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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Early on the Scene. Carrying the Wounded to the Hospital. Fifteen Minutes' Run to Stephens Creek

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

By a fortunate circumstance Mr. R. Hooper was one of the earliest on the scene, and was able to render valuable assistance…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, January 4, 1915. the War and Islam

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

WAR is the realm of uncertainty, and s[?]ise, and the present war is prov[?]v no means an exception to the Among the disillusionments to…

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Revolution in Paraguay. Ex-war Minister Leads. President Imprisoned. (Reuter's Message.) Buenos Ayres

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Senhor Escobar, ex-War Minister of Paraguay, has headed a revolution, and has imprisoned the President after a fight between the police and the…

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The War. (Reuter's Messages.) the Latest. The Formidable Disaster. Latest Official List. Survivors Number 201. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

The latest official list states that it is considered that the Formidable's survivors number 201. [According to the official list the…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office; 6.30 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) the Latest. French Communique. Situation Unchanged. Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

An official communique states:— "The weather remains had. The situation is unchanged along the whole front."…

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The Following Appeared in Sunday's Special Issue. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communiques. French Communique. Various German Repulses. Advantages Gained by the Allies. Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 1

An official communique says:— "We easily repulsed attacks at numerous points on Thursday night. The artillery duels in the Arras, Albert, and…

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War Geography

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

The magazine of the Chloride-street Congregational Young Christians' Union, presented at the last meeting, contained the following, written by a…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) the Steinbach Fight. German Killed and Wounded. Paris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

The expulsion of the Germans from Steinbach is reported to be largely due to the work of the French 3-inch guns. The Germans abandoned 2399…

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Early on the Scene. Carrying the Wounded to the Hospital. Fifteen Minutes' Run to Stephens Creek

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 1

By a fortunate circumstance Mr. R. Hooper was one of the earliest on the scene, and was able to render valuable assistance…

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America's Position. Export of War Supplies. Colonel Roosevelt Criticises the Government. Washington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

German and other delegations appeared to-day before the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives to urge the prohibition of…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) the Latest. Official Communiques. Russian Communique. Desperate Fighting. Further Captures of Austrians. Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

The latest official communique says:— Unimportant work has been done on the left bank of the Vistula. Some…

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War Loan Over-subscribed. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The British war loan has been over-subscribed…

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Late Sporting. Rugby Players and the War. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

At least half of the Rugby Union players of the State have joined the colors, and it is already clear that the union will have to thoroughly…

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America's Position. Export of War Supplies. Colonel Roosevelt Criticises the Government. Washington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

German and other delegations appeared to-day before the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives to urge the prohibition of…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) the Latest. Revolution in Albania. Italian Intervention. Rome

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

A telegram from Durazzo, a seaport of Albania, states that the insurgents on Sunday demanded that the French and Servian Ministers be handed over…

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Soldiers From the Commonwealth. How Many Should Go. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

A statement made in Sydney by Senator Millen to the effect that Australia should make itself responsible for the supply to the war authorities of…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communiques. Russian Communique. Desperate Fighting. Further Captures of Austrians. Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

The latest official communique says:— "unimportant work has been done on the left bank of the Vistula. Some…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communiques. Confirmation of Capture. a Whole Turkish Army Corps. Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

An official communique confirms the report of the capture of a whole Turkish army corps…

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The Wounded. All Doing Well

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Inquries at the Hospital this morning as to the condition of the wounded elicited the reply that "all were getting on very well." Mrs. Crocker would,…

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EX-AUSTRALIAN A.D.C. WOUNDED London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Major E. B. Hankey, of the Worcestershire Regiment, and formerly aide-de-camp to a Governor of West Australia, has been wounded in action…

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