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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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A Returned Soldier's Venture

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

Some few weeks ago we published some particulars of Pvte. Jack Taylor, who enlisted from Coramba and was at the first landing at Gallipoli, and…

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Anzac War Medals. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

Senator Needham has suggested to the Federal War Committee that a medal commemorative of Auzac be struck. The committee replied that the issue of such a medal…

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The War Loan

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

Each issue of this paper during the past couple of months appeals have been made to those of our readers who are in the position to assist in making…

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Commonwealth War Loan

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

In view of the fact that 3lst January will be a public holiday in the State of Victoria, the Commonwealth Treasurer has arranged…

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The War. Earlier Wires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

German [?] state that the Allies [?] beside these landed at [?]. The London "Daily Mails"…

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Evacuation of Anzac. Medical Officer's Statement. a Successful Retirement. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

A medical officer, in a letter respecting the evacuation of Anzac, states that the men behaved splendidly, and went to work with a will to destroy all things they had to leave…

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General War Cables. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

The South Wales miners resolved to support the motion of the forthcoming Labor Conference, summoning the Labor members of the Cabinet to withdraw from the…

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The War. Sydney, Friday Morning

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Tenant stated in the House of Commons that the primary objects of the evacuation of Gallipoli were to remove the troops to safety. It would…

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The Joke of the War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

One of the jokes of the war, for even so grim a thing has its jokes, is the fact that although Russia is fighting Bulgaria, a Bulgarian general is…

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War Notes. the Russian Offensive

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

Major Morant, the military critic of the "Berliner Tageblan." is always the most realistic and candid of German war experts. He admits that the…

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How the War Will End. Britain's Trump Card

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The magazine, "Motor in australia" publishes these extracts from a letter received by a Sydney journalist from his son with the…

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The Latest War News. the Balkan Campaign. Montenegrins Resume Fighting. Premature Austrian Proclamation. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

A Rome message says that the Montenegrin Consulate there informed the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the instructions of the Montenegrin Premier who arrived at Brindisi, a southern Italian port, yesterday, that King Nicholas and the Government have refused all Austro-Hungarian terms for a separate peace…

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Local and General News. Land for Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Briner, M.L.A., has urged the Government to make the plantation reserves at North Dorrigo, as well as other areas in the district and on the…

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Dorrigo Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

In a letter to his brother, Corporal Roy Vincent states that all the Dorrigo boys in camp at the time of his writing were well. They are all well…

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Ministers and Enlistment

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 6

British Methodism and other churches in England are feeling the strain of the war acutely, in the depletion of the ministerial ranks by voluntary enlistment and…

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Soldier Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

Alfred Henry Burnett, a soldier, was committed for trial on a charge of shooting at Henry Paul, police sergeant, with intent to murder him. Evidence was given that the…

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A Soldiers' Scuffle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

The State Commandant made an official statement to-day, to the effect that the gambling dispute which occurred among the soldiers confined on Milson Island, Hawkesbury River…

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Commonwealth War Loan

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3
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The State War Councils throughout Australia are making a strong appeal to the citizens of the Commonwealth to support, and support liberally to…

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The War Loan

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, Mr. Higgs, is making an urgent appeal to the citizens of Australia to subscribe towards the completion of the Second War Loan. The…

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