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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 30 of 139

War at Any Price

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 6

"There are not wanting in Australia signs of the approach of widespred industrial trouble. My own feeling is that the difficulties which are sure to…

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Latest War News. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

Amsterdam advices state that 200 were killed and 350 wounded, in the Allied air raids on Zeebrugge. Washington information transmitted…

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Some Sydney Notes. Tale of a Soldier.—Hero of Pope's Hill.—Referendum and liquor. —Length of the War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7

I'll tell you the tale of a soldier, one of the brave young Australians who have made the name of Anzac ring round the world, who have done…

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The War. Monday's News. Bankrupt Greece

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 8

The Greek Government is said to be greatly embarrassed for want of money, and if she fails to raise a loan from England or France, may be…

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The War New Zeppelins Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

Socialists in the Reichstag have resolved to have no connection with the submarine campaign of Germany, and avoidance of everything…

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Latest Telegraphic Taxation of War Profits. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

By the taxation or partial absorption of war profits the Federal Government hopes to secure a substantial contribution towards the cost of…

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Latest War News. Effect of Verdun. London

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

Advices from Berlin state that the defeat of the Germans at Verdun has had a disastrous effect on public opinion. One paper denounces the…

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Letters for Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 March 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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Public Meeting. Honoring Our Brave Soldiers the Mayor Makes an Explanation

Forbes Times · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 3

The public meeting held in the council chambers on Wednesday evening last was not very largely attended, owing perhaps to the clash with the…

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Soldiers Expelled. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

Private Rex Brady, for escaping from lawful custody has been court marshalled, and ordered to be imprisoned with hard labor for seven months, and to be…

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Provision for Returned Soldiers. What the States Can Do in Three Years

Forbes Times · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7

Mr. J. C. Watson supplies the following account of the Parliamentary Committee for settling returned soldiers:—…

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German Soldiers' Pay. N[?]ggardly Treatment

Forbes Times · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7

A German soldier's pay, which the Socialists are vainly attempting to get increased by 50 per cent., is roughly equivalent to 4½d. a day. But out of…

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Farms for Returned Soldiers

Forbes Times · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"In this State Government will naturally desire (and with the approval of the community) to keep every possible retured soldier, and, if it be…

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German Soldiers' Pay. Niggardly Treatment

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 6

A German soldier's pay, which the Socialists are vainly attempting to get increased by 50 per cent., is roughly equivalent to 4½d. a day. But out of…

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Our Short Story. The Fate of a Soldier

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7

"Mr. Thornbury has called, Madam." The girl sat at the head of the long table. The butler breathed the…

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A Soldier's Letters. Under date, Ma'adi, 18/1/16, Sergeant George McDonald writes home to his parents as follows:—

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

"We are back again on the old horses; went out for a route march yesterday, and it went off alright. We expect to leave here any day now,…

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Railway Supply Men. Last to Leave Anzac

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 3

Advices from Egypt make it clear that the Railway Supply Detachment of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces; recruited from the…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 3

Honorary Secretary.—C. A. Le Walker, Esq., 113 Pitt Street, Sydney. The Citizens' War Chest Fund…

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The War. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 2

The members of the Dutch Sailors Union at Rotterdam decided by a majority of 83 to 3 not to go to sea because of the German submarines…

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