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

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Land for Soldiers. 200 Farms Taken Up. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

Of the Soo farm areas made available for soldiers 200 have been taken up by returned men. Provision is made for loans up to…

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Comforts for the Soldiers. Jam Making and Selling Scheme

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 16

Miss Florrie Rope, of Mount Frame, who has honorably distinguished herself by the interest she has taken in the good work…

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Soldier Heroes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 13

Mr. and Mrs. A. Morrison, of Grauchester, have, received word that their son. Private Thos. Morrison, was killed in action in France…

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Returned Men the Repatriation Scheme Preference for Soldiers. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

The Prime Minister stated this afternoon that the [?] scheme decided upon at the Premiers' Conference included provision for the settlement of…

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Anzac Lectures

Leader · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. Chas. Heyes, advance agent on the Anzac lectures, was in town, yesterday arranging for their visit. The notice is very short, which was…

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The War. Australians on the Somme. Resourceful Soldiers. London

Molong Argus · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

Australians continue to do excellent work in the southern portion of the Somme sector. They have recon structed and duck boarded many miles…

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War Service Committee Meeting

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

A meeting of the War Service Committee was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday night, when there were present: Messrs. J. Colley (presiding), Hart, Ryan, Stevenson,…

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The War and the Church an Outspoken Cleric. War an Immorality

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Rev. A. Rivett writes to the metropolitan evening press as follows:- With much that your correspondent, Mr. Fred Reid, writes, I cordially…

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Japan's Part in the War

Leader · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

We do not hear much of the doings of our great Eastern ally in the war. Japan has ever beien a silent and mysterious country, peopled by a nation,…

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Reconstruction Scheme. After-war Employment

Leader · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

The British Reconstruction Committee has reported that the army should be demobilised at the rate of 75,000 a day and munition workers perhaps…

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The War in 1917. Repington's Forecast

Leader · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

Colonel Repington, the military critic of "The Times," predicts a stubborn defensive by Hindeniberg on the West Front in 1917, with offensive…

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The War Loan and Recruiting Committees

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

Acting on the request of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, supplemented by circulars from the organising, secretaries of the recruiting movement each State, the local recruiting…

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Commonwealth War Loan. Circular to Recruiting Committees

Leader · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Arrangements have been made by me, as Treasurer, of the Commonwealth, with the Director-General of Recruiting for the assistance of the…

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Unionists Rights Post War Conditions. London

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The report of the employers of the Parliamentary Association announces that a conference is being arranged between the employers and…

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Definite Policy Wanted War Before Anything. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Sir Wm. Irvine to - day made the following statement regarding the proposed Federal National Party. "I welcome the formation of an…

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War Conference Australia's Representative Mr. Hughes Still Reticent. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Sir. Hughes remarked today that he was not disposed to make any statement regarding the Imperial War Conference, despite Sir William Irvine's…

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The War (Australian Cable Association Messages.) Greece Caves In. London

Leader · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

The Roma 'Trlbuna" states that Greece has wholly accepted the Entente's latest demands regarding the 48 hours' ultimatum, which expired at…

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The War. Rome Conference. Far Reaching Effects. Complete Victory Fore Shadowed. Rome

Molong Argus · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

Signer Rosselli at a lancheon to the conference delegates, and toasting the Allies, prophesied a definite and complete victor which will result in…

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To-day's War News. Successful Egyptian Battle. Enemy Stronghold Captured. a Brilliant Movement. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

An Egyptian message says that a strong position, six lines of communications, and six main redoubts at Central Keep, north-west, of El Arish, have been captured, after an all-day…

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POST - War Problems the Industrial Outlook. Reconciling Labor and Capital. an Important Report. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The Employers' Parliamentary Association, which has been investigating the question of industrial reconstruction and the establishment of a…

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