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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

5,658 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 250

Wounded Who Recover

Leader · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

I always like to look on the bright side, oven of the worst calamities, and I must say I am pleased to note what a very large number of the wounded…

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Huge Cost of the War Hundreds of Millions

The Bathurst Times · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 1

The war in its earlier stages cost this country about £5,000,000 a week. Now it is costing us about a million a day. Of this £800,000 is spent by…

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The War. the Raid on Cuxhaven. Alarm in Germany. Copenhagen

Molong Argus · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

The naval raid by British seaplanes and crusiers in Cuxhaven was kept secret in Germany until Saturday. There was much alarm, especially at Hamburg, until…

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The Naval Reserve Belgium. What the Fall of Antwerp Means. War the Curse of Creation

Leader · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 4

If the neutrality of Holland is to be respected by Germany then the Fall of Antwerp means very little from a strategic point of view to the…

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Paris Iin War Time. M. Paul Parsy in the current number of the "British Review," writed

Leader · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 8

"At the present moment Paris presents a religious spectace worthy of the Middle Ages. Parisians of every age and every rank, common folk, old…

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The War In France Violent Cannonad[?]s Enemy's Persistent Artillery. German Mortars Silenced and Attacks Repulsed. Paris, Wednesday

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

A communique states that in the Nieuport region the enemy violently, bombarded St. Georges. We carried Point Dappei, between Zonnebeke…

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War News Right of Search British Navy and American Mrechantmen. Hopeful Anticipation in U.S. Press. New York

Leader · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 6

American papers anticipate an acceptable understanding from Great Britain in reply to the United States' Note on the contraband question, and…

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War Items London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

A Danish steamer struck a mine off Flamborough Head, and sank in 15 minutes. All the crew escaped. The foreign export of coal from South…

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Four Killed. Several Wounded Turks Fire on Picnic Train. Murderers Shot Down. Broken Hill

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

As a picnic train for Silverton was leaving Railway Town, just outside Broken Hill, to-day two Mahomedans fired on the train, killing three persons…

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Wounded

The Bathurst Times · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

Mary Cavanagh, aged 23, tailoress, Cummins-street, shot through base of skell. Condition serious. George F. Stokes, boy about. 14 or…

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The Killed and Wounded

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

The list of dead is: -- ELMA M. COWIE, Frieberg Hotel, Railway Town. A. E. MILLIARD. Cobalt-street, Railway…

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War Items

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

A gala night at the Opera Royal was arranged during the German Emperor's stay in Berlin recently. When the opening scene of "Lohengrin" commenced, instead of cheers…

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Shot in a Crowd. Man Mysteriously Wounded. Wellington

The Bathurst Times · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 1

Last night, while Patrick Noonan, a laborer, 40, was standing talking to a man amid a crowd of others in front of the Court House Hotel, a shot was…

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The War, Xmas, and Money

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Our accounts for the quarter have now been issued, and we ask our hundreds of friends to meet their obligations promptly…

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The War and the Workers

National Advocate · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

It often happens that out of evil [?]ometh good. The Ka[?]ser's action in plunging the greater p[?]r[?]on of the civilsied world into a struggle, the…

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General War News AMSTERDAM

National Advocate · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

General Von Der Goltz has gone to the Caucasian front. The "Local Anzeiger" states that Count Hollweg's (German Chancellor)…

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Australia and the War. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

A special Dominion number of the "Times' " History of the War has been published. It contains an interesting narrative and splendid illustrations of the…

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Barrier Outlawry. Turks Fire on Picnic Train. Four Killed, Seven Wounded Broken Hill

Leader · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Futher details have been received of the shooting of a number of picnickers by Turks near Silverton yesterday. The train Which the…

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Turks Run Amok. Serious Shooting Affray at Broken Hill. Several Killed and Wounded. Broken Hill

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 3

A serious shooting affray occurred on New Year's Day, just outside Broken Hill, when two Turks ran amok and fired on a train convoying a picnic party from Broken Hill to…

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Australia and the War. an Appreciation. London

Leader · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

A special Dominion number of the "Times'" History of the War has been published. It contains an interesting narrative and spledid…

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