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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

8,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

"Declaration of War." West Australian Sleepers. Premier and Prime Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 8

PERTH, Saturday.--The Premier, Mr. Scaddan, interviewed in respect to the cancellation of the sleeper contract, said that the Prime Minister's statement was "nonsensical…

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Newspaper Man Arrested Echo of Balkan War. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 9

Herr Kienast, the Constantinople correspondent the "Vienna'' Neue Frele Presse," has been arrested. He was hurried aboard a Smyrna-bound steamer. The…

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Canadian Riflemen. Use of Ross Rifle. Friction with War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 7

OTTAWA, Saturday.--Colonel Hughes, president of the Militia Council, announced that if the "War Office adhered Lo its ruling to refuse to allow the Canadian marksmen at Bisley to use…

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Soldier at Fifteen. Objection to His Youth. How It Was Overcome

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 8

Mr. Munro-Ferguson succeeded to the family estates when still a boy, and was educated privately by his mother. Like some of his predecessors (says a…

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Civil War. an Authority's Opinion. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

Sir Horace Plunkett, the well-known authority on Irish affairs, in a judicial analysis of the Home Rule issue, has arrived at the conclusion that the Ulsterites are, determined…

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German War Tax. Krupps' Contribute Half a Million

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 7

BERLIN, Sunday Evening.--Krupps (the armament makers) contribution to the war at totalled £300,000. The sum is estimated to be equivalent to the profits from increased orders…

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German War Tax. Krupps' Contribution. Berlin, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 9

The contribution of Kruppa under the War Tax will amount to £300,000, which It is estimated will be equivalent to the profits from the increased orders…

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War Office Preparations. Camping Ground for Troops. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

The War Office has secured a considerable area of ground outside the city boundary of Belfast. The purpose for which it has been acquired…

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The Meat War. Work Resumed at North Sydney. (Continued from page 6 )

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 7

Mr.Furse, secretary of the Australian mean industry Employees' Union stated this afternoon that delegates of the union who had visited North Sydney this morning…

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The Meat War. Action by Master Butchers Drastic Proposal. to Out Off the Supply

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 6

While the men appear jubilant at what they consider signs of [?], there is a very strang movement on feet among the master butchers in sydney to [?] upon a [?]…

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War and Humanity

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 8

A female war correspondent—and her profession is significant of the wars of feminism which is sweeping over the world—has been creating a [?]. Is a lecture which she…

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Motor Cycling. Motor Cycles in War. an Apathetic State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 5

The nations have adopted motor cycles for general use in their armies. Great Britain, France, and America have even gone so far as to organise corps of motor cyclists. Up…

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Red Cross Aid. "Should Not Be Sent to War."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Miss M. E. Durham (who has written a good deal on matters in the troubled Balkans), in the course of a speech, stated that she was convinced that Red Cross…

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Documents Disappear. Echo of Balkan War. Sofia, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 8

The disappearance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a whole series of documents establishing the responsibility on the late Government of matters in connection with the…

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The Meat War: Offer to the Strikers. Negotiations for Settlement

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 8

The position of the strike of butchers' shopmen this morning, so far as the employers are concerned was one of stand at case. They have made what they describe as a most…

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Labor Strife. the Meat Supply. Preparing for War. Reinforcements Called Up

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 9

A battle between the master butchers and their employees appears imminent. Unless the meetings which were held by both parties last night result in some conciliatory move, the…

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The Meat War. No Compromise. Union Men Stand Firm. (Continued from page [?])

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 9

The offer made by the Master Butchers Association was submitted by the secretary of the association. Mr. Nicholls to the secretary of the Australasian Meat Trade Employers…

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War and the Red Gross. Lady Correspondent's Views. Create a Sensation. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 13

Miss Mary Durham, the well-known war correspondent, in a lecture in Essex Hall last night, said that she was convinced that Red Cross aid should not be sent to…

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Shooting Affray. in the Domain. Two Men Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 9

As the result of an affray in the Domain last night, one man received a bullet in the head, and another is lying in Sydney Hospital with a bullet in his abdomen. The affray…

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A War Fallacy

The Australian Worker · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 19

Dr. Starr Jordan, of Stanford University, repudiates the argument that war in its effects and discipline uplifts a people…

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