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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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America and the War. Mr Roosevelt's Indictment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 3

Washington, Monday.—Mr. Roosevelt, in an article appearing in the "Independent" entitled "Utopia or Hell," says thet, while the breach of an…

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The War. Allies' Offensive Hindered by Rain

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Paris Monday.—A communique yesterday stated:—We have maintained all our new positions between the sea and the Lys. The enemy's sole activity is…

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Russia's Prisoners of War. Sent to Furthest Asia. Amid Siberian Snows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 6

Thousands of German and Austrian soldiers, taken prisoners by the Russians, have been rolling eastwards across the great Siberian plains, and quartered, in small parties, in…

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The War the Dominions. Imperial Feleration. Canadian Feeling. Toronto, Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Many [?] inter[?] the recent statements of the Prime Minister (Sir R. L. Borden) [?] declaration in favour of some form of orginic federation…

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War Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

Reported that the Germans and Austrians have treated Polish towns in the same destructive manner as they did Belgium…

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Late War News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Germans are still talking of an air raid on England. German sappers buried 10,000 of their dead, near Duffel…

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News by Wire. Wounded by Stray Bullet. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

A stray bullet, apparently fired from a pea-rifle, wounded Thomas Cassidy, of Baker-street, Burwood, in the leg when he was driving a cab along Golden…

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Motor-cycle in War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

For the first time in the history of the world the motor-cycle may be called upon to take no unimportant part in what may prove to be the greatest…

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Very Latest War News SYDNEY

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Lord Kitchener, speaking in the House of Lords, stated, that notwithstanding the transfer of troops to Poland, the Germans…

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Australia and the War. Governor-general's Praise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 7

Speaking in reply to an address at welcome at Colac, the Governer-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) referred to the part Australia was playing in the war…

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War Food Fund Stock Donations. To the Editor

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Sir,—I have to report having collected the undermentioned stock in the Scone and Aberdeen portions of this district and in the Rouchel portion, with the…

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The War. Kitchener Speaks Sums Up Situation. London, Wednesday Night

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

In the House of Lords to-day Field Marshal Earl Kitchener. Secretary of the Slate for War, made a speech in which he…

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A War Vignette. Soul of a Dead Village. Five Hundred Lunatics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

The London Observer gives some passages from a striking series of articles which Gino Calza Bedolo has been contributing as special correspondent to the Giornale d'Italia. Signor…

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A War Picture. the Homeward Ferry. Crimson and White. H.m.s. Asturias

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

Of the many long stages which our wounded have to traverse between the battlefield and the place of convalescence in England, the easiest, the most comfortable, and…

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Austrian Wounded. Venice, Dec. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 12

A thousand wounded Austrians have arrived from Galicia in an indescribable condition. They are almost reduced to skeletons, having journeyed for five days in goods trucks,…

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Terrible German Losses. 70,000 Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 9

Great secrecy is being maintained as to what is happening in Belgium (wrote the London "Daily Telegraph's" special correspondent from Rotterdam on November 8)…

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Wounded at Strasburg. Berne, Jan. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 3

A fugitive reports that 62 hospitals at Strasburg are full of wounded…

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The War. [?]Rcest Steuggle of the War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

The fighting at Cernay was the most formidable of the war. The guns were unceasing for three days. Valleys were filled with bodies of…

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