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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Enemy Trade. a Board of Trade Inquiry. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, has issued a report of the commercial intelligence committee of the Board of Trade (Mr. Algernon…

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West Australia. Killed in Action

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Private A. Morrow, East Wagin, December 10…

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In Australia. the War Census. a Proposed Proclamation PENALTlES FOR NONCOMPLlANCE

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

Non-compliance with a proclamation which is shortly to be issued, calling upon all who have not done so to fill in the war census forms, will be visited…

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The War. (Reuter's Messages.) Enemy Trade. a Board of Trade Inquiry. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

THE FOLLOWING APPEARED IN Yesterday's THIRD EDITION…

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Returning Soldiers. Expected Arrivals To-morrow. Melbourne,Friday

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

The next batch of returning invalided soldiers, comprising 167 Victorians, 40 South Australians, and 26 Tasmanians will reach Melbourne on…

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Soldier Settlers. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr W. C. Grahame) has notified the State War Council that he is prepared to accommodate 12 soldiers at the Wollongbar…

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War. General Items

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

There are violent art[?]lery duels in the Afgonne. King Nicholas, interviewed at Lyone, said he had undoubted…

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War. General Items

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

A Berlin message says the raids on the fortified city of Paris were repri[?]ales for the French bombing of the open town of Freiburg. The raids, it…

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General Joffre. "War Will End in the West."

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Senor Joaquin Salvatell[?], a wellknown Catalan, Deputy (says the special Paris correspondent of the "Daily News"), was recently received by…

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In Australia. the War Loan. States' Contributions. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. W. G. Higgs, the Federal Treasurer, stated yesterday that the contributions to the second war loan were:- New South Wales, £9,988,000;…

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War Items. Turkey May Evacuate Constantinople. Adventures of German Submarines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

The following war items have been transmitted by the Independent Cable service:- Petrograd, Thursday…

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Soldier's Letter

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

Private A. Downs, in a letter to his home, from somewhere in the Indian Ocean, says:— 21st Dec.,—I suppose by the time thus…

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Broken Hill Soldiers Letters From the Front. Bombardier W. H. L. Arthur

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

Writing to Mr. W. J. Winterford, of the corner of Gossan and Beryl streets on December 13, from Cairo, Bombadier W. H. L. ("Tibby")…

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Veteran at the Front. Enlisted As 47, But Married 54 Years Ago

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

The distinction of being the oldest British soldier in the firing line is claimed for William Hall, who has a son of 49 also at the front. An interesting…

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A Grandfather Enlists

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. George Clark, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark, of Casino (New South Wales) has enlisted. He is 44 years of age, and a grandfather,…

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Soldiers and Intoxicants. Tasmanian Act Upheld. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The Acting-Federal Attorney General (Mr. H. Mahon) has upheld the Tasmanian act which makes it illegal for hotelkeepers to supply intoxicating…

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In the Balkans. Montenegrin General Killed. Allegedly by Own Soldiers. Copenhagen

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

Advices from Berlin state that a Montenegrin general named Decir, who signed the deed of capitulation, has been murdered by his own soldiers…

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Bombs for Soldiers' Widows

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 7

A scheme to enable every soldier's widow to become the owner of a house by paying a small weekly amount in lieu of rent is being worked out by Dr…

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Educational Preference to Soldiers' Children. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The Minister of Education (Mr. A. Griffiths) has authorised the framing of a regulation granting preference in admission to high schools of the children…

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Supplying Drink to Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

George Brett was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Brisbane on Thursday (says the "Express") for illegally supplying liquor to soldiers…

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