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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

4,797 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 25 of 240

Welcome Home

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 25

On Friday night last a "welcome home" was tendered to Private H. Cook by the Recruiting Association and Wart Chest League…

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Welcome Home

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 29

It has been decided by the Rylstone Shire Soldiers' Committee to give a welcome in the Horticultural Hall on the 16th to returned…

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The War

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 29

Events in the war centres are following each other so rapidly that intense interest is aroused as to the effect of each on me progress of…

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War Chest Store

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

The War Chest Store is still going strong, and can supply all comers with home made cakes and biscuits, and fresh vegetables. The Store will be…

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War Cabinets to Meet

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 19

A series of Imperial War Cabinets in connection with Imperial War Conference, at which the Dominions will be represented,…

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War Lecture by Father Tighe

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 19

On Monday night, next, in the Town Hall, Mudgee, the Rev. Father Tighe, P.J., who was chaplain in Egypt and France to the Australian troops, and…

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The War London, Sunday. Allies, Answer to Central Powers. "Unrepentant Militarism." Supreme War Council's Agreement

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 21

The Press Bureau this evening issued the following statement:— The Supreme War Council at its meeting at Versailles carefully…

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America at War. Strong Reply to Critics. Washington, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 4

Senator Williams, in a speech in Congress, strongly attacked the critics of the Government, declaring that the time had come to cry a halt in…

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South Africa's Part in the War. Seventy-one Thousand Men. Botha Wont Hear of Consumption

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 21

Reuter reports that General Botha Union Prime Minister, speaking at a recruiting conference at Capetown, said that 75,000 South Africans had…

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League of Help. French Soldiers' Appreciation. (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 9

Sir,—We would appreciate immensely the insertion of the following in your paper, feeling sure the people will be interested.—…

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Returned Soldiers' Presidency. (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 34

Sir,—The ballot papers for the ensuing election of the bearers of the Returned Soldiers and Soldiers' Imperial League (N.S.W…

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The Soldier's Pay. Rates Offered in Australia

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 34

The soldiers of the Australian Army on active service is the highest paid of any army in the world. The rates are:—…

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Soldier's Joy Money. £20 for Furlough

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 21

The Commonwealth Bank is refusing to pay soldiers more than £20 of their own money when on furlough. This decision is causing irritation…

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Mullaley Postmaster on Holidays—A Cool Summer—Successful Fishing— Mrs Coakley Still III—The Trappers' Anxieties—Removing to cootamundra—News from the Soldiers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 13

Mr. M'Caffrey, local P.L.L. secretary, had a couple of days' angling on the Namoi. small has biting well…

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An Incapacitated Soldier

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 30

Private H. A. M'Illroy arrived back from the city on Monday last, where he reported himself to the military authorities, and received…

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A Soldier's Letter. Corporal F. H. Chapman

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 14

Corporal F. H. Chapman writes to Mr. R. J. Cohcii, of the "Guardian," from Palestine, under date November 28:—…

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A Soldier's Will

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 37

The will of John Chute Ellis, who went under in Flanders, has been proved at £34,769/3/3/. Before he went to Armageddon. he…

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Poor Enlistments. Very Bad in Victoria

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 19

The voluntary enlistments in the Commonwealth now barely aggregate two thousand a month. The training camps in Victoria are…

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Soldiers on the Land

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 19

There are at present about 600 returned soldiers returned on the land throughout New South Wales. A conference is to be hold at…

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Australian Soldiers. Bank Action Causes Irritation. London

National Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

The action of the Commonwealth Bank in refusing to pay soldiers their own money exceeding £20 when on furlough is causing mush irritation…

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