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

The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Women and War Waste. the Duty of Motherhood. Some Pertinent Facts to Consider. Man's Lost Sense of Fatherhood

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 9

(Mrs. Flora Annie Steel is one of our most distinguished nevelists." Her subject to-day --the relations of man and woman--is one to which she has given long years of study…

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Soldiers' Comforts

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The social held in the L.C.B. Hall on Monday night, in aid of the above was attended by over 100 persons, and was a very successful…

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The Centre for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 3

Six months ago a few women, feeling that soldiers' families were in many cases suffering from financial difficulties and loneliness, opened an office to…

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Under German Rule. Nurse Cavell's Sympathy Even for Enemy Soldiers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 4

Nurse [?] last article to the "Nursing Mirror" depicted "Brussels Under the German Rule." Even with her sympathies all with Belgium she…

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Soldiers Riot. One Man Shot—several Wounded. Police and Civilians Suffer. Sydney, Tuesday 7.45 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 17

The soldiers strike riot in Liverpool and Sydney yesterday culminated at midnight at the Central Railway station. Private Keefe was shot dead,…

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Latest War News. New Phase Coming. Bulgaria's Plight. Sydney, Thursday 1.4 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 19

The "Daily News" says that Rachini Bey, the Vali of Smyrna, was warned that the Young Turks intended his assassination, and escaped in an allied…

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The War Calling Up Unmarried Men. Bulgaria Wants Peace. French Success in Champagne. Sydney, Monday 7.51 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 17

It is announced from London that the remaining eleven classes of unmarried men have all been called up. There has been great activity at the…

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The War America Amd the Entente. the Pate of Erzeroum. German Naval Activity. Sydney, Thursday 8.57 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 22

A despatch from Washington states that America concedes the Entente the right to arm her merchantmen defensively, and will disapprove of the…

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War Taxation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6
Also in Forbes Times

"When means of economy have been exhausted towards meeting the tremendous liabilities accruing to the Australian people, it will be necessary…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

Mr Lloyd George is taking over the transforming of all distilleries into munition factories. Spirits in bond represent a two years' supply…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 7

The Belgian Legation denies that Germany has made recent overtures for peace. It is reported that four German…

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The War. London

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on last night's operations, said that after heavy fighting along the whole front of the Ypres saliant, south of Hooge,…

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New Phase of War. London

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

The "Petit Parisian" says that here is no doubt but that the Entente s on the eve of a new phase of the var…

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Kitchener Confident. War Fronts Reviewed. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 7

In the House of Lords, Lord Kitchener reviewed the operations of the war. Referring to the Balkans, the War Lord said the securing of direct…

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The Submarine!n War. Ashmead Bartleti's Views

Forbes Times · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 8

Mr. Ashmead Burtlett says that one of the features which stand out in the war was the future of submarines. Germany started with about seventy…

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The War Russian Advance. News of the Week

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 7

The London "Times" correspondent in Petrograd reports that on all points there is reassuring evidence that the aggressive spirit of the…

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Latest War News. German-ships on the Move. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

Copenhagen reports that the Duke of Mecklenberg is em route for Bucharest as the Kaiser's [?]nvoy to offer Roumania a loan of twelve million pounds…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 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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Xmas Cheer for the Soldiers

Forbes Times · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

Private Len Kendall (says a Parkes paper), writing from Egypt says that the Christmas season would not have been very enjoyable, had it not been…

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