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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

3,253 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 163

U.S.A. Unprepared. for Modern War Conditions. Rear-admiral's Statement. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Rear-Admiral Fletcher reports an alarming shortage of officers and men in the American fleet. Another 10,000 men, he states, are needed for the…

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Preference in War Time. Statement by Mr. A. Griffith. "I Do Not Like the Idea." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

"I do not like the 'idea at all," said Mr. Griffith, referring to the statement, published on the authority of [?] High Commissioner, that if the…

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Our Soldiers' Good-bye. to Friends at Home

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

The following verses, being a goodbye message to their friends at home, have come, with a request for publication in "The Miner," from the…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communique. German Batteries Silenced. on Wester in Front. Progress Near Rheims. Paris

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

An official communique, issued to-day, states that the Allies silenced the enemy's batteries southward of the Somme…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) The Raid. Constable's Evidence at Inquest. Thought It Was a British Machine. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

The inquest was opened at Yarmouth to-day on the bodies of the victims of the airship raid. A constable gave evidence that he…

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War. General War Items. the German Attack at Soissons. Tuesday afternoon

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

The Paris "figaro" states that Italy, Roumania, Greece and Bulgaria are about to enter the war. A Stockholm correspondent says…

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War. Earlier Wires. Saturday morning

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 1

The "Times" correspondent with the Servian army dese[?]bes the Austrian retreat from Savobar as a debacle, or panic stricken rout. Horses…

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Italian Opinion. "Not War, But Murder." Rome

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

The newspaper "Secolo" declares that Germany's action in the peaceful fields of Norfolk is not war but murder, and that it will make Germany's position…

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German War Minister Resigns. Successor Appointed. Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

An official telegram from Berlin states that General von Falkenhayen. German Minister for War, has resigned his portfolio. General von…

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Effect of War. Strict Reservation of Stock Necessary. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. A. T. Bolton a man well known in the State stock industry, speaking on the subject of stock infanticide, said that there should be strict prohibition…

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From Citizens to Soldiers. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

The Citizens War Chest Fund shipped yesterday, per the R.M.S. Mooltan, to Sir Timothy Coghlan, London, 14 cases of warm clothing for the troops…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) The Raid. Constable's Evidence at Inquest. Thought It Was a British Machine. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

The inquest was opened at Yarmouth to-day on the bodies of the victims of the airship raid. A constable gave evidence that he…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Socialists Active. Endeavor to Foment Revolution. in France and Germany. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

Reuter's Paris correspondent has learned that a French non-commisstoned officer who was taken prisoner at St. Mihiel was furnished with a…

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2nd Edition. MINER-OFFICE. 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Another Raid. Zeppelins Seen Over Norfolk Last Night. Airships Proceeding Inland. Number Unknown. London, Saturday, 1.10 a.m

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

A number of Zeppelins, though actually how many is as yet unascertainable, were seen to pass over Cromar at 10.30 p.m. on Friday…

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Duration of the War. What Experts Say

Barrier Miner · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 2

Peace will be declared on April 27 next. Germany will be vanquished, and the Kaiser will commit suicide.— Count Baschieri, in the Paris…

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Echoes of the War. Facts About the Fighting. In Roumania Coming In?

Barrier Miner · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 3

If Roumania joins the Allies and attacke[?] Austria, the end of the war will, be brought appreciably nearer. With Austria crushed Germany will…

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With the Australian Troops. Broken Hill Soldier's Letters

Barrier Miner · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. W. Perry, who has attained the rank of lieutenant in the Australian forces now in Egypt, writes as follows, on November 29:—…

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Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. Vienna Press Revelations. The Origin of the War. Planned by Kaiser and Prince Franz Ferdinand. The Latest Official Communiques. Fierce Fighting in France. Allies Make Considerable Progress in the West Stupendous Effort by Germans. Repulsed by the British. Terrible Execution by French Artillery. Enemy's Trenches Captured. Russia Enveloping Austrians. Cornered in Southern Galicia. Peace Movement in Turkey Drastic German Efforts at Suppression. New Khedive of Egypt. Young Turks Want Enver Bey. Praise from Sir John French For British Naval and Marine Brigades. Origin of the War. Important Statement by Vienna Press. Planned by Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser. Rome

Barrier Miner · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Venice states that the Vienna newspapers now for the first time frankly acknowledge that the present war was…

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Effect of the War. Increased Wheat Freights. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

Wheat freights from Argentine are 65/ per ton, as compared with 11/6 per ton a year ago…

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War Items. Australian Aviators. with Expeditionary Force to New Guinea

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

Unknown to the general public at Australia, the Commonwealth Aviation Corps has been upon active service. Two Commonwealth aviators attached…

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