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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

4,797 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 240

War Chest Cricket Veterans Engaged. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

The International v. Inter-State War Chest cricket match was begun at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. The Inter-State team, captained by E. L…

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The Cambrai Affair. Dry Rot in the War Office London, Friday Night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Robertson Nicholl, who is an intimate friend of Sir. Lloyd George, writes in the "British Weekly" demanding the combing out from the War…

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Killed in Action. Pte. Allen E. Cole

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

Mrs. S. Wilson, of Bell-street, has received word through Rev. D. H. Dillon that her brother, .Pte. Allen E. Cole, of the 18th battalion, had been killed in action on May 3. Pte. Cole…

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Newest War Machine

Leader · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

Information given to the army quartermaster department by officers who went to America with the British and French war missions has resulted in…

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After the War the German Colonies

The Bathurst Times · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

In September last a leading German newspaper, the "Tagliche Rundschau," in dealing with the question of the position of that country after the…

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Hughes and the War a Modified Attitude

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 3

In the House of Representatives, Mr. Hughes greatly modified bis attitude regarding the fight to the death and even suggested that the time for…

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The War. Rioting in Berlin. Mobs Shouting for Peace

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

A [?] Service message says an Amsterdam correspondence reports severe [?] in Berlin Great street mobs are shouting for peace…

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The War. (Australian Cable Association Messages.) Peace. Washington

Leader · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

A message from Washington states that Count Czernin, the Austrian Premier, is making overtures to the United States for peace. A later advice…

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Labors War Aims. World-wide Agreement. Overthrow of Imperialism

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

At the Labor conference [?] Nottingham M. Renandel, a French delegate, said that the presence of Labor representatives from the…

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To-day's War News. the Food Problem American Restrictions. London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

President Wilson, in a proclamation, exhorts the strictest food economy in order that increased supplies may be sent overseas, statting that the subsistence of the Allied peoples…

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The War Early Cables. London, Friday. Annual Engagement. Fall of Two German Submarines

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

[?] of the Canary [?] engagement between [?] war vessel and two [?]…

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Weary of War Riots in Berlin. Austrian Strikes Not Over. London, Friday Night

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

Amsterdam messages report severe rioting in Berlin, great mobs shouting for peace…

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War Aims Central Powers' Reply Germany Still Defiant. Austrian Humility. (A.c.a. Special.) London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 1

Continuing his speech in the Reichstag, in reply to the Allied war-aims pronouncements the German Chancellor, Count von Hertling, said that…

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Soldiers' Settlements. Proposed Resumptions in Orange District. Enormous Yields From Single Trees

Leader · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

The Orange Land Board (Messrs. Ebsworth, chairman; J. M. Paul and T. L. Thatcher, members) has been engaged during the past few days…

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The Soldiers' Club

Leader · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

A most enjoyable musical afternoon was hold at St. Kevin's (Miss Hawke) on Friday last, at which over 50 were present. The idea was to give…

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In Germany Political Excitement Meetings Prohibited. Arrest of Returned Soldiers, (A.c.a. Special.) London, Sunday Night

The Bathurst Times · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

A message from Zurich states that owing to the political excitement all meetings have; been prohibited in Germany…

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Returned Soldiers Pay for Official Extravagance

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

Once more the glaring hypocrisy of the alleged "Win-the-War" Federal Government has been exposed. No one could have possibly forgotten the…

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Shows and the War Committeeman Resigns. Albury

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. H. F. Ogilvie, one of the oldest and most active members of the committee of the Albury Show Society, at a meeting of the committee tendered…

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The Kaiser's Profanity Thanks to the Diety. Atter War Considerations. Ambtehdam, Monday Night

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Acknowledging the Court preachers' birthday greetings, the Kuiser (who was 59 years old yesterday), telegraphed as follows: "With deep…

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War Aims Enemy Pronouncements Hertling and Czernin Confussed Opinion in Austro-germany London, Monday Night

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

An Amsterdam message states that Count Reventlow, the well-known German publicist, says that the offer by Count Czerman, Austrain Premier, to…

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