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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 14 of 139

Soldiers Comforts

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 3

The Secretary of the West Wyalong branch of the Red Cross Society, Mrs T. A. Smith informs us that the following articles were…

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Enlisting at Country Centres

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

The District Commandant (Colonel Ramaciotti) states that he does not approve of men from the country coming down to the city at their…

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War Census Cards. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 19

The Federal Executive have decided to make the compulsory war census cards returnable by March 1st. Failure to return cards will be an…

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Correspondence. Soldiers and Drink. (To the Editor.)

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 8

Sir,—"K'W." calls upon me to withdraw a sweeping statement, which, he says, I have made. I do not know what he refers to unless it is the…

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The War Servian Civilians in France. Miners Oppose Conscription a Bait for Belgium. Two Zeppelins Lost. Sydney, Thursday 9.11 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 19

Eighty thousand Servian civilianshave landed in France and 30,000 in Italy. The export of cotton has been,…

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The War Breaking Up Belgian Railways. Torpedo Boat in Danish Waters. Raiders Built at Kiel. Movements in the Balkans. Sydney, Monday 7.53

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 25

A New York report states that the Roon towed a prize of war to Hamilton, in the Bermudas, after a running fight lasting two hours…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Reported from Copenhagen that a large German warship struck a mine and sank in the Cattegat. The vessel sent out…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

Sighty thousand Servian civilians have landed in France, and 30,000 in Italy. The German frontier into…

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The War Loan

Forbes Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"In subscribing the first loan so enthusiastically several times over a, very high standard has been set, which can scarcely be maintained now that the…

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New War Horror

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 1

The President of the U.S.A. said recently that America should commence building a fleet of overwhelming strength.—Cable item…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 7

There has been increased activity on the Western front, and all reports show that artillery battles of a very fierce nature have been fought…

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War Demand for Aluminium

Forbes Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The demand for aluminium has increased enormously, through war requirements, and the price has risen by leaps and bounds, especially within the…

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Profiting by the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6
Also in Forbes Times

"Great Britain's benevolent disposition has been exploited very gravely to her own disadvantage. Not one of. the neutral States of Europe which has…

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Metals and the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6
Also in Forbes Times

It is not without interest to note that, in the opinion of well-informed persons, a decisive military triumph for the Entente would mean a great rush of orders…

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, reports that nothing is known of the Roon, with which a British cruiser is supposed to have fought. Enquiries…

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The War. Earlier Wires Conscription in England

Forbes Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 5

The War Office has distributed proclamations calling out the conscript classes two to twelve inclusive—unmarried men between the ages of nineteen…

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