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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

5,226 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 250

Rockley War Service Committee

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3

The Abererombic Shire war Service General Committee held its first meeting in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night, and there was a very fair muster. Cr. Brownlow,…

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Labor Legislation and the War

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

The verbal castigation that was administered to the Federal Labor Government by the Turon-Shire Councillors at their recent meeting was both…

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The War Road Open to Erzeroum

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Times" at Petrograd state that experts unhesitatingly designate the success in the Caussaus a notable victory…

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Professor David in the War. Sydney

Leader · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

Professor David, looking well in the uniform of a major of the Australian Miners' battalion, which was given a send off at Ashfield on…

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Commonwealth War Loan Open Till February 1

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

The response of the country to the Government's call for men has been maginificent, and the conduct of these Austrians under fire the admiration of…

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To Win the War. London, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Henderson, President of the Board of Education, in a letter to his constituents, defends his conversion to compulsion on the ground of…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council. War Service Committee Formed

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

In aecordance with arrangements made by the president of the B. M. Council, a public meeting of ratepayers was held in the Lawson Literary Institute on Wednesday night…

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The War. Doe the Galician Front. London

Leader · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

A Bucharest dispatch, says that, some Teuton regiments which fought at Serbia and Montenegro are being hurriedly returned to the Galician front…

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Italy Political Crisis. Conduct of War Unaffected. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

A political crisis is reported from Rome. The Premier proposes resigning, but no alteration in war policy is expected…

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Custody of Commonwealth War Loan Bonds. Government Savings Bank Arrangements

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 1

The Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales—the State Savings institution—are prepared to received for safe…

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New War Service Committee at Wallerawang. Indirect Payment of Secretaries

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

At the Blaxland Shire Council on Friday, the president(Cr. Cary) reported that he had convened a meeting of shire residents on the 12th instant, for the purpose of forming a…

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The War. Notes on the Position. The Collapse of Montenegro

Leader · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

The moat serious military news of the week has been the collapse of Montenegro. The little kingdom is the smallest Individual state engage…

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Western News Carcoar. Carcoar, Saturday Night. Complimented. War Service Administration

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3

To-night's meeting of Carcoar Recruiting Association decided to sever itself from the Lyndhurst Shire War Service Committee, and resolve itself…

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To-Day's War News. Air Raids in Kent. London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

The War Office announces that an aeroplane on the east coast of Kent at one 0' clock in the morning dropped nine bombs and them fled seawards. There was small incendiary…

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War Munitions a Grave Statement. Mr. Asquith Surprises the House. London, Friday Night

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

The outstanding feature in to-day's sitting of the House of Commons was Mr. Asquith's highly important announcement that, despite the…

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The War. Montenegro and Peace. Russians in Persia. Early Cables. Greece's Anxieties. Constantine's Wobbling. Feels That Huns Are Losing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 1

Mr. Jefferies, the London "Daily Mail's" correspondent in the Balkans, writes:—There have been great changes at…

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Soldiers' Burials. Offer to Commonwealth. a Clobe Trotter's Gratitude. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. F. A. N. Newdegate, Unionist M.P. for the Tamworth division of Warwickshire, whose family has long been connected with Harefield has…

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State Income Tax. Hints to Taxpayers. Soldiers and Federal Officers

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 4

Returns of income received during the year 1915, for the purposes of the assessmem of income tax, are required to be furnished to the…

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Soldiers Help Police Chase in the City. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 1

Four soldiers gave material assistance to the police last night when they took part in an exciting chase in the city that resulted in an arrest…

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No Criminals As Soldiers Insult to Patriotic Men. Judge Docker's Views. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

"You ask me," said Judge Docker at the Darlinghurst Sessions, to Raymund Dunleavy, "to deal leniently with you in order to allow you to…

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