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

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

4,797 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 240

Rydal. a Soldier's Welcome

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Cpl. Walter Butfield arrived by the Sydney passenger and was received by a rousing cheer on the station, and greeted by a host of Meadow Flat and local…

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Portland. Soldier's Return

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 3

Sapper C. E.,Mason, who enlisted from here early in 1916, returned home a day or two ago. Sapper Mason left Sydney on July 5, 1916, and went straight to England. After…

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The Annexationists Opposed by Wounded Soldiers Remarkable Scene in Berlin. Amsterdam, Wednesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

Deputy Fuhrmann's declaration at the Fatherland party meeting in Berlin that if the German flag were not hoisted in Flanders for ever Germany…

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War Chest Store

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

The War Chest Store will be open for business to-morrow as usual. For the past two or three weeks the store has been kept open at night, but in…

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War Chest Art Union

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 10

The War Chest art union drawing for the prizes donated by Mr. J. H. Bettington and the late Mrs. Bettington, which was to have…

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War Loan Bonds. Ready for Delivery

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 9

The Common wealth Bank' of Australia notifies that subscribers, who have paid their instalments in full to the fourth war loan, may…

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To-day's Cables. Hospital Ship Sunk. in the Bristol Channel. All the Wounded Saved. Three Lascars Missing. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 22

The British hospital ship Rews was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel at midnight on January 4…

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The War London, Monday. Government's Man Power Proposals. Favored by Labor

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 17

The members of the British Labor party are distinctly favorable to the Government's man power proposals…

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Hospital Ship. Outrageously Torpedoed Another German Crime. Vessel Fully Lighted. Sunk in the Bristol Channel. All the Wounded Saved. London, Wednesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that me British hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel at midnight on January 4 , while…

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"Losing the War" German Socialist Opinion. Deaths Prom Starvation. Amsterdam. Wednesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

The German authorities are [?] to prevent the circulation of [?] containing a reprint of an [?] "Vowaerts," the leading…

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America's War Aims. Similar to Britain's "Fight for Just and Stable Peace."

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 17

The war aims of the United States were formally and explicitly stated to Congress to-day by President Wilson. the declaration…

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Wonderful Women Britains War Workers Conditions in England Munition Workers Interesting Experiences "Beware of Conscription"

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

Mr. George Kidson, a member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for 45 years, delivered an interesting address on his recent trip through…

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Death of Pte. Harold Young. in a London Hospital. Fourth of the Family. to Die in the War

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 19

The Very Rev. Father Flanagan, V. F., on Wednesday evening was advised by wire from Sydney that Private Harold Young, son of Mr…

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"Just for a Pew Minutes." Confidence Man and Soldier. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

A member of the A.I.F. named Hugh Sharpe, encamped at tho Show Ground, Moore Park, as told the police he was tricked by a confidence man in…

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Mundooran Page. Soldier's Letter

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 23

The following extracts are from letter to Miss Ivy Manusu from Signaller Claude Pincham, Mundooran's first recruit in the present War:—…

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A Gift Evening. for the Soldiers. at Rylstone

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 27

New Year's Eve was the scene of a very enjoyable evening, spent at Mr. B. Bayliss', when at the invitation of Miss Verra Bayliss a…

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A Letter of Acknowledgment. Received by Mr. D. B. Acton. From a Soldier in Hospital. Praise for the Red Cross. the Soldiers and Conscription

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 26

Mr. D. B. Ac[?] of Mudgee, has received the [?]wing letter from Sapper C. T. Roberts, a Tasmanian soldier, who writes from…

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Soldiers Letter

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 30

The following extracts are taken from a very interesting letter written to Mr. A. Pittendrigh by Sergeant C. J. Mathias:—"We were…

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Municipal Officers. As Soldiers. Should Their Salaries Be Made Up. Cudgegong Council Says Yes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 21

Notice of the following motion by Ald. H. Cox was on an unusually heavy business sheet at the Cudgegoug Council meeting on Tuesday afternoon, viz:—"That the…

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Turondale Good Wool and Honey—Mostly Personal News—A Successful Soldier

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 11

We are having some very hot days and no rain. All our farmers have got their crops in. Some have very good…

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