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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The War Germany's New Submarine Campaign. the Sunken Maloja. Torpedo, Not Mine. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

The chief officer of the Maloja is of opinion that the vessel was struck by a torpedo and not mined…

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Murder of a Soldier. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

The inquest has concluded concerning the death of Henry Brown, a soldier, who was Killed on Milson Island. The Coroner found that deceased was murdered by some person…

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Fruit and Vegetables. for Returned Wounded Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

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,…

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The War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday Morning, One German regiment is surrounded at Dou[?]ont. The correspondent doing the war for the Liber[?] says,…

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War Service Committee

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

Mr. Ca[?]s the Organising Secretary of the State War Service Committee, has replied to the letter written by the President or the Dorrigo Shire…

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War Correspondent's Comments

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

Colonel Repington, the "Times''" military correspondent, says: "The probable hypothesis of the present situation is that German headquarters consider the Russian army so damaged during 1915 that it will be easily held off until the Western campaign is decided, which means fight to the death. We shall meet the…

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War Brevities. Petrograd

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

A communique states that the enemy is aerially active in the Riga and Dvina sectors. We have occupied Bitlis. ROME, Friday…

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The War. Earlier Wires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

According to a Paris report there were 45,000 Germane killed at the bottle of Verdon up to Tuesday, 8000 lying deed on two miles of…

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After the War—what?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

There seems to be a general impression that after the war the world will suffer a period of great depression. If not of positive privation, during…

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A War Wedding. Cameron—Hardy

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

What is probably the first "war wedding" that has taken place in Coffs Harbor was celebrated at the Presbyterian Church on…

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The Enemy's Nightmare. How War Ravages

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 3

"War! men speak only of war for months past it has pressed upon our spirit like an awful nightmare. We Germans have…

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General War Gables. "Cologne Gazette's" Criticism. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

The "Cologne Gazette" lugubriously comments upon the speeches of Mr. Asquith and M. Sazonoff, Russian Foreign Minister. It complains that they have used the language…

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The Effect of the War on Religion. a Dorrigo Man's Views

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 6

THE following article by Mr. A. C. C Bennett Dorrigo, which appears in the last issue of the "Lone Hand." was awarded third prize in a…

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Soldiers Receive Watches

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

It will be remembered that at the last send-off social tendered to a number of Dorrigo recruits none of the recruits were presented with wristlet…

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Settling Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Lands on Tuesday made available the particulars concerning the scheme far the settlement of returned soldiers upon the land…

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Our Soldiers in Egypt

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

Private Walter Kirten, who served with the Australian forces in Galli[?] is in an Egyptian hospital suffering from a s[?] attack [?]…

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Soldiers and Their Dependents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

A deputation representing the Australian [?] Association interviewed the Federal Treasurer, and urged that great generosity should, be shown by the Government…

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Young Soldiers Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

Two youthful soldiers, William Heaton and Frederick Parkes, were convicted at the Sessions for breaking windows during the recent soldiers' riots. Each was sentenced to six…

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A War Sacrifice

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 4

Considerable sentimental interest attached to the auction sale of one of the gift articles sold in aid of the Auckland Hospital Ship Fund recently. This was…

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War Writers' Opinions. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 3

Dr. Dillon, writing from Christiania, says the tremendous onslaught at Verdun is rightly construed throughout Scandinavia as Germany's final and desperate effort to score a victory before dejection, which is now rapidly spreading among the peoples of the Central Powers, paralyses their waning strength, which is strained to…

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