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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

3,032 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 152

Repatriation. the Premiers' Conference Scheme. State War Council Falls Into Line. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

The State War Council has decided to fall into line with the decisions of the recent Premiers' Conference in connection with the repatriation scheme…

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China's Reply. Bernstorff's Cheering Message. What China Will Do After the War. More German Hypocrisy. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

With a view of cheering up Berlin at the adhesion of another neutral as a result of Dr. Wilson's Peace Note, Count Bernstorff (German Ambassador in the…

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Returned Soldiers. Continued Complaints. Ministerial Inquiries Afloat. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer says he cannot understand the repeated complaints to the press from returned soldiers regarding starvation and penury. He is making…

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Soldiers' Pensions. Prompt Administration Promised. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer is endeavoring to arrange in future that claims for war pensions by widows of deceased soldiers and widowed mothers of deceased soldiers…

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The Next Struggle. "The Times" on the Situation. Terrible Offensive War to Be Launched. Enemy Gathering All Their Forces. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

"The Times" says, as the winter draws on, the expectations of launching the most terrible of offensive wars in a most critical campaign, increases. Experts are…

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The War. Important Conferences. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5

Press Bureau: Mr. Lloyd George and his colleagues of the War Cabinet had a series of important conferences with Generals Nivell[?] and Haig on Monday and…

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Imperial War Council. Another Suggestion. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5

The Pall Mall Gazette" says a conference will probably be arranged for continued Dominions' representation during the war. The Cabinet is favorable and…

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The Commonwealth. Fourth War Loan. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5

The Commonwealth Treasurer announces that the fourth war loan will be free from the wealth tax…

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Abandoned. Australian War Contingent. Association. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5

Owing to the lack of funds, the Australian War Contingent Association has decided to cease operation in February, when the responsibility of administe[?] ing…

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Returned Soldiers. New Arrangements. to Deal with Special Cases. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5

The Minister for Defence promised Federal action to deal with three classes of persons discharged from the A.I.F., namely, mental cases, consumptives and…

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Shocking Revelations. Diseased Livers for Soldiers. Someone Should Be Punished. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5

Dr. Robertson, speaking at the Melbourne Board of Health, said that thousands of pounds of bullocks' livers, given for food on the troopships, were stated…

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The European War. Early Messages. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

A redaction of the rations of the Austrians on the Trentino caused the liveliest dissatisfaction. One Bohemian regiment mutinied because…

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China. Germany to Exploit China After the War. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

"The Times" correspondent, Pekin, (China), Wednesday: Germans have acquired two scurrilous newspapers in North China. Pekin has supplied columns of…

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General War News. Ministers' Salaries. Pooled and Equally Divided. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

The members of the Cabinet and' other Ministers have pooled their salaries and draw £3000 per annum apiece, as compared with the £4000 a…

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British Women. Their Help to Win the War. Half a Million Women Workers London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. Kellaway, Secretary to the Minister for Munitions, states that Germany is striving to increase war material unprecedentedly. If we succeeded, as we would…

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The War (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Earlier Messages

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

The original of the Romanones crisis in Spain has now been revealed. The German Ambassador at Madrid sent a wireless to Berlin last August, asking…

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The Western Front. Another British Advance. Nivelle and Haig in London. Conferring with War Council London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

General Nivelle, French Commander-in-Chief, has arrived in London, presumably to confer with the Government The Press Bureau says that Mr…

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New Year Greetings Reciprocated. Compliment to Dominions' Soldiers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

Reciprocating the New Year greetings from Australia, Japan announces her gratification on receiving the message from the Dominions with universally admired…

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Soldier's Letter

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

Sergeant Sandy McKay writes from Salisbury Plains, under date 13th September, 1916, to Mr. R. McGill, Kangaroo Creek: We are always looking for the…

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Soldier's Adventure. a Lone Night on the Rocks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

George McKay, a returned soldier, descended the cliff between Ben Buckler and South Head on Tuesday morning for the purpose of fishing; but through one of his…

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