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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Appreciated Gifts. Acknowledged by Our Soldier Boys

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 18

Further letters of appreciation have been received by the Gosford Girls' Patriotic Club from soldiers at the front who receive the gifts that are…

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Our Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 3

Writing from Gallipoli, under date Sept. 24th, Lieut. A. E. Dent says: --Just received first letter, also Gosford "Times" dated July 30 and…

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Married Soldiers' Liabilities

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 10

The following is a ruling received by the military authorities in connection with the allotment of pay by a husband living apart from his wife…

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"Wounded" Imposters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2

The public should exercise caution before heaping hospitality upon any man who comes along in military uniform and masquerades as a returned…

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Late War News

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 11

According to a German semi-official report, Russia is getting ready a Balkan army of 200,000 at Odessa, 80,000 at Reni (in Russia, on the left…

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State War Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 16

Mr. D. J. Gilbert, Secretary of the State War Council, writes to the Editor of the "Gosford Times":--I thank you for your letter of 13th November…

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Business and The War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 16

We are extremely pleased to state that so far we have experienced little difficulty in forwarding promptly all orders received. At the outbreak of…

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Horrors of War. Removing Religious Barriers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 20

The Galician correspondent of the "Journel de Geneve" (Geneva), says the religious barriers grew less amid the horrors of the battlefields…

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A Gosford Soldier. "At Work in a Trench."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 5

Mrs. M. McFadyen, of Ashfield, late of Point Clara and Penang, writes:-- In last week's "Sydney Mail," on page 8, there is a picture entitled…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 4

Private Ernest Henry writes to Cr. G. A. Palmer from Lemnos Island under date October 4:-- We have been now at Lemnos for…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 18

Private Henry Hastings, of Gosford, writes to his parents and sister under date September 19, from "Rest Camp," Lemnos Island:--…

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Tardy War News

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 2

A very fair example of how old a lot of the war news we receive in Australia must be has just come to light per medium of a Greek paper…

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The Laws of War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 19

The First Law of War: He is Strong, I am weak; therefore will I kill him before he kills me. For I do not know when be may desire…

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Second Issue of Commonwealth War Loan. £10,000,000 Asked For

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 19

The prospectus of the second issue of the Commonwealth War Loan has now been issued, and the particulars appear in our advertising columns…

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A Soldier's Thanks to Gosford Girls

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 12

Lieutenant T. F. Humphries writes to Miss Bessie Frewin thanking the Gosford Girls' Patriotic Society for gifts of tobacco, cigarettes, and other…

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Kincumber War Relief

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 7

Mrs Pryce wishes to acknowledge further donations as follows : --C. Munro and Miss A. Kerns, 2s each; Mr.s Smith, set of linen buttons…

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Soldier's Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 18

Extracts from a letter received by Miss B. Frewin from Staff-Sergeant McKendry, of 4th Field Ambulance, Egypt:--…

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" Old Gold and Silver War Fund."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 18

A new fund has been started in Sydney, during the last few days with the Hon. Sir W. p. Cullen, C.J., K.C.M.G., as President, and…

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The War Loan. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 9

Sir,--The Commonwealth Government must have money for war purpose?. Money is almost as important as men-- one is no use without…

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A Salvation Army Soldier

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 2

If ever you strike a Salvation Army officer, Captain McKenzte (a braw Scot, with our boys) help him bang the tambourine loud as a…

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