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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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War!

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

The Russians ann[?] an important success in the Carpathians, where fighting still continues…

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War Map 221-3 George Street SYDNEY

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 1

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Late War News. the Russians. Germans Claim a Success. in Muscovite Territory. London, March [?]

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

An Amsterdam message says that German official reports, claim that the Germans in capturing Tauroggen, in Russian territory, captured a…

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The War Bay By Day. British Liler Torpedoed Germans Look on and Laugh. Another Dutch Steamer London, March. 30

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Felabe, Left Liverpool on Saturday and was reported to be in distress in the Bristol channel. It was feared that a submarine bad…

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For Wounded Belgians

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

London, April 2.—Sir John McCall, Agent-General for Tasmania, is president of the organisation to found the first convalescent home for Belgian soldiers. The patrons include…

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War Munitions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 4

London, April 1.—King George has written to Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating that, in view of the grave situation in the armament factories, he is prepared to set…

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False War Reports. Publican Fined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 4

The first prosecutions in Victoria under the War Precautions Act, 1911, for spreading a report likely to cause alarm among the civilian population, was heard at the City Police Court,…

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The Cost of War. Some Interesting Figures

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

The Washington Bureau of Ordance recently issued some interesting statistics of the details of the cost of annihilating the Spanish Navy Admiral Dewey spent some £9000 worth of…

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The War. Russian Success in North-east Poland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

Petrograd, April 2.—A communique states: We gained an important success on the Krasna region west of Simno (31 miles north-east of Suwalki). The enemy is rapidly retreating, and…

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War Funds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

It may not be generally known that the employees in the locomotive branch in the Goulburn district are in a quiet way contributing generously to the war funds. In January last…

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The War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 1

The Russian fleet sank one Turkish destroyer and damaged another in the Bosphorus. Turkish advices state that a British cruiser bombarded Mowilah, and attempted to land…

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The War. Western Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

Paris, April 7.—A communique states: We have made appreciable progress eastward of Verdun. We occupied the village of Gussainville and summits commanding the valley of…

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War Materials. Lord Kitchener's Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

London, April 7.—Mr. George Booth, a member of a Liverpool shipping firm, is the mouth-piece of Kitchener's munitions committee. The papers suggest that he fulfils the requirements…

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War Munitions. Regulating Supplies. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

The Press Bureau states that Lord Kitchener has appointed a committee to take steps to secure the supply of munitions of war, so that there will be sufficient for all requirements…

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War Munitions. Appeal for Workers. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

The War Office has issued posters appealing to skilled and unskilled men to offer their services to the armament manufacturing firms…

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Telegrams the War. The Blockade. Torpedoed. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

A Grimsby trawler has been torpedoed in the North Sea. After half an hour's chase the Cardiff steamer Northlands was torpedoed off Beachy Head. The…

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The Latest. the War. The Western Front. Belgian and French Gains. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

A communique states: A German detachment, with machine guns, succeeded in crossing the Yser, south of Driegrachten, but the Belgians attacked and captured the position…

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The War

The Young Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

The Belgians completely expelled the Germans from the western side of the river Yser, in the Dragrachten district. the enemy sustained heavy…

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Interesting War Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

In the picturesque language of the East, Caire, is "the brightest gem in the handle of the green fan of Egypt." Every morning he held audiences at…

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Exchanging War Prisoners

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

In ancient times prisoners of war were, killed, unless, of course, the belligerents found it more profitable to exchange or liberate them for ransom…

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