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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 16

Private Frank Atkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Atkins, of Woodport, writes home from France:—Just a few lines to let you know that I am…

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War Stamps

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 3

The postal authorities intimate that, with a view to encouraging the purchase of War Savings Stamps, approval has been given for business…

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War's 3rd Anniversary

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 2

Saturday next, August 4, marks the third anniversary of the great European War. Though three years will have passed, the end is not yet in…

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Long War Yet

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 14

Sir Robert Anderson, who hats just returned from Europe, says he is surprised to find people in Australia so confident about the war soon being…

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End of The War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 6

Some 18 months ago I published [?] prophecy to the effect that this war would terminate in 1917 (October at the latest). That peace would be…

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Letter From France. a Soldier's Death

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 4

Mrs. Crane, of Wyong, has received the following letter referring to the death of her soldier son:— France, April 24.—Mrs. Crane.—…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 2

Private Arthur Hall, writing to his another at Gosford from the County Middlesex Hospital, on 17th May, states:—No doubt you have received…

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Workless Workers. Helping Homeless Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 15

There are men who were down and out who are now building homes for at French's Forest. There men who did not know where…

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Industrial War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 12

It is undeniable that the gulf between capital and labor is slowly widening, and that the forces on either side are more antagonistic than…

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War History

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 4

On Saturday we celebrated what we called the third anniversary of the war. It was not the third anniversary of the war, but simply…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 10

Private W. J. Anderson, of Gosford, who is with the 4th Machine Gun Co. in France, writes to the TIMES:—…

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Killed in Action. a Jilliby Lad

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 11

Mr. and Mrs. George Denton, of Sixth-street, Adamstown, received a message that their youngest son, Corporal Arthur Denton, was killed…

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The War. a Thorn In The Flesh of Frightfulness

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 11

When the history of the present [?] is written, the name of Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines, will have an honorable place in its pages…

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Memorials to Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 12

Mr. George Fitzpatrick, Honorary Organising Secretary of the Voluntary Workers' Association At 19 a Elizabeth Street, Sydney, suggests that in place…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 3

Mrs. J. C. White, formerly of N[?]ara, has received the following le[?]r from her husband, who is on [?]way to the front:—…

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Killed In Action

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 4

It is with extreme regret that we chronicle the death of another of our brave Australian lads. We refer to Private Stephen Woodburg son of…

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Lisarow War Chest

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 11

The members of the Lisarow War Chest are holding a day in aid of the funds on Saturday, September 15. The sports are under the management…

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Colossal War Profits

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 2

Mr. J. T. Smith, M.L A , for King : —I want to make a comparison between the profits of the shipping companies that traded to Australia in…

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Talk About War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 16

M. Tudesq, a French correspondent, Bays, during a frontal attack before Lens on Saturday, a German brigade was incinerated…

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The Railway Strike : Civil War. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 5

Sir,—Don't you think, Mr. Editor, it time the people of this district a little thinking on their own account? Let me suggest a few nuts…

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