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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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A Strange Story. Young Man Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 9

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday. -- A case possessing remarkable features has come under the notice of the Broken-hill police. It centres in a story of a young man named Malone, aged 19, who…

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The War in Europe

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 55

Notwithstanding the Peace Conference sitting in London, there has been a little fighting. At Scutari, the Turks have made sorties, and have burned several villages along the River…

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The Tug-of-War The Challenger Beaten

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 4

The second pull of the challenge match for £10 aside, between Alex. Gillies of the H. I. Parramatta and Chas Somerville H. J. Rydalmere at Benningtons' Ltd…

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Procrastination. Peace Conference. Allies' Patience Exhausted War Horrors. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 9

When the peace conference assembled yesterday the Turkish delegates announced that they had not completed deciphering the code Instructions they had received from…

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Peace or War? Allies Tired of Waiting. More Turkish Excuses. Charge Against Servians. Incredible Inhumanity Alleged. London

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 8

When the peace conference assembled yesterday the Turkish delegates announced that they had not completed deciphering the code instruction they had received from…

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Can Smoke. Adult Citizen Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- In connection with the decision of the Minister for Defence to permit members of the citizen forces to smoke while in camp, the regulation (168), framed for…

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"The Great Game!" War-match of Titans

Watchman · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 8

The great gunnery match tor long-distance firing between H.M.S.S. Thunderer and Orion, both fairly late-type Dreadnoughts, a sporting match sanctioned by…

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Madman in Nice. Fires Six Shots in Cafe. Landlord Killed, Others Wounded London, Wednesday, 9 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 8

Two Italian youths had a quarrel in a street in Nice to-day. One drew a revolver and the other fled. The one who had drawn the revolver…

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"We Must Be United!" Winston Churchill's Apologia for War

Watchman · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 1

Face to face with this manifestation (the Balkans struggle) who is the man who is bold enough to say that force is never a remedy? Who is the man who is…

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Balkan War. the Negotiations. Reasons for Peace. London. Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 9

Reuter's Agency reports that private convernations between Res[?]hid Pasha and Dr. Daneff have resulted in a frank exposition of the whole situation…

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Settling Up. the Balkan War. Turks Coming to Terms. London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 5

The Turks have agreed in the cession of all territory fying to the west of Adrianople. They have also agreed to the auto[?]my of Albants…

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The Blayney Fight. To-moerow's Engagement. Politics in a Cave. Labor's War Song

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 7

BLAYNEY, Wednesday.--Entering the grand arch of the Abercrombie Caves this afternoon one's ears were assailed by a voice uplifted in song. For the moment the musicians on the…

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Eve of Battle. at Blayney. Labour's War Cry. a Political Picnic. (By Our Special Reporter.) Blayney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 9

It is the eve of battle. Only one day remains for the Blayney electors to make their choice between Liberalism, Labour, and Independents…

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The Balkan War. Demobilisation. Bright Prospects of Peace. Result of Turks' New Offer. London, Wednesday, 8.40 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 8

The Balkans delegates sat again to-day, and the Turks presented their amended proposals. It is believed that she offered to cede part…

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Battle Eve. Mystery of Tie Leaflets. Among the Stalactites. Nursery Rhymes As War Songs. Mr. Beeby Confident. Blayney

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1913 · page 1

This is the last day and feelings are being worked up. It is being shown in rather small ways. Those unsigned leaflets, for instance, which satirised Mr. Beeby in a cowardly…

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The Revolver Again. Shooting at Erskineville. Young Man Dead. Girl Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

A shooting affray occurred at Erskineville yesterday afternoon, as the result of which a girl sustained a serious bullet wound in the neck, and a young man killed himself…

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London Letter. a Mystery of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 8

LONDON, November 29.--The mystery which surrounds the reports of the war between the Bulgarians and the Turks, which were published in the Vienna "Reichpost," has not yet been…

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Balkan War. the Peace Conference. Another Adjournment. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 9

At the Peace Conference to-day, which was presided over by M. Vonizelos, the Greek Premier, the Turkish delegates announced some slight modifications in their counter…

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Greatest Illusion. Mr. F. Harrison on Defence. Compulsory Service Spells Civil War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Frederic Harrison, who recently wrote a remarkable article on the European outlook, delivered last night an address to the Positivist Society, and said…

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Foreign Cables the Balkan War. Peace Negotiations Still in Complete: Turkey Procrastinates: the Allies Insistent

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

When the Balkan peace conference reassembled on Monday at St, James' the Turkish delegates announced that the had not completed deciphering…

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