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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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Late War News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

Reported that the Kaiser left Willielmsihafen in a hurry, on the receipt of news that, three of the enemies aeroplanes were…

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The War. British Casualties

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

The Prime Minister Mr. Asquith,' in the House of Commons, on Monday, made an announcement as to the losses sustained by the British Expeditionary…

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How is the War Going?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

The opinion of Lord Sydenham (better known to Australians as Sir George Clarke, at one time Governor of Victoria) on the…

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The War. "Ghastly Racial Tragedy."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

German war correspondents on the Bzura admit the situation of the Germans in Poland is very difficult. The Russians often make the most…

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Deaths in War. a Comparison

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

Official lists of casualties have been so incomplete or non-committal, and unofficial estimates so patently exaggerated, that an effort to compute the mortality of the…

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Deaths in War. a Comparison

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

Official lists of casualties have been so incomplete or non-committal, and unofficial estimates so patently exaggerated, that an effort to compute the mortality of the…

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Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

This fund was established under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce in Aug. last, shortly after the outbreak of the war in Europe…

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Very latest War News SYDNEY

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

A Home paper states that the Turks are abandoning their intention of a fresh attack on the Suez Canal. They appear to…

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Nervous Reaction in War. Psychical Curiosities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

A captain of the Buff's, who has been wounded, writes to a friend in Cork :— Modern war of the present description is poor fun, but fairly comfortable. Frightfully…

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War Topics. (February" Windser.") Germay's Dominant Idea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

"Every fresh phase of the was justifies the determination of the Allies to end for ever the beligerent culture of Germany. For four decades all German life has been…

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Housewives and the War. German Professors' Advice

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

The professors of economics at the University of Berlin have, according to the "Glasgow Herald," issued an appeal to the German nation to frustrate…

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Ruse of War. United States Protest. Washington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

The United States Government has despatched a vigorous Note to Germany and a milder to Great Britain stating that the risk of the destruction of United States…

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War Surgery. Mercy of Modern Methods. Contrast with Past

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

If the great war reveals an advance in the science of killing, it is also notable, according to a writer in the Paris Journal des Debats, for great progress in the treatment of the…

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War Surgery. Mercy of Modern Methods. Contrast with Past

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

If the great war reveals an advance in the science of killing, it Is also notable, according to a writer in the Paris Journal des Debats, for great progress in the treatment of the…

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The Sydney Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund. the Spirit of Australia

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 9

A PROMINENT Sydney business man, writing from Pairs, by the latest mail gives a vivid account of visit paid to the various hospital…

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British Soldiers. German Officer's Admissions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

Aa editor of the 'Berliner Tageblatt,' who 13 taking part in the battle in Flanders, as an officer of the Reserve, has sent a letter to his paper, in which he…

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Killed in Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4

The Rev. W. F. Montgomery, of Wallerawang, has received news that his nephew, Lieutenant. Arnulph Montgomery, 3rd Batt., Connaught Rangers, has been killed in action…

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The Sydney's Wounded. Return to Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 7

Two wounded sailors from H.M.A.S. Sydney are passengers by the P. and O. R.M.S.Medina, which has arrived at Fremantle. Their names are Gascoigne, of Sydney, and…

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War Winner

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

"The side which can raise the last hundred millions is going to win."—…

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German Treachery. Murder of a Wounded Officer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 9

News has just reached the Consulate-General of the death of M. Charles Deschars, who, when the war broke out, was commercial attache at the French Embassy…

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