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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 19 of 120

The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

Reported from Servia that 40,000 Servians have been torn from their homes and sent to Hungary. A man-hunt prevailed at Belgrade, the…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 3

Two Italian battalions occupied Kolitza and compelled the authorities to withdraw towards Jantina. A wireless Russian message…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 1

The pro-German element is making itself felt in the American Congress, and may force President Wilson to take some…

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War News Continued. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 5

Sir Edward Carson announces that Lord Fisher has joined the Admiralty in the capacity of President of the Inventions Board…

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The World War. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

The American Consul at Queens-town reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Dalbaette. The submarine continued shelling after the…

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The War Western Front Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 3

From Dutch sources it is learned that vast German concentrations continue in the west. This is confirmed from Petrograd, where it is…

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Old-gold and Silver War Fund

Forbes Times · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

One of our recent editions contained an appeal by the Committee of this Fund asking for gold an dsilver articles of any and every description. We now…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 5

In view of the special appeal now being made by the War Chest Fund, which is urgently in need of money, the committee of the "Old Gold and…

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Britain's Stability. the Big War Loan. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4

The Scottish bankers announce that only 20 per cent of the British bank deposits were affected by the big war loan of over £700,000,000. They state…

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The War Bernstorff's Party German Potato Famine. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4

An examination of Bernstorff's ship revealed the fact that every member of the German party was plentifully supplied, the Embassy…

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The War. Uncle Sam Still Waiting. Press Impatient. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4

A policy of watching and waiting is still being pursued by the Government. There is much speculation as to Presidnet Wilson's next step. The press is…

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The War. a Big Explosion in Germany. Espionage in America

Forbes Times · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 5

A Norwegian returned from Germany says that an explosion occurred in an enormous munition works in Dresden on December 28th, when 30,000…

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Correspondence. That Bore of a War. (To the Editor of "The Forbes Advocate.")

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

Sir,—Is the war beconvins a bore? It still occupies pride of place in the Australian press, and politicians opinions of the subject are dutifully…

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Cables About Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 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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WAR. Wednesday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 3

The New York "Herald" says a German submarine was sighted off Newport News. An American warship ordered…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 6

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

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War Loan Still Open

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 4

The change of Federal Treasurers does not alter the position with regard to the wnr loan. Every reason advanced by Mr. Poynton…

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Soldiers' Letters. Artillery and Headquarters' Addresses

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 3

It is officially stated that in addresses for letters to members of the A.I.F. it is to be noted that the number of the brigade or division…

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Returned Soldiers' Fund

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 4

A Committee meeting of the above Fund was held in the Shire Hall on Tuesday night last Mr. Gaskin was voted to the chair…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 2

Hollwegg, in the Reichstag, declared that submarining had surpassed expectations. Germany had not lost a single…

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