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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

2,623 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 132

Farm, Dairy, Pasture. Handling Horses in a War Camp

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 6

L. Ogilvy writes in the "Breeders' Gazette":—The ox and the mule bore the brunt of the fighting in South Africa, and Britain only was involved. But a…

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Review of the War. the German Offensive Ended. Enemy Beaten, Though Unconquered

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Lord Sydnenham, in a review of six months of the present war, recalls the fact that it was three years before, there were decisive operations in the…

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Duration of the War. Prussian Militari[?], and How it Has Been Built Up

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

Before we can attempt to form an estimate as to the duration of the present struggle, or offer any opinion whatever as to the…

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The Clarernce & Richmond Examiner. Established 1859. Grafton: Saturday, Feb. 6, 1915. Who Caused the War?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

One of the remarkable features of the present war is the extraordinary hatred which Germany evinces toward Great Britain. Her newspapers teem with vitriolic,…

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War Notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 3

Purishkewitz, the anti-Jew leader in the Duma, the most virulent hater of Jews in Russia, visited the military hospital in Petrograd. Several Jewish…

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When the War Is Ended

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 1

Mr. Frank Colebrook ("Quads," in the "British and Colonial Printer") puts the position as regards the capture of German trade as follows:--…

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New War Weapon. "Annihilate" Explosive Shells

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 3

The old saying, that "necessity is the mother of invention," has once more been proved to be true; the urgent need of the British, French and…

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First Christian Service. Anniversary Celebrated. References to the War. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 2

The anniversary of the first Christian service in Australia was celebrated yesterday on the original site in Macquarie Place…

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The War Egypt Threatened. Attack on Suez Canal. by 12,000 Turks. Repulsed by British. Turks in a Bad Way. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 2

Twelve thousand Turks, with six artillery batteries, attacked the Suez Canal on Wednesday, but their repeated sallies were repulsed by the…

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War Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 5

The Secretary of the Commercial Travellers' Patriotic Carnival acknowledges the recept of £25 5s, proceeds of a horse donated by Mr. B. J. Child, of Coaldale, sold by Messrs…

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War Pensions in Britain

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

The Pensions Courts has recommended that widwos without children shall receive from 10s to 15s a week; a widow with one child, 15s; with two, 18s 6d; three, 20s 6d; and…

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Teachers and the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

Letters have been received by military teachers—or as many as the Department could got trace of—asking if they were prepared to drop the chalk and take up a rifle or a sword…

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General War Notes. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 5

Notwithstanding that Germans threatened a blockade, no sailings from America will be cancelled. The greatest confidence is expressed in the British Navy…

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Progress of the War. (From the "Daily Telegraph.")

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 7

The Hungarian Government has at last taken active steps to assert its autonomy. It is probably becoming necessary for Budapest to protect its own people, and consequently it…

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A Joint Responsibility. Allied Powers Covering Advances. Financing the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Great Britain, France and Russia are arranging to take over equal portions of the advance made or to be made to countries now fighting with them, or…

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Titanic Fighting. Soldiers Fall in Thousands. Wounded Buried with Dead. London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

A Rome message states that the recent fighting along the Vistula and Rawka rivers was titanic. Soldiers fell in thousands and their bodies were…

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War Notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

An Englishman named Bell, who has resided at Woodenbong for some time, has joined the colors. He rather astonished the railway officials at…

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The War. Earlier Wires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 2

Further particulars of the fighting, at Borimoff show that 14,000 infantry [?]00 batteries of artillery were [?]ved on a seven-mile front…

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In France and Flanders. Massacre of Wounded Frenchmen. German Prisoner's Statement. Paris

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

A German non-commissioned prisoner avows that he witnessed in August the massacre of 20 wounded French men by German troops…

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Egypt Threatened. Where the Germans Erred. Why the Attacks Failed. Leaders Wounded. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

The advance of the Turks on Egypt was well-planned by the German officers, but a mistake seems to have been made in filling the soldiery with…

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