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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

2,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 102

The War and Industry. Unemployment Difficulty. Action by the Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 6

The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Estell has given serious consideration to the matter of abnormal industrial conditions that may arise as a consequence of…

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The War in the West. Austro German Forces. New York. Aug 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 6

Count von Bernstoff, German Ambassador at Washington, announced yesterday that the German forces, acting against Russia consisted of about 800,000 men, or twelve…

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Singleton and the War. We'll Be Waitin (By W. E. Vincent, Ex-Country Pressman.) I.

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 3

Well be waitin we'll be watchin for the news that's comin' thro' Of the Boys who hold the honor of our White Starred Flag-o'-Blue; For that sturdy troop of Stralians is our Regiment o Men, That is fightin for an Empire, as a Cub of Leo's Den…

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Farewell to Soldiers,'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 4

The rector of St. Paul's (Rev. Arnold Conolly), in conjunction with the promoters of the grand concert. arranged for Saturday evening in the Parish Hall…

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Seat of War. Grim Battles. Carnage at Charleroi. British Troops. the Defence of Mons. German Advance. Alsace Abandoned. Aerial Bombs. Russians Heroic Charge. German Defeats

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 5

Further details of the fighting at Charle-roi and longwv show that three French armies engaged the Germans. In addition the British troops the African Zouaves…

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The War

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

Details are to hand of the fighting at Mons and Charleroi. Swarms of scouts preceded the Germans as they decended on the latter place…

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War Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

The news coming through from the seat of war continues to be of a conflicting and unreliable character, although not nearly as bad as it…

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War News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

The following cables have been received from the High Commissioner August 25—" It is officially announced that the destroyer Kennet…

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War Horses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 10

On Wednesday, Lieut. O. E. Carter trucked six horses for the use of the Dungog contingent of the Light Horse squad. They…

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War News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 10
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Agent-General cables the following was news to the Premier:— Russians have encountered…

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War Items

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 10

On account of the war, the cost of newspaper has gone up 100 per cent. The man who tries to force the…

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Nothing but War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

The war has overshadowed all important events. The Broadmeadow murder has almost been forgotten, and comparatively little interest is…

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Madness of War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 5
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

..A symposium on the madness of war at this crisis would be about as sensible as a symposium on the danger of damp sheets if London were on fire. If war…

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Nothing but War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

The war has overshadowed all important events. The Broadmeadow murder has almost been forgotten, and comparatively little interest is…

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War Prophecy. Germany's Preparations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

BERLIN newspapers of July 15 gave prominence to a telegram gent by the German Crown Prince to lieutenant-Colonel Frobenuis,…

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An 18 Months' War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

Kitchener's forboding that the war will last 18 months has put a nasty taste in the mouths of the majority of war prophets who predicted the…

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An 18 Months' War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

Kitchener's forboding that the war will last 18 months has put a nasty taste in the mouths of the majority of war prophets who predicated the…

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Our Note Book. The War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

The war still continues foremost in topics of the day, although the excitement that prevailed during the first week or two of hostilities has given…

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