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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

8,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

The Meat War. Not Over Yet. Slaughtermen Refuse to Kill. Week's Wages Demanded. Deadlock at Glebe Island

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 6

The confidence expressed that a settlement of the meat trouble had been arrived at and that as many of the men as would be required would be back at work, was shattered this…

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A Terrible Trip. Carried 500 Miles on Stretcher. Brave Abyssinian Soldiers. London

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 8

Advices from Nairobi British [?] Africa, convey a stirring narrative of har[?] and pluck in connection with an incident that happened to the south-eastward of Lake Rudolf…

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Echo of Eureka. Stirring Times Recalled. Aged Woman Tells Tale. Swashbuckling Soldiers. Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 1

Memories of the old are romances to the young. Mrs. Elizabeth Vickers, kindly featured, white-haired, and approaching the eighties, has a fund of reminiscence of the…

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Ortley Avalanche. Soldiers Dashed to Disaster Lieutenant's Experience. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 9

Fourteen bodies have so far been recovered from the debris which was hurled to the mountain foot in the avalanche that took Place at Ortley, in the Tyrol, last week…

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NO. 11 Division (Petersham), Winners of Police Divisional Tug-of-war Championship. The New South Wales Police and Fire Brigade Third. Annual Sports Carnival

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 11

Back Row. -- Constables F. C. Henkel (emergency), A. J. H. Gray, W. A. Dixon, T. W. Leonard, P. J. Harmer, J. H. Smith (emergency). Second Row. -- Constables G. Crawford, C. H. Hansen. Senior- Constable H. Lillie (captain), Constables W. A. Barnett, A. F. Manning. Front Row. -- Constable H. J. Conlin, and Mr. W. Gibbs (trainers)…

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Rumors of War. Russia's Menacing preparations

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

Sinister reports respecting Russia's preparations for war are causing perturbation in European political circles Last week one of the leading…

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European War Scare. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 7

Violent attacks on Russia continue to appear in the German and Austrian press, and the papers seem to be sedulously working up a war scare…

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The Meat War. More Trouble with Slaughtermen. Casing Hands Refuse to Start

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

Another bites occurred before the beef slaughtermen settled down to work at the Gleba Island [?] this morning. The announcement made yesterday that the…

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The Meat War. Stock at Glebe Island. Getting Into Stride Again (Continued from [?] 6.)

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 7

The biggest yarding of sheep at the Glebe Island Abattoirs since the commencement of the trouble was made this morning. Only on one occasion during the progress of the…

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Heroic Black Soldiers. British Pluck and Necro Devotion

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

A stirring narrative of heroism, pluck, and devotion comes from Lake. Rudolf, an isolated, outpost of empire, in British East Africa. A gang of…

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An Act of War

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 9

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Mr. W. J. Bryan, Secretary of State, has ordered on investigation concerning the action of the Texas Rangers in entering Mexican territory, pointing…

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When France Goes to War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

Compared with conditions in France, the life of a British Mayor is little short of celestial, for it is on the French Mayor that the whole elaborate machinery for…

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More Friction. Meat War Dragging On. Union Alleges Unfairness

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

There is still some friction between the masters and men in the meat industry. All the beef slaughtermen for whom work could he found were taken on this morning, and…

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The Meat War. Work at the Abattoirs. Casing Men Still Out

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 1

As many of the beet and mutton slaughter-men as were required started work at the Glebe island [?] at 3 o'clock this morning. Sufficient stock has not yet come…

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Greek Talks of War. Scenes From the Balkans. Brutality of Turks and Bulgars. Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 1

Big-limbed, deep-chested, and with the appearance of great strength, Peter Cassematis, a Greek veteran of the recent Balkan disturbances, made a picturesque figure on…

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Push War. a Street Battle. Primrose Push V. the Bourke-st. Rats. Gaspipe, Battens, and Sticks As Weapons. Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

Named with places of gaspipe, [?] and stic[?]s, the Fitzrov hoodlums, [?] "Primrose Push", last night gave [?] similar number of one larrikins, [?]…

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"War and the Workers."

The Australian Worker · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 19

Norman Angell, whose work, "The Great Illusion," made a stir some while ago, has recently published a booklet entitled "War and the Workers."…

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Panic Threatened. German War Scare. Berlin

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 8

The Russian war scare threatened a panic on the Stock Richange yesterday but the fall in value was arrested by an official danial of the report that the Government was…

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War Scare. Germany and Russia. Berlin Exchange Perturbed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 9

BERLIN, Wednesday.--The Russian war scare threatened, a panic on the Stock Exchange, but the full was arrested by an official denial that the Government was preparing…

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The Meat War. Alleged Victimisation. a Butcher's Complaint

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 8

A section of the unionists were in angry mood at Glebe Island yesterday on account of having heard that a boycott was being carried out against Mr. H. Matzen, of the Marble…

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