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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

36 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

For the Soldiers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 7

A very representative meeting of Windsor ladies was held in the Church of England School Hall on Monday afternoon, when a branch of the Red Cross Society was formed…

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War Special

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

We have decided to publish a small special issue of the "Gazette"' when any important war news comes through by wire. The special will be sold at one penny per copy…

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Off to the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

We take the following from the Kurri Kurri paper:— About 35 business people met at Mr. E. Bickmore's residence on Monday evening to…

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The Occasion of the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 8

The occasion of the war—as distinguished from the real cause—was the murder of an Austrian Prince. That Prince was vigorously opposed to the Servians, not because he was…

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Dr. Fitchett on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

No one knows the battlegrounds of Europe better than Dr. Fitchett, the author of "How England saved Europe," etc., and his summary in "Life" for September of the events…

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War Specials

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 7

This from a country contemporary hits the hail on the head:— "In talking about the war, newspaper men at any rate frequently hear it said that the…

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Notes on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 14

At this stage of the war it may not be uninteresting to glance back at the France-Prussian war of 1870-71. I was only a little chap at the time, but it left a vivid…

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Notes on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 1

"To arms! the foe vaunts in the field !" Singing songs of triumph, the German soldiers swagger through the towns and villages of France, while we follow our usual…

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Women and the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

So great is the demand for literature about the war that even that eminently domestic Australasian magazine, "Everylady's Journal has succumbed to the pressure and…

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Home-sewing in War-time. a Free Pattern Catalogue of 250 Designs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

In these days of war and anxiety countless women throughout Australasia are industriously making clothes for themselves and the children. Indeed, many women are sewing…

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500 War Queries Answered. "Life's" Excellent War Guide

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 6

The average man who eagerly reads the war cables is constantly puzzled by such queries as "What is an Army Corps?" "Who is Joffre?" "How is an Army Formed…

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Notes on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 12

The war is not over yet. General Von Kluck's army has not surrendered, thousands of Russians have not landed at Ostend nor have the Indian troops brilliantly turned the…

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Dr. Fitchett on the War. a Masterly Study

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 6

"Life's" Second War Number (October issue) contains many good and timely things. The chief attraction among many war features, is a masterly study of the war by Dr…

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Notes on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 2

The present state of the war as regards naval matters cannot be said to be satisfactory. The Germans have scored three by tricks. They have sunk three fine British…

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Archbishop Kelly on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 14

In the course of an address to a numerous gathering, in the grounds of Our Lady of Mercy Convent Parramatta, Archbishop. Kelly drew a comparison between the…

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War Notes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 14

Sir,—IN his War Notes, Mr. J. Bennett Little tries to uphold and spread that swaggering assertiveness that mostly only serves, to show that the cause is not as clear and just as…

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A War Guide Worth Getting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 10

A flood of publications on the war has began to flow in from overseas but an Australian, publisher has succeeded in issuing the best sixpenny war publication of…

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Notes on the War

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 1

Whether one is fighting, writing or breaking stones, a little encouragement is very uplifting. An old French army officer came to congratulate me on these little notes…

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Notes on the War. Number Eight

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 12

Hitherto the Allies in the field against Germany and Austria have been seven in number Britain, France Russia, Belgium, Servia, Montenegro land Japan. Now Portugal is…

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On War Poetry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 1

We indite the following, impelled thereto by a grave injustice done by us in our last issue to that celebrated clan oil which our editor is a humble member…

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