Socialist and Soldiers. Mr. Grayson Defends Tom Mann

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 9

Mr. Victor Grayson, ex-M.P. (Socialist), speaking at Motherwell, Lanarkshire, last night, counselled the miners to insist on the federation's schedule being embodied in the…

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The Turco-italian War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 6

A very able book entitled "The Turco-Italian War and its Problems," comes from the pen of Sir Thomas Barclay, the well-known expert in International law, and is supplemented by a…

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The War Scare. Exodus From Canada

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 13

MONTHEAD, Thursday Evening.--Germans throughout Canada are reported to be leaving the Dominion for tho Fatherland in order to rejoin the colors, under the belief that war…

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Fighting Diphtheria. War of Sanitation. Need for Legislation

Evening News · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—It was announced at the meeting of the Board of Public Health that 241 cases of diphtheria had been reported in Melbourne during the past fort[?]ght, and…

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Rumours of War. Germans Leaving Canada. Montreal, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 21

Germans throughout Canada are reported to be leaving for their native country to rejoin the colours under the belief that war between Germany and Great Britain is…

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The War Scare. a Ridiculous Rumor. Why Germans Are Leaving' Canada Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 8

The scare cable supplied by the combine to this morning's, papers respecting, the exodus of Germans from Canada to, rejoin the colors in anticipation of an outbreak of war…

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Oldest Civil War Veteran. Has Treasure Secret. Dying Pirate Told Him of Gold Buried on Louisana Coast

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 10

In a little basement room, down an alley-way, off Holloway road, Islington, London, lives Mr. Edward Munroe, centenarian sailor…

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The Coal War. Situation Becoming Worse. Governments New Line of Action. Miners Who Want to Resume Work London

The Sun · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 1

Unless the miners resume work at the beginning of the week the dislocation of trade and the distress that the strike has occasioned will become unprecedented…

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Tea Shop story. "The Love Shop." Soldier's Love Letters From Canada

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 5

[?] Asp[?], a baker at Enfield, claimed damages against Isac John Robinson, a young trooper in the Herts Yeo[?], for the betrayal of his daughter…

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Treason. Publishers and Pressmen Sentenced. Inciting Soldiers to Mutiny

Evening News · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 11

LONDON, Friday [?].—The trial has been concluded, is [?] and Ca[?] Buck [?] and were charged with having public [?]list, were charged with [?]ing [?] tr[?]ble…

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Brave Soldier

The World's News · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 3

Incidents of exceptional bravery on the part of Italian soldiers come frequently from the seat of war in Tripoli. One of the latest is that of Sergeant Secondo Lorenzi, of the Second…

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International Competition for War Horses

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 15

an activity that has not been equalled for years was made observable last month in one form of British exports. Continental buyers of the best sort have always had a liking for Irish…

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War Rumors. Are Germans Leaving Australia to Fight for the Fatherland? a General Denial

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 7

"Germans throughout Canada are reported to be leaving the Dominion for the Fatherland in order to rejoin the colors, under the belief that war between Germany and Great Britain…

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Soldiers and Strikers. Men Sent to Goal for Inciting a Mutiny

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 7

The trial was concluded to-day of Benjamin Buck and Charles Buck, printers, and Bowman, a journalist, who were charged with having published an article of a treasonable nature in…

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Old Sydney. The Keightley-Rotton Incident—A Ransom: £500—Club Life in the City—John Nagel Ryan, of Galong and Ballyryan—A Hospitable Squatter—Ballyryan Whisky—A Race Meeting Without a Riot—Mr. William Walker, a Windsor Identity—The Hassalls, of Otaheiti—A Picturesque Figure—Sir Frederick Pottinger—Scouring the Bush—Gardiner's Escapade—The Bloody Field of Wheogo—A "S.M. Herald" Jingle: "The Wanton Fair"—Pottinger's Pedigree—Help to King "Billy" of the Boyne—Pottinger Accidentally Wounded—Death and Burial—A Monument in Memory

Truth · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 9

The sensational incident connected with the life of Mr. Henry Rotton ("Truth," 10/3/12) should have been more fully stated. Mr. Rotton's daughter was the…

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