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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Russia. War Finance. Petrograd

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 2

The Budget shows a deficit of £37,000,000. The war is costing £3,000,000 daily. The drink revenue has fallen from £68,000,000 to less than a million. Since the war £350,000,000 has been…

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The Balkans. Anti-war Meetings. King Ferdinand Attacked. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

The Petit Parisien's Salonika correspondent says that significant news has been received from Bulgaria. Anti-war meetings are being held in the streets. The police are powerless,…

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Telegrams the War. Verdun. "A Great Silence Ensued." London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

The Paris Journal publishes on episode of the fighting at Caures Wood, to which the Germans greatly aspired. French engineers mined the entire wood. A German division swarmed…

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The War. Verdun. Terrific Fighting. German Emperor Views the Battle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Paris, Feb. 29.—Liberte's correspondent writes—"February 26 is one of the most glorious days for the soldiers of France. During 18 hours our soldiers were exposed to a deluge of shot…

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The Latest. the War. Verdun. a Lull Reported. German Failure Predicted. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 2

The French daily review states that there has been a lull in the fighting at Verdun, and the artillery bombardment on either side is only intermittent…

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Sports Material for Soldiers

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

A meeting of the committee has been formed to provide sports material for soldiers at the camp was held on Tuesday evening favourable reports were received from the…

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Presentations to Chatsbury Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

About a hundred ladies and gentlemen gathered in the Chatsbury Hotel on Saturday evening to witness presentations to five young men from the Chatsbury district who have…

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Fruit and Vegetables. for Returned Wounded Soldiers

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

Batches of oar brave soldiers are returning almost daily, and the majority, for a very long time, will not be able to do anything to earn a living, while…

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The War. 579Th Day of the War

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

A French wireless message says:—At Verdun the battle has lulled. The night has been calm, with an intermittent artillery bombardment. There has been no…

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War Map 221-3 GeorgeStreet SYDNEY

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 1

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After the War—What? Dr. Fitchett's View

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

There seems to be a general impression that after the war world will suffer a period of great depression, if not of positive privation during which…

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The War. French Cruisers. Germans' False Claims. Paris

Young Witness · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

The German Admiralty officially announce that two French auxiliary bruisers were-sunk off Havre: but this fa stated to be false…

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Fury of Foe Abating. Stories of Carnage. Germans Lose 45,000 Killed. Endless Trains of Wounded London

Young Witness · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

This is the ninth day of the great Battle of Verdun and official and nonofficial reports indlcate that the fury of the enemy is spending itself. The…

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Late War News. Verdun Battles. Enemy's Fury Spent. Paris, March 1

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

A communique announces:-- "North of Verdun the activity of the German artillery is yet severs, except west of the Meuse, where there…

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The War Day By Day. Western Front. Battles Around Verdun. Paris, Feb 29

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

The Erench Premier told a grapic and thrilling story in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies of the French counter-attack at Douaumont…

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Soldier's Letter

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

Mr. J. Frost, of Burrowa, has received the following letter from Private Percy Royno, who enlisted from Burrowa:—Lemnos Island…

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This is the Life for Me!" Soldier's Letter

Young Witness · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

The following interesting letter was received this week by Mr. A. E. Hutchins of Edward street, from Private R. M. Stewart, the popular Assistant…

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War Scraps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

Mr. Augustine Birrell, speaking at North Bristol, said some people thought that after the war changes which had been made in social thought and relations would disappear; that…

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Commercial War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

London, March 3.—The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Times" says it is understood that France some time ago took the initiative urging an unsparing, commercial war against…

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