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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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The Latest. the War. The Balkans. Cettinge Fallen. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

An Austrian official message states that Cettinge has fallen. (Cettinge was until recently the capital of Montenegro.)…

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Telegrams the War. The Russians. Effect of Their Offensive. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

M. Naudeau, wiring from Petrograd, states that with a view of coping with the Russian offensive the Austrians recalled four divisions from the Balkans and two from the Italian…

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The War Loan. To the Editor

The Yass Courier · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

Sir,—The Commonwealth Government is asking the public for a loan of ten million pounds for war purposes…

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The War’s Progress LONDON, Friday Evening

The Yass Courier · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

A message from Amsterdam states that Austria has proposed an armistice to Montenegro, and is endeavouring to negotate a separate…

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More Wounded Soldiers Arrive. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Another troopship arrived in Sydney to-day with 151 returned soldiers, 108 being for New South Wales and the balance for Queensland…

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Treatment of Wounded. German Brutality. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Private Wells, of a Suffolk regiment, who has returned to England, describes the horrors of the treatment of prisoners at Wittenberg. He says: —"They took my overcoat in freezing weather…

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War Service Committee

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The War Service and Recruiting Committed of Young met to the Town Hall last evening. Cr. Wm. Browne presided and there were also present:…

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The War. the Balkans

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

London, Jan. 17.—The Servian installation at Corfu is proceeding satisfactorily. Achilleion Palace is not occupied, but is merely under surveillance…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

It is mentioned in the 133rd casualty list that Pte. A. H. Stewart, 1st Batt., 11th Rfets., Goulburn. is seriously ill in 1st A.G. hospital, Heliopolis…

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Returned From the War. Bombed

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 1

Most of the returned wounded put down their injuries to either sh[?]nel or s[?]pers' bullets. Private T. Macnamara, of the 19th. Battalion, whose…

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The War. Turkey. Revolutionary Plot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

London, Jan. 14.—Reports from Constantinople show that the German secret police have discovered a vast revolutionary plot. to overturn the Government and expel the Germans…

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War Loon Appeal by the State War Council. to the People of New South Wales

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The self-imosed task which Australia has undertaken, and the splendid achievements of her sons in the field of battle have thrilled the empire, and will form…

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Goulburn and the War. a Gallipoli Memento

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Baxter, jeweller, of Auburn-street, has on view in his window an interesting relic of the Dardanelles campaign. It is a bugle which was presented to Sergeant-Trumpeter Young, F.R.C…

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War Map 221-3 GeorgeStreet SYDNEY

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 1

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Late War News. Kaiser's Health Rome Jan. 15

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

It is stated from neutral sources that the Kaiser is worse. Two doctors from the Eastern front have been summoned to Berlin…

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The War. Salonika. Fresh Forces Arriving. Arrangements for Prisoners

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

PARIS, Monday.—The "Petit Paris [?]n" says: Enemy forces on the Greek frontier number 250,000. The British are continually landing fresh forces…

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The War Day By Day. Turkish Submarine. London, Jan. 13

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

Another Turkish submarine has been disposed of Torpedo boats and destroyers of the Russian flest ame upon the…

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The Latest. the War. Mesopotamia. Success of Relieving Column. March Hampered by Bad Weather. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Austen Chamberlain, speaking in the House of Commons, said that after the Turks had seemed to be retiring on the 11th, they advanced on the 12th to the Waddi position…

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Telegrams. the War. The Russians. Fierce Battles. Austrians Claim Success. Austrians Fire on Germans. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

An Austrian communique states: The most stubborn battle yet fought on the Bessarabian frontier region is in progress. At Tororatz, east of Rarancze, the tenacious enemy advanced…

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Letters From Soldiers. Private Frank Hardy

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. Thos. Hardy, of Wombat road, has received a letter from his son, Private Frank Hardy, dated from Egypt on 3rd December. He writes…

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