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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

2,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 144

Priest's Reply to War Correspondent Further Disproof of Allegations. Shocking Narrative of Arab Atrocities

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 9

During the early stages of the war at Tripoli between Italy and Turkey, Mr. M'Cullagh, war correspondent, a Catholic by the way, in a weak moment alleged that a…

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Home Rule Fund. Manifesto to the Irish People. a War-chest Needed to Meet the Unionist Campaign

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 8

A manifesto to the Irish people, signed by Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Rahoo; Mr. J. E. Redmond, M.P., and Mr. J. Fitzgibbon, M.P., National Trustee, was…

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Things That Happen in War

The Sun · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 16

Two views showing the big railway bridge near Shan- hai- kwan destroyed by Chinese revolutionaries. A train was wrecked. 12 passengers being killed and 23 injured…

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The War against Pests Rabbits in New England

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

At last meeting of Glen Innes P.P. Board the rabbit inspector reported that he found rabbits, the increase on all the places visited, the increase…

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Letter From China. Horrors of War. a Lady's Experience. Dreadful Scenes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 9

A sister of Mrs. Bashford, of Wood's-avenue, Woollahra, writing home from Tientsin, on March 5, tells a thrilling tale of the Chinese revolution…

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" No Railways!" a Military Experiment. Carrying Despatches in War Time. Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 7

The military authorities are making an experiment. The idea is to discover the quickest means of conveying despatches long distances under war conditions, and when the…

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Ready for War. the Warrego's Big Test. Pour Hours' Struggling at Cockatoo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 13

Attired in her drab coloring, looking fit to take her place in any country's navy, the Warrego--Australia's first heme-built warship --now lies quietly slumbering by the shores of…

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Brave Officer. Rescues Wounded Corporal

The World's News · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 3

Lieutenant De Artis, of the 6th Regiment of Italian infantry, has been specially recommended to the authorities for an act of bravery, which, if performed by an English soldier,…

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England and Germany. the Probability of War. Need for a Rapprochement. Marriage Might Solve Problem. London

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 1

The Berlin correspondent of the United Press Association says that since the failure of the British Government to disclose any tangible results arising out of Lord…

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Tortured with Red-hot Iron. Russian Soldiers Sent to Prison for Fiendish Practices

The Arrow · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 3

Horrible stories of cruelly were told in the Odessa (Russia) Circuit Court, when two non-commissioned officers of gendarmery and a peasant were tried on the charge of savagely…

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South African Hero's Death. Soldier Who Won V.c. Shot Dead in Barracks

The Arrow · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

Corporal W. House, of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, who won the Victoria Cross in the South African war, was shot dead in barracks at Dover (Eng.) last month…

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Double Bigamy. Ex-soldier Charged with Twice Marrying the Same Woman

The Arrow · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

Charged at Westminster, England, last month, Edward Thomas Howe, formerly in the Army, admitted having twice bigamously married Florence Gertrude Marshall. It was alleged…

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Our Boys and Girls. a Good Soldier

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

My Dear Boys and Girls,—I suppose many of the boys and girls who read my letters, if they are not already cadets, will, under our present law, be compelled one day to do service in thus learning to defend…

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War Aeroplanes

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1912 · page 19

Numerous experiments are being made with portable aeroplanes for the French Army. Experiments were made last month with a nieuport monoplane packed on an army waggon…

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The Aeroplane in War

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1912 · page 19

The experience of the French, military manoeuvres has shown the usefulness of the military aeroplane for three distinct purposes (says an English aeronautical expert): (1)…

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The Arts of War. Infantry in the Field. Trouble Over the Officers' Mess Tent. Imperfectly Cleaned Horse Lines. Liverpool

The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1912 · page 4

A canvas city with a dusty main street a mile long, lined with hotels, stores, post offices, and stables. This is what the big infantry camp, where…

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Incited to Commit Traitorous Practice Appeal to Soldiers Not to Fire Upon Strikers. London, March 2

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1912 · page 22

Charged with inciting two soldiers to commit traitorous practices, Frederick Crowsley was remanded at Aldershot. It was stated that Crowsley had been arrested by the military…

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Unemployed Immigrants British League to Bring Out 1Ooo Men to Sydney. Quota of Ex-soldiers. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1912 · page 7

The Board of Trade has sent a circular round the Labor exchanges asking a thousand of the unemployed to emigrate to Australia. The British Emigration League is paying £6…

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Tortured with Hot Iron. Soldiers Gaoled for Fiendish Practices

The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1912 · page 16

Horrible stories of cruelty were told in the Odessa Circuit Court, when two non commissioned officers of gendarmerie and a peasant were tried on a charge of savagely maltreating a prisoner, with the result that he died…

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The War in Tripoli

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.-The Tripoli correspondent of "The Times" states that peaceful activity is gradually gaining away in Tripoil, and there is every prospect of a successful…

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