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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

4,797 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 240

Returned Soldiers Against Annexation London

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that at a meeting of the Fatherland Party at Berlin on Monday, a number of disabled soldiers,…

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Returned Soldiers Labor Action. Living Wage Demanded. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

At a meeting of the Trades and Labor Council to-night, the question of the treatment of returned soldiers was discussed…

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Soldiers and Drink Select Committee's Inquiry Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

In the Senate to-day, it was decided, on the motion of Senator Thomas, to appoint a select committee to inquire into the effect of drink on soldiers…

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Returned Soldier Batallion Formation Contemplated

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

It is believed that there is considerable numbers of returned soldiers in Australia who are become fit for service since having been discharged,…

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Our Soldiers' Letter Box. Pte. Allen Mullins. the Journey to Bagdad

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Writing to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Mullins, of Extension Estate, from Bagdad, Pte. Allen Mullins interestingly describes the 500-mile trip from Basra to that city. The…

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Turon Shire Council. Alleged Unsuitable Land for Soldiers

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Turon Shire Council was held on Tuesday. Among the many matters discussed was one relating to land for soldiers. Cr. Hodge stated that he had heard…

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At Passchendaele. Bathurst Soldier's Experience. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Driver Howard Waddell, of Bathurst, writing home, tells how the crew and horses of a gun team were almost annihilated during the Passchendaele operations. He says he was…

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Soldier's Welcome at Meadow Flat

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Pte. Walter Butfield arrived by passenger on Saturday evening at Rydal, where he was met by a host of friends, and after a hearty greeting proceeded to his home at Meadow…

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Father of Eleven Children Enlists. Grafton

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. C. A. Shepherd, of Nana Glen, who has a wife and 11 children, has enlisted. He states that as the single men will not volunteer it is necessary for the married men to render…

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Returned Soldiers' Battalion

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

It is believed that there are considerable numbers of returned soldiers in Australia who have become fit for service since having been discharged, who would be glad of an…

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Allied War Alms Lord Devonshire's Support Ottawa

National Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Lord Devonshire has cabled Mr. Waller Long (Secretary for the Colonies) as follows: "I read with much gratification, the report of the speech…

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After War Trade Anxiety in Germany London

National Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Immediate trade development is vital to Germany's existence post war is now daily discussed with increasing anxiety and perplexity, in German…

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Trade After the War Boycott a Two-edged Weapon (A.c.a. Special.) London, Thursday Night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

Mr.[?]son,M.p., in the course of a speech, said that whatever his views on free trade were he had to say it was obvious that we could not…

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Turning of the War. Trotsky's Attitude Causes a Sensation. (A.c.a. Speacial.) Amsterdam, Friday Night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Trotsky'a speech at BrestLitovsk in which the Bolshevik leader declared that he did not como as the representative. of a defeated nation,…

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Women and the War Helping to Victory. Jubilant Over the Franchise, (A.c.a. Special.) London. Friday Night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Miss Crystanel pankhurst, one of the leaders of the woman suffrage movement, says she is overjoyed by the fact that women's hopes are being…

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A Manildra Soldier

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

Pte. Jack Paddison, who is ill in England, writes the following interesting letter to his father, Mr. G. W. Paddison, of "Yarran…

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Smokes for Soldiers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

During the week we received the following communication from the Secretary of the Southern Cross Tobacco Fund:—" We have…

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Soldiers in Distress the Country Red Dross Funds. General Organisation Criticised. Albury

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

Strong exception was taken by Mr. C.A. Baker manager of the local branch of the Commercial Bank, at a meeting of the win the war League…

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Killed in Action

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

Pte. A. G. Taylor, killed in action in France, on October 12, 1916, was previously reported missing. The late private was a son of Mrs. W. Jones Piper's Flat, and brother of Mrs…

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Killed in Action—Private William Jackson

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

News has been received that Private William Jack-on, son of Mr. J. R. Jackson, formerly of Spring Creek,m Mudgee now of Birriwa, was…

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