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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Wednesday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

A premium of 40 guineas per cent, is being paid on Lloyd's policies worded as follows :—"Pay total loss in the event of a declaration of war between…

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The War. Latest Cables

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Despatches from Vienna state that the Editor Notel, a Moravian, who was condemned to death for making a seditious speech, was executed two…

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The War. Sydney, Friday Afternoon

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 11

The Turks suffered apalling losses during the fighting around Sari kamysh and Ardahan; an army corps fleeing from the' frontier, is still…

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A Romance of the War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

M. Richard Duppeirrence, Barrister of Brussels and Charleroi, and secretary to M. Jules Destres, Deputy for Charleroi, and Mlle. Renee Bertha Goobel…

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The War. Latest Cables. Turkish Losses. London

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

A message from Petrograd states that the Russians have destroyed 50,000 Turks in the passes of the Caucasians. All that remains are two…

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When you are going to Enlist

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

The Belgians have shown us their courage and grit, the Frenchmen have fought with a will, Our own British soldiers have stepped…

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Wounded in Moscow

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 1

There is no such simple and cheerful and open-hearted and gossipy city in nil Europe as Moscow in the opinion of the correspondent of the New York…

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The War. Latest Cables

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

Naval official at Rio' Janciro dis credit the story that a naval battle had occurred, and state that it probably originated from the fact that the…

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War News

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

A wounded British soldier told an English newspaper correspondent that there was a terrible mortality amongst the officers in the lighting line. Up to…

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The War

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

"The Times" states that the Russians have been reinforced at the front. The former Governor of Ayrebaijan…

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Luxury and War. Berlin's Nemesis

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 7

Every great war (writes Dr. Hans Huldricksen, the distinguished Swedish-American psychologist) has been preceded by a period of profligacy…

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The War

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

LATEST CABLES. SUCCESS UNCONFIRMED. LONDON, Monday Night…

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The Great War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

Continuation of speech delivered by the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, M.P. (Chancellor of the Exchequer) at the Queen's Hall, London, on Sept. 19th…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Thursday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

The German officers with the Turks in Syria are pessimistic as to the invasion of Egypt. The Turkish military authorities are refusing them…

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The War. Sydney, 1.6 p.m

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 13

Rotterdam reports Germany is buying provisions for her Fleet and speeding up delivery. Prisoners taken around Przemsyl…

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The Great War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

Continuation of speech delivered by the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, M.P. (Chancellor of the Exchequer) at the Queen's Hall, London, on Sept. 19th,…

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The War. Sydney, 1.6 p.m

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 12

Although the Germans planned a great effort on the Kaiser's birthday it did not turn to their advantage, as all German attacks were…

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The Surf Tug-o'-war. (To the Editor.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 12

Sir,—I beg to be allowed space [?] your valuable sporting columns to draw the attention of the public to the way in which a section of the…

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The War. Latest Cables. London, Monday Night

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

Refugees from Palestine have reached Cairo, They report that the conditions at Palestine have gone from bad to worse, and that the relations…

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Off to the War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

Mr. Leslie Bursill, son of Mr. C. Bursill of Shellharbour, has gone with the 60 men from Fiji, who left as passengers by the mail boat on New…

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