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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The European War. Early Messages

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

The Grand Duke Nicholas, with lightning blows, continues to attack along the whole front from the Black Sea to Lake Vau…

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General War Cables. the Blockade Debate. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

Lord Crewe, in winding up the blockade debate, denied that the fleet was hampered. The question was complicated by unrevealable difficulties. Britain must uphold…

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The War Germany's Internal Troubles. German Resources Giving Out. Sweden Surprised. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

A Stockholm (Sweden) message states that importers have been notified that the export of woollen goods from Germany will be stopped soon…

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Women and War Waste. the Duty of Motherhood. Some Pertinent Facts to Consider. Man's Lost Sense of Fatherhood

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

(Mrs. Flora Annie Steel is one of our most distinguished novelists. Her subject to-day- the relations of man and woman- is one to which she has given long years of study…

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Under German Rule. Nurse Cavell's Sympathy Even for Enemy Soldiers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 6

Nurse Cavell's last article to the " Nursing Mirror" depicted "Brussels Under the German Rule." Even with her sympathies all with Belgium she…

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Found in a Tank. Supposed Discharged Soldier Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

The body of a man, supposed to be Luke Higgins who was recently discharged from the military camp at Cootamundra, was dragged from a…

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The Anzac Evacuation. Trench Fighters

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 7

The following is taken from the March number of "Life":-- There have been many descriptions of the actual position occupied by Australians and…

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War Notes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 2

War is bringing rain to Berlin landlords. At a meeting of their Mutual Protective Association it was announced that they have lost to date more…

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Councillors at War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 2

Cr. Black, who, at one time, appeared to have a lease of the Presidency of the Bellingen Shire Council, has now disassociated himself from that body…

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The War. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports: 26 aeroplanes carried out an attack upon enemy depots and did extensive damage to stores and the railway. All the…

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War Brevities. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 5

General Sarrail is much pleased with his visit to King Constantine. Turkish diplomats in Switzerland are endeavouring to float peace intrigues…

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An Interesting War Chat

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 3

She: "Oh, Mr.—, I'm so glad to see you safely back from the war. Sit right down and tell me all about it. I'm awfully interested. Wasn't it…

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Sweden and the War. Efforts to Maintain Neutrality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 3

An interesting statement of the position of Sweden in the war is contained in a letter received by Professor Macmillas Brown, f Christchurch,…

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General War Cables. Losses in Shipping. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 5

Lloyds' record shows that 2193 vessels, totalling 3,774,000 tons are detained, captured or destroyed by fighters, whereof 485 vessels of a total tonnage of 1,504,000 are British…

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When the Germans Will Revolt. Financial Aftermath of the War. Baseless Visions of Indemnity

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 3

NEWS is reaching America from many sources that Germany is now beyond her depth financially, and is keeping afloat only by artificial…

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Land for Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 5

The conference which for some days has been dealing with the problem of settling returned soldiers on the land, concluded its deliberations on…

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Soldiers and the Land

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 5

Referring to the scheme for placing returned soldiers on the land in Victoria, the Minister for Lands said it was estimated that during the year 1916-17 about 1100 allotments…

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War Notes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 3

The secretary of the Lismore War Service Committee has been instructed to write to the chairmen of committees in surrounding areas asking…

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Red Cross Appeal. Fruit and Vegetables for Returned Wounded

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 2

Batches of our brave soldiers are returning almost daily, and the majority for a very long time will not be able to do anything to earn a living, while many are permanently…

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The War Earlier Messages

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. Harold Begbie, a well-known newspaper writer publishes in the "Daily Chronicle" a special interview With M. Sazanoff, Russian Minister for…

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