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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Telegrams the War. Ireland. Commission Opened. Important Evidence. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

Lord Hardinge is presiding over the commission into the Irish rebellion. It is proposed to inquire what system existed to acquaint officials of the movements culminating in the…

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The Latest. the War. Western Front. Germans Carry Small Work. French Hold the Fort. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 2

A communique states: We threw back the enemy who were attempting to penetrate a small salient at Saint Hubert, in the Argonne. The Germans renewed the violent attacks on…

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A Soldier Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

Theodore Gadd, a soldier, was before the Police Court to-day on a charge of having in February last, while armed with a revolver, assaulted Maude Ellis, and having stolen a pair…

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The War London

The Yass Courier · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 2

The struggle for Hill 304 continues to be the most important phase the Verdun front. The Germans, despite new blood, have been…

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Goulburn Soldier Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. Alex Wilson, road contractor, Clinton-street, received word on Friday from the Defence Department that his son Eric had been wounded in action in France. Pte. Wilson lefe…

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Goulburn and the War. Tarlo Soldier in France

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 4

Pte. A. D. Williamson, writing from France, under date of 29th March, to his parents at Tarlo Gap, says.—"We are in France at last, and a prettier place I have never seen. I don't…

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War Service Committee

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

A change has been effected in the recruiting arrangements under the control of the local War Service Committee. Corporal Niven who has been acting as…

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War and Finaoce. London, May 19

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

The Secretary of State for India says it would be unwise to found any hopes on Germany's economic exhabtion--we must rely on our own [?]…

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The War. Western Front. Fierce Fighting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

Paris, May 22.—About 50,00 are engaged in repeated assaults on Mort Homme along a front of two miles. On the east and steeper side the Crown Prince's troops, who are concentrated…

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Late War News. Air Fighting, London, May 20

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

A communique issued at Paris slates that the enemy tried to cross the Yser Canal, between Steen Straats and Hetsas, but faile in the Champagne district the…

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Goulburn and the War. Lance-cpl. Noel Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. W. Gale, of Verner-street, have received official notification from the Defence Department that their son, Lance-Cpl. Noel Gale, was killed in action on May 2, 1915…

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War Map 221-3 George Street SYDNEY Copyright

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 1

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The War. Activity in the Air. Seaplanes Raid Kent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 4

London, May 20.—It is officially. announced that three enemy seaplanes raided the east coast of Kent at 2 o'clock this morning. One seaplane dropped a dozen bombs on the…

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French Finances. Millions Wanted for War. London, May 19

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

In French Chamber of Deputies on Thursday M. Ribot (Minister for Finance) delivered an important statement. He said war estimates for the…

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The War. Abdul Hamid. Plot in Constantinople. Paris

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

A Paris paper's Constantinople correspondent says that it is believed a plot is on foot to liberate the form[?] Sultan, Abdul Hammid. The guards…

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After the War. No Evidence of Preparations for Dumping. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. Asquith, replying to a question, said that the Government's advisers had failed to find evidence that Germany and America were making goods ready to dump in Britain after the…

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America and the War. Meeting in Favour of Allies. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 1

The American Rights Committee held a crowded meeting in the Carnegie Hall in commemoration of the Lusitania. The speakers included Mr. Putnam, the publisher who summoned…

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The War Day By Day. the Western Front. Attacks Around Verdun London, May, 19

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

A Paris communique states :-- The French dispered a strong hostile recannisance between the Oise and the Aisne. Several German…

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Telegrams the War. Verdun. Germans Occupy First Line of Trenches on Mort Homme. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 1

A communique states: The Germans continued their attacks on Mort Hommo and occupied the first line of trenches on the western slopes. All attempts on the eastern slopes failed. Our…

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The Latest. the War. Ireland. Evidence of Warnings. Advice of Messrs. Redmond and Dillon. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

The Irish Commission resumed its sittings to-day. Lord Hardinge, the chairman, read a letter from General Macready stating that Mr…

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