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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

8,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Labor War. Collapse of South African Strike. After Martial Law Proclaimed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 55

Notwithstanding many of the railwayman in Cape Colony and Natal were averse, the Trades Federation at Johannesburg, as the result o the miners' ballot and the ballots of the allied…

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Haytian Rising. Government Troops Defeated. Minister for War Seeks Protection. Oaf Haytian, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 9

Particulars of the fighting in connection with the recent revolution against the Haytian Government. show that the latter's troops have been overhelmingly defeated…

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Why War?

The Australian Worker · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 16

" When nations go to war they are temporarily insane; they have lost their tempers like men. But would you fill both hands of a crazy man with dynamite…

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Civil War MR. W. Redmond Replies to Mr. Bonar Law

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 25

Mr. William Redmond, Nationalist member of the House of Commons, now at Bathurst, replied, on Monday to the statements of Mr. Bonar Law, Unionist leader…

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Soldiers Four. Army Veterans in Police Court. the "Fighting Seventh."

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 7

Four army veterans, with long service in India, and all belonging to one of the most famous of British regiments—the 7th Royal Fusiliers—were the chief actors in a little…

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Native Soldier Murders Colonel. Aden, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 9

A native soldier shot dead Colonel Walker in revenge for punishment for a breach of discipline. A non-commissioned officer who attempted to…

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Native Soldier's Crime. Colonel and Non-com. Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 10

ADEN, Wednesday. -- A native soldier shot dead Colonel Walker in revenge for punishment for a breach of discipline. A non-commissioned officer named Nate, who…

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Hit One. Night Watchmen's Good Shooting. Wounded Thief Escapes at Darling Harbor

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

"These was as [?] chase, in which a [?] was [?] at Darling Harbor in the early hours of units [?]. Night watchman Thomas [?] of the City…

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Afghan War Veterans. Story of a Pension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

At the Water Police Court yesterday Michael Buckley, alias Bert Buckley, alias William Hall (67), was charged with obtaining at Sydney, between April, 1912, and January, 1914,…

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Shot by Native Soldier. Prisoner's Retaliation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

ADEN, Wednesday Evening. -- Colonel Walker, who was shot dead by a native soldier, was attached to the 109th India Regiment. He had sentenced the soldier who shot him to a…

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A Rural War. Chaff Cutters and "Black" Labor. [?]

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 11

A meeting [?] employees out [?] who are working [?]…

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Aborigines As Allies. Value in War Time. Military Man's Suggestion

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

Major W. O. Mansbridge, 84th Infantry, in the "Commonwealth Military Magazine," suggests that the aborigines of the North could he trained so as to be of service in…

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Blood Money. the Emperor's Hoard. Story of Germany's War Treasure. £6,000,000 in a Fortress

Globe · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 5

What you wrote last week regarding the cost of war tends to recall the story of that wonderful "war treasure" which Germany hoards In the Jullus Tower, at Spandu. I have only…

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Soldiers Arrive. Company Supports Men. London

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

The London coal porters strike is taking place in the severest weather that has been experienced for several years. Contingents of Grenadier Guards have…

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Shot and Robbed. Footpad at Ashfield Chinaman Wounded

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 4

Ah Li, a Chinese market gardener, had a miraculous escape from death in Shepherd-street, Ashfield, yesterday afternoon. A desperado bailed him up, shot him in the…

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The True Marksman. the Best Method of Training Our Soldiers in the Use of Their Service Rifles —Do the Rifle Clubs Fit Men for War—the Newest System to Be Introduced

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 2

"The spirit of the Army Musketry Regulations," a military authority casually informed tho "Sunday Times" last Wednesday, "is to ensure a high average-standard—not great…

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Civil War. a Lesson for Ulster. What It Meant to America a Novelist's Warning

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 1

Mr. Irwin S. Cobb, an American novelist, and a native of Kentucky, has been giving English people an idea of what civil war, means…

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Death of Lieutenant-colonel Wigram. Mason and Soldier

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 10

Lieutenant-Colonel James Sven Wigram died yesterday at Marrickville after a long and painful illness. In early life the deceased was connected…

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Soldiers Arrive. Company Supports Men. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 5

The London coal-porters' strike is taking place in the severest weather that has been experienced for several years. Contingents of Grenadier Guards have…

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Records of the S.a. War

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

This is the somewhat ominous title of what in reality is a bright publication. It does not describe thee horrors of battle in South Africa, but is a pictorial review of the work of the…

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