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

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Another Yass Hero. Killed in Action

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

The sad news was received in Yass on Tuesday morning last that Sergt. Chas. W. Leslie, youngest son of Mr. H. W. Leslie of Yass,…

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Pride of Yass Lodge. Welcome Home

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 3

The Pride of Yass Lodge, G.U.O.O.F., once again made recognition of its appreciation of its soldier members on Monday evening when…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Allen, Railway Superintendent, Murrurundi, has received news that his son Captain Arthur Max Allen, Anzac Mounted Division of Engineers, has been mentioned in…

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The War. Man Power. Britain's Needs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

London, Jan. 14.—In the House of Commons on Monday the Minister for National Service, Sir Auckland Geddes, in introducing the Man-power Bill, said man-power was the central war…

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The War. the Russians. Conflicting Parties

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

London, Jan. 16.—An Amsterdam report states that Kuhlmann, during the recent Brest-Litovsk negotiations, adopted the standpoint that portions of Russia are striving to obtain…

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Goulburn and the War. Lieut. Lock Hailey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. J. Hailey, of Yarra, has received word from his son, Lieut. Lock Hailey, of 2oth Battalion, stating that he is in hospital at Bristol suffering from the effects of gas and general…

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Telegrams. the War. Western Front. The French. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

A French communique states:—There was lively artillery fire in the Champagne and on the right of the Meuse, especially north of Louvement, where our batteries caught enemy…

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The Latest The War. The Western Front. French Defeat Enemy Attack. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

A French communique states:—There have been artillery actions in the Beaumont-Caurieres Wood sector, right of the Mouse. Another communique states:—On the right…

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Starving Germans Weary of the War. Travellers' Observations

Young Witness · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

NEW YORK, Thursday.—The Paris correspondent of the Chicago Daily News" Interviewed two Americans, whohave arrived from Russia. They…

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Back From War. Pte W J Brown Welcomed

Young Witness · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

After being on active service for two years, Private William J. Brown, of Temora Road, Young) was welcomed homo [?] Grenfell last Friday night…

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Pitched Battle. Civil War in Russia. (Reuter Message). LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent mates that newspaper telegrams report a pitched battle in the streets of Gohessa between Ukranlan troops and…

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Latest War News. Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., January 16th

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

A bomb was discovered near a United States battleship in a dry dock in an American port…

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No Confidence Debate Labor's Part in the War. Suggestion by Sir William Irvine. Conference Between Parties

Young Witness · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The debate on the no-confidence motion, proposed by Mr. Tudor, was continued on Tuesday in the House of Representatives. An audience, which…

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Post-war Problems

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Asquith, addressing 600 representatives of London Liberal Associations, said two of the most urgent problems of reconstruction, education and land, already had been taken up…

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The War. Germany and Russia. Roumania Threatened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Events in Berlin and Brest Litovsk show that the annexationists are complete masters of the German political situation. Tirpitz, speaking in Berlin, said: "We need…

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Ukranians Blamed for Civil War. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent states that the Commissioners have resolved to break off negotiations with the Ukraine Rada, owing to the Rada's failure to reply to questions…

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The War. Germany and Russia. Russia's Terms Refused

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

At Brest Litovsk Herr von Kuhlmann declared that the Russian proposals regarding the occupied regions were unacceptable. He emphasties that peace with Russia was not connected…

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Telegrams. the War. Russia. Turkestan Independence. (Published in "The Times.")

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Turkestan has proclaimed the country an autonomous republic allied to the Russian Republic, and has appointed a Provisional Government…

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The Latest The War. The Russians. Trouble Expected in Petrograd. (Published in "The Times.")

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

The Times Petrograd correspondent states that everything points to renewed trouble brewing. The garrison is disaffected and civilians are restless. The causes are the rigours of the…

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The War

The Yass Courier · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig’s noon communique on Saturday stated that there was nothing interesting to report. On Saturday night Sir…

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