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

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

5,026 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 250

Win the War League

National Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall Bathurst on the evening of the 23rd. to form a "Win the War League." The New South Wales…

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Indian War Loan. London

National Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

The Indian Office announces the raising of a war loan in India during 1917-18, for an unlimited amount, and to be used for war purposes only…

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New Russian War Minister. Petrograd

National Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

General Berliaeff, ex-Chief of the General Staff, has been appointed War Minister, in succession to M. Schouvaieff…

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Women and the War. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

The Bur Council has overwhelmingly defeated the resolution proposing the admission of women to practice at the bar…

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Indian Money Official War Loans. Unlimited Amounts. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

The Indian Office announces the raising of official war loans in India during 1917 and 1918, of unlimited amounts, to be entirely handed over to the…

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A New Era Industrial Conditions. Labor and Capital Relations. Wealth and the War. Mr. Bonar Law Speaks London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Bonar Law, leader of the House of Comons, addressing 4000 persons at St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, made a stirring appeal to Scotsmen to invest in…

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Soldiers Farms Co-operative Principle Introduced. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

The Minister for Lands stated this afternoon that all future settlements of returned soldiers on resumed Crown lands where 10 or more could…

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Recruiting Meeting on King's Parade. Returned Men Volunteer

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

There was a largo crowd of people on King's Parade on Friday night when a recruiting meeting under the auspices of the new recruiting scheme was held…

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Anzac Nurses

Leader · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

The 'Daily Sketch' has been observing that Australian soldiers, whom, by the way, they call Anzac soldiers, salute "Anzac" nurses—meaning…

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War Loan Explained

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

In order that the conditions of the local commonwealth Loan may be castly understood, it is explained that subscribers may take…

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Win the War League

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

To-morrow night a meeting will be [?] in the Town Hall for the purpose of forming a local br[?]ch of the Win the War Le[?]gne, A body of this kind…

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War Pensions. Eliminating Delays. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer has appointed a temporary magistrate and six examiners under the War Pensions Act ot climinate delays in payments…

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Heroes of the War. a Memorial Service

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

At St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mudgee, on Sunday evening an impressive service was held in memoriam of the deaths of Private R. E. Shannon and…

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The War the Submarines. Germany's Newest Boats

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

The newest German submarines in the Mediterranean are each of 1200 tons, with a surface speed of 1200 tons, and 25 knots submerged…

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The War. (Australian Cable Association Messages.) LONDON

Leader · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

Some mystery attaches to the unexpected announcement. In Copenhagen that the Spanish submarine, Isaac Poval, of 500 tons, will shortly…

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British War Loan. Largest Individual Subscriptions. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

Lady Whrenher has subscribed £2,000,000 to the war loan. This is the largest individual subscription to date…

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War Government the Liberals' Attitude. Imperial Conference. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

The leader of the Liberal party (Mr. Cook) has made the following statement: "We have considered the whole political position very thoroughly in…

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Seeing It Through Russia's War Determination Domestic Differences. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

The "Times" says: "Russia's domesti differences do not relate to the Czar's inflexible determination to prosecute the war with the utmost vigor…

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Win the War League I Serve Shall the Grey Fight?

Leader · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

"What would the young men feel like," asked a returned sergeant the other day, in the course of a public appeal for recruits, "if the age limit…

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A Year's Work Russian War Stock Taking. 424,000 Prisoners. Petrograd

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

During 1916 the Russians captured 3,770 officers, 420,000 men, 525 guns, 1661 maxims, and 431 trench mortars. General Brussiloff's three months'…

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