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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Miners and Enlistment. a Manager's Complaint

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The Kalgoor[?]ie correspondent of "The Register" states:- As a meeting of the Goldfields' Munitions Committee on Wednesday night…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Enemy Naval Raids. the New German Raider. Stories of the Appam and Clan Mactavish. New York

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 8

Cheers to-day greeted the British officials in their launch as they approached the Appam to inform the captives that permission to land had…

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Mrs. Fisher President of Ladies' War Committee. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Andrew Fisher, the High Commissioner's wife, to-day attended an Australian War Contingent Association meeting and accepted the presidency of…

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War Items. Expected German Offensive. the Bagdad Expedition. Russian Losses. the Kaiser's Illness

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 2

The following war items have been transmitted by the Independent Cable Service:- The morning newspapers express the…

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War Items

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The following items have been transmitted by the Independent Cable Service:— New York, Friday…

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After the War. Settling the Soldiers. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

Sir Rider Haggard, answering the criticisms that British ex-soldiers should be settled in England instead of in the Dominions, points out that 10,000 men…

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The War. (Reuter's Messages.) Roumania Threatened By Germany and Austria. Troops on the Move. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

Roumania has again taken on a sudden importance. The Roumanian representative of the Milan "Seccolo" telegraphed on…

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The Wars. Preparations Against Air Raids. Encounter Between French and Bulgarians. Settling Soldiers on the Land. French Aviator's Feats on Western Front. (Reuter's Message.) Air Raids on England. Precautions in Lincolnshire. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

An oficial note published in Lincolnshire towns states that any persons seen flashing lights or letting off rockets or fireworks when hostile aircraft are…

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In Australia. Soldier Sentenced for Theft. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

James Sweeney, a soldier, was sentenced to six months' gaol to-day for stealing a purse containing £1 17/ from John Murphy an [?] man at the…

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Returning Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

The following is a nominal roll of men returning to South Australia by a transport which left Suez on January 3, and arrived in Melbourne on Saturday:…

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Back from Germany. Wounded Soldiers Reach London. Story of German Frightfulness. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 1

A large party of wounded British soldiers from Germany have reached Tilbury (London). Many lost their limbs in the battles of Mons and Charleroi,…

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Arrival of Sick and Wounded in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

A transport carrying 248 returned soldiers, arrived in Sydney yesterday, 194 being for New South Wales, and 54 for Queensland…

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Second War Loan. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

The amount subscribed for the second war loan was £21,512,000, and the number of applications was 26,490…

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War Items. Japanese Officer's Prediction

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

The foUowing war items have been transmitted, by the Independent Cable service:- London, Sunday…

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Football in War Time. Victorian League's Decision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

The Victorian Football League me on Monday night (says the Melbourne correspondent of the "Advertiser"). There were letters from the South…

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The War Census. Notification of a Proclamation

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday. The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) stated last night that a proclamation Would probably be issued…

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War and Industries. Employers and Responsibility for Unrest

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. W. Brook, president of the Employers' Federation, replying to the speech of Mr. J. Estell, Minister of Labor (says the Sydney correspondent…

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The War Precautions Act. Case Against W. D. Barnett. Another Adjournment

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. T. W. Cohen D.S.M., William Diggory Barnett (secretary of the A.M.A.) was charged on remand on…

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The War. (Reuter's Messages.) Sergeant Murdered. Lieutenant Accused and Sentenced to Death

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

The following details of the crime of murder committed by a Canadian officer (briefly reported in yesterday s "Miner") have been transmitted by…

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The War. (Reuter's Messages.) In West Africa. the Germans in Spanish Territory Madrid

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

A steamer has been ordered to proceed to Rio Muni to embark the thousand fugitives from the German Cameroons and bring them to Spain for…

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