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

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

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Goulburn and the War. PTE. F. W. SWEENEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Sweeney, of "Dundee," Windellima, has received a cable advising that her son, Pte. Fabian W. Sweeney, is ill in hospital in England suffering from diphtheria…

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The Latest The War. The Western Front. Another Air Raid. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We had encounters with hostile raiders and patrols south-westward of St. Quentin. We drove off a raid southward of La Bassee. We captured two…

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Telegrams. the War. Austrian Crisis. Emperor Wants General Peace. Promises to Labour Delegation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 4

Reuter's Amsterdanm correspondent reports that a telegram from Vienna states that a Labour delegation held a conference with the Austrian Government, at which the Premier…

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Goulburn Returned Soldiers' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the Goulburn Returned Soldiers' Association was held at the Leader rooms on Monday night; when a number of recently returned soldiers were enrolled…

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Return of Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 4

A special train conveying 86 invalided soldiers and attendants passed through Goulburn from Melbourne to Sydney at 7.45 on Wednesday morning. The ladies of the local…

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Latest War News London, Jany. 23rd

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The Admiralty reports that the Goeben's position on the beach in the Narrows, at Nagara Point, is unchanged,…

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New War Loan to Be Issued Shortly. Question of Interest and Taxation

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.— it is the intention of the Federal Treasurer to issue another Commonwealth war loan within the next few weeks. The…

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Local Soldiers Funeral

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

In connection with the death of their first son to be killed in action, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Johnson, of Spring Hill, Young, have received the…

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Enlist To-day. Conditions of Enrolment. Useful Information

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

The following are the conditions of enlistment for the Australian imperial Forces:—Age 18 to 45 years; minimum height, (without boots) 5ft;…

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The War. Western Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

Sir Douglas Haig reports considerable aerial activity on the part of the British. "We fired 1000 rounds," he says, "on enemy troops, transport, and batteries, and brought down seven…

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Goulburn and the War. Returning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. T. Blake has been advised by Base Records that his brother, Private M. Blake, who was gassed and wounded in France last July, is returning to Australia. Pte. Blake enlisted in…

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Goulburn and the War. Coming Home

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

Mrs. A. Abrahams, of Opal-street, has received word from the Base Records that her son, No. 2146, Pte. Albert Abrahams, is returning home, after a period of two years…

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The War. Revolution. Will Austria Follow Russia ? Unconfirmed Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

New York, Jan. 24.—The Petrograd correspondent of the United Press, cabling to New York, says the Government announces it has received wireless information that a revolution…

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Telegrams. the War. Austrian Crisis. A Warning to Berlin. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

Revelations by the "Vossische Zeitung" make clerk that the strikes ended on 21st January, the strikers compelling the Austro-Hungarian Governments to accord interviews, at which the…

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The Latest The War. Riots in Berlin. People Want Peace. Is Germany Cracking? (United Service Message.) LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

The Amsterdam correspondent of the United Service Agency wires:— "There is service rioting in…

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A Soldier Missing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

Sergeant H. Landers, or Mrs. Landers, of Smithfield Police Station, New South Wales, would be glad to hear from any returned soldier who could give them any news of their son,…

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After the War Problems

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. A. G. Huie addressed a well attended meeting in front of Pedley's Buildings in the main street on Thursday night on "After the War…

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Latest War News London, Jany. 27th

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Tho British line on the Western front has been extended and now takes in a section covering St. Quentin…

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The War. the Russians. Chaos Continues

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 4

The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Petrograd telegraphs:—The Bolsheviks are tottering among the ruin they have helped to create…

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Goulburn and the War. Acting-corpl. Barton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Acting-Corpl. Eric Arthur Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Barton, of Goulburn, is on the high seas returning to Australia, he having been invalided home…

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