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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 15

Sapper Harry Melrose, who was a guard on one of the local trains prior to putting on khaki, writes to Mr. F. J. Noble, of Gosford, to say that he…

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War Romance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 15

[?] TIMES relates an interesting ra[?] of the war. Sapper W. J. G. [?] a young Englishman, who was adopted by Mr. A. G. Cleghorn, of…

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War Loan Lottery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 2

The following were the first three prize winners in the Hordern-Farmers' War Loan Bond lottery:—1st prize (£1000), Miss Florrie Linton,…

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A Soldier Suicides. in a Railway Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 2

One day last week, about 6 p.m., when the Queensland troop train arrived at Hornsby station, it was reported that a soldier, Private…

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"Feminine Vanity." Posed as Returned Soldier

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 6

At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions before Judge Fitzhardioge, Henry Arthur Sinter, police pensioner, appealed against his convictions by…

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The Entrance. Soldier's Farewell

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 16

On Saturday evening last, 11th instant, a social was held at "Bay View," The Entrance, as a farewell to Private Arthur McClure, who has…

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Wounded Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 10

Two hundred wounded soldiers passed through Gosford to-day returning to their homes up north. They were catered for by the lady members…

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Narara. Welcome Home to Our Boys

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 5

A very successful welcome-home was that accorded Sergeant Eley, Trooper Spillane, and Privates Lynch and Seilars, who have returned from…

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War Robbers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 2

It was said by [?] who is in a position to [?] that there are "more [?] than patriots among the Sydney [?]…

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War Loans

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 9

Mr. Watt, acting Prime Minister, states that war loans have been raised in Australia amounting to £148,425,110, and in the United Kingdom…

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The War. America's Part

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 4

Addressing a Red Gross mass meeting, President Wilson delivered a splendid speech in which he made the following points:…

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One Way to Win the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 16

A correspondent writes:—Those of us who worked so hard to secure the return of Win-the-War Governments, both Federal and State, are…

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Soldiers' [?]ers. Conditions in England

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 2

Private W [?] from London to [?] of Gosford Post [?] I have [?] the air…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 11

Sapper Fred Warmoll, of Gosford, writing to the TIMES, says:—The Huns gave Russia and Roumania a bad time. They seem to be able to…

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Settling Returned Soldiers On The Land

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 11

A returned member of the First Battalion, A.I F. writes:—Most of the estates recently purchased for soldiers have been at high prices,…

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War Coinciden[?] The Lives of Two Brothers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 2

This war has stretched the arm coincidence longer than ever (says the BULLETIN). Not many weeks ago two brothers named Maggs—Walter…

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Prohibition as a War Time Measure. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 2

Sir,—As President of the N.S.W. Alliance (Northern Branch) will you kindly grant me space in the TIMES to place before your readers the…

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Soldiers' Send-Off

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 13

The School of Arts hall was crowded on Monday evening, the occasion being a send-off, under the auspices of the Girls' Patriotic Society,…

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Land For Soldiers. Issue of Preferential Rights

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 15

The "Government Gazette" of 23rd May contains a schedule of areas proposed to be made available for the settlement of Returned Soldiers, and…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 10

From the late Driver Syd. Woodbury (Mangrove) written from "Somewhere in France" on March 25 to a girl friend:…

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