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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 21 of 120

General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 3

A French communique states: We raided the German lines and brought hack prisoners. There were patrol encounters in the region of…

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Hides and the War

Forbes Times · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

Prices for hides in Sydney last week reached almost record lovels Short supplies and an exceptionally keen inquiry from local tanners were…

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War and the Money Market

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

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons, in their monthly summary, compiled to February 21, write as follows:— "There is a prevalent opinion that…

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The World War Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 2

The "Novo Vremva" publish[?] statement to the effect that Ger[?] poison gas exterminated the ent[?] population of a Gahcian village [?]…

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Old Gold & Silver War Fund a Reminder

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

One of our recent editions contained an appeal by the committee of this fund, asking for gold and silver articles of any and every description…

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After. The War. Will Money Be Scarce?

Forbes Times · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 6

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons, in their monthly share list for February, discuss the above question as follow:- There is a prevalent opinion that…

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The War. Australians on Service. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 3

Mr. Groom, the Assistant Minister for Defence, anounced in the House of Representtives yesterday that up to January 31st of this year, 285,809…

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The War America Roused German Withdrawal. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

A Vancouver message says Britain lias given permission to a Hudfields munition concern to manufacture sixteen inch shells for the…

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The World War the Clouds Darken. German-mexican Alliance. Japan to Make War with America. Sydney, Thursday afternoon

Forbes Times · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 5

Washington has announced that Germany has proposed an alliance with Mexico. Japan was to make war on the United…

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The War Kut-el-amara 12.000 PRISONERS. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 3

In the House of Lords, replying to Lord Crewe, the President of the Council, Lord Curzon, said that a further telegram from Mesopotamia…

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The War Searchers. Red Cross Bureau Work. Thoroughness and Ceaseless Activity

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 7

Bare of the polish and the furniture of the bookbinders art, fifty business-like files sit stiff and drab on the shelves of the Missing and…

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Our Ladies' Letter. Looking' After the Old War Veterans. —Light Horse Sports- at Menangle Park.—Autumn Fashions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 2

There was something doing in Sydney town on Friday, when the men and women were wearing the small, but conspicuous little button…

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Soldiers' Letters. Beside the Mediterranean. Forbes Boy's Impressions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 7

Trooper Tom Murphy, formerly of the post office, Forbes, writes from Egypt to his sister, Miss 15. Murphy, of Forbes:…

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News of Our Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 6

News of our soldier boys to hand is to the effect that Troopers B. Doalman and C. Kinsett have both been wounded, the former on the…

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Latest Telegraphic. Explosion at Broken Hill. Soldier's Mother Dies. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

The latest development in Federal politics is that Senator Ready, of Tasmania (Labor whip), is resigning his seat. The effect will be to…

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Cables About Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

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

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Died From Shock. Soldier Mother's End. Sydnet

Forbes Times · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Blake, of Keiraville, Wollongong, died from shock on being in formed that her soon had been killed in action in France. He leaves a wife…

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A Soldier's Letter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

SERGEANT FRANK JONES, writing to his brother James from Rollestone Camp, Salisbury Plain, under date 21st December, 1916, says : At conclusion…

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WAR Wednesday Meeting

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

Thirteen persons are missing from the torpedoed liner Laconia, including two Americans. Field-Marshal Haig reports:…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 6

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

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