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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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Serb War Minister Resigns. London, Friday, 12.25 a.m

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 7

The Servian Minister for War has resigned in consequence of disputes regarding promotions…

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He Would a Soldier Be

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

Gular states that his son, twenty-one years old, desires to join the militin, and Gular asks for particulars. Answer: His better plan would be to…

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War and Thought

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 12

As Lord Rector of Glasgow University, Mr. Birrell delivered last month an address of characteristic literary charm, in which war and thought were brought into…

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What War Means. Vienna, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

The "Reiche Post" gives details of massacres in the Balkana. It alleges that 25,000 persons have been massacred since the beginning of hostilities, in the…

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Servian War Minister Resigns. Belgrade, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 21

Colonel R. Boyovitch, Minister for War, has resigned, owing to differences with the headquarters staff on the question of promotions. General Bojanovitch succeeds him…

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Is It Industrial War? New Zealand Slaughtermen's Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 13

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--A conference of the New Zealand freezing companies rejected the slaughtermen's demand for 30s a hundred for killing. An offer was made to the unions of…

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Critical. War Again Likely. the Bulgarians Ready. Constantinople

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Grave uncertainly still prev[?] regarding the future. This is due to the delay in the delivery of the Powers' Note, which is supposed to be due…

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Balkan War. the Powers' Note. Will Turkey Reject It? Constantinople, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 21

The delay in the delivery of the Powers' Note is supposed to be due to the fact that the German Ambassador has not yet received his instructions in regard to it…

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Tortured by Bulgarians. Amazing Story of a Captured War Correspondent. Bound to a Wheel

The World's News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 19

MR. ANGUS HAMILTON, who has returned to London from the Near East, tells an amusing story of his capture and torture…

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An Artist's Crusade Against War. From a collection of Paintings by Emil Bol[?] etched by Unie Vilim

The International Socialist · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 1

"THOU SHALT NOT KILL." [?]…

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Soldier's Three Wives. Borrowed From Second

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 14

Arrested in the Strand, London and charged with bigamy, Thomas Morris, aged 36, a well-dressed man of no occupation, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey the other day…

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Home From the War. Italians Leaving Tripoli. London

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 5

The Italian troops who are returning from Tripoli will be accorded a special review by the King on Sunday. The occasion will be a national…

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The Balkan War. Situation Still Critical in the Extreme. Bulgaria's Roll of Death. Sofia, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 9

The latest estimate of the Bulgarian losses is as follows:— Killed—284 officers, 21,018 men. Wounded—876 officers, 51,000 men…

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Cruelly Tortured by Bulgarians. Brutal Treatment of a British War Correspondent. Bound to a Wheel. London, December 13

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 17

While acting as war correspondent for the "Central News" with the Turkish Army. Mr. Angus Hamilton was taken prisoner by the Bulgarians. He has now arrived in London, and…

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New Flying Man. First Federal Aviator. Chances for Young Soldiers. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 9

He looks 20; he is really 28. He might be a young engineering student or a modest boy-mechanic; he is really one of England's most intrepid flying men. He is slightly…

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Actor and Soldier Too. Humor of Wa[?] South Africa Man [?] Many Parts. Jose Maxwell--Swaddy, Squatter, and Schoolmaster

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1913 · page 15

It is rarely a management finds such an excellent understudy as the J. C. Williamson Company has in Mr. Jose Maxwell, who is appearing in "The Sunshine Girl." He…

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Resumption of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 8

Turkey has replied at last to the Allies, and in such terms that but one alternative is left--namely, the resumption of hostilities. According to a message from Reuter's…

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In Memory of the War. a Thirteenth Anniversary

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 15

The 13th anniversary of the departure of the New South Wales Second Contingent, Army Medical Corps, was celebrated by a dinner and smoke concert in the Burlington Cafe on Friday…

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Horrors of War. Cholera at Adriamople. Belgrade, Monday Morning

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 10

To add to the horrors of the slege, the rigors of which the armistice temporarily abated, cholera has broken out among the Turkish troops at Adrianopls…

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Making War Difficult. London, Monday, 1.5 a.m

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 7

A report from St. Petersburg says that a treaty has been concluded between Tibet and Mongolia which, in the opinion of the Mongolian Foreign Minister, will make a war…

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