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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

982 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 28 of 50

Federal Parliament. War Expenditure. Pensions Sought to Be Increased

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Federal Parliament was owned by the Governor-General on Thursday. The Vice-regal speech outlined a Bill to cover the expenditure of the…

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War News—day by Day. Sydney, Saturday 8 a.m

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 3

Ashmead Barlett, writing from Paris, states that all indications point to the supposition that the Germans now realise they are in a…

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Australasian War Items. German Boats in Pacific. Sydney, Friday 10 a.m

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

News has reached Sydney to the effect that early on the morning September 14th, two German cruisers attacked the Pacific Squadron and then…

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The Clarence & Richmond Craminer. Established 1859. Grafton: Saturday, October 10, 1914. the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 4

There is very little definite war news to hand. But there is a pretty confident expectation that before long we shall be told of something decisive. There is an…

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War News. the Situation in France. Battle Continuing with Great Violence Success of French Aviators

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.—There is very little alteration in regard to the main line of battle in France. Twenty thousand German horse, foot, and…

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Coolness of British Soldiers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 5

PETROGRAD, Thursday.—A Russian officer attached to Sir John French's army has returned to Petrograd. He speaks with unbounded enthusiasm of General Joffre, whose…

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The War. Naval Activity. Germans and Austrians Suffer Less. Fierce Fighting in Belgium. Enemy Lose 28,000 Men. Wednesday's Wires. [?]attle of Suwalki. Cormans Thoroughly Beaten. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 3

Petrograd reports that at least five German army corps are en[?]ged in fighting aboutj Suwalki. "German bombardment destroyed…

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War Notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 3

The Prince of Wales Fund has reached £3,000,000. The prize steamers Hobart and Pfalz, which have been detained in…

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The War in Brief. Some Yankee Epigrams

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 3

The Turk wonders who is unspeakable now.--Washington "Herald." In case of invasion a few long ladders are all Switzerland needs.--…

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The War Bombardment of Antwerp. Governor's Proclamation. "Make Your Cellars Habitable." Antwerp

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 2

The Governor, in a proclamation, recommends the inhabitants to make their cellars habitable and prepare for shells and outbreaks of fire…

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General War Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The French fleet appeared off Ragusa, in the Adriatic Sea, and destroyed the lighthouse and wireless station and took a number of prisoners. The…

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Local War News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 4

Four pounds have been received by the South Grafton branch of the Red Cross Society from Miss Beatson, the result of the concert promoted by her and held at Court's…

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War From the Air. French and German Services

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 8

All theories regarding the respective merits and demerits of aerial craft are being put to a practical test in the present war. It is difficult to say what number of machines…

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A Long War. Mr. R. A. Bell's Experience

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 5

"It is a grand thought to be a Briton, but I am afraid that most of us never sufficiently appreciated the privilege of living under the Union Jack till this hour of trial came,"…

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Soldiers' Wives

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 2

It seems very grudging and ungracious, on the part of the Railway Commissioners, to refuse railway concessions to the wives of men who have enrolled in the contingents, when…

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War Notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 3

Carr's Creek Patriotic Fund now totals £321810, the contributions of recent date being sale of produce £14, See and Morris £1, T S. Baker 11s,…

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Bombs Dropped on Paris. Three Killed; 17 Wounded. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 3

Twenty bombs were dropped on Paris by German aviators yesterday (Sunday). Three people were killed and seventeen wounded…

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The War Earlier Messages

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 4

Advices at New York from German sources state that dissatisfaction with Von Moltke has accumulated to such a degree that while not…

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The Last Operations Allies' Brilliant Victory. 12,000 Germans Killed and Wounded. London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 3

A communication from French, headquarters mentions "the last operations on the immediate front pending a general advance." The Allies gained…

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The War Fall of Antwerp. Further Details. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 3

The capture of Antwerp imposes additional duties on the British Fleet to see that Dutch neutrality is not violated by the Germans crossing the…

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