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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Off to the War. Well-off Man As Private. Farewell to Mr[?] [?]

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 3

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Local Enlistment

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

Since the last [?] of [?] published by [?], the following have em[?] for the war [?] the local police stations.—Richard S[?] Edward…

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German Chancellors Wounded

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Berne papers report that some German chancellors hive been wounded and made prisoners…

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War Distances

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 4

War, besides being a great leveller, is. also a great educator. Places we had never even heard of previously are now becoming as, "familiar in our mouths as household…

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War Crematorium

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

"A large blast furnace at Charleroi is running night and day incinerating the bodies of Germans killed in the fighting along the Yser. The corpses are…

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Worse Than the War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

"The war will not end until the Allies have righted Belgium's wrongs, and crushed the hateful spirit of Prussian militarism. This spirit is a menace to…

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A New War Book

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

The war has been raging for over three months, and it is striking how few people can give, even in ontline, a connected story of those puzzling, world-shaking…

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The War British Consul Seized

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Turkish soldiers endeavored to arrest the British Consul at Hodaidah, a seaport in German Arabia. The Consul escaped to the Italian…

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The Primate on the War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

In his official magazine, the Primate of Australia, Dr. Wright speaks of the war. His Grace says,—"There has been no struggle…

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Nietzsche and the War. Repudiated Prussianism

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 9

"It is often asserted," writes Mr. P. M. Kennedy in The Campaign Round Liege, "that the philosophy of Nietzsche has been responsible for not merely encouraging but…

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The War Tuesday. 15-12-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 6

A British submarine entered the Dardanelles, and sunk the Turkish battleship Mersgudies. In spite of difficult currents, the commander…

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War and Literature. Gloomy Outlook. Virility Killed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 9

The idea, advanced in some quarters, that one effect of the present war will be to impart a pronounced impetus to literary creation in Europe is characterised by a writer…

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War Films. Naval Battle in a Tank

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 9

One of the supers explains in the London Daily Mail how war films are made:-- The sight of three German officers in full uniform attracted my attention at the gate…

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The War. Turkish Battleship Sunk. London

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

A British submarine entered the Dardanelles and sunk the Turkish battleship, "Mersoudich." In spite of the difficult current and the presence of mines,…

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India and the War. Attitude of Mohammedans

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

Miss Nellie Rivett, M.A., Principal of the London Missionary Society Girls' High School, at Calcutta, who recently left Sydney for…

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General War Notes. Falkland's Action. British Casualties

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 1

The Official Press Bureau announces that Admiral Sturdee has cabled that the total British casualties in the naval action off the…

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Money and the War. Will Germany Become Bankrupt?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 9

"In my judgment the last few hundred millions may win this war. This is my opinion. The first hundred millions our enemies can stand just- as well as we can, but the last…

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The War Day by Day. Friday, 11-12-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Six German submarines attempted to enter Dover at daybreak on Thurs day. All were repulsed and one sunk. The Admiralty does not…

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The War Day by Day Monday Morning, 14-12-14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 8

The British are reported to be gaining ground to the northwards of Passchendale and imperilling the German positions near the coast…

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The War Day by Day. Thursday Morning, 10-12-'14

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

A war correspondent at Petrograd states that two German army corps were recently cut off south of Lodz. Twenty thousand surrendered and…

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