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

The wars & local soldiers, 1917

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Cables About Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 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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Anzac Concert Company

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 2

The Anzac Concert Company, composed of Australian soldiers who have served their country truly and well, and who are now no longer…

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Citizens' War Chest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 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. Russian Offensive near Riga. Wednesday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 4

Copenhagen, January 9th.—A German correspondent states that the Russians on the Riga front are already in possession of great…

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Letters for Soldiers. Chance of Addresses

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 3

The Assistant Minister for Defence, Mr. Laird Smith, announces that it has been found necessary to change the mode of addressing…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 4

Master Roy Paddock has received the following letter from Corporal Eric Marshman, from Hurdcott, near Sallsbury, under…

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The Anzac Concert Pasty

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

THE above-named party, consisting of returned wounded soldiers, visited Grenfell on Saturday, for the purpose of giving an entertainment the same…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

Reported that Italy has agreed to place a large force at the disposal of the Allies, who have promised Italy possession of the province of Trieste…

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The War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

A Petrograd message says the Germans are resisting obstinately the Russian offensive near Riga, and are concentrating…

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General War Cables

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

The official German casualty lists for December—not necessarily incurred in December—give 88,291 names, of which number 15,160…

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The War. Imperial Conference

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

The Imperial Conference definitely meets at the end of February or early in March…

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War Loan. Fourth Issue

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 1

The Cummonwealth Treasurer has addressed the following circular to an likely subscribers to the War Loan:- Dear Sir or Madam,…

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The War. Pope Compares War Methods. Germany's Unwarrantable Atrocities. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Replying to a question by the Central News Agency, a high official of the Vatican says the Holy See's attitude is unchanged, and continues to observe a…

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The War Latest War Wires Balkan Position. the Pope's Neutrality. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

A high official of the Vatican is reported to have stated that the Holy See continued to observe scrupulous neutrality. The Pope felt he must…

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The War Greece and the Allies Agreement Arrived At. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

The Greek reply to the Allies' recent demands, made in consequence of an ultimatum giving Greece 48 hours in which to send an answer,…

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Cables About Soldiers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

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. How They Should Be Addressed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

The following examples of how letters to soldiers on active service should be addressed have been issued by the Assistant Minister for…

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Returned Soldiers' Troubles To Be Investigated. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

The Federal Treasurer says he cannot understand the repeated complaints to the press from returned soldiers regarding starvation and…

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War Cabinet Energy

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

"What impresses one most in regard to the invitation to the dominion Premiers is the energy and promptitude displayed. It is not a month since the…

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The War. Saturday Morning

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 2

The Allies, replying to President Wilson's Note, have made a clear and explicit statement of the objects for which they are now…

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