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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Second War Loan. Nearly £21,000,000

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

Subscriptions to the War Loan notified up to Wednesday amounted to £20,723,690. The amount asked for was £10,000,000. The Federal Government will accept all offered. New South…

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The War. the Balkans. Roumania and Austria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

London, Jan. 31.—Austria is hostile towards the proposals of M. Carp, who has gone to Vienna on a confidential mission from Roumania…

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The Latest. the War. Turkish Throne. Suicide of Heir Apparent. Constantinople

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

The Turkish Heir Apparent, Prince Yussuf, has committed suicide through illness. He cut some of his arteries. The tragedy took place in the palace…

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Telegrams. the War. Luncheon to Mr. Fisher. Unity of Empire. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

The Empire Parliamentary Association gave a luncheon to Mr. Fisher at the House of Commons Mr. Balfour (First Lord of the Admiralty) presided, and there was a large gathering,…

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Soldiers' Club. Gift Tea at Carrawarra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

The decision of the Minister for Public Instruction in granting the use of Carrawarra to the citizens for the purpose of a Soldiers' Club has met with general approval. All who have…

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Soldier's Death. Attacked by Civilians. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

Private .Walter Brook, 43, died at his residence in the city this morning from injuries alleged to have been received on Monday night through being set on by a number of civilians. His…

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Unruly Soldiers. Restaurant Attacked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

A large crowd of soldiers made a hostile demonstration outside a restaurant in George-street near the railway station on Wednesday night ,and during the disturbance stones were…

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The Road to the Unknown. the Romance Dear to the Heart of the Young Soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 1

When the young soldier takes the long, poplar-lined road from—his heart is stirred with the romance of his mission. It is morning and he is bound for the…

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Soldiers' Club. Immediate Possession of "Carrawarra."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

The Mayor this (Thursday) morning received. the following letter :— Sir,—Referring to your letters of the 21st and 22nd ultimo respectively, and in…

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Soldiers in Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wednesday Hilton Neal, 17, Claude Oldham Ferguson, 16½, and William Cravino, 19, were charged with having, at Sydney, on January 15 last,…

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Will Not Enlist. Charges Against Lithgow Workers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

The allegaion that numbers of labourers employed at the Small Arms Factory at Lithgow are posing as skilled munition workers to provide themselves with a reason for not…

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Compulsion. the War

Young Witness · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. —The King has proclaimed February 10th as the day on which compulsion hill begin to operate…

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The War Loan. Amount Over-subscribed. Melbourne Feb

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

The War Loan of £10,000,000 has been over-subscribed. There are three tenders of a million each. With the closing on Wednesday of…

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War Map 221-3 GeorgeStreet SYDNEY. Copyright

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

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Late War News. Zeppelin Raid. London, Feb. 2

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

It is officially announced that 54 people were killed and 67 injured in the last Zeppelio raid on the eastern north eastern, and Midland…

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Imperiel Trade. Position After the War London, Feb 1

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

A great meeting was held at the Town Hall no Monday afternoon to discuss the question of trade and employment after the war The…

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The War Day By Day. Air Raid. London Feb. 1

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

A Paris communique records only grenade attacks and artillery bombardments along the front. The report adds:-- If Saturdays…

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Soldiers' Firearms. Presents Op Revolvers Illegal

Young Witness · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, stated that he desired the public to know that the practice of presenting firearms to friends. or…

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Wounded Soldier Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

Junco, Friday.—A wounded returned soldier, named Oswald, while proceeding from Sydney to Melbourne, wan ordered off the train for travelling without a ticket. It appears that…

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War Service Committee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the executive of the above was held on Thursday evening under the presidency of the Mayor. Mr. A. M. Barton (hon. sec.) reported that there was a credit of a little over…

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