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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 11 of 120

Coolagong and the War

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 2

"One that knows" writes:— "We were pleaded to see a young Jady, Miss Amy Thompson, leaving here on Thursday to do her bit for the war. Miss…

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The War. Saturday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

An official announcement states that a small unidentified German vessel approached the Suffolk coast on Thursday night, and fired shells…

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Win the War. Recruiting Rally. League Formed Locally

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 2

The public meeting in Rudduck's Hall on Friday night last was well attended, the hall being comfortably filled The Town Band played…

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Among Prominent People, Papers and Politicians the War Loan

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

"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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The Anzac Entertainers

Western Champion · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 17

The Anzac Popular Entertainers, who are touring the country for the purpose of raising funds for the Returned Soldiers' Association, paid…

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Soldiers' Cables

Western Champion · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 17

In addition to the inexplicable delays in the transmission of cables from men at the front, to which reference is made elsewhere, our…

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The War Russo-turkish Fighting. Russian Transport Failure. Deutschland Overdue. Submarine Sinks a Transport a German Report. Sydney, Tuesday 9.25 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 13

A Russian official message states:- We attacked, with the bayonet south-west of Potutorz, and southward of Erzezany, taking the first line of…

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The War the Kaiser's Birthday. Wilson's Birthday Note. Mackensen Wants Men. Furious Battle on Riga Front. Fighting on the Meuse. Scotching a German Plot. Sydney, Monday 8.40 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 11

A Pittsburg message states that Russia is seeking quotations for 800,000 tons of rails and trucks, and plans spending a million dollars on…

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Anzac Concert Company Cause Newspaper War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

THE visit of the Anzac Concert Company to Grenfell has led up to a mild piece of warfare between the two local papers, but as is usual with newspaper…

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Anzac Entertainers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 6

The Anzac Entertainers visited Dogan Gate on Friday last, and played to a crowded house. All of these boys have been through the…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

Scandanavian and American seamen released from the Yairowdale state that the German raider in the Atlantic is the Moewe (12,000 tons), which sinks…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

Surgeon-Major Buvergey, a French doctor, extracted a bullet from a soldier's heart. The bullet had lodged there for several months. The…

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Latest War News

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Speaking at a Brotherhood meeting in the Browning Hall, London, Sir Joseph Ward (N.Z.) said that the only way in which the peace of the world…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

Officially, the German Embassy at Washington states that Germany is prepared at least to make a general statement of terms upon which she will…

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Effect of War

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

Times change. So do conditions. Not so many years ago the diffeient peoples of the British Empire were far removed from one another. In…

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Subscribe to the War Loan

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 8

It should scarcely be necessary for me to appeal to the loyal citizens of Australia to help to make the Fourth Commonwealth War Loan a success by…

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Casual Comments. War on Ducks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

Yesterday the 1917 duck season opened, and well the ducks knew it. Had the roads been drier they would have known it better. Those…

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The War German Brutality Treatment of Prisoners

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

Mr H. C. Mahoney's book, "Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons," narrates a harrowing story of German brutality. The author was…

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The War. Four Arrests Made. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 6

Four arrests have been made in connection with an alleged plot to poison Mr. Lloyd George…

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War Loan. a Volley of Silver Bullets

Forbes Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

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

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