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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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War Minister Resigns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday Evening.--Izzet Bey has resigned the portfolio of Minister of War. Enver Boy succeeds him…

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The War Against Pests. the Crasshopper. Birds As the Pastoralists Natural Allies

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

A short-sighted policy has brought about such an alteration in the balance of nature in many districts that noxious vermin and insect pests have…

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The Hague's Grim Humor. Peace Which Portends War. Powers' Secret Allianges. London, December 5

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 1

In diplomatic, circles, the next Peace Conference, is not expected to assemble at The Hague before 1916.or.1917. The Palace, which has been built chiefly owing to the…

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Guarding the Czar's Train. Soldiers' Trying Time. St. Petersburg, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 9

Soldiers who guarded the Csar's train along the entire route between Moscow and St. Petersburg suffered severely from heavy snowstorms…

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Zabern Affair. Officers on Trial. Lieutenant Scolds Judges. Laughing at Soldiers a Crime London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 5

Colonel von Reuter and Lieut. Schad were tried at Strassburg yesterday for the unwarranted assumption of public function's at Zabern. The courtroom was crowded to…

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Rigorous Russia. Soldiers Suffer Death. Guarding the Czar's Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday Evening.--The soldiers' who guarded the Czar's train along the entire route from Moscow to St. Petersburg suffered severely in the heavy snowstorms…

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Best Since Moses. Noted War Office Official. London

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 1

The, "Daily Telegraph" announces the impending retirement of Colonel Sir Edward Ward, Bt., Permanent Under-Secretary of State in the War Office…

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War Material for Australia Shipment of Rifles Coming. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 7

Four thousand rifles of the consignment [?]lcred by the Commonwealth defence [?]boritles are to be shipped to Australia at the end of March. The remainder will be sent…

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Heroine of Balkan War. Tiny' Bulgarian Patriot, Coming to the White City

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

One of the patriots who best served Bulgaria in her war with Turkey was a woman. The tiniest, daintiest morsel of womanhood on earth. Anna Pohl is the name on her…

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Our Soldiers. the Use of Service Clothes Headquarters Issues Warning

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

Some of our young soldiers, according to all accounts, have been using kit bags. great-costs, and boots for private camping purposes. Headquarters has been advised of this serious…

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Zabern Atrocities. Whistling at Soldiers. German Officers' Honor. Chasing Boys with Sword. London. Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

The hearing of evidence was continued at Strassburg yesterday in the trial of Colonel von Reuter and Lieutenant Schad on charges of taking on themselves public functions…

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Coop Citizens and Soldiers Studies in Tripoli. Ex-convicts Are Cowards. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 8

Dr. Consiglio, an Italian, surgeon with the -force in Tripoli, has made an interesting Study on the conduct' of the soldiers in battle. He particularly, observed 225 men…

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Soldiers V. Citizens. a German Incident. Crown Prince Approves. the Use of the Sabre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 9

BERLIN, Monday.--The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that the Crown Prince's entourage does not deny the reports that the Crown Prince, expressed to Colonel von Router, who…

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A Priest's Welcome Home Maitland's Tribute to Father Peters

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

The Rev. V. F. Peters, Administrator of St. John's Cathedral parish, West Maitland, who succeeded the late Right Rev. Dr. Hand at the Cathedral, was paid a gracefu1…

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The Cost of War

People · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

These illuminating facts concerning the cost of war in blood and treasure are quoted on the authority of the American Peace Society…

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War Office Change. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 9

Colonel Sir Edward Ward, Permanent Undersecretary of State for War, has resigned. He will be succeeded by Mr. Reginald Herbert Brade, Assistant Secretary to the War Office,…

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War Office Changes. Sir Edward Ward Resigns

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.---Colonel Sir Edward W. D. Ward, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, War Office, since 1901, has resigned. He will be succeeded by Sir Reginald Brade, the…

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Money for War. None for Social Reforms

The Australian Worker · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 23

Wild cheering marked the conclusion, says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Citizen," of a brilliant speech which M. Jaures, the Socialist leader, made in…

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A Paper War. Hobart Strike Extends. Launceston Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--The strike of printing office employees was extended to-day to Launceston when the proprietors of the "Examiner" declined to comply with a demand…

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Rebels Kill Rebels. the Fortune of War. Mexico City, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 9

Rebels captured a train in the neighbourhood of Espiritu Santo. When the rebels were approaching La Honda with their captured train, another party of…

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