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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 27 of 132

Progress of the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 3

The German submarine service appears to impose upon its officers and men many [?]estraints and much discomfort, which, if not entirely absent in the British coats, have…

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Food Prices in War Time

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 11

From information received by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. G. H. Knibbs) comparisons as to increase in price of foodstuffs in the United Kingdom, Australia, and…

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General War News. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 9

An Ottawa message states that five judges are seeking to go with the next Canadian Contingent. Lance-Corporal Walter Delwyn Perkins,…

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"We Wanted It." Germany's War. Harden's Amazing Confessions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

Following are some of the more remarkable passages from a recent article written by that very remarkable German, Maxmilian Harden, editor of the "Zukunft.":—…

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War Finance. Allies' Expenditure, £2,000,000,000

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

"This is toc most expensive war in history—in material, men, and money," Mr. Lloyd; George told the House of Commons in the course of his remarkable exposition…

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A Belgian's Story Early Days of the War. Dreadful Scenes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 10

A plain, unvarnished story of the fighting in Belgium, in which he participated for some months, was related by Mr. Albert Van Doorsselaere. It is a story of continuous…

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War Experiences. an Australian in Berlin. (Continued from issue of 27th March.) Monday, August 24, 1914

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

We're brokenhearted. The French have been defeated all along the line, beginning with the heading off of the English cavalry; then the success of the German Crown…

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Catholic Soldiers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 3

The Catholic young men in the expeditionary camps have been remiss in their devotional duties, and Archbishop Kelly has taken them to task. "It is not too much to…

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Britons Ever. the Valour of Our Soldiers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 9

Speaking at the Show, the Federal Attorney-General said:—"It would be well for us if we were able to take a roseate view of the war. This dreadful calamity is still…

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.. Hope's Messenger.. a story of war in which, urged on by a woman's sweet memory, a young man nobly does his duty. (Continued from Saturday's issue.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 8

Kennard dined at home that night Morton waited on him as assiduously as it the two thousand a year were still in existence, instead of having vanished among the mists of…

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First Six Months of War. Reviewed by Colonel Foster, R.E. Details of Two Great French Defeats Which Have Never Before Reached the Public. New Aspects of the Work of the Gallant British Troops

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 7

During this period (February 2) of stationary fighting, which, severe unit important as it is, presents no strategical features, in the western theatre, it may be of interest…

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War Notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 3

The Duke of Grafton has received at Wakefield Lodge, Northants, all the young men of the neighboring village at Pottersbury who have joined the…

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The War Earlier Messages

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 4

A New York message says that banking conferences are concluding arrangements for extensive credits for Britain, France, Italy and other…

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War Marriages by Proxy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 3

A new bill (writes the Paris correspondent of "The Times" on February 10) will be tabled to-morrow in the Chamber, which will enable French…

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The War the North Sea Blockade. More Piracy. Several Steamers Sunk. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 3

A steamer has landed at the Hook of Holland eleven of the crew of a Norwegian barque which was torpedoed in the North Sea…

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Progress of the War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 3

The Russians have not lost much time in attacking the Austrian army which is occupying the southern portion of Bukowina. Following up their success against the force that…

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General War News. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 8

The Belgian King has awarded three British nurses the Order of Leopold. The "Morning Post" correspondent states that a reign of terror prevails in…

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War Notes. Russian Success in the North

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 3

The Russian communique announces an important success in the Krasna region north-east of Suwalki, in that territory which lies between the East Prussian frontier and the…

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Europe Needed the War. "The Masher Will Vanish."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 6

"It is to us a game played splendidly." "We shall emerge a more virile people." "People who make money out of the war will be ten times worse off than before."…

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The Clarence & Richmond Examiner. Established 1859. Grafton: Tuesday, April 6, 1915. the Seriousness of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 4

There seems to be a feeling prevalent amongst thinking and discerning people that the great bulk of Australians do not realise the seriousness of the crisis at…

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