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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The Soldier's Dont's. of International Law

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 21

Corporal V. A. Cato, of Gosford, now serving with the Expeditionary Forces in Egypt, sends us the following typed "Soldier's Dont's," a copy…

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The World at War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 15

The War of the Ages rushes with startling rapidity to the eventful hour that irresistibly draws several additional nations into the world's…

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Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 13

The work of the above League still goes on and a large consignment of Hospital Comforts has been forwarded to the Red Cross. We…

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War Indemnities

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 5

Probably Germany will be called upon to pay two billion pounds war indemnity to the Allies. This seems a prodigious sum, but it only means…

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Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 22

A good number of representative people visited our exhibition of work on Tuesday, and were much interested and pleased with the manner…

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Two Millions a Day. the War Expenditure

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 6

In asking the House of Commons last month for a Vote of Credit of £250,000,000 for the ensuing year, the Prime Minister gave some interesting…

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"Shirkers" and the War. To the Editor

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

Sir,— I was much interested in "Khaki's" letter in your last issue, but am of opinion that it will take more than newspaper correspondence…

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Foretold by Seers. Remarkable War Prophecies Which Have Come True

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 18

It is a classical saying that a prophet has no honor in his own country, but, however true or not that may be, it is a remarkable fact…

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To War Readers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 2

For the information of any warinclined readers, we print the following table of pronunciation, hoping it will prove as helpful and illuminating…

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Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 16

The usual weekly meeting of our League was held on Tuesday, 20th April, when several of our League were present and did some good work…

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The Churches. Religion and the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 23

"My own belief is," said the Bishop of London recently, "that the present is one of the most auspicious times. I believe this war, which is…

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When are You Going to Enlist? Every Fit Man is. Wanted--Now

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 3

The Belgians have shown us their courage and grit, The Frenchmen have fought with a will…

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A Soldier's Dream

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 23

"Quite the queerest thing I heard out there was of a man of the Manchesters," says a private of the Black Watch, who is now in Edinburgh…

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A Long War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 8

The military correspondent of the "London Times " writes :-- "The end of the war is not yet clear, except that it means the slow exhaustion…

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Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 22

Despite the heavy rain several of our members attended the meeting on Tuesday, May 4th. Several new articles were brought in, and a fresh…

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Land for Our Soldiers. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Sir,-- When the men of the Australian forces return to this country after the war is over, they will be face, to face with the problem of how to…

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Woy. Send-off to Our Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 12

Woy Woy has sent a number of soldiers to the front, including the Cox brothers, who died in Egypt. The two latest recruits are Messrs…

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Send-off to Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 2

At the School of Arts on Saturday night Messrs N. H. Hobbs and J. D. Kirkness, who are leaving for the front with the next contingent, were…

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Wounded Australians

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 16

The Acting Secretary for Defence states there are four recognised degrees to describe the wounded. They are : 1, silghtly wounded; 2,…

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Dyeing War Horses

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 3

Ever since the war broke out experiments have been made with a view to dyeing the coats of white horses, but simple as it may seem…

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