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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

2,776 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 139

Soldier Honored

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

Private "Jack" Garth, a resident of Wyalong of many years' standing, who e[?]listed from Rooty Hill, paid a visit here on final leave…

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Soldier's Courtesy. an Incident in London

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The life of a soldier, it would appear, not only transforms a boy into a man, but gives him maimers. Here is a little incident which occurred in a…

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Fund for Returned Wounded Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

Immediately following the address by Mr. Lynch, a meeting was held in connection with the Local Local Fund for Returned Wounded Soldiers belonging…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The Appam was captured by the German raider Moewe which escaped from Kiel. The Appam was beached in…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

The Canadian Parliament House has been destroyed by fire following an explosion, the result of a German plot…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The King gave an audience to Mr Andrew Fisher, Australian High Commissioner. A Russian communique states:—…

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

Fully nine-tenths of the Roumanians have mobolised, and more than half a million are massed on the BulgarHungarian border…

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War Service Committee. Official Correspondence

Forbes Times · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

The local War Census Committee is is receipt of the following correspondence from the Organising Secretary of the N.S.W. Recruiting Campaign:—…

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The War Prisoners Murdered. Bloodthirsty Bulgarians. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

Mr Ward Price, official corresponent in the Mediterranean, writes:— "A Bulgarian deserter has related to me a hideous story of the…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

Steamers leaving Sydney for London, via the Suez Canal, carry letters for soldiers in Egypt and the Dardanelles. Letters should be…

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Italy's War Leader

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 3

Just as General Joffre was practically unknown outside of France before the beginning of the war, so Italy's leader comes upon the European battlefield unheralded and…

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Britain's War Debts

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 9

The public pay very little regard to the claims of posterity. Even in matters of money they exhibit slight scruple in bequeathing them a heavy load of debt. At the close of the…

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"Vast Arsenal." Britain's War Work

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 3

" A Neutral," whose contributions to the London press are attracting attention, declares that England's share is not understood on the Continent even by her Allies…

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WAR. Saturday, 11.40 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

The British Embassy at Washington denies that it has information that the "Roon," a heavily armoured German cruiser, is at large…

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War News. Wednesday, February 9, '16

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 6

A Copenhagen message states that after a Meeting, the Kiel authorities, fearful of an air raid, notified the populace that a steam siren will…

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The War. Sydney, Tuesday. Bulgars on the Frontier

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 3

A message from Salonika states that French and Bulgarian patrols had a skirmish on Sunday. Two French were wounded; one…

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The War Day by Day Friday, February 4, 1916

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

Seven British steamers, including the Clan Mantavash, have been sunk by the Moewe, which seized Appam and took her as, a prize. The Clan…

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The War Day by Day Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1916

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

Speaking at Chicago, President Wilson said that America was prepared for war so far as the navy was concerned, but the army was not large…

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The War Day by Day Monday, February 7, 1916

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

New York shipping reports that the Boon has been towed a prize of war to Hamilton, Bermuda, after a running fight lasting two hours…

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Recruiting Campaign. Waugoola Shire Council Forms A War Service Committee

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

Pursuant to advertisement convening a public meeting the following attended at the Shire Chambers on Saturday last:—Crs. Rowlands…

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