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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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The Honor Flag. Extern of Seventh War Loan. Towns Working to Win It

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 10

Every municipality and shire now knows the amount it is asked to raise for the Seventh War Loan. Throughout New South Wales the local…

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The Horrors of War. What Father Vandamme Says

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1918 · page 14

Father Vandamme, the Belgian priest, is at present touring New South Wales telling the story of Belgium's invasion, devastation and…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1918 · page 7

Sapper Fred Warmoll, of Gosford, writes to the TIMES from "Somewhere in France" under date 13th July:—Your welcome letter of 25th…

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Money Wins the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 4

We are not only in the midst of the war, we are at the very peak and crisis of it. Hundreds and thousands of our men, carrying our hearts with…

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Seventh War Loan. Why It Is The Best Issue. No Forfeiture for Failure to Pay

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 15

There [?] many features in the Seventh War Loan which should appeal to the men on the land:—1. It is short-dated, maturing in…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 5

Sapper Fred Warmoll, writing to the Times from France under date July 24, says:—Since last I wrote Fritz has had one continual beating…

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Soldiers' Memorial Ward. Wanted an "Order of the Cradle."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 15

The Directors of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales have decided to set aside a special obstetric ward in the Royal Hospital for…

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Killed In Action

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

Feelings of deep sympathy are expressed for Mr. and Mrs. John Buckley and family, of Gosford Post Office, on the sad news conveyed to…

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The War Loan

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 14

The new War Loan is now being offered for subscription, and applications close on the 15th October next Interest is to be at the rate of 5 per…

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Read This. War Loan Pars

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 7

The boys who are fighting for you and everything you possess are ready to give all—life itself is not counted were they are concerned. Compare…

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Soldiers' Parcels

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 14

A paragraph was printed in the Sydney newspapers last week to the effect that the maximum weight of postal parcels for the troops in Egypt,…

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Soldiers' Letters. "All Over Jerusalem."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 11

One of our soldier lads writes:—Have been all over Jerusalem and cannot say that it made a very deep impression. There is too much…

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Soldiers' Letters. 35th Battalion Swimming Carnival

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 11

It is a delightfully bright and warm Sunday afternoon, and the country looks as France can look in Summer with its green crops and colored…

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Incapacitated Soldiers. Scale of Allowances

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 10

It has been decided to fix a weekly scale of payments for totally and permanently incapacitated soldiers i[?]heu of rental allowances and other…

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SOMERSBY. Welcome-Home to Pvte. S. C. Pile

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1918 · page 2

Numbering among the most enjoyable and successful functions held in this district was one which took place on Thursday night last, when…

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Seventh War Loan To the Patriots of Gosford and District

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1918 · page 4

WE APPEAL to you—good B[?] all—to Buck the Fighting Lad with the Fighting Loan. This Seventh War Loan is a…

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"Father's Enlisted."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1918 · page 15

Speaking at Guidon in connection with the War Loan, the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Joynton Smith) told a story of a mother and daughter,…

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How War Prices Go Up

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 12

A senator was talking about the war prices. "Like begets like," he said. "One war price creates another. That is…

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"The Merrymakers" and the War Loan

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 8

A splendid house greeted "The Merrymakers" on their return visit to Gosford last night under the direction of Miss Doris Napier North…

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Soldiers' Letters. Pars From Palestine

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 7

We take the following pars from a letter written from Palestine to the Gosford TIMES by Lieut. N. G. Ducker:…

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