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

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

2,382 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 120

Soldiers' Letters. Life on the Ocean Wave. Work of the British Fleet

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

Sergeant-Major G. W. Brownhill, proprietor of "The Forbes Advocate" continues his narrative:— At Sea,…

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Cables About Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 5

Mr Langer Owen is in charge of the Red Cross Information Bureau, 115 Pitt Street, Sydney. This bureau, is anxious to discover any…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

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

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The War. Wednesday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 5

A French communique states that there was fairly lively cannonading between the Oise and the Aisne…

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The War Loan. Employees Meetings

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

Arrangements have already been made for meetings of employees by a large number of firms with a view to impressing upon the staffs the…

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[?] Among Prominent People. Papers and Politicians the War Loan

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

"It is clear that if the fourth Commonwealth war loan is to be as great a success as the earlier ones then a special effort will have to be made. There…

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Win the War League I Serve To-Night s Meeting

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

We give a final reminder that the adjourned public meeting in connection with the reorganisation of recruiting, will be held at Rudduck's…

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Soldiers Praise Smokes. Thanks for Southern Cross Fund Tea Leaves and the Real Dinkum."

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

How greatly the gifts of tobacco and cigarettes which have been sent through the Oversea Southern Cross Tobacco Fund to the men at the…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

WAR events are thickening. The Germans are reported to be making a fresh concentration of troops on the Swiss frontier,…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

A Swiss correspondent from Berlin estimates the war cost to Germany at £2000,500,000. Mr Bonar Law declares that peace…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

A wireless Roumanian message states: Despite snow we attacked and repulsed the enemy southward of the valleys of Cashin and…

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The War. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

Conflicting reports of Russian and German successes on the Eastern front are to hand. The Russians in a battle northwest…

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The War. Australian German Colonies

Forbes Times · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

Speaking at the Australians' corroboree, Sir Joseph Ward said he regretted that the Ententes' Note to America did not mention the German Colonies…

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The War Loan. Some Forceful Points

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 1

Put your money into the Commonwealth war loan, now open for subscription, to save the lives of the men who are fighting your battle…

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The War West Front Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

Sir Douglas Haig reports: On Sunday a successful operation was carried out in the neighbourhood of Le Translvy. The whole objective…

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The War Russian Successes. Deutschland Overdue Enemy Claim. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

A New York newspaper says although the German Emperor, who is wedded to the war gods, is unable to perceive the danger signals at home…

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29,520,000 Cigarettes. Wanted for the Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

It is almost impossible to estimate exactly the quantity of tobacco and cigarettes which would be required in order to provide every Australian…

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Cables About Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

Mr Langer Owen is in charge of the Red Cross Information Bureau, 115 Pitt Street, Sydney. This bureau is anxious to discover any…

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Soldiers' Letters. Getting Ready for France Forbes Boys at Codford

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

Sergeant-Major G. W. Brownhill, proprietor of "The Forbes Advocate," writes:— When I completed my last letter…

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The War Loan

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 5

A number of the Recruiting Committees have already got their organisation going- for the purpose of obtaining subscribers to the War…

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