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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

3,253 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 163

War Planes Over Montenegro. Narrow Escape of Royalty. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

Two Austrian aeroplanes on Sunday flew over the Montenegrin, winter palace at Rieka. King Nickolas, Queen Milena, and the princesses went out to…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuters Messages.) Finances of the War. Allies' Expenditure, £2,000,000,000. a Union of Funds. "London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George), in the House of Commons to-day, delivered a financial statement with deference to the war…

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Lloyd George's Speech. the War Costs. Great Britain's Advances to Her Allies. Great Gold Reserves. Field Forces to Be Largely Increased. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer), continuing his financial statement in the House of Commons, said:—…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) "As Sound as a Bell." Condition of the British Navy. Mr. Winston Churchill in the Commons. What Will Now Be Done. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill), in the House of Commons today, made his promised statement concerning the naval…

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Life for Liberty. Brave German Airman. an Incident of the War. Rotterdam

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 4

A lifeboat from Schiermonnikoog, on the Dutch coast, answered the distress signals of a German seaplane, which was stranded upon a sandbank. The…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, February 17, 1915. Von Tirpitz's Opinion on the Length of the War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 2

UNITED STATES newspaper "interviewers" have a bad reputation. This is due to the practice of the disreputable section of that country's press…

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Costs of the War. the Money to Be Spent in Australia. Financial Adviser Appointed by Government. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 2

Senator Pearce (Minister of Defence) announced yesterday that the Government had appointed Mr. R. M. C. Anderson, a Sydney business man, to…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Exchange of Prisoners. Crippled Germans Leave England. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 4

The fist batch of incapacitated Germans left the boat train from Victoria yesterday. Practically every man had lost a limb…

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The Meat Bill. Statement by Mr. J. H. Cann. "Soldiers Must Be Fed." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Cann (Chief secretary) declared yesterday that the British soldiers at the front had to be fed. "If there is to be any starring it…

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In Australia. Soldiers and Liquor. Early Hotel Closing Urged. Victorian Temperance Alliance Resolution

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 4

Restrictive action in the selling of intoxicants to soldiers was emphatically urged by the council of the Victorian Temperance Alliance on Thursday…

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The Soldier Imposter. Gets Another Six Months

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 4

Thomas Clarke, the man who was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on Monday for being an idle and disorderly person, was again before the…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Sir John French's Despatch. Operations During Winter Months. on Western Front. Little Activity on Account of Weather Conditions. Men Subjected to Severe Trials. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 4

The Press Bureau, in accordance with the announcement recently made, issued to-day the first of Field-Marshal Sir John French's series of…

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Army Boots. War Office Inquiry. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 2

Mr. F. G. Tudor (Minister of Customs) has been asked by the War Office to forward samples of the boots with which the Australian troops are being…

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War Items. Military Service. a Russian Joins the Forces

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 2

The case of Bruna Kindler, of Port Adelaide, theatrical manager, was again before Mr. Commissioner Russell at the Insolvency Court yesterday…

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Fierce Fighting. Around Czernowitz. Austro-german Courage. War Correspondent's Story. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Martin H. Donohoe, the London "Daily Chronicle's" war correspondent, witnessed the Austro-German attack on the Russians positions at Czernowitz…

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America and Britain. Contraband of War. Reply to the United States Note. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 4

The Press Bureau says that Sir Edward Grey's reply to the American note concerning the contraband of war on February 10 points out that…

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A Soldier's Wedding. Married in Camp at Egypt. a Well-known Footballer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 4

On January 17, 1915, on the sands of the Great Sahara Desert, beneath the shade of the Great Pyramids of Giza, where the camp of the Australian…

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Soldier Killed. by Motor-car Near Broadmeadow's Camp. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 2

Leonard Riordan (28), a signaller in the reinforcements contingent, was roadway near the Broadmeadow's military camp yesterday morning…

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In Egypt. Broken Hill Soldiers' Letter

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 4

The following are extracts from a letter sent to a Broken Hill friend by Constable M'Ivor, written from Egypt on January 14, 1915:—We have not had…

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Wearing Soldier's Uniforms. Masquerading Alleged

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 4

Two young men, James Brown and William Flynn, were charged at the city court Melbourne, on Monday, before Mr. Dwyer, P.M., with wearing…

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